Hi Folks
awoke at 4.45 am with pains in my chest so Bill got me along to A & E were I was hooked up to a machine and blood taken etc etc told I was in A Fib they gave me some spray and a tablet and my heart went back into normal rhythm within about an hour, they say it probably self corrected as it was a bit quick for the tablet to have worked.
I was admitted and monitored for 36 hours they also did an Echo ( not had and echo since 2005)
Thankfully all was well with the echo and all the other tests were negative.
The cardio said I could take a low dose beta blocker to prevent it happening again but I decided to wait and see if it does occur again before going down that road.
The only thing I had done different was to have taken Sudafed capsules for a sinus problem I have taken them in the past with no problem but on reading the leaflet it did say a side effect was palpatations so maybe that was the cause, I have made an appointment with my GP to discuss this.
Off on holiday soon so had to upgrade my travel insurance and the cost trebled to £ 266 but that's for an annual policy so not too bad, better safe than sorry, so that what my day
Hope you all had a great 4th
keep smiling
Jan
awoke at 4.45 am with pains in my chest so Bill got me along to A & E were I was hooked up to a machine and blood taken etc etc told I was in A Fib they gave me some spray and a tablet and my heart went back into normal rhythm within about an hour, they say it probably self corrected as it was a bit quick for the tablet to have worked.
I was admitted and monitored for 36 hours they also did an Echo ( not had and echo since 2005)
Thankfully all was well with the echo and all the other tests were negative.
The cardio said I could take a low dose beta blocker to prevent it happening again but I decided to wait and see if it does occur again before going down that road.
The only thing I had done different was to have taken Sudafed capsules for a sinus problem I have taken them in the past with no problem but on reading the leaflet it did say a side effect was palpatations so maybe that was the cause, I have made an appointment with my GP to discuss this.
Off on holiday soon so had to upgrade my travel insurance and the cost trebled to £ 266 but that's for an annual policy so not too bad, better safe than sorry, so that what my day
Hope you all had a great 4th
keep smiling
Jan