Show off your cardiac knowledge

[kbheart]

There's something I always wondered about but have never asked my doctors. After my surgery (back in august) I was doing great and then on the 3rd day, I was extremely tired and couldn't get out of bed. The nurse, trying to simplify things for me, said that I had regular "dubs" but I was missing the "lubs" in the lub dub sound my heart makes. Or, it may have been I had lubs, but no dubs. I can't remember. The next day I was fine and was up and walking again. So I never followed up with them but now curiosity is getting the best of me.

What the heck was she talking about? I would have preferred the medical term instead of a child's explanation. Anybody want to show off their cardiac skills with their best quess?

Thanks!
Lub dub dumb

 

[ruth]

I think you had a bout of A-Fib. I got a similar description at one point, that the lub (Atrial beat) was missing while the dub (ventricular beat) was clearly heard.

My $0.02, let's see what the others think.

Ruth

 

[Mike C]

I had a similar expereince and we blamed it on me losing the excess fluid rapidly during one day and basically felt dehydrated and like absolute crap for the day and then ok the next.

 

[Cooker]

I fell in Lub with my night nurse.......then the drugs wore off

 

[Bina]

Cooker, you are funny!!
(I fell in LUB with a hunky resident doctor---no drugs needed)

 

[Bina]

Okay, seriously....about 4 or 5 days post op I was having some scary beating also, but they said I was fine. I had just started taking Lasix to get rid of the fluid in my legs. Middle of that night my SVT was so bad (170) it woke me up, I was shipped back to the "step down" unit and given sotolol. A blood test showed my potassium level had crashed. I continued on metoprolol.

 

[Cooker]

Cooker, you are funny!!
(I fell in LUB with a hunky resident doctor---no drugs needed)

Wahoo!!!!!!!!!!! I am glad we have another member who appriciates a
smart-aleck

 

[Superbob]

I fell in Lub with my night nurse.......then the drugs wore off

Lub is a many-splendored thing. I fell in Lub with the gorgeous day nurse they assigned to me on my fifth day in the hospital after surgery. Unfortunately, that was the day they also sent me home.

Cooker, thanks for the laugh -- and the memories.

 

[Cooker]

Lub is a many-splendored thing. I fell in Lub with the gorgeous day nurse they assigned to me on my fifth day in the hospital after surgery. Unfortunately, that was the day they also sent me home.

Cooker, thanks for the laugh -- and the memories.

Rob,

I think they plan it that way Just when you are ready to rock and roll they roll you out

Tom

 

[jkn2kids]

I'm glad you're getting good feedback from the people who really know their stuff. I just wanted to let you know that I had to giggle when I read your comment about preferring the medical term instead of terminology used for children, then I looked at you avatar!
Janene

 

[kbheart]

ok, ok, It's true, I'm a kid at heart (btw, that's the Akron Aeros mascot in the picture with me) but i'm a smart kid too. So lay on those medical terms. I love all the falling in lub responses! Maybe that was my problem that day, I only had one male nurse and he wasn't working that day...I had no nurse to fall in lub with

 

[Der Biermeister]

Kris -- I am going to go the other way and bet you had a bout of PVCs. I ran them for about 3 months post surgery, then they finally disappeared. Scary, but I could never get the docs to even show a little bit of concern. Translation: most always they are a non-event.

 

[kbheart]

Hmmmm....I guess I'll have to ask my cardiologist next time. I'm thinking Ruth is probrably right, but who knows. It could have been PVC's. Thanks for your input, DB!