Trinityheart8891
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Hey guys,
well, I never thought I'd be posting this, but I ended up in the ER last night again, with my heart rate in the upper 180s it was 186-190 when they brought me in and were trying to get an EKG and put me on the monitors.
I started feeling my heart racing and I was kind of light headded while I was at work so I just tried to ignore it, tried finishing my tasks, I did a valsalva, tried coughing, holding my breath, nothing helped, I kept going for about 15-20 minutes before I decided to do anything, after about 15 minutes it was getting unbearable, and I was getting scared out of my mind, so I walked down to medical surgical floor and talked to one of the nurses, she wanted me to go to the ER right away, she got a chair and wheeled me down,
They checked me in, and the receptionist called back for a nurse, the nurse came and got me, brought me in, and they started getting me undressed and getting the monitors on me, and an IV started I converted out of the rhythm as they were putting all the electrodes on me, but they confirmed the HR on the monitor, and the nurse said "thats way to fast to be sinus rhythm" they watched me for a couple hours, did a chest x-ray and blood work, called Dr Yeager, and ended up sending me home, with a holter. they think this was SVT, and Dr. Yeager told the doc on the phone (apparrently) if it happens again they are going to put me on a beta blocker.
I have to call him this AM to set up a followup appointment with them, I also have to call work and decide if I am going to go in today, I want to, and its probably a good idea to see if this thing is gonna rear its ugly head again, but I am scared out of my mind. I also kinda still feel like I've been hit by a truck, I'm just exhausted, they said that that's normal when your heart races like that. I'm just kinda freaked out by this whole thing, at least I was at the hospital when it happened, and not home alone, or driving or something.
I'm kinda worried about what work is going to say, and I'm kind of upset that I walked out like I did without saying anything to anyone mom said I reacted like any normal person would, but still, I feel bad about it. I also scared the crap out of mom, she was pretty mad that my boss didnt say anything about why I needed her. when I went to bed she opened the door and checked on me last night at least 3 times, then again before she left for work.
anyways, I'm gonna go and start sorting things out, I'll update more when I can
thanks for letting me vent!
Morgan, 21
well, I never thought I'd be posting this, but I ended up in the ER last night again, with my heart rate in the upper 180s it was 186-190 when they brought me in and were trying to get an EKG and put me on the monitors.
I started feeling my heart racing and I was kind of light headded while I was at work so I just tried to ignore it, tried finishing my tasks, I did a valsalva, tried coughing, holding my breath, nothing helped, I kept going for about 15-20 minutes before I decided to do anything, after about 15 minutes it was getting unbearable, and I was getting scared out of my mind, so I walked down to medical surgical floor and talked to one of the nurses, she wanted me to go to the ER right away, she got a chair and wheeled me down,
They checked me in, and the receptionist called back for a nurse, the nurse came and got me, brought me in, and they started getting me undressed and getting the monitors on me, and an IV started I converted out of the rhythm as they were putting all the electrodes on me, but they confirmed the HR on the monitor, and the nurse said "thats way to fast to be sinus rhythm" they watched me for a couple hours, did a chest x-ray and blood work, called Dr Yeager, and ended up sending me home, with a holter. they think this was SVT, and Dr. Yeager told the doc on the phone (apparrently) if it happens again they are going to put me on a beta blocker.
I have to call him this AM to set up a followup appointment with them, I also have to call work and decide if I am going to go in today, I want to, and its probably a good idea to see if this thing is gonna rear its ugly head again, but I am scared out of my mind. I also kinda still feel like I've been hit by a truck, I'm just exhausted, they said that that's normal when your heart races like that. I'm just kinda freaked out by this whole thing, at least I was at the hospital when it happened, and not home alone, or driving or something.
I'm kinda worried about what work is going to say, and I'm kind of upset that I walked out like I did without saying anything to anyone mom said I reacted like any normal person would, but still, I feel bad about it. I also scared the crap out of mom, she was pretty mad that my boss didnt say anything about why I needed her. when I went to bed she opened the door and checked on me last night at least 3 times, then again before she left for work.
anyways, I'm gonna go and start sorting things out, I'll update more when I can
thanks for letting me vent!
Morgan, 21
