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Zazzy
Hi all.... called the cardio yesterday at last. I have been having episodes of irregular heartbeat for some time... runs in cycles... 4-5 days of IR and then 2-3 days of nothing before it all starts again. I had seen my PCP earlier and he had ordered a Holter... nothing happened of course!!! This Saturday it happened again. I took my bp and it was 82/54 with hr of 52! That scared me some... but of course I resisted going to the ER! Stubborn mule that I am!!!
I called the PCP yesterday... he said to quit caffeine... which I had with no results! So called the cardio's nurse.... she about freaked out... wanted me to come over to their office today... 1-1/2 hours away (in this weather????) to get an event monitor. I asked her if I couldn't just get one here instead so she ordered it and made an appt. for me with the cardio Feb. 8. His secretary then called back and changed appt. time to an earlier one... he now wants me to have another echo. I also have strict instuctions to get my fanny to Spokane if this happens again. Hmmmmmm......
When I last saw the cardio in December and told him about this I think that he misunderstood and thought that my bp was high. It was that day for me... 120/75 (LOL). He mentioned that he would have to put me on a beta-blocker if it didn't straighten out. When I talked with his nurse and told her this I also said that I didn't think a beta-blocker would be a good thing... she certainly agreed!!!
I am glad that I finally called them as my pcp was blowing this off somewhat. He had to do his ER rotation over the weekend and that turns him into an old bear! Usually he is very good about keeping a close eye on these things.
I have been putting it off because of the recent bone marrow aspiration and the good news of the CML being in remission. Didn't want to face anything that would put a damper on THAT!!! lol
Take care,
Zazzy
I called the PCP yesterday... he said to quit caffeine... which I had with no results! So called the cardio's nurse.... she about freaked out... wanted me to come over to their office today... 1-1/2 hours away (in this weather????) to get an event monitor. I asked her if I couldn't just get one here instead so she ordered it and made an appt. for me with the cardio Feb. 8. His secretary then called back and changed appt. time to an earlier one... he now wants me to have another echo. I also have strict instuctions to get my fanny to Spokane if this happens again. Hmmmmmm......
When I last saw the cardio in December and told him about this I think that he misunderstood and thought that my bp was high. It was that day for me... 120/75 (LOL). He mentioned that he would have to put me on a beta-blocker if it didn't straighten out. When I talked with his nurse and told her this I also said that I didn't think a beta-blocker would be a good thing... she certainly agreed!!!
I am glad that I finally called them as my pcp was blowing this off somewhat. He had to do his ER rotation over the weekend and that turns him into an old bear! Usually he is very good about keeping a close eye on these things.
I have been putting it off because of the recent bone marrow aspiration and the good news of the CML being in remission. Didn't want to face anything that would put a damper on THAT!!! lol
Take care,
Zazzy