countrygirl
13-04-18, 12:21
I imagine this goes hand in hand with health anxiety. Despite having ha since childhood and now 56 have never got better of it. I am anxious full stop.
I have genuine heart arythmia (svt) not life threatening but can have huge effect on quality of life. I was living with it ok fir 6 yrs when after flu it worsened and both runs of ectopics or racing heartbeat set the svt off and i had 2 hospital stays. The svt causes very very fast heartbeat.
I have been offered ablation to try and burn away the faulty pathway in heart but you are awake whilst they do it as they have to trigger an attack to be able to find the pathway.
I am on a drug that i was hoping would stop the svt attacks but i am still having very short ones as well as lots of ectopics and sudden fast heartbeat episodes. I go back in july and have to have decided by then.
I would love to have the threat of svt attacks removed although i know the ectopics and sinus tacycardia will not be improved but am so rotally terrified of the proceedure and being awake.
Because it is my choice whether i have tge ablation i find it much harder than if i was told i had to have it.
Any help or thoughts please.
I have genuine heart arythmia (svt) not life threatening but can have huge effect on quality of life. I was living with it ok fir 6 yrs when after flu it worsened and both runs of ectopics or racing heartbeat set the svt off and i had 2 hospital stays. The svt causes very very fast heartbeat.
I have been offered ablation to try and burn away the faulty pathway in heart but you are awake whilst they do it as they have to trigger an attack to be able to find the pathway.
I am on a drug that i was hoping would stop the svt attacks but i am still having very short ones as well as lots of ectopics and sudden fast heartbeat episodes. I go back in july and have to have decided by then.
I would love to have the threat of svt attacks removed although i know the ectopics and sinus tacycardia will not be improved but am so rotally terrified of the proceedure and being awake.
Because it is my choice whether i have tge ablation i find it much harder than if i was told i had to have it.
Any help or thoughts please.