Cathy V
04-05-08, 12:57
Hi to everyone. I can't tell you how happy I am to discover this forum, well I can tell you obviously...:yahoo: I'm this much happy!! Ive been an 'ectopic' sufferer since my mid 20's and now at age 54 I feel ive wasted so much time and energy over the years on something that is meant to be nothing to worry about. I don't get them constantly, they come and go throughout the year. Tried to see a pattern, such as when the hayfever seasons start in spring and late summer (and i do seem to get them more at these times too) but really the can come on at random. I try to get on with my life as best i can even during a particularl lengthy spell of them but after yet another day or week of them you just want to scream "pleeeeeeeese stop now i'm so tired".
My grown up children all know about mums heart probs, and how much it stopped me from joining in with things in the past (scared to make them worse so avoided certain situations and i have claustraphobia too which doesnt help!). These wonky beats still have the power to absolutely floor me when return after maybe months without them, and i always have to start again with the little chats i have with myself about the fact that i'm still here after many years of living with them.
Like alot of you, my probs include missed beats and sometimes flutters when I catch my breath waiting for my heart to beat again. The worst has to be the missed beats though coz they can go on and on. This time ive had them for about 3 weeks, but i think its because my doc over here put me onto a beta-blocker for migraine and when i came off the meds a few weeks ago the ectopics started up. To be honest i could feel them very slightly when i was taking the meds, but now they are much stronger and maybe thats because beta-blockers slow your heart down, so now my heart is all over the place...bit like withdrawing from a tranquilizer i guess. I have to hang in and try to cope as best i can and hope they don't go on for too much longer:weep: ...this time.
Like you all, my past tests and 24hr tapes have been negative. The ectopics have shown up but nobody seemed worried...crazy that we all are when theyre not, yes? I think its because its our hearts and we know the heart is the force of life isn't it.
Just before i came on here i read about a doctors idea that we should imagine 2 drummers inside our hearts marking the beats. One drummer beats the blood pumping in and the other pumping out, except this drummer gets a bit bored sometimes with the same old beat, but as he's not the important drummer, whatever he does he will never induce a heart attack or any kind of heart disease because the important drummer will ALWAYS be there and will ALWAYS keep up his own beat. Ok this sounds daft now but that doc says it really well!
My grown up children all know about mums heart probs, and how much it stopped me from joining in with things in the past (scared to make them worse so avoided certain situations and i have claustraphobia too which doesnt help!). These wonky beats still have the power to absolutely floor me when return after maybe months without them, and i always have to start again with the little chats i have with myself about the fact that i'm still here after many years of living with them.
Like alot of you, my probs include missed beats and sometimes flutters when I catch my breath waiting for my heart to beat again. The worst has to be the missed beats though coz they can go on and on. This time ive had them for about 3 weeks, but i think its because my doc over here put me onto a beta-blocker for migraine and when i came off the meds a few weeks ago the ectopics started up. To be honest i could feel them very slightly when i was taking the meds, but now they are much stronger and maybe thats because beta-blockers slow your heart down, so now my heart is all over the place...bit like withdrawing from a tranquilizer i guess. I have to hang in and try to cope as best i can and hope they don't go on for too much longer:weep: ...this time.
Like you all, my past tests and 24hr tapes have been negative. The ectopics have shown up but nobody seemed worried...crazy that we all are when theyre not, yes? I think its because its our hearts and we know the heart is the force of life isn't it.
Just before i came on here i read about a doctors idea that we should imagine 2 drummers inside our hearts marking the beats. One drummer beats the blood pumping in and the other pumping out, except this drummer gets a bit bored sometimes with the same old beat, but as he's not the important drummer, whatever he does he will never induce a heart attack or any kind of heart disease because the important drummer will ALWAYS be there and will ALWAYS keep up his own beat. Ok this sounds daft now but that doc says it really well!