Myfanwy
31-08-08, 09:04
It has been a long while since i have been hear but I need advice or even just a listening ear.
I am 36.My Great Grandmother had heart problems from the time she was 29 until she died because of them at the age of 66. Her daughter (my Grandma) had a heart valve replaced at 65.
Six months ago I was on my morning walk when I became puffed earlier than normal. My GP (at the time I no longer see him as he is hopeless) ignored it even though it was not normal for me and I have a family history of heart problems.
Fast forward to last week, I was lifting 9 kilos at work like I do everyday but it puffed me out. My pulse and blood pressure were also very high.
I saw a different GP who has done a blood test and ECG. I get the results on Tuesday. He said he will also do the halter monitor test and a scan. My pulse was under a hundred yesterday but today after walking up a short, steep hill I was puffed out again.
The new GP did say that "it would be easier to get poo from a rocking horse than to get Pulmonary Hypertension at your age".
I am absolutely petrified that I have the same heart problem as my Great Grandmother. I am so scared that I can't sleep, can't relax and I'm scaring my children.
I don't want to die. But me becoming puffed out is not normal. I'm petrified.:emot-crying: :emot-crying: :emot-crying: :emot-crying:
I am 36.My Great Grandmother had heart problems from the time she was 29 until she died because of them at the age of 66. Her daughter (my Grandma) had a heart valve replaced at 65.
Six months ago I was on my morning walk when I became puffed earlier than normal. My GP (at the time I no longer see him as he is hopeless) ignored it even though it was not normal for me and I have a family history of heart problems.
Fast forward to last week, I was lifting 9 kilos at work like I do everyday but it puffed me out. My pulse and blood pressure were also very high.
I saw a different GP who has done a blood test and ECG. I get the results on Tuesday. He said he will also do the halter monitor test and a scan. My pulse was under a hundred yesterday but today after walking up a short, steep hill I was puffed out again.
The new GP did say that "it would be easier to get poo from a rocking horse than to get Pulmonary Hypertension at your age".
I am absolutely petrified that I have the same heart problem as my Great Grandmother. I am so scared that I can't sleep, can't relax and I'm scaring my children.
I don't want to die. But me becoming puffed out is not normal. I'm petrified.:emot-crying: :emot-crying: :emot-crying: :emot-crying: