linz
13-09-05, 18:26
hi, all. It's unusal for me to post and not be worrying over something and since i feel a little better at the moment about heart issues i thought i'd share and hopefully make some of you feel better.
I just got back from the docs; last night and this morning have been really horrid for me. I spent hours of last night in a state over missed and extra hearbeats - i'd got used to them but they lasted a few hours so then i started worrying that because they had dragged out so long that was it and they weren't going to stop. And then today i dragged myself out with partner shopping and i had this feeling that i can only describe as cramp in my heart. It was kind of like a squeezing feeling under my left breast like when you have a stomach cramp. It was painful and i thought it was my heart doing it.
Anyway luckily i had an appointment with doc at tea time so i soldiered on till then and ended up in a mess crying to him and insisting that there was something wrong with my heart. He listened to it (AGAIN) and said the same old stuff 'it's just anxiety' 'you're not going to have a heart attack' etc.
I managed to calm down a bit and reason with him to just take the time and explain to me what was happening in my body so the next time it happened i wouldn't think heart attack and would know what was happening. He said that the ectopics were fine to last that long and wouln'nt cause any problems at all and that the pain was all muscular and spasmodic which is bound to be painful.
Still after this i was feeling the same and thinking that if he had felt what i had then he wouldn't
be so confident, but he then said to me that he knew how scary ectopics were because he has had them himself and he understood that i felt alone and vulnerable when they happen because that's how he feels and that you just have to trust that they wont harm you. He also showed me that he had a 24 hour monitor on because he has actual cardio problems. He said that nothing i had described was cardio pain and their is ABSOLUTELY no mistaking it. He said, from experience, that it is the worst chest pain you could ever get and would not be sat talking (or typing lol) about it.
Anyway, i know this is a little long winded but its been a while since i have been really reassured and it made sense for once as the doctor understood what i was afraid of.
My doc is great most of time cos he's patient and if i ask the right questions i get an answer i can be reassured by.
i just thought i'd post this for those of you who worry about these heart things then go to the doctors only to be told 'not to worry it's just anxiety' and sent on your way because i had this before and it made me feel worse.
take care all, linz x
p.s the next time i come on here with heart issues will someone post this message back to me lol
I just got back from the docs; last night and this morning have been really horrid for me. I spent hours of last night in a state over missed and extra hearbeats - i'd got used to them but they lasted a few hours so then i started worrying that because they had dragged out so long that was it and they weren't going to stop. And then today i dragged myself out with partner shopping and i had this feeling that i can only describe as cramp in my heart. It was kind of like a squeezing feeling under my left breast like when you have a stomach cramp. It was painful and i thought it was my heart doing it.
Anyway luckily i had an appointment with doc at tea time so i soldiered on till then and ended up in a mess crying to him and insisting that there was something wrong with my heart. He listened to it (AGAIN) and said the same old stuff 'it's just anxiety' 'you're not going to have a heart attack' etc.
I managed to calm down a bit and reason with him to just take the time and explain to me what was happening in my body so the next time it happened i wouldn't think heart attack and would know what was happening. He said that the ectopics were fine to last that long and wouln'nt cause any problems at all and that the pain was all muscular and spasmodic which is bound to be painful.
Still after this i was feeling the same and thinking that if he had felt what i had then he wouldn't
be so confident, but he then said to me that he knew how scary ectopics were because he has had them himself and he understood that i felt alone and vulnerable when they happen because that's how he feels and that you just have to trust that they wont harm you. He also showed me that he had a 24 hour monitor on because he has actual cardio problems. He said that nothing i had described was cardio pain and their is ABSOLUTELY no mistaking it. He said, from experience, that it is the worst chest pain you could ever get and would not be sat talking (or typing lol) about it.
Anyway, i know this is a little long winded but its been a while since i have been really reassured and it made sense for once as the doctor understood what i was afraid of.
My doc is great most of time cos he's patient and if i ask the right questions i get an answer i can be reassured by.
i just thought i'd post this for those of you who worry about these heart things then go to the doctors only to be told 'not to worry it's just anxiety' and sent on your way because i had this before and it made me feel worse.
take care all, linz x
p.s the next time i come on here with heart issues will someone post this message back to me lol