Rachel.1980
16-02-10, 21:44
Hi all
Im so releived to have found this web site!!!! To be honest im hoping to get some advice, support and friendship out of joining this forum. I am 30 years old, mum of a 3 year old. I have always been a nervous and anxious person, even as a child. Over the past 3 months i have been getting what my GP says are palpatations, a huge thud in my chest area and then its back to normal within seconds, leaving me slightly shaken. It was my Birthday on Sunday and we went for an afternoon out, just to the local bird garden and park (exciting stuff, i know). i was walking round the bird garden when out of no where i got deep pressure either side of my neck up into my ears, my nasal passages opened on there own and i started to panic, i felt my chest was tight and that i couldnt breath, my hands and feet started tingling and i was shaking like a leaf. My Husband took me straight to A&E, at this point i couldnt feel my nose it was cold and numb, i was taken straight in to a cubical and given a paper bag to breathe in and out of, they put the ECG machine straight on me and the blood pressure monitors, id started to calm down slightly at this point and was able to talk more sense. The Doctor looked at my ECG and said apart from the fast heart rate (due to my state) the Heart was fine also my blood pressure was fine. I was told to see my GP the next day and request full bloods, which i have done. I cant get in to have the bloods done till 1st March!!!!! which for me seems a life time away. The GP looked at the copy of my ECG and also said my heart was fine. He then made me 100 times worse by saying " there could be a slight heart defect". Before leaving i asked again, "so my heart is ok then?" to which he replied "yes". Im so nervous of this happening again and how im going to deal with it. One half of my mind is saying the Doctor at A&E, the Nurse at A&E both said my ECG was ok, so did the GP initially, but then the doubt of "slight heart defect" pops into the picture. How am i going to get through the days now, im so so scared! Wouldnt a "slight heart defect" have shown up on my ECG????? Does anyone else get this pressure in the neck and ears and the nasal thing happening? Would be so grateful for any thoughts and help. Sorry its been a long first post, i just hope people will take the time to read it. Thanks
Im so releived to have found this web site!!!! To be honest im hoping to get some advice, support and friendship out of joining this forum. I am 30 years old, mum of a 3 year old. I have always been a nervous and anxious person, even as a child. Over the past 3 months i have been getting what my GP says are palpatations, a huge thud in my chest area and then its back to normal within seconds, leaving me slightly shaken. It was my Birthday on Sunday and we went for an afternoon out, just to the local bird garden and park (exciting stuff, i know). i was walking round the bird garden when out of no where i got deep pressure either side of my neck up into my ears, my nasal passages opened on there own and i started to panic, i felt my chest was tight and that i couldnt breath, my hands and feet started tingling and i was shaking like a leaf. My Husband took me straight to A&E, at this point i couldnt feel my nose it was cold and numb, i was taken straight in to a cubical and given a paper bag to breathe in and out of, they put the ECG machine straight on me and the blood pressure monitors, id started to calm down slightly at this point and was able to talk more sense. The Doctor looked at my ECG and said apart from the fast heart rate (due to my state) the Heart was fine also my blood pressure was fine. I was told to see my GP the next day and request full bloods, which i have done. I cant get in to have the bloods done till 1st March!!!!! which for me seems a life time away. The GP looked at the copy of my ECG and also said my heart was fine. He then made me 100 times worse by saying " there could be a slight heart defect". Before leaving i asked again, "so my heart is ok then?" to which he replied "yes". Im so nervous of this happening again and how im going to deal with it. One half of my mind is saying the Doctor at A&E, the Nurse at A&E both said my ECG was ok, so did the GP initially, but then the doubt of "slight heart defect" pops into the picture. How am i going to get through the days now, im so so scared! Wouldnt a "slight heart defect" have shown up on my ECG????? Does anyone else get this pressure in the neck and ears and the nasal thing happening? Would be so grateful for any thoughts and help. Sorry its been a long first post, i just hope people will take the time to read it. Thanks