Hi Everyone,
I've just registered on this fantastic site although I first visited it during the middle part of last year. Like all of you I guess I've had a few problems (bigger in my own mind than they probably are in reality).
Anyway I have a question for anyone who can help me really. After seeing a specialist a couple of years ago I was told I have extrasystoles. They are the typical (or what I know to be typical) pause then bump where the heart reacts to the slightly bigger gap with a harder beat to pump the extra blood out. I used to get them very rarely - once every few weeks - but now they occur more frequently. However since last summer I have noticed a different feeling which is more like a muscle spasm and they are probably more frequent that the other type.
What I want to know is if people have had one 'type' and then developed another 'type' and if I need to go back to see my specialist regarding these newer ones? To be honest I don't want to go back - the specialist was great but if there is no issue with these newer ones then I just want to get on with things really.
Having read the forums I know people have these things themselves and far more frequently than I do but I just want to know if they are one and the same thing but feel different or if they are likely to be something new entirely that needs investigating.
I'd also like the chance to say just how helpful this forum has been to me already. It might not be much comfort to those of you dealing with various problems but your stories have genuinely helped me to keep things in perspective and to deal with things a little better.
Probably gone on long enough now. Any help would be greatly appreciated and once again hello to everyone on the site.
N.I.