March 29, 2010
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Stress….Or Not?
Today I went to see Dr. Mubarak, the cardiologist. My blood pressure
and pulse were good….he went over all the tests I’ve already had done.
EKG-showed my heart skips (PVC’s)
ECHO-showed my heart skips, but also showed that my heart muscles are
strong. I do have a very slight mitral valve prolapse, nothing serious.
Chest X-ray- all looked great!
Bloodwork A+
Cholestrol A+
Event monitor- showed lots of PVC’s but didn’t look too bad.
So today they did a stress test. He was hoping to see that as my
pulse/blood pressure went up, that my PVC’s would stop, not get worse.
And Praise God that is what happened! Once my pulse rate got up near 90-100, the PVC’s stopped, telling them that these PVC’s are
indeed benign and something I will just have to live with.
Since the 25 mg. of Atenolol don’t seem to be doing anything for me, he
changed me to a different beta blocker that is supposed to last 24
hours….I guess it’s a 50 mg dose.
If that doesn’t make any difference, I think I am going to ask if I can
try going off of them altogether! But time will tell.
The biggest thing now is to keep convincing my mind that this weird
“flutter” in my chest is okay….it just still feels so weird, but I am
finding out there are MANY MANY people who live with it!! (Heard a young
guy talking about it in the waiting room and have been reading bits and pieces of people’s stories online)
Thanks for all your prayers!! They’ve been very much appreciated!
Today was a very long day. Left the house at 10:15 and got home at 7:40. I thank God for safety for all the miles I traveled, for a great kid-sitter, for good results, for Subway, and most of all for the beautiful huge moon in the sky that I got to enjoy all the way home!!
Comments (4)
My mother would be able to relate to you, for she has the same thing. She has gone to the Dr.’s over and over and had many tests done, but they keep reassuring her that the “skipped” heartbeats are not harmful. I am going to forward your blog to her. I know she will find encouragement from you, also. Blessings!
I have been on Atenolol for years. I was taking 100 mg. :-O I just cut that in half because I had some pounding heartbeats going on. I do it and then tell the doctor if it worked or not Lol! One time she told me I have to come in sometimes, kind of scolding me. My blood pressure was discovered high when I was in my 30′s. I keep tabs on it because I want to live to be 100.
(or at least 95) Hope you can find what’s right for you.
I am glad to hear that things are not seriously wrong. I guess if you know that it is benign, then you just need to convince yourself of that. And we do have SO much to be thankful for, don’t we?
I’m so glad you found out that nothing serious is wrong. I guess it would still make you wonder but God knows what He is doing whether we understand it or not.