C2RL R
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sorry but this post is a bit long!
i posted on here a while ago about having an irregular heartbeat. i've had it for a while now, i'd say about 12 months. i've talked to my GP about it on a few occaisions but he's always played it down as the tests they have done have never shown anything to worry about.
Anyway, on sunday night i was chilling out at my parents house and i went a bit dizzy and weak. i've had this before so i didn't think anything of it. within half an hour it all went a bit mad. i lost all the feeling in both hands, both feet and my face. i told my folks about it and then collapsed on the floor. then my muscles started to tense up on their own and i couldn't move. even my facial muscles went fucked up and i couldn't speak either. my heart was racing, probably due to me shitting it and i started pouring sweat out from head to toe. my mother phoned for an ambulance as my dad was trying to get me to breath properly. the paramedics turned up and checked my pulse rate and it was up at 132 bpm. i was basically paralised for about 30 mins. as soon as i started to improve and my pulse rate dropped they put me in the ambulance and did an ECG. they said my heart beat was all over the place so the blue lights went on and i went to hospital.
By the time i got there i was pretty much back to normal, just drained of all my energy. the paramedics were totally sound so big thumbs up to them 
the hospital staff were shocking though. they did another ECG but only for 20 seconds or so and everything seemed normal. not 2 mins after they unplugged me the whole thing happened again although slightly less severe. they just gave me a paper bag to breath into and said all i was having was panic attacks! my dad kicked off saying that its more than panic attacks and if they'd seen me at home they would know that. doctor came round about 2 hours later and discharged me. he didn't even look at the ECG that showed irregularities. fucking aresholes tbh.
went to my gp yesterday and demanded that he refer me to a specialist so now i have to wait til october 17th to see a cardiologist at manchester royal.
i'm hoping to get some sense out of them as my local hospital were useless.
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Robbo
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Rider! Not good fella  Next tiem you feel it comign try lying on your back on the floor with your feet raised... my Mum gets heart palpitations sometimes and this always clears them, might be wroth a try?
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Hammer
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Your local hospital sound like a bunch of shitehawks, i've never heard of a 30 minute panic attack that paralyses you 
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Brett
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Hospitals are shite. Shite when my g/f was in hospital and shite when my daughter was in too.
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C2RL R
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i don't ever want sunday nights experience to happen again tbh mate. was pretty mental. at least i'm going to a decent hospital next to see someone who will know what he's on about.
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C2RL R
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name and shame Brett! my hospital is Fairfield General in Bury. stay the fuck away from there if you can.
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Brett
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Tameside shit hole.
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MJFF88
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I swear I get that in a less serious way (Yet). Usually at work, go stupidly dizzy, can feel my heartbeat pounding and just generally feel REALLY strange.
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by MJFF88
I swear I get that in a less serious way (Yet). Usually at work, go stupidly dizzy, can feel my heartbeat pounding and just generally feel REALLY strange.
See what I said before, thats whta my Mum gets
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MJFF88
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Ahhh sound. Would look like a complete loon at work, but it really isn't nice when it happens. Cheers dude
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Robbo
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Yeah deffo lol but it certainly seems to help
I forget what they said it was, summat about too much blood pumping into the heart seems to ring a bell
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stubbsy05
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How do you check for a irregular heatbeat?
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C2RL R
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ECG is the propper way to check mate. i get this very strange feeling when mine goes though so i know its happened. you can do it by feeling your pulse though. mine sometimes misses a beat then it'll do an extra one.
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C2RL R
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my GP said that the cardiologist will fit me with some monitor to check my pulse over 24 hours.
a friend of mine suffered with similar problems a few years back. they monitored him over a week though rather than 24 hours.
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Tom
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Sounds like hospitals being slap dash as usual, not really there fault because of the pressure they are under probably but terrible It's not too much to expect an urgent appointment after something like that, hope they get you sorted anyway mate must have been scary
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John
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Hospitals are shite and I hate them but I also know that when something appears to be wrong with you or a family member you can easily think it's more than it is.
Hopefully you'll find out from the cardiologist
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C2RL R
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cheers buddy
yeah it was scary as fuck mate! in a way i kinda wish i'd still been paralised when i arrived at hospital as i think they maye have responded a little better. the paramedics stressed to the nurses how bad i was when they turned up but they just didn't seem to care. i know there are people who are worse off than me and i'm not asking to be put before anyone else. i just want to bee thoroughly checked out when my turn comes around.
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Lynny
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i feel for hospital staff, they get a lot of shit, however when I went few months ago with cracked ribs, bruised pelvis and trapped nerve in leg, I waited over 7 hours before being seen to in agony, just to be told to go home theres nothign they can do
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Phi
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can it be a heart mumour? is that what they are saying it could be?
they may put you on blood thining tablets maybe?
did you get a ultrasound on your heart to? i have them done every 3 years for my heart condition - ii have a weird heartbeat and i only ever notice it with the ultrasound and it hurts when they pressing down on your chest!
just keep resting and no stressing out between now and your app, maybe if they have a cancellation they will contact you sooner!?
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Jodi_the_g
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
ECG is the propper way to check mate. i get this very strange feeling when mine goes though so i know its happened. you can do it by feeling your pulse though. mine sometimes misses a beat then it'll do an extra one.
Only if you catch it at the right time.
They will do a holter or in worse case install a reveal device.
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Cosmo
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I dont mean to sound harsh, but do you not think that these highly trained and educated people know a little more about whats happening to you than a worried and frantic parent?
I mean Im all for you going to get a second opinion from a specialist to confirm it all for you - but considering both your GP and the hospital staff have said its nothing more than panic attacks maybe it just is that?!
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Jodi_the_g
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Originally posted by Corsa_phi
did you get a ultrasound on your heart to? i have them done every 3 years for my heart condition - ii have a weird heartbeat and i only ever notice it with the ultrasound and it hurts when they pressing down on your chest!
So glad someone agrees with me I hate them they do hurt. and everyone says no they don't
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Phi
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i had a good looking young doctor to  haha
yeah they hurt pressing down on your chest.
[Edited on 23-09-2008 by Corsa_phi]
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C2RL R
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
I dont mean to sound harsh, but do you not think that these highly trained and educated people know a little more about whats happening to you than a worried and frantic parent?
I mean Im all for you going to get a second opinion from a specialist to confirm it all for you - but considering both your GP and the hospital staff have said its nothing more than panic attacks maybe it just is that?!
no mate. when i went to see the GP it was just over the irregular heartbeat thing that in no way cripples me and i've had for ages. he just said that its common and nothing to worry about. i never asked his opinion on what happened on sunday night when i saw him yesterday. i just told him i wanted to see a specialist. he has never said anything about a panic attack. that came from the nurse at the hospital. she is getting mixed up with pins and needles in limbs that is a symptom of panic attacks. what i had was total loss of feeling in my limbs and face. coupled with some kind of muscle spasm that basically crippled me. i'm no doctor but i'm pretty sure that isn't a panic attack.
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C2RL R
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_phi
can it be a heart mumour? is that what they are saying it could be?
they may put you on blood thining tablets maybe?
did you get a ultrasound on your heart to? i have them done every 3 years for my heart condition - ii have a weird heartbeat and i only ever notice it with the ultrasound and it hurts when they pressing down on your chest!
just keep resting and no stressing out between now and your app, maybe if they have a cancellation they will contact you sooner!?
i'm hoping all these tests will be done at the cardiology place at MRI. the local hospital did basically nothing.
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