Had a heart attack on Monday.
Discussion
Stuart70 said:
Thanks Colin, it was a real success with regards to the SVT.
I am left with the feeling that my heart will not “rev” normally with exercise. Effectively I “run out” of cardio before my heart rate will go up. Like a knackered old petrol engine that cant get beyond 3,000 rpm; my heart is not playing the way it used to.
Just wondered if others had similar experience? It could also be that I need to build up fitness again as well…
I had similar experience after a simple stent so not very comparable, but in my case it was more a case of my introducing new excercise routines and have false expectations of how easy I should find it. I am left with the feeling that my heart will not “rev” normally with exercise. Effectively I “run out” of cardio before my heart rate will go up. Like a knackered old petrol engine that cant get beyond 3,000 rpm; my heart is not playing the way it used to.
Just wondered if others had similar experience? It could also be that I need to build up fitness again as well…
It takes a while for muscles to warm up and oxygenate, including the heart. The first km is always the hardest as everything is cold and heart has to work overtime to adjust to the new oxygen demands. So warming up slowly becomes extra important.
It felt like my heart was broken, but really I just wasn't making these sorts of demands on it prior
Stuart70 said:
Hi Lee,
I hope that you can get it under control. I found it incredibly tiring if nothing else.
I was under a lot of stress at the time with work, my mother had just died; so I think the condition was brought on by pressure, but I couldn’t work out the exact trigger for individual episodes. Sometimes breathing in deeply and holding my breath and releasing very slowly could control it, but not often.
Since the op, it flared up again and I am now on a cocktail of beta blockers, diabetes and blood thinners. It is under control at present, but I am still a fat b
d who doesn’t take any exercise, drinks too much and I have just taken on a high stress role.
I like my life a lot, but you wouldn’t know it from my behaviour. Typing this has given me pause for thought. Thank you!
A lot of that echos my situation, although my SVT's have occurred during stressed and not so stressed periods or fit and not so fit periods. I have also found the valsalva technique (holding your breath) normally sorts out an SVT pretty quickly but with a more severe episode, this doesn't always work and can last 30-45 mins. I hope that you can get it under control. I found it incredibly tiring if nothing else.
I was under a lot of stress at the time with work, my mother had just died; so I think the condition was brought on by pressure, but I couldn’t work out the exact trigger for individual episodes. Sometimes breathing in deeply and holding my breath and releasing very slowly could control it, but not often.
Since the op, it flared up again and I am now on a cocktail of beta blockers, diabetes and blood thinners. It is under control at present, but I am still a fat b
d who doesn’t take any exercise, drinks too much and I have just taken on a high stress role. I like my life a lot, but you wouldn’t know it from my behaviour. Typing this has given me pause for thought. Thank you!
I have waited nigh on a year for this cardio appt. so I am keen to see what they have to say and see if there is a way out of this that doesn't involve burning my heart or tablets that do not work. Fingers crossed!
Having not had a SVT episode for around 4-6 weeks, I woke up with my HR already at 160+ yesterday. My usual means of bringing my HR down had no effects so this episode lasted a bit over an hour which is the longest duration I have had over the years.
The difference with this episode is that I became very short of breath, I had stars in my eyes and when I stood up, I felt like I was about to pass out. Once it finally passed, I was left with a very bad headache and felt completely drained for the rest of the day. One other thing that I noticed was that it felt like my tongue swelled and I just couldn't get words out properly. Has anyone had anything similar?
I have my Cardiac appt. on Monday to have a chat with a specialist, which I have been waiting for for nigh on a year for but it almost sounds like because I haven't had an episode for a while, the missed weeks of episodes have stored up and come out as some mega episode!
The difference with this episode is that I became very short of breath, I had stars in my eyes and when I stood up, I felt like I was about to pass out. Once it finally passed, I was left with a very bad headache and felt completely drained for the rest of the day. One other thing that I noticed was that it felt like my tongue swelled and I just couldn't get words out properly. Has anyone had anything similar?
I have my Cardiac appt. on Monday to have a chat with a specialist, which I have been waiting for for nigh on a year for but it almost sounds like because I haven't had an episode for a while, the missed weeks of episodes have stored up and come out as some mega episode!
After long last, I had a chat with a cardiac consultant yesterday. The long and short of the appointment was that I am off of Bisoprolol now. The consultant was confused why was prescribed this in the first place and I am now on Diltiazem 120mg and he has referred me for an Ablation which should be another 12 month wait.
The consultant reassured me that SVT shouldn't kill me, unless of course I pass out whilst driving and crash and die from my injuries, or if I had a SVT whilst climbing a mountain and have SVT, Pass out and fall from the mountain and die from my injuries. That's free climbing off my to do list for at least 12 months!
The people that I have heard that have had an ablation seem to have it done twice. I assume that the first attempt may not have hit the right spot. Has anyone had this experience already?
The consultant reassured me that SVT shouldn't kill me, unless of course I pass out whilst driving and crash and die from my injuries, or if I had a SVT whilst climbing a mountain and have SVT, Pass out and fall from the mountain and die from my injuries. That's free climbing off my to do list for at least 12 months!
The people that I have heard that have had an ablation seem to have it done twice. I assume that the first attempt may not have hit the right spot. Has anyone had this experience already?
PurpleTurtle said:
Glad to hear you are doing OK.
Does your local trust offer any kind of cardiac rehab? Mine did, and I found it well worthwhile. Mainly because I wanted to get back into exercsing but I was rather nervous as to how far I could push things. They took things very steady and I can now comfortably run/cycle at 150bpm with no issues (7yrs post-event for me). Just off to the gym at lunchtime, a necessary evil.
Cheers, yes I'm going to a step 'max out' thingie on Monday with the Cardio rehab team. As you say it'll be a confidence boost and will chat to them about other classes etcDoes your local trust offer any kind of cardiac rehab? Mine did, and I found it well worthwhile. Mainly because I wanted to get back into exercsing but I was rather nervous as to how far I could push things. They took things very steady and I can now comfortably run/cycle at 150bpm with no issues (7yrs post-event for me). Just off to the gym at lunchtime, a necessary evil.
Always nice to hear from people further down the curve (it's the ones you don'/can't hear from that worry me a little!) I am planning on dusting off the bikes and getting back out there as I was once a reasonably keen cyclist.
curtisl said:
After long last, I had a chat with a cardiac consultant yesterday. The long and short of the appointment was that I am off of Bisoprolol now. The consultant was confused why was prescribed this in the first place and I am now on Diltiazem 120mg and he has referred me for an Ablation which should be another 12 month wait.
The consultant reassured me that SVT shouldn't kill me, unless of course I pass out whilst driving and crash and die from my injuries, or if I had a SVT whilst climbing a mountain and have SVT, Pass out and fall from the mountain and die from my injuries. That's free climbing off my to do list for at least 12 months!
The people that I have heard that have had an ablation seem to have it done twice. I assume that the first attempt may not have hit the right spot. Has anyone had this experience already?
my wife had her ablation only once and it worked, a friend of mine had four before it finally worked.The consultant reassured me that SVT shouldn't kill me, unless of course I pass out whilst driving and crash and die from my injuries, or if I had a SVT whilst climbing a mountain and have SVT, Pass out and fall from the mountain and die from my injuries. That's free climbing off my to do list for at least 12 months!
The people that I have heard that have had an ablation seem to have it done twice. I assume that the first attempt may not have hit the right spot. Has anyone had this experience already?
curtisl said:
After long last, I had a chat with a cardiac consultant yesterday. The long and short of the appointment was that I am off of Bisoprolol now. The consultant was confused why was prescribed this in the first place and I am now on Diltiazem 120mg and he has referred me for an Ablation which should be another 12 month wait.
The consultant reassured me that SVT shouldn't kill me, unless of course I pass out whilst driving and crash and die from my injuries, or if I had a SVT whilst climbing a mountain and have SVT, Pass out and fall from the mountain and die from my injuries. That's free climbing off my to do list for at least 12 months!
The people that I have heard that have had an ablation seem to have it done twice. I assume that the first attempt may not have hit the right spot. Has anyone had this experience already?
Bisoprolol can work well in patients with AF as it has some anti-arrhythmic effects but that's not really applicable to conventional SVT. Perhaps the initial prescriber was hedging their bets a little in terms of treatment options?The consultant reassured me that SVT shouldn't kill me, unless of course I pass out whilst driving and crash and die from my injuries, or if I had a SVT whilst climbing a mountain and have SVT, Pass out and fall from the mountain and die from my injuries. That's free climbing off my to do list for at least 12 months!
The people that I have heard that have had an ablation seem to have it done twice. I assume that the first attempt may not have hit the right spot. Has anyone had this experience already?
SiH said:
Bisoprolol can work well in patients with AF as it has some anti-arrhythmic effects but that's not really applicable to conventional SVT. Perhaps the initial prescriber was hedging their bets a little in terms of treatment options?
Initially it was given to me as a 'pill in the pocket' but was subsequently reviewed and increased to daily, then reviewed again and the dosage increased, then decreased because I have a generally low HR and this was dropping my HR to low 30's in my sleep. I stopped taking the betablockers about a month ago as the only effect that it had was lowering my HR but nothing for my SVT. Plenty of people have reviewed my medicine but this consultant is the first to question it. He seemed pretty switched on so I am happy to follow his advice and sit out the time until my Ablation discussion appt with Dr Paul Scott whenever that may be. I have only been taking the Diltiazem for a couple of days but no ill effects like the fatigue that I had when I started on the Bisoprolol at least.Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff