thyroid testing

[Guest guest]

I know the subject of thyroid testing has come up before in the

group. I will be tested for a thyroid problem on Monday. I went to

my regular Dr. who is an internist on Friday because off and on for a

while now I have been having irregular heart beats and the feeling

that my heart is fluttering. I had mentioned it to my local

oncologist and to Dr. Faderl at MDACC and neither one really said

anything. When I called my Dr. he said come in right now. When I

got there they listened and he could hear it and they also did an EKG

which it also showed up on. He said it was a Sinus Tachycardia. He

said something else he felt was causing this to happen. Also my

pulse was a little high, and I also feel out of breath. I went to

bed Friday night with it still happening and when I woke up on

Saturday morning it was gone. He said if the thyroid test doesn't

show anything he will order an echocardiagram, and if that doesn't

show anything I might need to wear a monitor for a while. Has anyone

every heard of a sinus tachycardia? I can't remember exactly when

this problem started but it could be on and off for a year now. This

last episode lasted 2 days. If anyone has any input on this I would

appreciate it.

Shari from Kansas

dx feb 03

gleevec 400mg

pcr 0.09