Re: Rogene- Sue

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Gosh that sounds really scary, I hope everything's ok with your mum.

I have had my heart tested numerous times, 24hr trace, and one that lasted a week, that was sometime ago so I have made an appointment to see my Dr next THursday but its anyone's guess how long it will take to see a cardiologist again, things are never fast on the N.H.S.

Nice to see you back with the group and thanks for your reply

Love Sue

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue. It isn't Rogene just me. , but I wanted to tell you my

opinion about your heart beating episodes. I would get it checked out

to be safe. It could be an attack of arythmia, or it could be what my

mom had which is called atrial fibrilation. They don't always know

what it is caused by, and it usually takes an echocardiogram to be

sure, but when it is the heart it really is not something to play

around with. IT happened to my mom, she is older but in really great

health, the first time she was 74 and now she is 75. not to scare you

or freak you out but, her attacks got worse and then they discovered

she had mitral valve regurgitation. Eventually my mom made the choice

to have her mitral valve replaced. Though they are two different

things, the regurge was getting worse and the little valve was not

closing right which eventually can lead to the heart working too hard

to pump blood and of course that can weaken and enlarge the heart (the

heart muscle gets enlarged just like a muscle in your arm can, from

working tooo hard, but you don't want your heart to get enlarged.) So

she had major surgery to replace the valve. Rather than a mechanical

one she chose a biological valve, from a pig. Sounds weird right, but

she is doing great now. While they had her heart opened up they did

another small procedure which hopefully has stopped her attacks of

atrial fibrilation (rapid heart beat) and now she feels great. Not

that you would need all this, but it is not somehting you want to mess

around with. The good news is there is medication for atrial

fibrilation if that is what you have. If not then you will lose

nothing but time getting tested. The test they usually do to detect

heart problems is an echocardiogram and it is a pretty simple test.

Non invasive. It is basically an ultrasound of the heart and shows

them how everything is working in there. If you have had one attack I

might not bother but, with you having more than one, I really would

check it out.

Hey Sue it might be nothing, but be safe ok!

love

In , gibbense@a... wrote:

>

> Dear rogene,

>

> Do you remember a while ago I wrote and told you I was woken from a

deep

> sleep with my heart banging out of my chest, well it happened again

last night.

> It almost feels as though my heart will explode, I woke my husband

and when he

> felt it he was shocked, I came downstairs and waited for it to stop

which it

> did. Any ideas on what this could be, its pretty scary?

>

> Love Sue

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Sue I am sure your problems are nothing like hers but the good

news is she is doing fabulous and we are very very blessed that she is

doing so good! I love my mom and can't wait to see her in a few weeks!

I am glad to be here too! I love you Sue

>

> Dear ,

>

> Gosh that sounds really scary, I hope everything's ok with your mum.

> I have had my heart tested numerous times, 24hr trace, and one that

lasted a

> week, that was sometime ago so I have made an appointment to see my

Dr next

> THursday but its anyone's guess how long it will take to see a

cardiologist

> again, things are never fast on the N.H.S.

>

> Nice to see you back with the group and thanks for your reply

>

> Love Sue

>