Re: irregular pulse due to pressure and my husb. deer/car accident

August 26, 2002

Hi, Isabelle,

If you're like me, in order to come out of this you'd need to veg out

on the sofa and be as calm as possible for hours and hours, and maybe

take extra meds. With having to do the tenant work, and the upset

about the car, I wouldn't have a chance to reverting to sinus. In

fact, the car-type upset could put me into arrhythmia. Hopefully you

can do some vegging out before you see the doc, which seems to be

shortly.

I don't know what to say about your bp, as my bp machine gives up

when I am in afib and I can't get a reading, so I don't know what

is " normal. " Hopefully you have discussed what you should do with

the nurse at the cardio's office, and she has told you if you need to

go to the er earier than your doc's appointment.

Thinking good thoughts,

Trudy

August 26, 2002

My BP goes all over the place when I am in AF. My GP said that this is

normal with AF. Infact he said the one way to tell without ECG if you are in

AF is to do blood pressure. He says that each beat in AF has a different

blood pressure. Are you sure you are not in AF? Hope the cardio helps.

Fran

irregular pulse due to pressure and my husb. deer/car

accident

> Hi: Since Friday eve. I am getting a variation in my pulse from 40

> to l33. b/p varies from 85/80 to l10/100. I am trying very hard

> NOT to go into Afib and I need some help. I thought I should go to

> the emergency room but there was no time since I had to do last

> minute work before tenants moved in. Also Sunday night my husband

> was hit by a deer as he was coming home from visiting a sick friend.

> He is now on his way to the Auto Body Shop. It seems that sitting

> up feels better than lying down....I am going to see my Card. at 3

> pm...In the meantime I am making sure that I have a good balance of

> calcium, magnesium and potassium. I don't want to be re-admitted to

> the hospital. What else can I do till I see my doctor today?

> Thanks thanks for your reply on Coumadin. Isabelle

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August 26, 2002

Hi Frances: Thanks for your support and your insight. Sure enough

I am in afib according to my Cardiologist...He is not hospitalizing

me but suggested I take Paxil until ? He did address many of my

questions. I am nervous and anxious(actually I am a nervous wreck)

and I do overeact to just about anything like stress,anger any

emotion and exertion. Maybe I should stay in bed until Wed. at 1 PM

when I am scheduled to see him again, but he says that I should

work it would be better for my heart. What do you think?

.

> My BP goes all over the place when I am in AF. My GP said that

this is

> normal with AF. Infact he said the one way to tell without ECG if

you are in

> AF is to do blood pressure. He says that each beat in AF has a

different

> blood pressure. Are you sure you are not in AF? Hope the cardio

helps.

>

> Fran

> irregular pulse due to pressure and my

husb. deer/car

> accident

>

> > Hi: Since Friday eve. I am getting a variation in my pulse from

40

> > to l33. b/p varies from 85/80 to l10/100. I am trying very hard

> > NOT to go into Afib and I need some help. I thought I should go

to

> > the emergency room but there was no time since I had to do last

> > minute work before tenants moved in. Also Sunday night my

husband

> > was hit by a deer as he was coming home from visiting a sick

friend.

> > He is now on his way to the Auto Body Shop. It seems that

sitting

> > up feels better than lying down....I am going to see my Card. at

3

> > pm...In the meantime I am making sure that I have a good balance

of

> > calcium, magnesium and potassium. I don't want to be re-admitted

to

> > the hospital. What else can I do till I see my doctor today?

> > Thanks thanks for your reply on Coumadin. Isabelle

> >

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August 26, 2002

-Hi Trudy: Thanks for your reply....I like what you are suggesting

and appreciate your support very much. Yes I am in afib according to

my Card. Please also see my reply to Frances, I can't seem to repeat

it to you. Isabelle-- In AFIBsupport@y..., " trudyjhagain "

<trudyjh@a...> wrote:

> Hi, Isabelle,

>

> If you're like me, in order to come out of this you'd need to veg

out

> on the sofa and be as calm as possible for hours and hours, and

maybe

> take extra meds. With having to do the tenant work, and the upset

> about the car, I wouldn't have a chance to reverting to sinus. In

> fact, the car-type upset could put me into arrhythmia. Hopefully

you

> can do some vegging out before you see the doc, which seems to be

> shortly.

>

> I don't know what to say about your bp, as my bp machine gives up

> when I am in afib and I can't get a reading, so I don't know what

> is " normal. " Hopefully you have discussed what you should do with

> the nurse at the cardio's office, and she has told you if you need

to

> go to the er earier than your doc's appointment.

>

> Thinking good thoughts,

>

> Trudy

August 27, 2002

> Hi Frances: Thanks for your support and your insight. Sure enough

> I am in afib according to my Cardiologist...He is not hospitalizing

> me but suggested I take Paxil until ? He did address many of my

> questions. I am nervous and anxious(actually I am a nervous wreck)

> and I do overeact to just about anything like stress,anger any

> emotion and exertion. Maybe I should stay in bed until Wed. at 1

PM

> when I am scheduled to see him again, but he says that I should

> work it would be better for my heart. What do you think?

It depends on what kind of afib you have. If it is adrenergic,

working will make it worse. If it's vagal, your doc is likely right.

Paxil takes a while to kick in. I prefer passion flower, which I get

at the health food store. I take 1/2 a capsule a day just when I

think I need it. It is an anti-anxiety and anti-depressent med.

August 27, 2002

<< Maybe I should stay in bed until Wed.>>

Hi Isabel,

we are all different but one of the things I've discovered is that it's very

unlikely for me to come out of AF in the first 18 hours or so. I usually

rest up in bed at this time. After this point - if my heart is going slow

enough (between 100-120 bpm) it's worth my while getting up and either

walking up and down the stairs a few times or making myself a large meal. If

my heart starts racing (170+) I might abort the attempt for an hour or so

but sometimes moving around or eating will pop me back into NSR.

Finding your own limits and boundaries is half the battle - some people

manage to play tennis whilst in AF so my story does not fit everyone.

Take care

--

D (33, Leeds, UK)

Paroxysmal AF for 29 hours every 16 days

August 27, 2002

The different responses is a great help in

understanding what is going on with me. I have been in

SR since doc put me on sotalol a few months ago. I

have been trying to get back into my exercise program.

I have been gradually increasing amounts of exercise

combining aerobics, running, and weight lifting. I

thought I was doing pretty well and maybe I am. It's

hard to know what is going on with me. The meds seem

to limit my HR at about 125 which I'm becoming

accustom to. I have been working with moderate weights

and have just started increasing amounts and reps.

With my running, I started out walking, then short

slow jogs to see how it went. Saturday I jogged two

miles with a 2 min walk at one mile and one and one

half miles. My HR hit 129 a couple of times on hills.

Going pretty slow at 13min. miles.(Previously at about

7.5min)

I had been moitoring my BP and HR the first month and

it started out low. BP at 100/55 and HR at 60. This

gradually increased as I became accustom to meds,

leveling out at 120/70 and HR staying at around 62.

Saturday after my run I was feeling a little " Off " . I

checked my BP and it was 90/50 - HR 52. I took a nap

after lunch and had a hard time waking up. Also forgot

to take my evening dose of sotalol.

For the last days I've been feeling tired, a pressure

behind my eyes and the back of my head and BP is up

and down. I have a tired feeling that as best I can

describe is like muscle fatigue.

Does this sound like the beginning of Afib?

August 27, 2002

> The different responses is a great help in

> understanding what is going on with me. I have been in

> SR since doc put me on sotalol a few months ago. I

> have been trying to get back into my exercise program...> For the

last days I've been feeling tired, a pressure

> behind my eyes and the back of my head and BP is up

> and down. I have a tired feeling that as best I can

> describe is like muscle fatigue.

> Does this sound like the beginning of Afib?

, did your doc show you how to tell if you are in afib from your

pulse? No one thought of telling me this originally. I have two

ways to tell from my pulse if I'm in afib, and my cardio says this is

about right: 1st is just chaos, and the 2nd is if I am feeling

pauses, I may or may not be in afib - the way to tell is to count

along with the beats and count thru the pauses and if your count

coincides with a beat after the pause, it is likely normal with

perhaps frequent extra beats (which feel like pauses, long

explanation omitted.) If your count doesn't coincide with the beat

after the pause, it may be afib. Of course, you should do this

several times. to be sure.

I am wondering if your unusual variation in bp does mean afib or

intermittent afib.

I do find a strange tiredness can be the precusor to afib for me, so

when I notice that now, I really veg out. But, I have adrenergic

afib, I am not sure what you should do, since your are quite

athletic, you may have vagal afib.

August 27, 2002

If your AF is vagal in origin it may be better for you to keep moving about.

I used to be able to stave off AF through the day by being active. There was

no way I could vegetate through an attack. However night time was the worst

as it would keep me awake and I couldn't be too active. The moving about

seemed to balance things out. Might help you too

Fran

irregular pulse due to pressure and my

> husb. deer/car

> > accident

> >

> > > Hi: Since Friday eve. I am getting a variation in my pulse from

> 40

> > > to l33. b/p varies from 85/80 to l10/100. I am trying very hard

> > > NOT to go into Afib and I need some help. I thought I should go

> to

> > > the emergency room but there was no time since I had to do last

> > > minute work before tenants moved in. Also Sunday night my

> husband

> > > was hit by a deer as he was coming home from visiting a sick

> friend.

> > > He is now on his way to the Auto Body Shop. It seems that

> sitting

> > > up feels better than lying down....I am going to see my Card. at

> 3

> > > pm...In the meantime I am making sure that I have a good balance

> of

> > > calcium, magnesium and potassium. I don't want to be re-admitted

> to

> > > the hospital. What else can I do till I see my doctor today?

> > > Thanks thanks for your reply on Coumadin. Isabelle

> > >

> > > Web Page - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport

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> >

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> > >

August 27, 2002

How do you measure your heart rate at 170. What do you use? Do you get light

headed?

Thanks, Ken

Re: Re: irregular pulse due to pressure and my husb.

deer/car accident