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Guest guest Posted November 10, 2003 Report Share Posted November 10, 2003 , The word on electric wheel chairs is that if they cant be repaired by the dealer Medicare will replace it. Medicare also pays for the repairs. They usually want another letter from the doctor verifing your need. Later, Bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 > I have A-fib and usually have an episode every 2-3 weeks. This past > Saturday I started having some strange feelings in my chest every > once and awhile. I checked my pulse expecting to be in A-fib since I > had gone 4 weeks since my last episode and wasn't. < < < I presume you are on some sort of rate or rhythm control? Are you happy with the results of these drugs? (Even with breakthrough episodes every few weeks?) I'm currently on a rate control drug, Cardizem. So far, when I do have a breakthrough every few weeks, the episodes last between 1 minute and under and hour. For me at the moment, I consider that to be fairly successful for merely being on a benign rate control drug. > I noticed an extra beat every 40 seconds or so. Went to the ER and > they checked me over and told me I was having PVC. I have now made it to 5 weeks no A-fib attack but continue to constantly have these PVC. < < < I recently started having PAC/PVC (doctor thinks they are PACs, hasn't been documented yet on EKG) and asked the doctor a lot of questions as well as my own research. What I've found in research and talking to my EP is that isolated PAC/PVCs in and of themselves are generally not dangerous, mostly just annoying. Also, while there is a dispute on the # of them per day before it becomes a real issue - we're talking *thousands* per day before a doctor might become concerned. Generally for PVCs, medication is not used *unless* it bothers a person so much that they can't live their life. When they do medicate, it tends to be a beta-blocker. Rhythm control meds don't seem to be very effective? (Unsure on that last point) Places for concern with PVCs is if it turned to a string of PVCs since it can lead to Vtach - however, this is also rare unless there is already structural heart damage. What I mean by " string of PVCs " is in-a-row thunk-thunk-thunk without any regular beats inbetween. What I do NOT mean is having 5 or 10 a minute but with regular beats inbetween. Believe it or not, even having that many per minute, if separated by regular beats, is still generally considered benign. I recently had bigeminy PAC/PVCs and about freaked out. The EP diagnosed PAC rather than PVC, but can't tell w/o catching it on an EKG. The " bigeminy " means every OTHER beat was a regular beat between the premature thud. Guess what? On a structurally sound heart, even bigeminy was unremarkable. My EP said I'd drive myself crazy if I thought about it too much, it really didn't require medication, it really wasn't a medical concern, and try not to think about it too much. And that he'd really like NOT to put me on a rhythm drug for as long as possible. The indication I was getting was that the toxicity of a rhythm drug was a lot worse medically speaking than the annoyance of PAC/PVC. Assuming *I* could tolerate it. He was giving me the signal that he'd go on my cues, but gave me his strong medical preference. A doctor probably would treat bigeminy PAC/PVCs (which I presume you are NOT having) more aggressively if there was structural heart damage, but even so - under treatment, risk levels from what I read drop to under .5% ... Hope that heads you in the right direction. I'm a newbie at all of this and still wading through the information. You aren't alone - what you are experiencing is fairly common. Joscelyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 > I have A-fib and usually have an episode every 2-3 weeks. This past > Saturday I started having some strange feelings in my chest every > once and awhile. I checked my pulse expecting to be in A-fib since I > had gone 4 weeks since my last episode and wasn't. < < < I presume you are on some sort of rate or rhythm control? Are you happy with the results of these drugs? (Even with breakthrough episodes every few weeks?) I'm currently on a rate control drug, Cardizem. So far, when I do have a breakthrough every few weeks, the episodes last between 1 minute and under and hour. For me at the moment, I consider that to be fairly successful for merely being on a benign rate control drug. > I noticed an extra beat every 40 seconds or so. Went to the ER and > they checked me over and told me I was having PVC. I have now made it to 5 weeks no A-fib attack but continue to constantly have these PVC. < < < I recently started having PAC/PVC (doctor thinks they are PACs, hasn't been documented yet on EKG) and asked the doctor a lot of questions as well as my own research. What I've found in research and talking to my EP is that isolated PAC/PVCs in and of themselves are generally not dangerous, mostly just annoying. Also, while there is a dispute on the # of them per day before it becomes a real issue - we're talking *thousands* per day before a doctor might become concerned. Generally for PVCs, medication is not used *unless* it bothers a person so much that they can't live their life. When they do medicate, it tends to be a beta-blocker. Rhythm control meds don't seem to be very effective? (Unsure on that last point) Places for concern with PVCs is if it turned to a string of PVCs since it can lead to Vtach - however, this is also rare unless there is already structural heart damage. What I mean by " string of PVCs " is in-a-row thunk-thunk-thunk without any regular beats inbetween. What I do NOT mean is having 5 or 10 a minute but with regular beats inbetween. Believe it or not, even having that many per minute, if separated by regular beats, is still generally considered benign. I recently had bigeminy PAC/PVCs and about freaked out. The EP diagnosed PAC rather than PVC, but can't tell w/o catching it on an EKG. The " bigeminy " means every OTHER beat was a regular beat between the premature thud. Guess what? On a structurally sound heart, even bigeminy was unremarkable. My EP said I'd drive myself crazy if I thought about it too much, it really didn't require medication, it really wasn't a medical concern, and try not to think about it too much. And that he'd really like NOT to put me on a rhythm drug for as long as possible. The indication I was getting was that the toxicity of a rhythm drug was a lot worse medically speaking than the annoyance of PAC/PVC. Assuming *I* could tolerate it. He was giving me the signal that he'd go on my cues, but gave me his strong medical preference. A doctor probably would treat bigeminy PAC/PVCs (which I presume you are NOT having) more aggressively if there was structural heart damage, but even so - under treatment, risk levels from what I read drop to under .5% ... Hope that heads you in the right direction. I'm a newbie at all of this and still wading through the information. You aren't alone - what you are experiencing is fairly common. Joscelyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 > I have A-fib and usually have an episode every 2-3 weeks. This past > Saturday I started having some strange feelings in my chest every > once and awhile. I checked my pulse expecting to be in A-fib since I > had gone 4 weeks since my last episode and wasn't. < < < I presume you are on some sort of rate or rhythm control? Are you happy with the results of these drugs? (Even with breakthrough episodes every few weeks?) I'm currently on a rate control drug, Cardizem. So far, when I do have a breakthrough every few weeks, the episodes last between 1 minute and under and hour. For me at the moment, I consider that to be fairly successful for merely being on a benign rate control drug. > I noticed an extra beat every 40 seconds or so. Went to the ER and > they checked me over and told me I was having PVC. I have now made it to 5 weeks no A-fib attack but continue to constantly have these PVC. < < < I recently started having PAC/PVC (doctor thinks they are PACs, hasn't been documented yet on EKG) and asked the doctor a lot of questions as well as my own research. What I've found in research and talking to my EP is that isolated PAC/PVCs in and of themselves are generally not dangerous, mostly just annoying. Also, while there is a dispute on the # of them per day before it becomes a real issue - we're talking *thousands* per day before a doctor might become concerned. Generally for PVCs, medication is not used *unless* it bothers a person so much that they can't live their life. When they do medicate, it tends to be a beta-blocker. Rhythm control meds don't seem to be very effective? (Unsure on that last point) Places for concern with PVCs is if it turned to a string of PVCs since it can lead to Vtach - however, this is also rare unless there is already structural heart damage. What I mean by " string of PVCs " is in-a-row thunk-thunk-thunk without any regular beats inbetween. What I do NOT mean is having 5 or 10 a minute but with regular beats inbetween. Believe it or not, even having that many per minute, if separated by regular beats, is still generally considered benign. I recently had bigeminy PAC/PVCs and about freaked out. The EP diagnosed PAC rather than PVC, but can't tell w/o catching it on an EKG. The " bigeminy " means every OTHER beat was a regular beat between the premature thud. Guess what? On a structurally sound heart, even bigeminy was unremarkable. My EP said I'd drive myself crazy if I thought about it too much, it really didn't require medication, it really wasn't a medical concern, and try not to think about it too much. And that he'd really like NOT to put me on a rhythm drug for as long as possible. The indication I was getting was that the toxicity of a rhythm drug was a lot worse medically speaking than the annoyance of PAC/PVC. Assuming *I* could tolerate it. He was giving me the signal that he'd go on my cues, but gave me his strong medical preference. A doctor probably would treat bigeminy PAC/PVCs (which I presume you are NOT having) more aggressively if there was structural heart damage, but even so - under treatment, risk levels from what I read drop to under .5% ... Hope that heads you in the right direction. I'm a newbie at all of this and still wading through the information. You aren't alone - what you are experiencing is fairly common. Joscelyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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