dodgy ticker
shoulder_of_orion
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Last night at about 1am after watching tv I felt faint and decided to go to the loo. I made it as far as the hallway before I collapsed and fell on my bike.
My wife called an ambulence and I spent the night in hospital. It seems I may have had a condition all my life called type2 heart block. I may require a pacesetter to be fitted. Probably will not find out till tuesday as the specialists don't work weekends.
Bike is fine.
My wife called an ambulence and I spent the night in hospital. It seems I may have had a condition all my life called type2 heart block. I may require a pacesetter to be fitted. Probably will not find out till tuesday as the specialists don't work weekends.
Bike is fine.
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bother thats not good it may not be as bad as you fear?0
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Shoulder of Lamb wrote:
Bike is fine.
I find it funny that you still had to add that!
Seriously though I hope you are ok and get your ticker sorted out. I also find it amazing that it came on whilst you were watching TV rather than doing anything else like up a hard hill.0 -
Sorry to hear that mate.
Goes to show you that TV is bad for you and cycling and huge uphill battles aren't.
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Sorry to hear that Shoulder. Hopefully the specialist will have encouraging things to say.
Also
at the report of the bike being ok!
You feeling ok-ish now?0 -
Damn man... sorry to hear that, keeping fingers crossed for you.0
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That's a bit scary. Hope all goes well on Tuesday.FCN 2-4.
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Ahh, ya big jessy!
I've fainted a couple of times recently, once on a treadmill and once on a plane. Low blood pressure is all it is. Get up - feel a bit woozy & weak of leg - peripheral vision goes a big dark - then it usually all comes back together. Except when it doesn't quite in time.
Your docs are just over complicating things. Trust me on this - I read the internet *a lot*.
Treadmill and plane were fine.0 -
As others have said its pretty scary that, good luck
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Hope you are ok/ can be fixed.
i had a medical last year and i was told i have an irregular ECG and they had to do the bloodwork twice but they never carried it any further , some things you live with and think its normal .
Me i do suffer with migraines and the odd fuzzy spell but as i have always felt like this i assume thats the way it is .FCN 3/5/90 -
I had a few faints years ago.. had tests after GP and student doctor friends also started that worst-case-scenario-mumbling they do about `...pacemaker....congenital' bla bla). They shouldn't really talk about that before any testing! A bit unprofessional IMO but I guess flowing conversations will naturally lead to that.
Proved `inconclusive' i.e. I am `normal' and I was told , as Greg66 above suggests, : low blood pressure leading to vasovagal episodes':
If you Wiki `vasovagal episode' that should reassure you.
Usually just `treated' by making you more aware of the symptoms that suggest its coming so you can adjust your behaviour.
Good luck, though I'd bet you won't need it!0 -
Shoulder of Lamb wrote:.
Bike is fine.
Thank god for that ..... it could have been serious. :shock:
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I am hooked up to a load of machines that go beep every so often. It is frustrating as I had taken a week off work which will now be spent bed-ridden. Also I have a view of the local park and can see people playing tennis, jogging and cycling!
What is also frustrating is the freaking little internet application and keypad that has taken me best part of 20mins to type this post. But I now have my laptop and usb 3g dongle on its way.
Good news on the pacesetter front is that if it is necessary, then apparently I will be "virtually indestructable, like the bionic man, capable of doing the iron man"...0 -
Shoulder of Lamb wrote:Good news on the pacesetter front is that if it is necessary, then apparently I will be "virtually indestructable, like the bionic man, capable of doing the iron man"...
We need an FCN adjustment for this.
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"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."0 -
Shoulder of Lamb wrote:I am hooked up to a load of machines that go beep every so often. It is frustrating as I had taken a week off work which will now be spent bed-ridden. Also I have a view of the local park and can see people playing tennis, jogging and cycling!
What is also frustrating is the freaking little internet application and keypad that has taken me best part of 20mins to type this post. But I now have my laptop and usb 3g dongle on its way.
Good news on the pacesetter front is that if it is necessary, then apparently I will be "virtually indestructable, like the bionic man, capable of doing the iron man"...
Bionic man stuff eh! seriously mate good luck - hope your back on the bike soon0 -
well the good news is that I am rocking and rolling with my laptop so my post count should go up in the next couple of days as I have virtually nothing else to do.
the bad news is that my right index finger is hooked up to a monitoring device that makes typing awkward to say the least. I am using my ring finger on my right hand as well as three fingers from my left in my newly improvised typing technique.
the bad news could also be that I am rocking and rolling with my laptop so my post count should go up in the next couple of days as I have virtually nothing else to do (depending on your POV).0 -
Shoulder of Lamb wrote:What is also frustrating is the freaking little internet application and keypad that has taken me best part of 20mins to type this post. But I now have my laptop and usb 3g dongle on its way.
Gotta love Patientline, or Hospedia, or whatever they're called. Permanent pacemakers (PPMs), aren't too much of a worry if you need one; the op should be less than an hour under local anaesthetic, just one stitch which your Practice Nurse can take out a week later and a few rules to abide by once it's in, ie no heavy lifting
for a couple of weeks. The oldest person I know of to get one was over a hundred years old, I told him I'd see him in 10 years when the unit needs changing (batteries :roll: ). It'll be worth asking the Consultant on Tuesday (damn Bank Holidays) about wireless heart rate monitors and cycle computers, I seem to remember their use isn't recommended.
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Greg66 wrote:Ahh, ya big jessy!
I've fainted a couple of times recently, once on a treadmill and once on a plane. Low blood pressure is all it is. Get up - feel a bit woozy & weak of leg - peripheral vision goes a big dark - then it usually all comes back together. Except when it doesn't quite in time.
Your docs are just over complicating things. Trust me on this - I read the internet *a lot*.
Treadmill and plane were fine.
lol
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itboffin wrote:Greg66 wrote:Ahh, ya big jessy!
I've fainted a couple of times recently, once on a treadmill and once on a plane. Low blood pressure is all it is. Get up - feel a bit woozy & weak of leg - peripheral vision goes a big dark - then it usually all comes back together. Except when it doesn't quite in time.
Your docs are just over complicating things. Trust me on this - I read the internet *a lot*.
Treadmill and plane were fine.
lol
have you considered a career in medicine
Ah Gregs caring side - he'll be watching Bambi next - no - probably eating Bambi next 0 -
itboffin wrote:Greg66 wrote:..
Your docs are just over complicating things. Trust me on this - I read the internet *a lot*....
lol
have you considered a career in medicine
Now that you mention this, there was a moment when I was in the ressucitation room ("just in case") when one of my doctors went over to a PC a few feet away. I could clearly see the screen and she clearly pulled up Wikipedia. Before returning to my bedside to reassure me not to worry and to go on to provide a partial diagnosis....marchant wrote:It'll be worth asking the Consultant on Tuesday (damn Bank Holidays) about wireless heart rate monitors and cycle computers, I seem to remember their use isn't recommended.
Best of luck
You actually sound like you know what you're talking about so thanks for the heads up as I do have a wireless comp on my bike. Not too keen on heart monitors after being wired up for the past 2 days so don't think I will be investing in one of those in any case....
And thanks to everyone who has offered words of encouragement (or even dry irony) it makes the waiting and wondering easier...0 -
Can we ask what you were watching?
I too have had the odd hot flush whilst watching late night telly.0 -
just a quick one shoulder! if youre thinking of selling ya bike can i have first dibs! lol or just in case fella! lmao! No seriously, hope everything isnt as bad as it might turn out to be, god that sounds just as bad lol, but ya know what i'm trying to say>0
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Good luck with it all! I am another with a tendency to occasional dizziness - eventually got it diagnosed as Paroxysmal Supra-ventricular Tachycardia. Dodgy wiring basically. Not really a problem though - prefer to live with it than have an op to cauterise the iffey wire. Used to get a check up with a specialist once or twice a year but eventually they got bored of me!
I think about 1 in 10 have something odd about their heart but most never realise it.......Faster than a tent.......0 -
Erm, thanks Sharm, I think? And no you can't have my bike you cheeky fecker. I'm gonna come back bionic, part man, part machine and total SCR monster. Beware!
Simon the Pieman,iIt was True Blood, the last episode from Friday night on FX, which my wife had recorded. It's a pretty good show, you should check it out. It was just after the bit when they snort some vampire blood mixed with aspirin. 7/10 on the gory scale. Anyone see it?0 -
Glad if I can help. I'm a qualified nurse of some 14 years, the last twelve of which I've worked in A & E/Cardiology.0
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I came back from a bike ride once, was standing there, felt faint, sick and I dropped to the floor, it happens very frequently but the doctors say it's perfectly normal.0
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Hope you get some good news from the specialists SoL. Bit of a downer I bet but at least the faint thing happened at home (and not on the bike in the middle of traffic!!!! :shock: ) and whatever you have will now be identified and its treatment managed.
Best of luck 8)Pain is only weakness leaving the body0 -
Shoulder of Lamb wrote:Simon the Pieman,iIt was True Blood, the last episode from Friday night on FX, which my wife had recorded. It's a pretty good show, you should check it out. It was just after the bit when they snort some vampire blood mixed with aspirin. 7/10 on the gory scale. Anyone see it?
Yup. Lovin' it! FCN 2-4.
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"It stays down, Daddy."
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