Lorraine
Well-known member
Hi Everyone,
I decided to update everyone on what has been happening to me. I should have got on here sooner but first it happened so quickly and second I was feeling too down to post.
I went to ER on Fathers Day's June 17 at 6pm because I developed palpitations again. It was approx three months since I had my ablation in March. All was going well until I put my 19 yr old cat down on June 2nd. It broke my heart and I spent the next two weeks crying my heart out. Losing her was quite traumatic. The day before the palpitations started again, I had been outside planting my Serrano peppers and tomatoes in pots. I was lifting dirt into the pots. It was probably about 90 degrees down and the sun was beating down on me. I felt fine that day, well except for feeling a little overheated. Anyway, at 3:30am on Sunday I woke up and my heart started racing. I did everything I could to try and bring my heart rate down myself. During this time I also took my blood pressure a few times. Most of the time I kept getting an error message so it wouldn't take the reading. My heart rate had shot up to 160 and stayed there most of the day. It did come down at one point, but didn't stay down. So at 6pm I packed my bag and went to ER. They gave me a dose of my beta blocker in liquid form but that didn't work. Then they gave me some other drug to temporarily bring my heart rate down, so they could get a proper reading on the EKG of what was going on. I was all over the place with PVC's, A fib, A flutter, you name it. They kept me over night and the next day they ended up doing a cardio conversion. That was the first time for me on that. It only took them one shock to bring the heart rate back to normal. They wanted to put in a pacemaker the next day. I would not let them. I insisted I was going on my vacation that I had already planned. I told them I would get it done when I came back.
On July 10th I had a Dual chamber Medtronic MRI compatible Pacemaker implanted. I am healing slowly. I seem to have pain in my shoulder area and armpit more than where the pacemaker itself is. I finally realized yesterday that it would be better if I wore a bra to have more support so the incision wasn't being pulled.
The real reason for the Pacemaker is because my heart rate was way too slow and paused too long a lot of the time. Averaging in the 30's a lot of the time, except for those few months after the ablation. Then of course I went all over the place again. My EP was really afraid for me. I am now being paced at no less than 60 bpm. I believe my range is 60-130. I will find out for sure when I go for my follow-up visit on July 27.
I never use to have a low heart rate. It wasn't until about a year after my heart attack in 2007 I started getting palpitations. What makes your heart start having electrical problems? I'm only 61, so not that old. Any thoughts would help. Thanks!
I decided to update everyone on what has been happening to me. I should have got on here sooner but first it happened so quickly and second I was feeling too down to post.
I went to ER on Fathers Day's June 17 at 6pm because I developed palpitations again. It was approx three months since I had my ablation in March. All was going well until I put my 19 yr old cat down on June 2nd. It broke my heart and I spent the next two weeks crying my heart out. Losing her was quite traumatic. The day before the palpitations started again, I had been outside planting my Serrano peppers and tomatoes in pots. I was lifting dirt into the pots. It was probably about 90 degrees down and the sun was beating down on me. I felt fine that day, well except for feeling a little overheated. Anyway, at 3:30am on Sunday I woke up and my heart started racing. I did everything I could to try and bring my heart rate down myself. During this time I also took my blood pressure a few times. Most of the time I kept getting an error message so it wouldn't take the reading. My heart rate had shot up to 160 and stayed there most of the day. It did come down at one point, but didn't stay down. So at 6pm I packed my bag and went to ER. They gave me a dose of my beta blocker in liquid form but that didn't work. Then they gave me some other drug to temporarily bring my heart rate down, so they could get a proper reading on the EKG of what was going on. I was all over the place with PVC's, A fib, A flutter, you name it. They kept me over night and the next day they ended up doing a cardio conversion. That was the first time for me on that. It only took them one shock to bring the heart rate back to normal. They wanted to put in a pacemaker the next day. I would not let them. I insisted I was going on my vacation that I had already planned. I told them I would get it done when I came back.
On July 10th I had a Dual chamber Medtronic MRI compatible Pacemaker implanted. I am healing slowly. I seem to have pain in my shoulder area and armpit more than where the pacemaker itself is. I finally realized yesterday that it would be better if I wore a bra to have more support so the incision wasn't being pulled.
The real reason for the Pacemaker is because my heart rate was way too slow and paused too long a lot of the time. Averaging in the 30's a lot of the time, except for those few months after the ablation. Then of course I went all over the place again. My EP was really afraid for me. I am now being paced at no less than 60 bpm. I believe my range is 60-130. I will find out for sure when I go for my follow-up visit on July 27.
I never use to have a low heart rate. It wasn't until about a year after my heart attack in 2007 I started getting palpitations. What makes your heart start having electrical problems? I'm only 61, so not that old. Any thoughts would help. Thanks!
