OK fellow aortic stenosis folks, I would like some feedback. For those of you who are, or were, symptomatic with your stenosis, can you help me identify if my episode today was serious enough to call my cardiologist about? Here is what happened:
For the past few months I have been what I call mild stenosis symptoms: slight dizziness when I get up, mild heart (chest) pain, fatigue, shortness of breath. My cardiologist knows of these symptoms. In the past few weeks, the dizziness has become more frequent, the fatigue more predictable - every time after eating and lying down, the mild chest pain more often. My next appointment and echo test is in July. This afternoon, I was changing hooking up my belly mower on my mid-range tractor and when I crawled out from under it and stood up, I became instant dizzy. Recognizing that I may have gotten up too fast, I tried to just hold still until it passed. It normally does. Feeling like the garage walls were moving, I reached out to hold on to the side of the garage door and totally missed it. It felt like somebody moved the wall on me
I staggered out the door and fell on my butt outside the garage. While on the driveway, I thought: "Wow! I haven't even been drinking." I then felt nauseous and thought I was going to throw up. I have a fairy good ability to stop that, for it makes me sick to throw up so I stopped that. I then just laid there for a few minutes wondering if I should try to extract my cell phone out of my pocket. My wife was out shopping and I was home alone, so I figured I would wait to see if I got better. This all happened with about a minute or two. I got better, slowly got back up. found the door frame I missed earlier to hold on to something and stood there thinking: "What was that?"
I cut grass for two hours and came in to do research on syncope. From what I read, I think this is called a presyncope for I did not loose consciousness. There may be many reasons for this spell. I was not hydrated well for I had been working outside for the past few says sweating more than drinking water. I had been dealing with some stress this morning. I didn't sleep well the night before, and I had just eaten. Also, my beta blocker has been doing a fine job of getting my resting heart rate down to the high 40's.
My question for those of you more experienced than I is was this a classic syncope (or Presyncope) and should I call my cardiologist and tell him about it or wait until my appointment in July to tell him?
Thanks in advance
For the past few months I have been what I call mild stenosis symptoms: slight dizziness when I get up, mild heart (chest) pain, fatigue, shortness of breath. My cardiologist knows of these symptoms. In the past few weeks, the dizziness has become more frequent, the fatigue more predictable - every time after eating and lying down, the mild chest pain more often. My next appointment and echo test is in July. This afternoon, I was changing hooking up my belly mower on my mid-range tractor and when I crawled out from under it and stood up, I became instant dizzy. Recognizing that I may have gotten up too fast, I tried to just hold still until it passed. It normally does. Feeling like the garage walls were moving, I reached out to hold on to the side of the garage door and totally missed it. It felt like somebody moved the wall on me
I staggered out the door and fell on my butt outside the garage. While on the driveway, I thought: "Wow! I haven't even been drinking." I then felt nauseous and thought I was going to throw up. I have a fairy good ability to stop that, for it makes me sick to throw up so I stopped that. I then just laid there for a few minutes wondering if I should try to extract my cell phone out of my pocket. My wife was out shopping and I was home alone, so I figured I would wait to see if I got better. This all happened with about a minute or two. I got better, slowly got back up. found the door frame I missed earlier to hold on to something and stood there thinking: "What was that?"I cut grass for two hours and came in to do research on syncope. From what I read, I think this is called a presyncope for I did not loose consciousness. There may be many reasons for this spell. I was not hydrated well for I had been working outside for the past few says sweating more than drinking water. I had been dealing with some stress this morning. I didn't sleep well the night before, and I had just eaten. Also, my beta blocker has been doing a fine job of getting my resting heart rate down to the high 40's.
My question for those of you more experienced than I is was this a classic syncope (or Presyncope) and should I call my cardiologist and tell him about it or wait until my appointment in July to tell him?
Thanks in advance
