debster913
Well-known member
Hi, All!
Thanks for all the good wishes and prayers! I just got home late yesterday afternoon after having my non-ablation. It so turned out that after they put me under for the TEE and began the electrophysiology study, and after they mapped my heart (in 3-D nonetheless, which would have been awesome to see!), I was only having a handful of PVCs and some non-sustained V-Tach, which is good. Because what I was having is so small, and non consistent, they couldn't do anything. My EP doctor met with me late Wednesday in my room and we discussed everything. She thinks my near-passing out episode was from the beta-blocker I was on at the time, or my blood pressure, which tends to run low as it is and my heart tried to overcompensate, or stress, or even my heart just being WEIRD (as we already know!). Because of the (minor) structural defects in my heart, that could also have possibly contributed to what happened. I told her I was sorry for wasting her time (bratty ol' heart!) but she said it was definitely no problem, and that she was glad to see what was going on, because sometimes they don't catch everything at the first ablation. She had even brought in a specialist from Cedars-Sinai who knows how to work with complex arrythmias, but nothing happened for him, either.
Anyway...this guy and one of his female colleagues who work at the hospital actually came to my room later that day to meet me in person. He saw me onstage at the survivor ceremony at the heart walk on Sunday, and he said he wanted to meet me because I'm a celebrity!
Later, they brought me a bracelet to wear! That was so nice!
I also got to pet the therapy dog yesterday and get a picture with her. Oh, and the food wasn't too bad, either. It wasn't a complete loss. At least I know what's going on with my heart now, 9 months post-ablation, and I'm on Coreg now. My EP doc was disappointed that they couldn't do anything to get me off beta-blockers, but she figured the Coreg was best since she said I should never have been on Betapace. She said it wasn't right for my heart.
Love,
Debi and Her Weird Heart!
Thanks for all the good wishes and prayers! I just got home late yesterday afternoon after having my non-ablation. It so turned out that after they put me under for the TEE and began the electrophysiology study, and after they mapped my heart (in 3-D nonetheless, which would have been awesome to see!), I was only having a handful of PVCs and some non-sustained V-Tach, which is good. Because what I was having is so small, and non consistent, they couldn't do anything. My EP doctor met with me late Wednesday in my room and we discussed everything. She thinks my near-passing out episode was from the beta-blocker I was on at the time, or my blood pressure, which tends to run low as it is and my heart tried to overcompensate, or stress, or even my heart just being WEIRD (as we already know!). Because of the (minor) structural defects in my heart, that could also have possibly contributed to what happened. I told her I was sorry for wasting her time (bratty ol' heart!) but she said it was definitely no problem, and that she was glad to see what was going on, because sometimes they don't catch everything at the first ablation. She had even brought in a specialist from Cedars-Sinai who knows how to work with complex arrythmias, but nothing happened for him, either.
Anyway...this guy and one of his female colleagues who work at the hospital actually came to my room later that day to meet me in person. He saw me onstage at the survivor ceremony at the heart walk on Sunday, and he said he wanted to meet me because I'm a celebrity!
Later, they brought me a bracelet to wear! That was so nice! I also got to pet the therapy dog yesterday and get a picture with her. Oh, and the food wasn't too bad, either. It wasn't a complete loss. At least I know what's going on with my heart now, 9 months post-ablation, and I'm on Coreg now. My EP doc was disappointed that they couldn't do anything to get me off beta-blockers, but she figured the Coreg was best since she said I should never have been on Betapace. She said it wasn't right for my heart.
Love,
Debi and Her Weird Heart!
