Hi all. Been a strange day. Not in AF as such, but had chest pain since 6am and it's not lessening. It's the weekend and we have lots of plans and to be honest I can't face A&E! My rational is that it's not getting any worse so it's not going to kill me 😀.
Do you ever have bad chest pain (left side only) which just goes eventually? I'm on a calcium channel blocker but as I don't have a racing pulse I don't see any point in taking an extra dose (which I'm allowed to do if AF is bad ).
Thanks all!
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Hi all. Thank you so much for your replies and concern. Some days it feels like.you are the only people who know how it feels.
Things settled in the evening just as I was preparing to leave for hospital. It is completely gone now. Just one of those weird things I guess. Thanks again.
Very glad to hear the pain has gone! I would be like you and hold back from a&e if possible. On another note... next week I have an appointment with the EP you mentioned a few months ago and I'm getting nervous, I've been drifting along coping with fortnightly episodes of AF and getting weak muscles and legs from the medication, but now I'm slightly panicking that the appointment is finally here. I have found magnesium has calmed things down a lot, can I ask you how you think he's likely to respond to that information? Is he easy to talk to?
Hi Jane - so it's Paul Broadhurst you're seeing? I've seen him a few times now and I've warmed to him. I.would recommend you bring a concise summary of.your symptoms and a note of exactly what medication you have. He likes information and he's a fast talker and thinker so I feel I have to keep up! He is flexible on whether I have an ablation, he is wiling to go with what I feel I want. I am sure you will do well with him. Best of luck.
Next time dial 999 much quicker (no more than a few minutes). That way they will send a paramedic who can do a number of tests quickly and hence much more likely to pick up transient incidents which can help big time in diagnosis. Also they are heavily trained for heart issues.
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