Met my new cardiologist today I think I like him. I had a VOM done the end of April. Long story short it was a failure that’s obvious to me now. I have had tachycardia ever since except for a month I was on medication for pericarditis. I can barely walk and when I do I feel faint and my vision gets blurry. So the past couple of weeks I am also nauseous as well as getting sick and really can’t eat nor do I want to eat I have no appetite. The good news is I’ve dropped 16 pounds in three weeks.
anyway since July I have not been able to reach my doctor/surgeon it’s been a nightmare with his office. I think I like this new doctor he seems comforting when you talk to him he is not cocky but I just get the feeling he knows what he’s talking about.
Most of the doctors have the one that did my surgery on a pedestal. I don’t think this one does because he questioned things about my medications and told me multiple which I have been on again since July is useless for me. It only works when you are NSR to help keep you there. I was taken off metropolol which is the one I should’ve been taking. This was frustrating to hear among other things. Even today in the office my heart rate was 158 during the EKG.
next week I will be getting a cardioversion I forget what he called it but they put something down your throat. He assured me I will not know anything I will be sleeping which is good I don’t want to know anything. I am still afraid although I know many of you have had one or more. He also told me most likely I will need another ablation. I went into full anxiety attack in his office. I could not breathe and I was wheezing and felt like I was going to cry but I couldn’t cry. I don’t know if it’s just the reality of continuing trying to treat miserable a fib. my first ablation lasted six months and my second a year and a half. To just film decent and be able to do something as silly as washing dishes would excite me right now. I feel good that I’m finally in capable hands also the hospital is local about 15 minutes from my house. The section taking care of me is called the Heart Hospital of East Texas. It definitely will be better than traveling two hours plus to Houston. The AP who will do my other procedure is less than an hour away at another very good hospital/heart center.
I don’t have any questions to ask I’m sure all of you at one time or another have felt like I do right now and whether the cardioversion will work or not we won’t know until we know. I’m glad to be in here with this group because others just don’t get it when it comes to a fib. I know I didn’t understand about it or even really care until I had it. I live with my cousin and he is very supportive
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At last it sounds like you have a doctor who gives you confidence. It really does make all the difference in the world. Good luck for your upcoming CV. X
thank you I went into my other one with all kinds of good feelings if you read about him you would have as well he is out of the same place I think that Dr. Wolf is and he created the procedure he did to me I think he needs to go back to the drawing board I am not impressed. He abandoned me I have not heard from him since my check up after the surgery and his office will not call me back since the end of August because they complained about his medical assistant/secretary not really medical. I thought the world of that doctor until this. My cousin said yesterday that was the past it’s over let it go. No doctor will go up against him they are afraid of him. If I put a complaint in against him and I could or even get an attorney the problem is I am already ostracized and it might spread so no doctor will want to take care of me. My previous doctor in Florida as well as my primary here in Texas have both said I need a new doctor they didn’t say much but I can tell they were not impressed with him either. If you read about him he was big in research and I think he needs to stay there and not deal with patients. Many surgeons are not people persons. I was blessed in Florida and had wonderful. I would just like to see that girl one more time and ask her if her mother had called how would she like her treated the way that I have been treated. She probably came out of a lab probably doesn’t even have a mother just a test tube. Yes that’s my problem when I have something to say how you say it. I worked law enforcement for a long time you cannot stay close mouth when you do that job. I am who I am especially at this age lol
I feel so sorry for you I know what it's like to be stuck at a high heart rate. How on earth you're putting up with a rate of 158, well goodness knows. I was once stuck at 150 for almost a day and I could hardly put one foot in front of the other. I went to my GP's surgery and was told to go home and take another Flecainide and if that didn't work to go straight to A&E. Luckily it did work.
Do you know what day next week you're having your cardioversion? It seems a long time to have to wait when you feel so dreadful. I've been admitted to a hospital ward with that type of rate and kept in until the cardioversion could be performed.
I have to have an echo done Friday morning then they will take it from there. We had asked for Monday because my cousin is off on Mondays I really don’t want him interrupting his work and knowing that I probably have another ablation or something coming up as well upsets me to have him interfere with his work. He tells me not to worry about it but I am used to be independent.
I had gotten to thinking that my oximeter was not working right when I was seeing the numbers I have been getting. These have become normal to me and yes putting 1 foot in front of the other is almost impossible I feel so awful. For the past week I also have been getting sick to my stomach it comes on without warning. I really have not been eating but it doesn’t matter I go through the motions anyway. I was at my primary yesterday when it happened. He gave me a medication in a cup I guess it’s new and it has lidocaine in it. It was really funny to feel your throat and part of your tongue etc. go numb. Thank you for your kind words I know my friends here understand. I do have a distraction lol not really laughing but I have to see the neurosurgeon the first week of November because I can barely walk anyway because of my back not sure if the disk has changed position of ? I have spinal stenosis but I also have a nerve in my lower left back from the desk that runs around my hip they can’t do an ablation because I won’t be able to walk. This was going to be addressed last year when I got to Texas unfortunately a fib hit with a vengeance again and there’s no spinal surgery when that’s going on. I think I’m looking forward to putting me under on Friday maybe I will get some sleep. I can’t explain the pain. No matter what I do it hurts and it doesn’t stop it goes down my leg across my knee. All of a sudden I feel like such a big crybaby I think I’m just tired. Yesterday I think I had a mini meltdown my anxiety hit me so I could not talk all I could do was wheeze. Thank you again you are a sweetheart
Had my first cardioversion for Atrial Flutter on the 10th of this month. It was immediately successful brought me back into rhythm and lowered my HR, still holding today waiting to go to post procedure appointment next week. The whole process was very smooth and not at all painful and I am hoping the same for you! Yes, I am on my second Cardiologist and sometimes, no offense to the first one, it's just the right move for the patient and makes all the difference.
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