It's probably worth contacting the Cardiologist via their Secretary with a message about the incident and your concern that you haven't received any results back yet about your tests , and ask them if they can either speak to you on the phone or relay a message back to you via the Secretary with some advice.
At the least you should receive their report of your test results , but they may also suggest a check up at the GP or advise you on medication.
Unusual incidents are worth getting on record either with Cardiology or your GP just in case a pattern starts to emerge .
Can’t seem To get through to cardio or them to respond to my voicemail , they never do though
Called the GP today spoke to reception I explained that situation but they said they can only call the same numbers I am and didn’t even know I had been for more tests
Have you got your Cardiologists Secretary's email? If not , you can ring hospital reception and ask to be put through to the Secretarys direct line , and if there is no answer , ring Hospital Reception again and ask for the Secretarys email address just stating that you need to send some info through to them direct but you can't get through and don't have the email you need.
They should give it to you.
If you email you get a response because it shows up in the records and you keep your own so it can't go unanswered without you being able to query , again in writing , the lack of response .
I learnt this trick a few years ago and gave not a had a problem getting answers from the various Consultants I have since.
It would also be worth checking on Patient Access ,if you have it , if the results if your tests have been uploaded , and if not , call the records department to find out where they are.
To be honest , I've never found PALS that effective at getting results , they don't really have any more clout than your GP when you make a complaint.
If you choose to complain about anything , it's better to try all avenues available to get the information first (keeping evidence of emails and dates of calls) and if nothing is being done put in a written complaint to the Chief Executive Office of your hospital instead. That definitely gets things moving , they don't like to hear complaints!!!
it could be that you had episodes of tachycardia not AF. I have had quite a few of those and strangely 108 seems to be a favourite number . Mine always happened when I am waking up or in the middle of the night and were associated with beta blocker withdrawal or eating certain foods
Try not to worry. Those are not high heart rates, although the 88 a little high for night time. Periodically I get short bouts of tachycardia- up to 110. Arrhythmia nurse told me this is a normal hunan response to stress, cold, heat, excitement or some type of inflammation.
I have a trick I use when this happens:
I put my finger on my pulse and mentally count in time with it 123456 etc. I'll be sitting down comfortably when I do this. I'll keep doing it for up to 5 minutes onand off. I do some slow breathing and it all calms down. Apparently they used this technique in research with people who had phobic responses- saw it on a science programme- it really works.
I get similar although now rarely having been prescribed daily (1.25mg) bisoprolol. I don't know the cause but I do get far more palpitations than I ever get AF. My doctor is never concerned and just puts it down to the "wide QRS" that shows on my ECG and is a part of my "bundle block" (LBBB).
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