Sorry could not reply to everyone who replied to my previous post
Anyway Hospital gp don’t know if was or was not related to my hemi block BUT now it’s left anterior fascicular block WITH reduced R Waves
Don’t know if it’s gone from hemi block to lfascicular block given axies deviation BUT think am lucky Q Waves not replace R
Hospital have said they have NO doubt it will happen again.
Once again sorry could not reply as Was predisposed
Sending my thoughts and prayers your way Jeff.
Hi Sereza6 don’t really know about events was wirl wind test NOT much in way of medication GUESS that’s coz have bad reaction to most things.
As effected my voice AND feeling tad shaky given what said .. might even be suffering ptsd
Wish doctor would lied and said would not happen again ONCE was enough
Anyway glad to be home even tho shaking suffering acid indegestion
Well I didn't understand a word of that...
Blimey! So are you being referred for more investigation to determine the cause? How long were you in hospital?
Re your last post (which is now locked so no chance to post on that one any longer), I think I'm most curious about your 'Spanish antibiotics' - did you tell the GP and hospital you'd taken those (and what kind, dosage, etc) and what was their reaction?
Hi Sunnie2day
Was not in hospital that long WAS day AND got to have holter ecg over few days
If I had sufferd swelling hospital would of kept me in
Yet again doctors say antibiotics don’t work with virus AND yet again had to tell them if you have immunity issues like I do YOU need them for virus IF it effects you.
Told doctors friend got antibiotics from Spain for me AS emergency supply TOLD doctor might not be here if had not took them.
Dispite others think Antibiotics helped with my Congestion & Palpitations
Few blood test later he told me the was real antibiotics that am pleased about.
So, to clarify (and please correct me if I've misunderstood), you became unwell and you took non-prescribed antibiotics which did seem to clear up an infection caused chest congestion; you finally got a booking to see the GP who then determined you had suffered a heart attack+a viral infection the antibiotics shouldn't have been effective in clearing. The GP sent you over to the hospital who confirmed the GP findings - and within hours sent you home with no medication. The hospital ordered a Holter for further investigations - any results from that yet?
Thank-you for the reply specific to the antibiotics - not surprised the use of them cleared your congestion but wonder if the real problem was bacterial and not viral, that would explain the efficacy of the antibiotics AND the heart attack (HA being caused by the infection, not the use of the antibiotics, of course).
I have mild scarring on my aortic valve (childhood rheumatic fever developed into 'rheumatic heart') and have to restrain myself demanding antibiotics the times I'm sure I have an infection. I go to the GP, tell her I suspect an infection, she does a blood test and depending on culture results then prescribes an antibiotic - or not...if it's viral, she won't prescribe and I don't ask friends returning from Spanish holidays to pick me up some antibiotics - my worst fear is using the antibiotics without seeing the GP first and getting a culture done to determine infection type will lead to a heart attack - what if I'm using an antibiotic that doesn't touch a 'drug-resistant' infection, what if I'm not taking the right antibiotic for the type of infection I suspect and it leads to pericardial constriction which then causes a heart attack, what if...
Everyone is different, you're comfortable using unsupervised antibiotics but the thought scares blue blazes out of me on so many levels there isn't room here to list them all.
How are you feeling now?
That’s it in a nut shell BUT was not as scary as how I felt weekend
Beta blockers proton pumps SOME antibiotics I have very bad reaction too
So have to be carful EVERYONE thinks heart attack’s happen when BP pulse is very high AND that’s untrue as can happen with low pulse bp
I have lung issues AND I don’t belive you just wake up with congestive heart failure THINK with any heart failure this like chipping away lot of suffering go’s on befoure you have heart failure dx
Too right about BP and pulse numbers not reliable for HA indicator, I had a friend go to her GP who refused to believe she was having a heart attack owing to a normal BP and pulse reading. My friend 'smiled and nodded' and managed to get herself over to the nearest private hospital where she was found to be in the middle of a heart attack - she spent a week in that hospital and two years on her GP is still apologising. Everyone is different, every one.
All the best wishes for a return to the healthiest condition your circumstance permits, and thank-you for your replies.
Glad your friend is going strong AM having trouble trying to hold it together really I do hope am going to be ok
Think have nearly used up all my get out jail free cards up
I actually know just what you mean about those 'get out of jail free' cards, I've been feeling the same thing these past few months.
Onwards and upwards, and again, all the best to you!
ETA: off-topic a bit, but are you posting from a 'smart phone'? I've noticed when I use mine sometimes my posts are on the 'shorthand' side and I've noticed some of yours are as well, so I'm curious.
Hi Sunnie2day yer I use smart phone AND that’s as much as I know really
So your GP diagnosed a heart attack which happened at the weekend? And sent you on your merry way, with no further testing, or referral to a cardiologist or prescribing standard post-HA meds. Your ecg actually looks pretty good, what leads were the depressions in? Did it show elevations on the corresponding leads?
What artery did the heart attack happen in (an ecg can show this).
Again, I’m struggling to understand your post, the title says heart attack but you then talk about unrelated ecg changes and bundle branch block.
Stay away from google, my friend.
Hi Sillyfroggy no GP did ecg at surgery THEN told me given results to go AE as looked like I had ... had a mini heart attack
So the phoned rapid heart chest hospital clinic WHAT ever it’s called.
Anyway doctors don’t know if it’s my hemi block caused it or heart attack ALL the no is my heart R Waves are depressed now and heart sufferd left axies deviation o and also said something about T waves
So got to have more test AS never suffers that befoure or on other ecg’s
Have to have ecg fitted for few days AND have to go to some palpitation clinic
Did you go to A and E? I’m a bit confused - you say you had a heart attack but it would appear you haven’t been treated for it, but rather referred to the Rapid Access Chest Pain clinic? Which is primarily to assess whether angina is present. You then mention palpitations - presumably they’re secondary to the possible heart attack? The Holter test will look to see if any serious arrhythmias occur. A LBBB is quite common as people get older and can be fairly benign. Without him explaining what the axis changes are, how do you know if they’re good/bad/indifferent. Presumably your doctor doesn’t feel there’s anything desperate going on or you’d be on an angio table or in a hospital bed!
That’s fab news (if I’ve read it right).
Hi Jeff are you in the UK ?? when you say " Hospital GP " do you mean the A & E Doctor ? You seem to know an awful lot about ECGs did it give an explanation on the print out of the ECG ? Just trying to understand what is actually wrong ( in the nicest possible way )
regards
Ecg’s are not like years ago NOW the have findings printed on them if you have issues
That’s where I got my information from AE doctors and my GP
All quite scary really as seen doctor and cardiac surgeon
It WAS SURGON who told me about it and will defo be happing again.
Hi Jeff
Just looking at my last ECG
Vent Rate 57 bpm
PR Interval 160ms
QRS duration 186ms
QT/QTc 424/412ms
P-R-T axes 34 60 -5
and the wording was Sinus Bradycardia
Non Specific intraventricular block
Abnormal QRS-T angle, consider primary T
wave abnormality.
What that means I have no idea just put it here to show what is sometimes printed on an ECG
Am no expert really but if that was mine would think you suffer chronic angina
Not sure what your none specific heart block is might be worth asking doc AS I don’t know if the talking about a hole or just a bit
Hi Jeff
I have Moderate/Severe Heart Failure with LAD and Circumflex bypassed,LAD has been stented since by pass. RCA 100% blocked and was not worth bypassing
Gosh not quite bucket list ad want BUzt glad able to do such things
Defo sounds like been to moon and back with your heart issues.
My dad had heart attack 12 years ago and that left him with heart failure IS done well really ITs just Alzheimer’s Dementia now as
Hi
What medical school did you go to, I note you went to A & E to see the other incompetents. Have a little sympathy with the under stress A & E staff they have a job to do and I believe they do it very well. What your post does highlight is the difference with A & E outcomes, I recently had to visit A & E after Heart Nurse told me to go. I was seen within 2 minutes of walking in, ECG within 10 minutes. and in a ward within 30 minutes wired up to telemetry. Never had a cross word within anyone, what I will say was I was seen by a Specialist Cardiac Nurse. I think that makes a difference !!
Hi Londinium I have had same issues THATs why I keep emergency antibiotics MY lung doctor as told GPS even if they think it’s virus give me antibiotics
But do they read anything I doubt it.
Usaly I keep copy of lung doctors letter to show doctors GPS now
But are right about vit c and d3 as I also have supply of them
I use to have restless leg going on AND d3 sorted that BUT do find vit C very good at keeping infection’s at bay WELL most of the time.
Defo agree when I had bad infection congestion they say mines clear NOW I never usually suffer from congestion
Am no expert but is not congestion fluids inflammation from infection or other cause.
Am sick of them saying my chest is clear and it’s not.
When I was in hospital I asked for X-ray give heart congestion and that never happens SO don’t know if X-ray out as had few scans n stuff.
But I would liked one IF only to prove a point UNLESS they already knew
It's been my experience (on three continents) that if I'm 'strong enough' to 'argue', there's nothing wrong with me in their eyes except 'a tendency to hysteria'. My latest experience (here in the UK) with the cardiologist was a clearly (insinuated, not spoken) 'You look fine and you're ambulatory, why are you here?'.
Obviously he hadn't read what my GP saw two months prior that had her thinking heart failure and put me on an 'urgent' referral. Doesn't help by the time I saw him (two months post initial referral) I was much improved. But. Still...
My wife was in Hospital recently with Pneumonia and was treated for Sepsis I think this is part of the new Norm for severe infections !!
My next door neighbour has had to call an ambulance because of severe breathing problems, 3 times this year. Each time she was sent home next morning and told it was probably asthma. She's never had asthma in her life but I know it can suddenly start. The last time just 2 weeks ago they finally x rayed and kept her in with severe and long standing pneumonia. From what she's said it sounds as if they have been so focussed on Covid,that's all they have looked for. Another friend's mum was admitted overnight 4 times and sent home with pneumonia. It was only after her daughter hit the roof that she was finally kept in and treated until it was clear. They seem too scared of covid to keep anyone in hospital.
Heart Attack then scared and anxious 
Heart attack and smoking.....
Carpbait
Fiancé just had heart attack 
Questions to ask GP re heart failure, ECG and echo results 
