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potsiebarbie

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  1. Thank you so much for replying! I had a doctor hear an irregularity with the stethoscope recently so cardio ordered 4 week monitor. I'm hoping it picks up what the doc heard. My ekgs have started showing irbbb the past few months too. Do you think a 4 week monitor is long enough? I had a 24 hr one last time. It was a good 24 hr right after iv mag so I'm not surprised it was okay. Thanks again for responding!
  2. I haven't been getting a ton of responses on my previous posts, but I'm hoping someone can relate to this, or might even have some comforting insight (because it is really unsettling). When I go from lying to sitting, or sitting to standing I get this weird feeling in my chest (maybe pressure?? Idk), and I'll feel my pulse and it's hard and slow. It eventually progresses into my ever so familiar tachycardia, but when I get that feeling in my chest and it's hard and slow like that it is uncomfortable and scary. It's like my heart can keep up. Once I'm walking around it goes away. Thoughts? Experiences? Anything would be appreciated.
  3. What's your diagnosis? Does your doc know why your mag is low? How are your other electrolytes?
  4. Yes! I saw a audiologist and I have significant hearing loss that is abnormal for my age so I had to have a brain MRI. They didnt find anything related to the hearing but they did fine a pituitary gland growth. I'm having a more detailed MRI today to get a better look at the growth. Do you have a kidney issue? I have renal magnesium wasting and the audiologist said the kidneys are directly related to the ears.
  5. No meds for it. My pop is trying to get me in your see a different cardiologist.
  6. I normally feel mine in upper middle chest. Last night I feeling them pretty low in the sternum and that's never happened so it kinda spooked me a little. I remember people mentioning difference between Pvcs and pacs is upper and lower. So where do you guys feel yours and do you know what they are exactly?
  7. Thank you. They discharged me since all my tests came back okay. I do have a recent history of incomplete right bundle branch block on my ekgs. The doc felt like nothing was emergent, but that I need to follow up this week. I told him I need him to note the "irregularity" he heard so I have that to show my doc(s). Hopefully they take it seriously. Who knows! Lol
  8. I have this EXACT same feeling! Did you ever find out anymore about it?
  9. In the ER for some funky heart palpitation stuff and when doc listened to my heart he said it is irregular. So he listened some more and it seemed to fix itself, and returned to normal. He said the EKG didnt show it. They are doing blood work an chest x-ray. My cardiologist just saw me a couple weeks ago and scheduled a follow up for a year. The irregularity worries me especially since I'm symptomatic. Just wanted to see if anyone has some experience with something like this.
  10. I get the same way. I know it's hard, but in between the refferals and tests and appts I just try to forget about all it and try to pretend I'm normal. Lol Since there's not much I can do from one appt to the next I just set it all up and do my best to forget about it till it happens. Easier said than done, and I don't do a great job at it, but I try, and having three little ones keeps me busy. Hang in there!
  11. Darn! I was hoping I didn't just have a bunch of different random stuff.
  12. No. Maybe the Endo will order it. I had 24 hr urine that showed I'm wasting magnesium. I wonder if they could be connected.
  13. The neuro office wants only the report- not the disc. Should I be worried? Lol I'm gonna try to get both.
  14. I'm gonna try to get it before the appt but what is funny is that the neuro office only wants the report.
  15. The ENT called it a growth. He is gonna order a different MRI to get a better look. I have appointments with an endocrinologist and neurologist coming up this month and next for unrelated matters so maybe they will be of help?
  16. My ENT just called with my brain MRI results and while they didn't find a reason for my hearing loss they did find a small growth on my pituitary gland. Anybody have this or know anything about it? I'm trying hard not to freak out about it.
  17. Since so many of us have it! Some of us are used to it, but some of us still aren't. I thought it might be comforting for everybody who has chest pain to describe it and give a little info on it. I get various kinds of chest pain, and no real answers so I thought this might be a good thread to start. Thanks!
  18. I totally agree! A better explanation could have left my mind at ease. What kind of chest pain do you get with that?
  19. Have you always had it? Do you have any other medical issues? If you don't mind me asking.
  20. Thank you! I'm definitely going to try for a second opinion!
  21. Thanks for your response! It does matter to me. It's a new finding (last 2 months) after being in and out of doctors offices, specialists offices, and ers for about a year. I wouldn't even know I had pots if I had accepted my doctors "anxiety" diagnosis when I knew something was wrong with my body. I am slowly accepting that I won't feel my old normal anymore. I agree sometimes the treatments are worse than the thing you are trying to treat. O cut out all my prescriptions. Many doctors blindly throw meds without digging any deeper. I guess I feel like in the meantime, I need to take the best care of myself physically and mentally so I get a better idea what's going on with my body. Easier said than done. Lol Andkeeping up with my other appts, docs, and tests. One thing I'd love to improve is not being a silent doormat in the doctors office. Lol I leave with more questions than I came in with.
  22. Thanks! I'm going to try to get a second opinion, and maybe even give my cardio a call and ask questions until I get a better understanding.
  23. Well there's no debate that I have the IRBBB. One of my concerns is that it is a new finding. Hopefully I can eventually locate some reassuring research or get a second opinion with someone who's willing to educate me on this.
  24. The machine sometimes picks it up. The machine didn't pick it up today, but doc did.
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