SVT - Super Ventricular Tachycardia
Sorry I have been off the forum for a few days but I have been in hospital. I chucked a wobbly yesterday and they finally let me go home. I hate hospitals bigtime! On Friday morning it was a beautifu...
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Good grief, you must have been thoroughly alarmed. But the first time your heart does something weird IS alarming. I got an arrythmia about 2/3 through chemo - why is a bit obscure, combination of things I imagine. However I have practically no symptoms so the first time my heart was detected galloping, I was quite unaware - thankfully I was being tested prior to a chemo session. Metropolol is so effective - I have had a cardioversion (electric shock) and regulating medication, both worked fine but only for about 15 months each and so my cardiologist and I have decided that as I remain symptom free (no
palpitations, feelings of panic/doom), tachycardia is rare and very brief and my heart rate even then not too high, I will stay on metropolol to keep my rate normal and live (effective so far!) with the relatively slight irregularity. Blood thinners as an added protection. No known side effects of the metropolol. Good luck for next week.
palpitations, feelings of panic/doom), tachycardia is rare and very brief and my heart rate even then not too high, I will stay on metropolol to keep my rate normal and live (effective so far!) with the relatively slight irregularity. Blood thinners as an added protection. No known side effects of the metropolol. Good luck for next week.