PVCs???

Good afternoon,

Does anyone either with ICDs or Pacemakers have PVC's either throughout the day and/or at night???

If so, do they drive you crazy like me or have you found a unique way to cope.

Thanks!

Ron

7 Comments

PVC

by TinaH - 2013-07-28 08:07:44

Hi Ron,

Just wanted to let you know that I have them and yes they drive me crazy. The only thing I know to Sonia to remind myself that I have has them before and just try to put it out of my mind. I try not to what if to much. The doctor told me most people have them but never feel them. Guess we are not those lucky ones. Have you had a doctor check them out? Oh and I had mine before the pacemaker and still have them after the pacemaker. Hope yours gets better soon.

Tina

sdmbw

by Hokeymama - 2013-07-28 09:07:32

Yes, I do and they HURT! I used to have occassional pvsc before my pacer that were like a little twinge, but these feel like I'm getting punched in the chest and make me short of breath!

PVC's for Ron inColo

by donr - 2013-07-28 10:07:59

Ron: below are two comments I wrote in the last week or so about PVC's. Good Grief, do I ever have them! My heart is the Mother Lode for them.



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"PM's Cannot help w/ PVC's
Comment posted by donr on 2013-07-24 01:58.
That's why you still sense them.

A PM is like a gas pedal in a car - can make it go faster, but slow it down. That takes a brake pedal. That's one thing a PM is NOT! We have yet to develop things which can accurately predict the future & that's what a PM would have to do to stop PVC's.

Why do you sense them while you are lying down - good question. Most likely because you are still & not thinking about anything else, so up pops a PVC & you sense it. No big deal - they are not dangerous. To quote my Cardio "They won't kill you." They obviously don't because I'm still here & I just had 103,000 of them in 47 days.That's not even 1 per minute, IIRC my math on the episodes. You had 525 in 72 hrs - that is not even 10 per hour - call that 1 every 6 minutes. Piker!!!!!

PVC's are annoying but not dangerous. If you have them long enough, you will get used to them & stop noticing them.


PVC's & sensing them - Royale
Comment posted by donr on 2013-07-24 09:12.
You said it exactly correctly!

PVC's are a royal pain in the neck!

I can recall the first one I ever had, including its time of occurrence: 9:20 PM, 15 March 1975. It was THAT dramatic - I thought my heart had stopped, it scared me that badly.

I had 103,000 PVC's recently during a 47 day period. I did not feel a SINGLE ONE of those 103,000 PVC's - NOT a one. Now - during that same 47 day period, I had 957 RUNS of PVC's & sensed a bunch of them, especially if they occurred late at night while I was sitting here at my computer typing away or playing a game of solitaire before closing down for the night.

Recall that a "Run" is two in a row. So, I may have had a bunch of low count runs that I did not sense. The later night runs were at least a minute long. My response was to say to myself "Hmmmmm. PVC's" & go about my business.

I am no hero or stoic. When I started feeling them all the time some 25 yrs after the first, dramatic PVC, I was a wreck. I heard my Cardio; his head nurse, & finally my EP say "They won't kill you!" enough times that eventually I accepted that fact sub consciously & now do not sense them - unless it's a long run.

BTW: I typically run at an average rate of 3 PVC's every 2 minutes - grind that out over a 30 day period & it is a mind blowing number in the 100,000 range.

Inga once said "We all have them." she meant to include all normal people w/o any electrical malfunctions requiring PM's.

Remember a para or so ago I mentioned it was nearly 25 yrs between my first SENSED PVC & getting a PM? there's your proof that it happens to normal people (I know, who said I was normal?) Yes, Inga meant we as in the general population.

Yes, the wimpy beat is ALWAYS first - it comes early (Premature) so the Ventricles have not filled to their optimum level w/ blood for pumping, masking them wimpy. Inga once sent me an example of an ECG showing a PVC in a string of normal beats. The characteristic "Wimp, heavy, pause " pattern is clearly evident.

Hope this helps!"
End Paste.

Don

You are incredible...

by Duke999 - 2013-07-29 03:07:45

Angrysparrow, you are amazing. I like the way you describe the pvc's as crazy dances. I wish you all well.
God bless.

Duke

Thanks to All

by Ronniecolorado - 2013-07-29 06:07:32

Good afternoon everyone.

I can't tell you all how much your comments mean to me...Thanks so much for taking your time and responding to my post.

All the best!!!

Ron

oh so many

by Hope - 2013-07-29 08:07:31

Hi! Ronnie, If all the members of this site who experience PVCs formed a line, it would be a very long line. If I am honest, a series of them still make freeze for a moment. However, as time goes on , it is more of an involuntary reaction as opposed to panic. I breathe calmly, remind myself I AM HERE and set my mind free of it. Mental control is the skill that gets us through them. Keep trying and you, like the rest of us who experience them, will find they have less power over you. I hope it happens soon for you. Hopeful Heart

HI

by AHONEYBUNNY - 2013-07-30 01:07:34

I USED TO GET SCARED BUT NOT ANY MORE, BECAUSE NOW I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
WHAT HELPS ME (IF I AM AT HOME) - I GRUNT ANGRILY WHEN IT HAPPENS. IF IT HAPPENS IN PUBLIC I JUST GRIN WEIRD AND BEAR IT.

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