new to all this

first can i say hi to everyone im new to all this ,well il start with some background in july i had a mitrail valve replaced with a st judes mercanical one ,spent a week in icu ,recoverd from that then had a cardioversion done weeks after didnt work hasd spells of fainting and breathlessnes ,then 4 weeks ago had a pacemaker fitted , well since then im having the odd bout of light headedness dizzy and occasional breathless and hotness ,and also have from time to time have a weired feeling that a wire or somthing is moving up and down in my cheast and can feel it in my neck its a strange feeling .i went to gp were they done a ecg she never comented on it but did say 100bpm and skipped beats she then sent a fax to consultant at hospital as she couldnt reach her on phone am still waiting for appiontment has anyone else experanced this and if so hat could it be ,i had af ,mitral valve regurgitation ,mitral stonosis ,etc etc then had bracardi 43 bpm .before opps ,any idea what could be going on an is 100 bpm normal as i say im new to all this its all happened so quick

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by Tessy - 2008-11-15 08:11:15

You will find the answer to your questions if you give it a day or two. There are so many knowledgeable people on this site. I had a dual pacemaker fitted at the end of January this year, I had a few niggly things afterwards.. After a few appointments with the Pacing Clinic I am really good now.

I notice you are in the UK, you could ring the consultant's secretary and ask her if she has received the fax from your doctor. I have had to do chasing up in the past with my husband not hearing anything after a fax was sent by the GP to the hospital , and it turned out they never received the information sent by the doctor. I had to go back to the doctor's receptionist and get the hospital standing by the fax machine to wait for the fax to be sent again!!!

You are in charge of your own health, chase it up

Good luck, everything will sort itself out.

Tessy

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