21 Going on 72
The past few weeks have been pretty fun. Last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night I was having heart palpitations, which were lasting for about an hour to an hour and a half. When these happen for me, my heart feels like it’s racing out of my chest. I’ve been having them for the past year or so but never really thought anything of them since they’d go away after a little bit. What made these a little different is on Wednesday night I was having some chest pains as well. So, I decided to head to the E.R. After waiting for a few hours, they got some blood to run some tests and came back telling me that nothing looked abnormal. They gave me a holter monitor to wear for 24 hours so they could try and capture a recording of one.
The day after I drop it off I get an urgent phone call from the doctor saying that while I was sleeping my heart would stop beating for about 4 and a half seconds, making very low beats per minute. Soon after that I’m scheduled to see another cardiologist that specializes in heart rhythms. After talking with him he said that:
- The pains were probably heart burn
- My heart stopping while I sleep is probably from me snoring so much
- The palpitations are most likely caused by an extra electrical connection which causes the electrical signal to pass through and back into the heart continuously in an endless loop. (Supraventricular tachycardia)
I have to wear another monitor for about 30 days to see if I can record a palpitation. After that they can make sure that it is actually supraventricular tachycardia and we can go from there. From what the doctor said it’s not very unhealthy to have it, it’s just annoying to feel. There’s a procedure to fix it where they go in and singe the extra electrical connection. There are also some pills you can take to control it, but who wants to be constantly taking pills?
That’s what’s been going on with me lately. 21 years old, dealing with heart problems ;) . Nothing new on the iPhone development; I am having a lot of fun with the Mac, though.