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A-Fib & me

Posted 07-27-2009 at 07:44 PM by SamiP

This past weekend was pretty scary for me. I had been wearing an event halter monitor and on Friday, I got up, and my heart was beating rapidly, in fact, not really beating as much as fluttering, erratic and out of control. Now, mind you, I was on an event monitor. In other words, when I had my "event" I had to unplug myself, dial a number, give the operator my ID number and name, then hold the small unit over the receiver of my phone and press start..and I'm supposed to be doing...
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A need to vent

Posted 07-22-2009 at 07:26 PM by SamiP

Okay, so today I get my even monitor, I'm excited..not happy excited, but glad to finally be getting this over with. I come home, wearing my little beeper type device, loaded with instructions and wearing my two leads. I didn't get any palps until later in the afternoon..a short burst. I hit the "record" button, and then went and phoned in like I was told to do. All was well until about an hour ago when I had the extra beats..2 and then 1, laced with palpitations. So, I record..and...
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