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PAC, PVC, PNC, PAT, Couplet, Triplet, Oh my!

Posted 08-24-2009 at 12:56 PM by Jeff

Tags arrhythmia , couplet , pac , pat , pnc , psvt , pvc , triplet

Last week I stopped into my cardiologist's office to pick up the EKGs from my event monitor back in February. I picked them up because Jsuter69 was stressing about some increases in her heart rate that I thought were due to vagus nerve activity, and I knew I had captured some of that during my monitoring. I wanted to show her to confirm for her that it was normal, and that it was OK.

Ambivalent is a good word to explain how I felt about picking up those records. I was happy to be...

Jeff

Chief Busboy

Posted in Heart

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Oh, My Jupiter

Posted 08-07-2009 at 11:21 PM by Jeff

Tags pvc , stress relief

I'm not sure there are too many benefits to having lived through years of PVCs, but if there's at least one, it's got to be finding coping mechanisms and tactics to reduce or eliminate them.

Those of you who are just experiencing your first bout with palpitations, skipped beats and extra beats, I envy you a little (because your "bad day" is probably what I'd call "Tuesday"), but my heart also goes out to you, because like you, there was a great deal of fear instilled...

Jeff

Chief Busboy

Posted in Heart

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Strength and Distance

Posted 05-06-2009 at 11:56 PM by Jeff

Tags arrhythmia , pvc

I was sending emails back and forth lately with someone who suffers with a lot of PVCs every day, trying to help her to cope with them. The things she was feeling as her heart was flip-flopping in her chest read like it came straight from my own head.

You ask yourself "Can I die from PVCs? How will my family go on without me?"

It can be a constant reminder that something is wrong. And I mean every few seconds, all day long constant. But now, a little over...

Jeff

Chief Busboy

Posted in Heart

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