Cardiologist

Thanks for all the concern over my Post Race Scare!



I made an appointment to see a Cardiologist this week. He ordered several labs, a chest xray, and a 12 lead EKG.



I was super impressed by the amazing new check-in process at the Dr.’s office!



I hate paper gowns. Yuck.

After a long wait, I finally saw a Cardiologist. I was very impressed (and a little worried) that the Cardiologist himself was going to see me, not his Nurse Practitioner. However, I had nothing to worry about!

He sat and talked with me for a while, reviewed all of my symptoms, & diagnosed me as having: 

Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia.
 
The electrical impulses in my heart sometimes don’t connect and that’s when my heart jumps into a super fast rhythm. He said there’s nothing that can be done about it – it happens and it’s fairly common. He instructed me to continue holding my breath and bearing down until it returns to normal. Another suggestion he gave - put ice water on my face, neck, and hands.

Hopefully, I won’t have to deal with this again for such a prolonged length of time. When it happens again, if I’m near a hospital at all, he wants me to try to get an EKG just to get a better idea of my heart rhythm at that time. The pattern is so unpredictable, I don’t even know if that would be possible but we will see what happens!

So yes, I’m alright – nothing major is wrong with me, SVT is fairly common and happens to lots of people. I just need to make sure I’m well hydrated before a race and I need to take it easy on bad race days. :0)

Thanks again for all of the concern! You guys make me smile!!

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Have a fabulous weekend!! I have several exciting Disney related events coming up this weekend – I can’t wait to tell you all about them! :D