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Rome · February 17, 2016, 05:42:51 PM

Sorry to hear about your health issues. Hope it works out, Munson.

PhillyPhreak54 · February 17, 2016, 06:09:14 PM

Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 17, 2016, 05:38:27 PM
Does your heart rate spike we you go to the rape basement?

Lol

Get better soon Munson. shtein is scary

Munson · February 17, 2016, 07:50:39 PM

Thanks guys.

Very scary, but just gotta hope for the best. Wanna get shtein back to normal ASAP

Geowhizzer · February 17, 2016, 08:48:19 PM

Thoughts and prayers with you, Munson. My dad and my nephew had to get ablated for afib. Both turned out OK.

smeags · February 18, 2016, 09:04:20 AM

Yeah Munson, all kidding aside get well soon.

Susquehanna Birder · February 18, 2016, 09:57:30 AM

I totally understand your apprehension. I admit that I wrote out a makeshift living will and shared it with the wife before I went in.

Screwing with the heart is no joke, but the process is well known and the expertise is there to make any potential complications a very, very miniscule risk. Seriously...the thing they will be most concerned about is the healing of the incisions they make to get the catheters in.

I'm sure that you'll do fine, and hopefully they fix things up for you in short order.

SD · February 22, 2016, 01:55:06 PM

There's a nasty stomach virus floating around. My daughter had it Friday night. Was up 5-6 times throwing up. It hit me last night. I haven't felt that sick since I had a reaction to my typhoid shot in the Navy.

Sgt PSN · February 22, 2016, 01:58:00 PM

Quote from: SD on February 22, 2016, 01:55:06 PM
There's a nasty stomach virus floating around. My daughter had it Friday night. Was up 5-6 times throwing up. It hit me last night. I haven't felt that sick since I had a reaction to my typhoid shot in the Navy.

You spelled hot beef injection wrong.

Susquehanna Birder · February 23, 2016, 07:22:51 AM

I had that stomach bug. Thankfully it only lasted one night, but it was indeed brutal. Put me out of commission for a couple of days. From what I've read, that sucker is spreading everywhere, in classic contagion style.

Sgt PSN · February 23, 2016, 09:56:05 AM

Can't be that bad if the media isn't trying to scare us with it.

SD · February 23, 2016, 09:58:52 AM

Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on February 23, 2016, 07:22:51 AM
I had that stomach bug. Thankfully it only lasted one night, but it was indeed brutal. Put me out of commission for a couple of days. From what I've read, that sucker is spreading everywhere, in classic contagion style.

I work at home Mondays and still called out because I was so sick. Wasn't able to hold down water until mid morning yesterday. Held down soup last night and oatmeal this morning. Baby's momma has it too and she's dreading life. At least my daughter is over it.

Susquehanna Birder · February 23, 2016, 10:14:33 AM

My daughter had it, and she's Type 1. Between that and trying to deal with the kids while the hubby was at work, she ended up having to spend a couple of days in the hospital. First time in her 27 years that her disease put her there (well, first time since diagnosis).

Munson · February 29, 2016, 05:17:53 PM

The surgery last wednesday went well. Doc couldn't actually trigger the SVT, but was able to get it going enough to see an electrical pathway had split into two, and believes that's probably where my problem was coming from. They ablated it and I was home by noon Thursday. Had to go to the ER friday night, as some strange palpitations turned into tachy....ER doctor didn't think it was SVT though, and I was wearing a holter monitor, so when the results of that get evaluated I'll hopefully have some answers. Hoping it was just a funky beat due to the heart trying to heal.

They also upped by bystolic from 5 mg to 10 mg that night, and that resulted in a pretty horrible weekend. They're trying to tell me to stick with that until they get the holter results back, but I'm just going to take 5 mg every 18 hours, instead of every 12. I was up until 5 AM last night with awful side effects, I can't do that every night.

Next step is the anxiety that has developed because of this. PCP gave me .25 xanax today to use as needed. I really wanted to avoid anti-anxiety meds, but I'm wound up so tight from this shtein that I may cave and take them as needed for now. Going back in 2 weeks. Anyone have experience with xanax?

Sgt PSN · March 01, 2016, 10:31:57 AM

Nope. My doc did put me on Zyban a few months ago though. Turns out that aside from being a drug to help people quit smoking, it's also an anti-anxiety med. Not sure how similar or different the 2 drugs are though.

Glad to see you're still above ground.

Susquehanna Birder · March 01, 2016, 10:59:23 AM

No personal experience with Xanax, but my FIL took it for a short while (long story), and it wigged him out a bit.

The cardio adventure sounds like quite an experience. Hopefully they get you in sync soon so that you can start feeling positive about it all. The holter thing is a royal pain, and I was unhappy wearing that shtein for just one night.