Hi i was admitted to hospital a few days ago (am home now) with chest pains I won't go into medical details but the cardiac doctor who saw me said they want to put me to sleep then deliberately shock me to bring my heart back into rhythm now I've always tried to avoid shocks so was wondering is this really a good idea? I know it's DC from a bank of condensers and not 50 cycle mains but all the same I'm not keen
Just a little update I've been told that il be having my shock treatment for my heart on either the 20th of November or the 20th of December still a way off yet still a scary thought though
I had a cardioversion a couple of years ago at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. It was done under a general anesthetic so did not hear, see, feel or remember anything.
However my AF has returned, sort of; in that I go from sinus rhythm to Atrial Flutter or Atrial Fibrillation and back to sinus. In fact earlier this year I was already for another cardioversion but the ECG before showed that I did not need it. I was at Liverpool H&C this afternoon, no AF today, so loose 10 KG, drink less alcohol, drink less coffee, drink less tea. A change in medication and they will see me in 6 months. I'm fine with that, LH&C is top notch, I always feel better after an appointment there.
One thing I do remember though, this before the general anesthetic, was the cardiologist wearing white rubber wellies rather than the more modern clogs.
Kelly, good luck with it. I know some some who had it done, frightend to say the least once the procedure gets explained to them "they will stop my heart then restart it!" but are really glad they had it once it`s over.
To put it in perspective just read the info leaflet you get with a pack of paracetomol, it will frighten the heck out of you. Everybody takes paracetomol though, no problem.
And that comes from someone who was brought up in the aspirin era too
That's very interesting I drink a lot of coffee when I'm staying at my girlfriends place so maybe that's what triggered my problem although I was told I've got an enlarged heart and also a weak right side of heart so it's probably a combination of it all quite scary really
I used to work in a mental health hospital and recall that while the caffeine in tea and coffee can cause physical problems, it can also cause a psychiatric condition, believe it or not, called caffeinism. Drinking approx 500mg of caffeine a day can bring on the condition. To put that in perspective, a cup of tea or granulated coffee contains approx 80mg, while a cup of ground coffee has approx 110mg. In short, drink more than 4 cups of ground a day and you're heading for trouble - can't recall the symptoms though. And if you have caffeinism, you can suffer withdrawal symptoms if stopping suddenly.
