Brachycardia / Bradycardia

[SAD HATTER 122]

Ok, so, I go to my 1 year post op, and I am down 170. Go me. Anyways, I tell the nurse that I have to eat like 4 or 5 times a day to get enough Protein in because I hate food and can't force myself to get it down. So she says, we need to resolve this, and acts like its pretty important.

THEN... they take my stats

102/106 with a heart rate of 48

and poof, my food issues are a non-issue. They are sending me to a cardiologist. My appointment is in August. I had high blood pressure when I was fat. But the more I lose, the lower my pulse gets. And my log since my checkup is this:

102/62 hr 50

102/68 hr 48

106/57 hr 50

107/64 hr 65

117/75 hr 48

So... the cardiologist says keep doing the log till he can see me. I will get an ekg, and go home with a monitor, and there was discussion of a pacemaker. I am 36. They told me that if I had stayed fat, I probably would have worn my heart out by 40. Like, drop dead worn it out.

In the past month I have:

passed out in the shower,

blacked out on a roller coaster,

and gotten dizzy and faint at least 5 times a day

and sometimes I get so weak I feel like I have been hit by a damn truck.

My eating and hating food is on the back burner for 3 months until we get my heart under control.

[James Marusek 5,244]

It sound like a real problem. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Arrhythmia/AboutArrhythmia/Bradycardia-Slow-Heart-Rate_UCM_302016_Article.jsp#.V4annVdgr8s

I wish you a good outcome.

[healthier&happier4life 86]

I hope this can be easily resolved with some medication.

[KristenLe 5,979]

Prayers that all goes well!!! Take care of yourself!

[mngreeneyes 674]

WOW! My thoughts and prayers go out to you. I also had high blood pressure. I can't imagine hitting the other end of the spectrum. Take care of yourself. (maybe its time for bubble wrap to keep you safe and uninjured.)

pam