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Originally Posted by billybek
It is time for me to go to the well of knowledge on PPOT.
Early this year during the summer months I noticed that my heart was skipping a beat. While I was resting, I could feel an interesting (disconcerting) feeling in my upper chest and left side of my neck.
I monitored my pulse and it seemed that my heart was skipping a beat. The next morning I went to the emergency care centre in the small town where we spend our summers and was immediately hooked up to a 12 wire EKG and was monitored for a good 2 hours. They noticed no irregularities and I was told that my EKG should be in a text book as a perfect example. I had some blood work done at the time and there was no follow up done and I was not called back in for any irregularities. My resting heart rate was 53 and my blood pressure ranged from 113/72 to 125/83. I was doing at least two hours on the mountain bike every second day on some rather extreme climbing conditions. The doc didn’t think there was any reason to stop my activities so I didn’t and didn’t die...
After this instance, I hadn’t noticed that I was skipping a beat until about a month ago. Since then I think it has been missing more regularly than during the summer. I had another EKG done and more blood work. While the EKG seems normal (snapshot in time) the blood work came back with higher than normal cholesterol levels. I do have a follow up appointment booked with my GP.
I am a pretty active guy (almost 53 years old) and I walk on average 8 to 10 kilometers a day. I haven’t been feeling winded or dizzy because of this. I am still doing occasional bike rides and playing hockey in addition to the walks. I am 5’10 and 184 lbs. If I was in very good condition I would be about 175 lbs.
Based on some of the information found on line on heart palpitations, I have cut down on drinking, stopped doing an Echinacea cold product, reduced my caffeine intake to 1 cup a day and even reduced chocolate intake too. I do carry a bit too much stress and I would say that I am a “tightly wound” individual. My job involves presenting information in a classroom setting and that is not a natural thing for me to be doing although I do enjoy it.
With the knowledge and experience in this diverse group on the forum I know that some valuable information to consider will most likely come my way.
Thanks for reading my little essay. If this wasn’t bothering me I wouldn’t be writing it.
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Skips a beat? No problem, I have a whole bunch of extra beats I can spare.
Without meds my heart goes into fib/tachycardia.