Shadowplay

I'm going to post about this here because I can. Because is my personal blog.

So, for the past few weeks, I've been having palpitations. Random, mild, and presumably anxiety based, because that's what Dr Tran, professional asshole, said last year. I ignored them, and went about my life.

The past few weeks, they're nigh constant, and strong - like something in my chest is trying to get out. They keep me from sleeping, and more worrying, I feel more breathless, more quickly when I'm running, and it doesn't seem to make it better like it used to.

So I went to see my doctor, the good one, who listens to me, on Monday. They do an EKG, same as last time, only this time, clear as day, are a bunch of extra heartbeats. I'm assuming they're PVCs, since that's basically what the EKG looked like, but no one's verified that with me. Doctor said that she wasn't too concerned - there was no worrisome groupings in the extrasystole, but I've never had a problem, never had an abnormal EKG, and I'm pretty fit. She thought it could possibly be thyroid, although my bloodwork from Jan was normal, and she wanted me to see a cardiologist.

So I saw my very laid back cardiologist today. They really didn't do anything much today, honestly - took my vitals (my pulse and BP were much higher on the left than the right, oddly...and both were VERY high for me...). He wants more tests, so I have to wait for approval on those next - an echo, a stress echo, and a transcranial doppler, since I'm a migraineur.

So I wait again, and ask for video of these tests, which I will post later.