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05/17/2011 11:42:07 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by NiallOTuama:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by Kelli:
...Dude! You're getting old. Get it checked out by a real doctor... |
That involves appointments and tests, so boring. I'd much rather go the DIY route. ;-D |
Find a mains electricity socket, and get some bare copper wires, and see what happens. |
Not as effective on this side of the pond, mains are only 115V :-P
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05/17/2011 11:58:27 AM · #27 |
I used to swim 1-2 kilometers per exercise session, and would get those fluttering sensations ever so often. Haven't had them in a long while, as I changed my exercise regimen to mind over matter: I think I am fit, therefore I am fit. Much quicker, and you can do it anywhere. I can sell you the world rights if you are interested. PM me. Limited time offer, expires 21 May 2011.
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05/17/2011 12:03:37 PM · #28 |
| I have the same thing, I cut down on chocolate and caffeine. I had extensive testing done and it the heart doctor says mine is nothing to worry about, but it can be quite serious so you should really get it tested. People with the same sort of symptoms otherwise perfectly healthy have been known to drop dead without warning. So I would stop exercising for the time being and schedule an appointment. It usually takes at least a month to get into a heart doctor. |
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05/17/2011 02:06:52 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I drink a litre or two of low sodium seltzer water (regular water is so boring) over the remainder of the evening.
Might an electrolyte imbalance be causing this? My peeing seems normal. How might I fix this? |
You need balanced electrolyte replacement -- not just sodium. That's what "sports drinks" (e.g. Gatorade) are designed to do, but most of them have too much added sugar, and sometimes caffeine ... I would recommend finding a formulation and making your own (about 1/20 the cost, as well).
One formula I have (from Where There Is No Doctor -- A Village Health Care Handbook) is:
2 Tablespoons sugar or honey
1/4 Teaspoon salt
1/4 Teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 cup orange juice
Water to make one liter
You may also need calcium, potassium, and magnesium; calcium is available in antacids or dairy products, potassium in the orange juice (or eat a banana). I can't remember good sources for magnesium, but it's probably leafy greens since we haven't gotten to those yet ... ;-)
More than any of this you need to get yourself to a health care facility and get an EKG and some current blood tests ASAP. At this point, based on your history, I think the entire continuum of outcomes from benign to fatal is available to you. :-( |
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05/17/2011 02:53:51 PM · #30 |
| What ever you do don't enter any more challenges until you get it checked out. |
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05/17/2011 04:17:22 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by NiallOTuama:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by Kelli:
...Dude! You're getting old. Get it checked out by a real doctor... |
That involves appointments and tests, so boring. I'd much rather go the DIY route. ;-D |
Find a mains electricity socket, and get some bare copper wires, and see what happens. |
Not as effective on this side of the pond, mains are only 115V :-P |
Maybe he can borrow a Tig welder. |
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05/17/2011 04:21:32 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by kirbic:
I think you're in love. |
I like this answer, but I've been in love for over 20 years. :-D |
Who did you love before you have loved yourself like this for the past 20 years? |
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05/19/2011 12:28:32 PM · #33 |
I bought a Heart Rate Monitor last night. I followed some instructions to determine my Maximum Heart Rate on my rowing machine, 161BPM I think, but it was awkard the way the test was set up. I think I can get at least 10BPM higher.
With this new toy I can challenge my heart to maximum stress. If I can't blow the sucker out with a bang, I'm probably OK.
Took my pulse before I got out of bed this morning... 48BPM, I'm a regular Bjorn Borg !
Message edited by author 2011-05-19 12:29:32.
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05/19/2011 01:36:14 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I bought a Heart Rate Monitor last night. I followed some instructions to determine my Maximum Heart Rate on my rowing machine, 161BPM I think, but it was awkard the way the test was set up. I think I can get at least 10BPM higher.
With this new toy I can challenge my heart to maximum stress. If I can't blow the sucker out with a bang, I'm probably OK.
Took my pulse before I got out of bed this morning... 48BPM, I'm a regular Bjorn Borg ! |
I bought a heart rate monitor a couple of months ago. I've been having the heart flutters for a few months now. I think having the monitor made it worse LOL. Plus, every time I looked at it, the people around me would get worried that they were somehow stressing me out. I quit wearing it.
I've quit caffeine cold turkey. It was hard at first but I think it made a bit of a difference. Now the sight of a coke or the smell of coffee makes my heart flutter just a little. I've also been getting back into some of the relaxation techniques that helped me through my first divorce... meditation and such. I've also put some live plants and aromatherapy stuff in my office and I play classical music. My heart actually beats more normal at work now than at home. You can do that and still be manly I promise. |
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05/19/2011 02:30:48 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
For the last week or so, around 8:00 to 11:00pm, I've noticed sporadic feelings of "fluttering" in the centre of my chest, sometime migrating toward one side or the other. Not painful, but sometimes uncomfortable.
Who will cure Slippy ? ... There may be a time limit to this contest ! |
The advisable thing to do is to get an ECG (electrocardiogram), maybe even a 24hr ECG, done to verify that it is indeed harmless, as some others suggested. If it turns out there is nothing that needs a treatment then and only then you can safely ignore it.
My 2 cts. |
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05/19/2011 02:45:59 PM · #36 |
| Yeah, you should get an ecg done. I had one done even though I was low risk and not the right age for heart troubles but my heart beat would sometimes start going so fast, for no reason, that it was all I could hear. And it hurt like hell which really freaked me out.. turns out I had heart burn because I doing most of my eating before I slept. |
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05/19/2011 03:02:34 PM · #37 |
| Dude, your playing Russian Roulette. Get it checked out. |
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05/19/2011 04:01:32 PM · #38 |
Maybe it's not your heart at all?
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOKK8mAkiUI
Message edited by author 2011-05-19 16:01:40.
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05/19/2011 06:10:17 PM · #39 |
Get yourself some Holy Basil (New Chapter is the best brand).
It will really help with stress, and well being and it helps with mood, too! Personally, I'm sayin' you are going through male menopause!
* runs * |
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05/19/2011 06:16:53 PM · #40 |
Ha!
I hope you get it all worked out quickly, Spiffy! |
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05/19/2011 07:46:28 PM · #41 |
| It's Lupus.............. that's what they always say on House. |
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05/20/2011 12:52:24 AM · #42 |
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05/20/2011 04:01:55 AM · #43 |
Originally posted by JaimeVinas:
You got squirrel cooties |
Slippy gives squirrels cooties. Bow before his TOTAL AWESOMENESS! |
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05/20/2011 07:03:03 AM · #44 |
I've been more in tune with my heart this week, and I don't think it's an issue. I'll mention it to my doctor if I ever go in for anything else.
I did a heart rate based workout on the rower last night and it was really good.
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05/20/2011 07:24:50 AM · #45 |
I've worked in cardicac surgery 7 years and know I'm working in Arritmology, taht is a specialize dbranch of the cardiology that diagnoses and treat cardiac arithmias.
The simpoms that you report can be a variety of arrithmias, some very simple and relativly safe, some not so inocuous as the first ones. Even the simple and safe ones if start happen often can lead the heart to dilatate and cause at the long run cardiac insufficiency and lead to mode permanet and less treated heart disease.
You should go to a cardiologist specialized in arthimias (an electrophisiologist) to do an holter to see if the arrithmia shows up. He can also advise you to do an electrofisiologic study to see if they induce the arrithmia and if so they can treat it on the spot. Most of them are simple to treat.
But don't wait to something worse to happen before you take some time to look at it.
Hope I could help to clarify this issue.
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05/20/2011 09:02:42 AM · #46 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by NiallOTuama:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by Kelli:
...Dude! You're getting old. Get it checked out by a real doctor... |
That involves appointments and tests, so boring. I'd much rather go the DIY route. ;-D |
Find a mains electricity socket, and get some bare copper wires, and see what happens. |
Not as effective on this side of the pond, mains are only 115V :-P |
That's why tasers were invented -- doesn't matter which side of the pond you are on.
But seriously, get it checked out. |
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05/20/2011 05:46:59 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I've been more in tune with my heart this week, and I don't think it's an issue. I'll mention it to my doctor if I ever go in for anything else.
I did a heart rate based workout on the rower last night and it was really good. |
Personally I would mention it to my doctor like right now, and he can recommend a specialist.
... or you can wait and wake up dead one day.
What's the worry anyways... I hear we will all be tits up this weekend anyways, right??? :O)
Ray |
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05/20/2011 07:21:16 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
or you can wait and wake up dead one day.
What's the worry anyways... I hear we will all be tits up this weekend anyways, right??? :O)
Ray |
If you're dead you really can't wake up.
"Tits up" OMG I never thought I would see such a comment from you Ray. lol
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05/20/2011 07:47:58 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
Originally posted by RayEthier:
or you can wait and wake up dead one day.
What's the worry anyways... I hear we will all be tits up this weekend anyways, right??? :O)
Ray |
If you're dead you really can't wake up.
"Tits up" OMG I never thought I would see such a comment from you Ray. lol |
(Awww, I cannot pass this one up.)
If you're dead you will either wake up in the clouds with a harp, or wake up really, really warm, and toss off all the blankets, forever.
"Tits up" Hmmm, Ray was probably thinking of the Mikado and the sad little bird who sings "tit willow, tit willow..." |
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05/20/2011 08:38:16 PM · #50 |
If indeed you do die or are incapacitated I have first dibs on your camera gear
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