Heart Surgery - Updated
9 years ago
So as some people may have seen on my Twitter account a few months ago, I started having trouble with my heart, feeling uncomfortable palpatations and pains above my left breast. I had two trips to the hospital that month, once my Mother helped me because I was at her house. The second time I just had to call the ambulance.
January goes by, and just a week ago I finally saw the cardiologist. The tests we had done up until seeing him, shown that I have this conditon called Wolf Parkinson's White. My GP didn't really know what to think of it, since it's all new, and never showed up back when I had to get my Super Ventricular Tachycardia investigated, and I have been monitored back when I was 18-19 years old, so this is a pretty new find.
The cardiologist went through it with me, the way he explained it was there's wires that form in the heart and arteries that play parts in how the heart regulates the rhythm and all that. This condition means I have an extra wire starting to cause interference and poses a risk of there being a 'short circuit' as he put it.
Essentially I have these SVT episodes but it also means I'm at risk of a heart attack, something I thought may have been a possilibity during those episodes and with how my heart just felt in general in the month of December. In light of that, just makes those episodes more scary, but after some talking, it came to the conclusion that this needs to be operated on.
The procedure is called a catheter ablation and runs a small risk (1%) of me having a stroke during this procedure. It is a small chance, hell probably less than getting hit by a car, but the fact that I have a potentially life threatening condition, enough for them to get the ball rolling now with the ultrasound I'm having tomorrow, with everything that's been going on in the last two years, a stroke is something I would dread of having, but a heart attack is not ideal, either.
There's a lot of fears I have, mainly something going wrong, people being left wondering what's going on, so I'm gonna make sure someone keeps people posted in case something does happen.
I love you all. I'm going to strive and try and get by, I need to find something to focus on, but unfortunately, this complication has post-poned my plans to start doing Multimedia studies. I'm a bit at a loss there. But I'll be around.
- Jamie
EDIT: Went to get my ultrasound done, won't know anything new for a few weeks. But I did learn that the ultrasound tells them nothing about the wires and they will only know if it is actually possible to safely burn the wire until they actually have their equipment taking a look inside me .w.
January goes by, and just a week ago I finally saw the cardiologist. The tests we had done up until seeing him, shown that I have this conditon called Wolf Parkinson's White. My GP didn't really know what to think of it, since it's all new, and never showed up back when I had to get my Super Ventricular Tachycardia investigated, and I have been monitored back when I was 18-19 years old, so this is a pretty new find.
The cardiologist went through it with me, the way he explained it was there's wires that form in the heart and arteries that play parts in how the heart regulates the rhythm and all that. This condition means I have an extra wire starting to cause interference and poses a risk of there being a 'short circuit' as he put it.
Essentially I have these SVT episodes but it also means I'm at risk of a heart attack, something I thought may have been a possilibity during those episodes and with how my heart just felt in general in the month of December. In light of that, just makes those episodes more scary, but after some talking, it came to the conclusion that this needs to be operated on.
The procedure is called a catheter ablation and runs a small risk (1%) of me having a stroke during this procedure. It is a small chance, hell probably less than getting hit by a car, but the fact that I have a potentially life threatening condition, enough for them to get the ball rolling now with the ultrasound I'm having tomorrow, with everything that's been going on in the last two years, a stroke is something I would dread of having, but a heart attack is not ideal, either.
There's a lot of fears I have, mainly something going wrong, people being left wondering what's going on, so I'm gonna make sure someone keeps people posted in case something does happen.
I love you all. I'm going to strive and try and get by, I need to find something to focus on, but unfortunately, this complication has post-poned my plans to start doing Multimedia studies. I'm a bit at a loss there. But I'll be around.
- Jamie
EDIT: Went to get my ultrasound done, won't know anything new for a few weeks. But I did learn that the ultrasound tells them nothing about the wires and they will only know if it is actually possible to safely burn the wire until they actually have their equipment taking a look inside me .w.
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1% is a very low risk, hell amusement parks have a higher risk rates. A stroke, although not ideal, the human body can work through it. Where a heart attack isn't so simple. All the best to ya Glen, I know you can make it through this. You lived up to this point so I am sure there are many years after this waiting to come~
Don't die pls. ;3; it would make a bun very sad.
Kill you with hugs and massive amounts of cuddles...
Good luck with your operation ^.^
Thank yooou <3 All the good wishes help nwn
I know how it feels, I mean, maybe it's not life threatening but I got recently diagnosed at age 23 with diabetes type 2. Suddenly I felt like oh, now everything it can lead to - heart attacks, strokes, amputation, blindness, is gonna happen. But I've gone almost a year since diagnosis and nothing really seems out of order. I'm just saying I had that impending doom feeling but once you're through, you'll realise you're through and in the clear.
And hey if I get round to a trip to Oz, especially getting work/living there, I'll come see ya <3
Awwwrf, if you do I would so love to meet you, if you don't mind a huggy bunpup nwn