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k9love:

--- Quote from: Taz2 on April 04, 2013, 07:15:49 PM ---I've had the 24 hour thing too which showed ectopic beats but nothing to worry about. Did you ask about the irregularity on the heart trace which showed up last time?
 Doc had another look at them and then said looks like AF, so I presume that what was what he was talking about, Im useless at the docs! go in with all these questions in my head then forget to ask :(


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Taz2:
You can read about the symptoms etc. of AF here http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-matters-online/october-november-2012/medical/focus-on-atrial-fibrillation.aspx   It's good that you are getting further tests done. I was a bit concerned when the doc seemed happy to leave it as a "small irregularity" without finding out more. I am sure that he is just being cautious.

The meno blood test is probably for FSH which is the hormone responsible for stimulating the ovary to release egg. When you are really fertile and young the reading is normally less than 20 (ish) and the further you go into meno the more hormone is released to try to get the ovary to respond. 84 shows you are in peri-meno but it is difficult to tell how far. Mine was 178 and I was still having periods.

Taz x

k9love:

--- Quote from: Taz2 on April 04, 2013, 07:44:50 PM ---You can read about the symptoms etc. of AF here http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-matters-online/october-november-2012/medical/focus-on-atrial-fibrillation.aspx   It's good that you are getting further tests done. I was a bit concerned when the doc seemed happy to leave it as a "small irregularity" without finding out more. I am sure that he is just being cautious.

The meno blood test is probably for FSH which is the hormone responsible for stimulating the ovary to release egg. When you are really fertile and young the reading is normally less than 20 (ish) and the further you go into meno the more hormone is released to try to get the ovary to respond. 84 shows you are in peri-meno but it is difficult to tell how far. Mine was 178 and I was still having periods.

Taz x

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Im post meno tho, no periods for 8yrs :-\

Ali d:
Hi everybody. I have only just become a member and am very interested in your accounts of palpitations and ectopic beats. I am now post menopause (1 year since my last period). I have had the usual hot flushes, irritability, tiredness for ages but the most worrying is the palpitations and ectopic beats. I have had ectopics for around 9 years, which might not have anything to do with the menopause, and had 24 hour monitors and checks done which I was told all was okay. Back in November, however, I had my first palpitation episode which was so scary I called an ambulance. The hospital picked up the palpitations and some ectopics but again nothing abnormal. I have been keeping a diary of these symptoms and have found for the last 3 months they mostly occur at the beginning of the month, so I do wonder if it is monthly cycle connected. The palpitations and ectopics are scary when they happen though. I only drink decaf drinks now too as I was told this can make things worse.

nigela:
I too am having really bad palpitations. the scary bit is the big jump and flutter that happens as I wake up and go to sleep. do any of you get this too? also the palpitations go on all day even without caffeine. I like green tea but this makes them worse. dare not have coffee!

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