So, this week, the focus is on the heart. I went back to see my cardiologist, whom I love, and explained to him that I transcribe medical reports from home and that everyone and their mother has cardiomyopathy and I am just convinced I do too. I leave out the part that everyone I transcribe that has it is 70 or older. At this point, that is irrelevant to me. I also tell him that in my beloved People magazine, they are featuring a new book called “Sick Girl” which is a bout a woman who was perfectly healthy until she turned 25 and started getting dizzy spells, then WHAMO… she needs a heart transplant. I tell him I think it is a sign. He just looks at me sweetly and giggles.
He is though willing to put me through the rigamaroll of tests, since I do have mitral valve prolapse ( a heart murmur) and that is why I see him anyway. He explains to me that the 24 hour holter monitor I wore a year ago that recorded my heart came back beautifully. I was allowed to have 5 flutters or murmurs an hour and I only had 2 in the entire 24 hour period. He also told me that my average pulse was 83 and that it even went down to 52 while I was sleeping, but that when I was awake, I managed to ge it up to 148 just by doing nothing. Yes… I do get myself worked up with anxiety, and that was my proof!
So, I got the echocardiogram, which came back fine except for a “mild physiological leak”. I have no idea what that really means, but I am assuming it is related t0 the mitral valve. Then, I wore the holter monitor again and am waiting for those results. Mr. Man thought the holter stickers and wires were REALLY cool and he said I looked like an alien. I felt like one too!
Chances are my friends, it is not the ticker. At least if I rule out all of the “major” stuff, I will feel much more at ease about being lightheaded all of the time, if not better.
