Had my first cardiologist appointment today. Just as I figured, the 24 hr monitor didn't capture much. The doc ran another EKG and blood work and nothing shown there. She set up a stress test for late November and a follow up appt with her 2 weeks later. The very next day I have a neurology appt. I also saw my GP doc today as i have a slight UTI and I recapped my symptoms with him. He was also the first dr I saw about my heart symptoms. He said it sounded like AFib to him but as Alan stated, not easy to get documented. He recommended running by his office for a quick EKG if another episode occurs.
So looking like I might have a similar run with all this as Alan. Plus the joy of writing a lot of checks due to my high deductible.
Yours Truly,
Born Loser......
I think it is good that the doc’s office can do an ekg at a moment’s notice. That is what I ended up doing here with my GP. When I felt an episode happening I jumped in the car and drove the half mile to the office, told the receptionist what the doctor had said and she said to come back in an hour when the machine and nurse were next available. I drove home, had an espresso or 2, ran up and down the stairs a few times to keep the heart rate up then jogged down to the office. I was still in AFib although the nurse had great difficulty getting the electrodes to stick on my sweaty torso, but it was good for them to capture the incident.
Fingers crossed, but not a single AFib incident since my Ablation on October 4th.
Best of luck Dawg, I hope this all works out for you, getting a confirmed diagnosis is a big step forward.