After a long year of check-ups (ECG's became a very close friend of mine) I was finally booked into The London Heart Hospital on Westmoreland St.
The aim was to do this test where they push this wire up through your groin and into your heart to stimulate that muscle with tiny electric shocks.
How did that feel?....
The injection in the groin hurt!!
The wire going up into your heart? well no pain at all except where the doctor put it in I could feel this thing in my neck like someone pressing lightly down on it. A quick shift later and he moved it..weird...
The process was...uncomfortable. They bring on the palpitations separately on both sides of your heart (oh your awake during this process) and make funny faces. I can't remember how long it took but it was a successful test to figure out what was wrong with me.
~ November 9th 2010 ~
I have been told that I need a pacemaker..I wasn't shocked for some strange reason...my reaction scared them and my family more than it did me.
The psychiatrist is drafted in to talk and explain this again to me (I guess my reaction really scared them)
It's strange how I felt I just seemed to take it in my stride.
She tells me that there are a number of things in life that needs to change:
You can't skydive (ha ha done that already)
You cant scuba dive (ha ha did that already and hate it)
You can't play competitive sports (no problem their)
Your not allowed to fly a plane (dammit!! and I was interested in talking Cesna lessons)
You can't work in a factory with large magnets (no problem their)
You can't go through metal detectors (whoo hooo!! quicker boarding time for me then huh? nope)
Those anti theft barriers in supermarkets "yeah", dont linger at those either, "ok"
Keep mobile phones away from you at about 6 inches
Not allowed to bench press or exercises that require alot of chest stretching of the muscle ("ah ok")
Don't raise your hands above your head for the first 6 weeks (that was harder than you might think, i couldn't wait for stretch, it felt so good)
That off the top of my head was all I remember from that conversation.
The aim was to do this test where they push this wire up through your groin and into your heart to stimulate that muscle with tiny electric shocks.
How did that feel?....
The injection in the groin hurt!!
The wire going up into your heart? well no pain at all except where the doctor put it in I could feel this thing in my neck like someone pressing lightly down on it. A quick shift later and he moved it..weird...
The process was...uncomfortable. They bring on the palpitations separately on both sides of your heart (oh your awake during this process) and make funny faces. I can't remember how long it took but it was a successful test to figure out what was wrong with me.
~ November 9th 2010 ~
I have been told that I need a pacemaker..I wasn't shocked for some strange reason...my reaction scared them and my family more than it did me.
The psychiatrist is drafted in to talk and explain this again to me (I guess my reaction really scared them)
It's strange how I felt I just seemed to take it in my stride.
She tells me that there are a number of things in life that needs to change:
You can't skydive (ha ha done that already)
You cant scuba dive (ha ha did that already and hate it)
You can't play competitive sports (no problem their)
Your not allowed to fly a plane (dammit!! and I was interested in talking Cesna lessons)
You can't work in a factory with large magnets (no problem their)
You can't go through metal detectors (whoo hooo!! quicker boarding time for me then huh? nope)
Those anti theft barriers in supermarkets "yeah", dont linger at those either, "ok"
Keep mobile phones away from you at about 6 inches
Not allowed to bench press or exercises that require alot of chest stretching of the muscle ("ah ok")
Don't raise your hands above your head for the first 6 weeks (that was harder than you might think, i couldn't wait for stretch, it felt so good)
That off the top of my head was all I remember from that conversation.
Oh, I so know what you mean about stretching your arms above your head!
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