I haven't wanted to say much about this because, frankly, I get panic attacks when I think about it- I'm such a wuss lol
Tonite is my last night without electrodes stuck to my chest and a little black box hung from my neck or tucked into a pocket- for the next month! what should I do, that will be difficult to do when I'm hooked up?!?!
I need to go on a heart monitor to determine the cause of an irregular heart beat I've been having that is causing me to *almost* but not quite! black out (every thing goes black but I don't pass out, at least, not so far, knock on wood)
It's very brief, hence why the 30 days is needed to catch it and it record it. I already have one irregular heart beat, afib. It seems like when you have one, you're more likely to get others, oh joy! I can only remove the monitor to shower- for the next 30 days.
I am hoping that we can gather enough info on the monitor so that I don't have to go the full 30 days but I'm not sure what the new monitors are like, the old ones had to be held up to a landline to transmit data, and I think I had to do that every time there was an "event" to record. I haven't seen the new monitors, so this will be something new for me.
so, How shall I celebrate my chest's last evening sans electrodes? lol
Tonite is my last night without electrodes stuck to my chest and a little black box hung from my neck or tucked into a pocket- for the next month! what should I do, that will be difficult to do when I'm hooked up?!?!
I need to go on a heart monitor to determine the cause of an irregular heart beat I've been having that is causing me to *almost* but not quite! black out (every thing goes black but I don't pass out, at least, not so far, knock on wood)
It's very brief, hence why the 30 days is needed to catch it and it record it. I already have one irregular heart beat, afib. It seems like when you have one, you're more likely to get others, oh joy! I can only remove the monitor to shower- for the next 30 days.
I am hoping that we can gather enough info on the monitor so that I don't have to go the full 30 days but I'm not sure what the new monitors are like, the old ones had to be held up to a landline to transmit data, and I think I had to do that every time there was an "event" to record. I haven't seen the new monitors, so this will be something new for me.
so, How shall I celebrate my chest's last evening sans electrodes? lol