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Well i've done nothing on my day off today as my body has decided that yesterday was a huge effort and required 14 hours of sleep to recoup. I knew getting back to work would be a harsh contrast to my 6-7months of sleep whenever and wake whenever (leading to reversing day and night for me quite a few times) - it wasnt all fun and games though, my local hospital confirmed that the medication i was given (proprapanolol) by a GP who was "filling in" at my local surgery could have killed me or lead to oxygen starvation and brain damage.

So with that lot out of the way and the cause of my attacks confirmed by the cardiologist i've resumed work on a phased return, with bank holidays and annual leave i've missed due to the illness my work has given me the complete allowance back... meaning i now have my full entitlement of annual leave from this year but also 7 days from last financial year and every bank holiday from november 2012 to present.... and then the manager said it to me... we need you to take atleast 50% of your leave before september. So 2013 for me will become a blur of "was i really at work or did i just stay at home the whole year?"

I return to the hospital in july to be fitted with a 24hour ecg monitor for a month, based on what that tells the cardiologist i'll either have relapsed (in which case work already know they are liable for the illness as it stands) and the cardiologist will have to implant a machine not too dissimilar to a pacemaker (to which i will sue my work for affecting my health in a negative way for the rest of my life) OR i'll get the all clear and will be discharged from outpatients but will have to periodically return for check ups for another 2 years until they are sure that i'm fine again.

To those wishing to know whats actually the problem, i dont keep it a secret IRL so i dont mind saying on here either; i have a severe case of sinus arrhythmia and Bradycardia, basically my breathing and heartbeat dont match up in rhythm like normal heartbeats do, the Bradycardia is where my heartbeat drops XYZ beats per second (IIRC the doctor said mine was between 30 and 40, should be 80+ normally) the cause of both of these is prolonged stress, the heart has two vagil nerves which control tempo of the heartbeat, one for faster and one for slower, due to the stress my nerve for slowing down the heart took over and began to drop my beats per second to where it is now, the slow beats and the breathing not matching with the beats lead to starvation and i'd blackout, the doc said this also worked as a restart button for the heart. How could this have killed old Tach? Well propraponolol slows heartrates down and is used to treat severe migraines (as starvation of oxygen and migraines have similar symptoms to the brain) the doctor at the GP prescribed the one tablet which if i hadn't have had a violent reaction to, could have killed me.

Long story short, i've taken over this thread :p ........hopefully
 
Jesus you have to wear an ECG monitor for a month? I only had to wear mine for 24 hours back when I was 20. I still get palpatations but after lots of appointments, it came to the conclusion I have benign ectopics where my heart's concerned and I should try and avoid stress and caffeine. I cant give up the latter so I don't take sh*t from people to avoid the former haha. I've also had to have a lump removed and tested from my boob when I was 21 which was thankfully benign also. I recently found out though that after that I should of had annual check ups for at least a couple of years after that and the hospital never bothered to ask me back!
I'm also living with mortons neuroma. Have one on/in my right foot. Worried I'll get one on/in my left foot too. Had quite a few bits of health crap in my early 20's and I'm only 25 now! haha.

I'm currently on a health kick and weetabix insults me basically.
 
I've had a 24 hour one before and trying to sleep was a nightmare, you cant get comfy with 3 wires attached to your chest and a box at the end of it, no idea how i'll deal with it for a month, for me the main problem i have with the monitor is actually that it will be monitoring my heartrate and other internal workings, so how the hell am i supposed to cope without any sex FOR A MONTH :( i'll either have to take it off and claim "i went for a shower" or leave it on and the docs will wonder why i'm suddenly exerting alot of energy.

I used to be very carefree when i was a kid, a teen and even between 18 to 20 but these past 3 years have been built up stress from work, given that i've been off since november last year its been the most relaxing months rest i've had in years (the underlying stress wakes me up in a cold sweat most nights but whilst conscious i'm fairly laid back again)

Thankfully for you things are coming back as benign, thats the main thing to focus on i bet :) what happens to your feet if both become infected?

My sister in-law is only 17 and she has a very similar condition with her heart (the nerve that speeds up heartbeat over compensates when she is stressed, her arrythmia is normal though so when the heart starts racing she gets palpitations and then hyperventalates and collapses) she's prescribed with propraponolol for life, thinking about it.... i dont know which i'd preffer, tablets for the rest of my life or a small machine hardwired to my heart forever.

What sort of crazy world do we live in? I was fine until i became an adult, its all gone pete tong on me since then haha
 
I also had to submit myself to a 24hr portable (in the loosest possible sense...) blood pressure testing device that would measure my blood pressure at regular intervals. But for all the inconvenience it did help my doctor in prescribing a proper course of medication for me, so now my high blood pressure is happily kept in check.
 
Tachi said:
Da Fuq is that?
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I was just trying to do something marginally interesting for my quad-sevens post count, I have no idea if anyone actually clicked the magic seal and summoned the dark beasts to AUKN or not. :p

Tachi said:
proprapanolol
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Sure he wasn't just a sadist and was giving you that drug for laughs? Or would that have been proprapanolulz?

Seriously though, I hope things turn out okay for ya Tach, that all sounds pretty heavy. I'm thankful I've never really had any major physical health problems, just my brain demons that prevent me from obtaining a gun licence.
 
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@ Ayase

I read that last post of yours regarding the whole positive discrimination thing, and have been thinking about it. Your give a pretty persuasive argument. I'm still not convinced it doesn't have it's benefits though. But it's a tricky issue I guess, as dealing with racism always is.
 
Hey, I don't expect or even necessarily want people to agree with me! What I like to do is make people aware of and hopefully understand different perspectives. If I can do that (and that's a rare enough occurrence in itself, part of me wanted to change my avatar to this in response) then I'm happy. GOOD END.
 
Ahahaha. I think that's how most of our debates on this forum have ended though.

On a separate note, why is this EBOOK £86 https://play.google.com/store/books/det ... s_vpt_read

I have no interest in buying the book whatsoever, I got all I needed from it out of the Google preview pages. But why is an ebook like this £89...I'd understand if it was a really rare out of print physical copy, but it's an ebook! I wonder how many copies they've sold ha.
 
Tachi said:
for me the main problem i have with the monitor is actually that it will be monitoring my heartrate and other internal workings, so how the hell am i supposed to cope without any sex FOR A MONTH :( i'll either have to take it off and claim "i went for a shower" or leave it on and the docs will wonder why i'm suddenly exerting alot of energy.
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that's brilliant hahaha hehehe. don't deprive yourself, that's my opinion :p

yeah work was a massive reason for my increase in painful heart palpatations. the amount of sh*t and awful treatment i got in my old department was insane. i spent a year trying to move up a level there which never happened as my manager didn't like me personally so let my suffer professionally, then i had to fight for a year to move departments. which i succeeded in and i now have the best manager ever, he's really really cool like i came to him with some grievances and the next day he told me he's sorted 2/3 of em and the third, needs a bit more thought/tact to it's delivery (since its basically some girl at work (a manager no less!) calling me a psycho for my co workers to hear which obviously isn't going to help their impressiong of me and my manager and his manager don't think it's acceptable either). i've been with this company since 2007 and have only been in this new dept for a year and 5 months, i wanted to leave my old dept so many times but with the recession i made the smart choice to not quit since i have my mortgage to pay.

as for my foot, it's not life threatening or out, but basically it's like sh*t loads of nerve pain. i limp real bad at times and have to wear and orthotic (an insole with like a metal bump in the middle to push my toes around/realign my foot to reduce the pain). i have the option of an operation but it's either have all my toes broke and reset to hopefully stop the nerve pressure or, have the actual nerve in said toe/s removes for me to never feel it ever again. recovery time is like 3-6 months. so yeah, if it happens to both feet, i have no choice but an operation but then im stuck i a wheelchair instead of crutches and i hate that i'm so shallow but i wouldnt want to go out in public :(

and yeah, weetabix are pussies now. they go soggy in seconds compared to how tough and larger in size they used to be and be more resistant to soggyness. having breakfast is grim atm, soggy bitty weetabix with milk and fruit. ive dropped 3/4lbs since monday though by watching my breakfasts and lunches again and letting me eat normal for dinner :)
 
@Ayase - Its strange because apart from asthma as a child, my health (and sickness) records are all pretty much blank, i've never had a serious health problem and dont even get colds that easy (exercise = increased metabolism = improved immunity to infections) So for me to get something like this is really out of the ordinary, atleast its on the way out though. With abit of luck i'll just ease back into things and start looking into spending money again (half pay was not fun at all)

@Danielle - Ouch, can't you fix the one foot then if the other one goes you'll atleast be able to get about without a wheelchair (sort of like hitting one foot at a time) from what i've read though, the chances of the other foot going aswell are slim, with abit of luck there is some truth in that!!

Breakfast is wrong, i used to eat brekky maybe once a week as a child, as a teen and adult i dont eat much at all during the day (over the weekend the other half sits there starving in a morning and lunchtime whilst i'm completely fine lol) only upshot of that is that when i do get round to eating, i will continue to eat until i feel full (which sometimes requires 2 dinners) I love those days where you can just sit back and shovel food in and never feel full :p

*hang on how can you have a fast metabolism yet eat so little?*
well, thats mainly because during the week i eat often but in small amounts, my stomach is constantly being fed little by little so the knock on effect is that my metabolism is constantly on the go. Its mainly on weekends when i dont eat for the majority of the time. If i was outto build muscle again i'd be eating regularly everyday and large portion sizes :)
 
I think I felt like I was messing up my left foot because for a time I would put my weight on it more when my neuroma was killing me. I think ive broke than force of habit now and don't limp and walk through the pain instead. I have quite a high pain threshhold and after both ops i've had in my life, was off painkillers after 3 days cause I'm strong like bull haha.
Might get the op if the orthortic stops helping. The one I have doesn't last as long before giving me pain so going to ask for a new one then maybe give up after that.

Mon-fri when I have work I have figured out I am definitely a breakfast person. Ive been snacking on pound shop snack bags which are usually a fruit or nut or bits of both then having something from the m&s count on us range for lunch and my appetite is decreasing and going back to what it was before I went to Rome. I've already lost 4lbs since Monday doing this and just want to lose 4 more then I'll be happy. I dont want to try for any less than that as I'm remotely substantial in the chest region and have an idea of what they alone weigh so minus them, I'll be a decent weight for my height and build after this last 4lbs as I like my chest region as it haha. Just toning after this weight loss :)
 
I'm about to finish work so dont have enough time for a full reply but all i can think is;

Who measures/weighs their boobs?! You mad woman haha
 
vashdaman said:
I have no interest in buying the book whatsoever, I got all I needed from it out of the Google preview pages. But why is an ebook like this £89...I'd understand if it was a really rare out of print physical copy, but it's an ebook! I wonder how many copies they've sold ha../quoteee/quote]
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May I cordially welcome you to the exorbitant world of academic publishing. If a text is relevant to many people's courses and research, this is deemed a sufficient reason to charge a hefty penny. Conversely if a text is only of interest to specialists, it is deemed an esoteric title and so a high fee is also charged.
In virtue of such practices, the modern student must often learn how to aquire ebooks by "extra-curricular" means.

(A true story: I came across a text in my library's database that was only available through a university press' DRM loaning system: one could only read a chapter if nobody else had done so recently, mimicking the behaviour of a physical library book. "Not enough digital copies available", the system would mockingly proclaim.)
 
My university library is the same. It has usually just one digital copy of a book, meaning if someone else has "checked it out" you can't read it till they've "returned" it. It's ridiculous.
 
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