Back from hospital.........again!

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I had an arrhythmia start up last Thursday. I went to my cardiologist at barts on Tuesday and was admitted for a cardioversion. Everything went well and I am now home and feeling good, so that's that.

I was amazed though at how lucky or unlucky, whatever way you look at it, the bloke in the next bed to me was. He's in his late forties and a few weeks back was working out at the gym when he collapsed suddenly. A motorbike paramedic arrived and immediately called for a coronary care ambulance, which they have in London.

He was rushed to hospital in the ambulance. On the way he had three cardiac arrests and they managed to bring him back each time. When they got to the hospital, it was quickly found that his aorta had torn and the internal blood loss had caused the cardiac arrest. He was rushed into surgery and the aorta was repaired and a stent was put in to widen another artery. He was then transferred to barts for a quadruple bypass. He went home yesterday and looks as fit as a fiddle. Will be back to work in 6 weeks.

I'm telling you this because I'm still in awe of how great medical science has become. I would never in a million years believe for one second that someone suffering that would have a hope in hell of surviving. And then you see his wife and two teenage girls visit and you realise how close the family was to complete tragedy. But were saved by the NHS. Truly incredible stuff.
 
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Ooof. Hope he takes it easier in future.

Saddens me that people aren't 100% behind the NHS some of the work they do and people working there are incredible.
 
Glad it's worked for you :).

My mums on her third now hopefully the new drugs they put her on will do the trick.

I honestly cannot fault the NHS. They've been absolutely brilliant for my mum.
 
See this is the side of the nhs people need to be more aware of, sure a and e waiting times might be 4+ hours to get some paracetamol for little johnnys headache, because stuff like this is what theyre doing instead.

Now just imagine that happening in america, unless he had his insurance certificate tattooed on his chest he'd likely have died waiting for them to decide what to do.
 
adolf hamster said:
See this is the side of the nhs people need to be more aware of, sure a and e waiting times might be 4+ hours to get some paracetamol for little johnnys headache, because stuff like this is what theyre doing instead.
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that is what annoys me about the number of idiots using A&E when they could just wait to see their GP or go to a walkin centre if it is a weekend or bank holiday or they can't get an appointment... or go to minor injuries etc..etc..
 
Glad you're ok :)

As always from me the NHS can do no wrong, I definitely wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them same goes for my dad and various friends.
 
Surprised at the outcome of that. Makes me wonder if I should be trying as hard as I am in the gym. If I dint I get fatter if I do I risk tearing my aorta... Omg the dilemma.

I love the NHS I know I wouldn't be around if it weren't for them. The only problem I have is possibly an outcome of all the cuts. Been going to a dermatology clinic on off for about 7 years now and the appointments are atrocious. Unless to you are lucky enough to have one before dinner time you will likely suffer a 1 hour delay. This time I have had a 1.45 delay a 1.20 delay and been seen within an 30mins of my appointment on the occasion I got a morning appointment. Was similar experience every time.

But I grin and bear as it is trying to sort my problem.
 
D1craig said:
Surprised at the outcome of that. Makes me wonder if I should be trying as hard as I am in the gym. If I dint I get fatter if I do I risk tearing my aorta... Omg the dilemma.
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long term you probably shouldn't, especially if stressed or ill etc...

we are told to exercise but really if you do too much or push yourself too hard then you can do some damage. I used to push myself really hard when I was younger, was in the athletics team and cross country teams at school, served in Iraq. Later had a very stressful job... and at one point when really stressed it all culminated in an episode of atrial fibrilation (woke up with my heart essentially spazzing out at an irregular 180+BPM) which required a trip to the hospital and 'chemical cardioversion'... fortunately the drugs worked so they didn't need to give me an electric shock like the OP.

since then I've been reading up on this and have been told that exercise is good but not to plan on doing say a marathon in future as that could easily trigger another episode. Anyway pushing yourself too much can certainly have effects and/or can cause stuff to build up over time... certainly if you run a lot and keep on doing so over long distances then you can increase your chances of things like AF, one blog I read by a US cardiologist the cardiologist himself had an episode of AF during a cycle ride.

it is a bit crap as once you've had it once it is more likely to come back and the more it happens the more likely you are to stay in AF as the new electric pathways become permanent, the cure involves inserting catheters into an artery by your groin and burning bits of the heart to try and remove the short circuit so to speak
 
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