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Its raining here too now :(
Saw the cardiologist, he suggested a procedure that would prove that I have an extra pathway in my heart. It involves injecting adenasine into my heart to make it stop for three seconds. If I have this pathway then my heart will continue beating when it shouldn't be.
I don't want it done. Its not because of my heart stopping, I just don't want to know if there is an increased risk of me dropping dead within the next 22 years. Currently I have a 5% chance of having it. A study of 600 people was done over 20 years and only two people dropped dead because of the extra pathway. There are no recorded deaths from it over the age of 40. If the test is positive then the risk of me suddenly dying increase. Sometimes not knowing is better than knowing :hmm:
As ever me and my mum are disagreeing over what I should do :D
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Sorry I dont know the full story, but if having the operation will increase a risk of you dropping dead then why did your doctor suggest it?
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That's a good question actually. I don't really know. Maybe he thought he should tell me my options.
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If you dont mind me asking what is wrong with your heart? Im only assuming there is a problem since your doctor is suggesting surgery
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Well... to cut a long story short I had some delta waves on an ECG which are indicative of Wolff Parkinson White. Its basically just pre-excitation of the ventricles of the heart due to an accessory pathway known as the bundle of Kent. The accessory pathway is an abnormal electrical communication from the atria to the ventricles. (I had to google it cos I don't really know what it is).
According to wiki, Marilyn Manson and Meat Loaf have WPW.
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Hmmm , dont fully understand stand, however hmm the Bundle of Kent, I knew we had a Bundle of His in our hearts
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I think it just means that the heart beats really fast then the chambers don't beat like they should, both sides of the heart beat together or not at all which causes heart failure and death.
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I see now, I remember learning out the heart beat is controlled/made ad that the atria contract first then the ventricles
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At the end of the day Abigail it's your decision not your mum's if there is a good chance that you can lead a long life without the surgery, then maybe you would not need to have the operation.
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Did the doctor not tell you what might happen if you don't have the procedure? Did he give you all the options for your long-term future? Sorry to learn that you have problems with your heart. :(
