Hi Viktoria,

Here is our new thread, pretty nifty name, huh? . Now I will let all the others know.

Love, Rose

Love the new thread! Please, anyone having heart issues, come and join us. I have gained so much from hearing others experiences. It helps to know your not alone, and heart palps can be a scarey one. I have so much respect for ladies fighting heart palps, in my experience it's the toughest menopause symptom I have faced. I swear sometimes I learn more from the wonderful ladies here at PS than I do from my doctor! Connie

Way to go Rose!!!
I am a member of this club and I agree with Connie, it is the most scary and worriesome symptom of menopause because it involves the heart and we all need our hearts!
The ladies on the palps board have been a Godsend to me and I love them dearly. I hope someday though we will be on a board entitled " I survived menopause and it's symptoms and I feel Great!"
Like Connie said, if anyone has problem with palps, join our club and you will find that it helps so much to have someone to talk to about this.
Also a big hug and thank you to Dearest! Without her we would have never found each other.

Susie

Hi Girls,

I see you have found the new thread Yes, it's an exclusive club, this one, and we are happy to welcome anyone whose heart goes pitter patter (and it's not because of being in love ). I think Dearest should get some kind of an award, because what she's done is awesome!!!

Our next club will be called: "NOT ONLY DID WE SURVIVE MENOPAUSE; BUT NOW WE'RE HAVING A WELL DESERVED VACATION IN ROSE'S TUSCAN VILLA" Woo hoo!!!!!!!! I'm really looking forward to that club alright

Have a great day all, and I'm sure we'll soon be chatting again.

Love, Rose

Hi girls,

I had a really, really, really bad night last night. My bladder went on the blink and I was up every 1/2 hour to an hour going to the toilet. I hardly slept, and now I feel so rotten....and have to go to work

I am so upset! I know that often before a period my bladder plays up - after all, I had this for the last 17 years , but last night takes the cake. I've never been up so much during the night. I am so frightened now and so depressed, because when my bladder's like this there isn't much I can do.

Has anyone had this kind of thing happen to them? Connie, I believe you were complaining of some bladder problems recently? And Viktoria, you too? Anyway, I will see how I go during the day. Now I am doing some bladder retraining, where you drink liquids and hold as much as possible before going to the toilet; this is supposed to disensitise the irritated nerves, but it's tough doing this.

Also, I am wondering if the hormones are doing this to me, and that makes it even worse to try and hold, but I can't keep going to the toilet every 20 mins either!

I don't know what to do, and I feel so distraught. All I can do is pray.

Rose

Sylvia,
I am so sorry you are having bladder problems again. I have read with loss of estrogen that it can make the bladder more irritated and you get the urgency and frequency feelings. I know you have dealt with this for so long, but your sure this one isn't an infection? It probably has to do with your changing hormones. I have noticed alot more frequency right before a period. It will feel like I have to go every 10 minutes, but then I just go alittle no matter how much I have drank. I hate that feeling, but it goes away after a few days. Is there anything you can take to help numb the bladder nerves so you don't feel like you have to go all the time? In the US we have several over the counter products that are supposed to help with that if you have a bladder infection. It turns your urine orange but people say it does help. Sorry I can't help anymore, I will be saying a prayer you feel better soon.

We just got home from my husband's family gathering for Thanksgiving. It went pretty well. I miss my kids, but they will be home this weekend. I think I will go out tomorrow to shop on black friday. I must be nuts, but I'm afraid I will miss a bargain! Some stores around here are opening at 4am. I don't think I will get up that early. In the US the day after Thanksgiving is always the biggest shopping day of the year. All the stores and malls are packed, it's crazy. I am about done with Christmas shopping, but if I am away from home too much in Dec. I want to make sure I have everything done early. Hope you had a good day Susie, and don't spend too much time in the kitchen tomorrow. Hi Viktoria, hope you are doing ok. Connie

Hi Connie,

It's definitely not an infection. The one and only time I had an infection I was peeing blood and it burned like hell. No, this is more what you described prior to a period, the urgency even though there isn't much water to pass. I pretty much have felt like this for 17years and so I'm used to it, but I generally have a good night's sleep. But last night was horrible. And to top it off I cooked curry and I believe some of the spices in the curry can have a diuretic affect on the bladder and also irritate it. And not only that, but I am expecting my period and so I think it's a combination of everything! I just hope I can sleep tonight.

I'm at work right now and feel half dead with tiredness, and my period pain has started a bit, so it means it's definitely on it's way. My bladder's a little better already in that it can hold more, but it still feels irritable.

There is a powder called Ural, which basically helps people with irritations or infections, so I had one of those this morning and I will have some more when I get home. As long as I can get my sleep I can put up with almost anything, though going to the toilet every few minutes is pretty bad, isn't it?

I will be seeing my naturopath again next week and she's going to mix me some herbs to help with the irritation. I am already taking the natural progesterone (which is supposed to help) and the dong quai. And I read in Dr Northrup's book that the best way to combat this is by doing bladder retraining, which I've done before - to increase the bladder capacity, and there are a few other things like cranberry juice or tablets, etc. I will ask my naturopath next week.

Thank you for your prayers - I will need them. Meanwhile, have a great time shopping! Shopping seems to help with a lot of things, doesn't it? Have a great weekend.

Love, Rose

Dear Rose,

Oh Dear (((Hugs))), this bladder thing is NOT fun. But when mine does that type of thing, I KNOW my period will start the next day, and yes, I do have a link between having to go to the bathroom too often in Peri........it is low Estrogens. Rose, if this is new for you, it might be you are closer to the end that you thought.

*Cough* ummmm, Rose? None of those things from the Naturopath are going to help, this is just one of thoe things, my friend. It comes and goes as the Estrogen does. Higher Estrogen, and this stops, low low, and this is one result for me. And you sound identical.

Well, I can now see you have your period, so you may still run to the bathroom a little, but over the next few days this should stop. No way, this is not an infection, and I would bet on that. Your body was just eliminating any extra fluids as your Estrogen and Progesterone dropped.

Take the Ural to settle it, but to be honest, I have just accepted this as part and parcel of this deal.

I sure hope you are feeling better soon, and as for me? I am without a period still?!?!?!

Love,
Viktoria

Dear Connie,

You just gave me a great laugh. !!! It's this that you wrote "I think I will go out tomorrow to shop on black friday. I must be nuts, but I'm afraid I will miss a bargain!".... You are making yourself sound more and more like a shopaholic of late. Mall Therapy....here comes Connie You go girl! Have a great time too. But....ummm, are you going to confess to hubby the amount you spent? Well, I must admit Connie, it is nice to see you are having some fun!!!

I am ok, and still with no period. I feel tired and a little yuck, but apart from that I am just getting alone "ok".

Hugs,
Viktoria

Dear Susie,

I agree, this is a great thread with a VERY distinguished club And anyone is free to join. I don't think many want to join, and I cannot say I blame them.

I think we would love to all one day be posting that we survived Meno and palps and are well and happy. I know I would.

I hope, like Connie, that you are having a happy holiday and are out spending a few $$'s like Connie.

Take Care Susie (((Hugs))),
Viktoria

Ooo la la Rose, this is tres bien Good work. I like this, and not so many pages seems to make it easier for me to work out. I do think I am getting close to the end of this as my brain fog has intensified 10 fold, and I know that means low estrogens.

I am still trying to locate a lost tea bag in my offfice. I have even turned it upside down, and cleaned it all, but I KNOW the tea bag is here somewhere.

Thanks for the new thread, my friend.

Love and Hugs,
Viktoria
xxx

Hi Viktoria,

No, my period isn't here yet. It seems it's getting ready to come. My bladder's being like this since I was 27, so I don't think this is anything new - it's only that now it seems to also be affected by the hormones; as if I didn't have enough to worry about! Anyway, yesterday I drank lots of fluid and some urals and chamomille tea and before bed I took a nice valium (yum) (I do like some drugs after all), and I had a great sleep. Only got up once to go to the bathroom, which is more my norm.

I think the hormones do contribute to what is happening, but I don't see how we can be lacking estrogen when we are already estrogen dominant. I just think that we need to give the progesterone a chance to balance out the estrogen. Dr Lee says that even after menopause a woman still produces enough estrogen for what her body needs, and that it's the lack of progesterone that can stuff things up. Having said that, I read that if one has bladder problems a woman can use some topical estrogen cream to put around the urethra (but this is if there is vaginal wall thinning, dryness and painful intercourse). Luckily, I don't have those.

My naturopath is going to make some herbs for me next week to treat my bladder irritation. I know this isn't the answer, but it will help to keep the bladder more calm. My condition is a nerve condition. There are certain nerve fibres in the bladder that simply become irritable hence causing this oversensitive bladder. I've ready about it, my urologist told me about it, and unfortunately the only thing that helps is bladder retraining. It worked for me once, 15 years ago, but since then I haven't quite being able to do it again with such success. Anyway, I have decided to try once again now and see how I go. If I increase the amount my bladder can hold, theoretically I should be able to disensitise the nerves that are causing this irritation.

To tell you the truth, I found a pattern to this bladder thing. They say we carry emotions in certain parts of our body. I carry mine in my bladder. This whole thing started up out of the blue when my first marriage broke up. Then, it relapsed once more when my defacto relationship was breaking up, and every time after that when I was going through a stressful period in my life, my bladder flared up. Interesting. Now this is being a horrible year for me, so I am not surprised. And on top of it all there is perimenopause! Damn, why do women have to suffer so much?

Okay, so now I'm back to the way I used to be (just with a bearable irritability that seems to be my life every day), and still awaiting my periods. I had some real bad pains last night in my tummy and lower back and I was convinced my periods were coming, but alas, they didn't. What worries me most is that I am feeling pains in other parts where i never had before, like my lower back and just above the pubic area. This is what frightens me, before, my period pain was straightforward and I only got pain on either side of the abdomen and after a couple of hours it went away. Now it's frightning.

So, we are still on the same pattern I didn't beat you to the period. My palps have been very active around this time, but for some reason they were not as bad yesterday. Must be all the chamomille tea I consumed

I am now experiencing some problems with my boss at work Great, that's all I needed! And I am seriously considering giving the whole thing up until I can get my health in order. Do problems never end?!!!!

Anyway, have a great weekend and let me know how you are going. You still didn't tell me when your U/S is due. I don't know now whether I can wait till mid December for mine. I'm getting a bit too antsy.

Love

Sylvia

Hi girls,
Sylvia, glad the bladder is some better. I went to a seminar once where a physical therapist that specialized in bladder training gave a talk. It was along time ago and I don't remember much of the talk but she did say holding your urine for as long as possible would help people with frequency problems but there is a certain way and timing to do it, if not it can cause infections. Wish I remembered more. What's the trouble with your boss? Mine is very nice, but very critical of others if they don't have the same beliefs or mind set as he does. I will be glad to not spend so much time with him after we get the other offices up and running and I can come back to my little office and relax. I have been getting strange pains too. I have a sharp pain in my left hip at night that has started to bother me in the day too. It's in my back and thigh too. No injury I can think of, now I worry it's this stupid ovary again. It's always something.

Viktoria, I didn't spend much today and hubby was with me. He bought a couple of playstation games that were on sale for him and I got a food chopper for his mother. The mall was a nightmare. I don't mind crowds, but this was awful. You couldn't get thru aisles and people were really rude. I would have cut my wrists if I worked in retail today! Those poor people, trying to be nice to customers and getting screamed at because something was sold out. Like they could do anything about it. I thought for sure my palps would start up, but have only had a few the last few days. Hot flashes are still pretty bad, so I don't think I will have a period anytime soon.

Jean, how is the Lexapro going? Hope your palps are better with it. It takes a few weeks to notice any change, it did for me. Susie homemaker, how did the cooking and baking go? I wish we had taken some leftovers from my husbands nephews yesterday. I hate not having anything to snack on today. Not that I need it! I have to work tomorrow but I will check in. Connie

Hi Connie,

I have a whole book on bladder retraining; I just wish I didn't have to do it, but I realise that the more I can train my bladder to hold the better it will be in the end. I'm sorry to hear about your pain. Does it feel like a muscular pain or more like an internal organ type of pain? I had pain in one of my hips for a long time, but I was pretty sure it was muscular and I went to see a really good osteopath and after a few weeks the pain went away, so it was definitely muscular. But yes, it is one thing after another, isn't it? Right now I have a funny pain on my left side of the abdomen, and sometimes it feels a bit tender if I press on it. I wonder whether it's irritable bowel or a cyst or the ovary. Who knows! I am so fed up with all this I can't wait to have that damn ultrasound and get everything over and done with and hopefully have peace of mind.

My boss is a very critical woman who isn't the best at managing people. She can also be quite reactive. But anyway, she plays along with the politics in the college where I work and this is what gets to me. We are expected to do all our marking of assessments and planning of lessons in our own time and we don't get paid for this. The problem is that this is now taking up too much of my free time and frankly the pay is rotten, so I don't see why I should really do anymore. Meanwhile, she had the nerve to tell me that some students made a complaint about me because I supposedly don't treat them like students and I don't believe what they say to me. This is news to me, especially as in the last college I taught the students loved me. Anyway, she couldn't or wouldn't give me any real facts and this made me very upset as how can I respond to an allegation when I don't know what the complaint is? But these students pay thousands of dollars to study at this private school and of course I guess the school would rather listen to student drivel than to the lecturers. So this is the thanks I get for doing so much work in my own time! Anyway, that's that. On Monday I will speak to her and tell her that I will not take on any more work that is unpaid and if she doesn't like it she can jump off the cliff. I will simply look for other work. I really don't need the stress right now. Not with what happened this year: loss of my mother, loss of my cat, my hubby going loopy and now the job situation. I don't need this Oh, and I forgot to mention the joys of perimenopause

It sounds like your shopping trip was a bit of a nightmare; glad you survived it I hate shopping in crowded malls, so I stay right away from these places.

Well, it's another wet and foggy weekend here. It's really getting to me. Where is the sun? We're 1 week away from summer and it feels like winter. The weather's gone loopy too!

Have a lovely weekend and hope your hot flashes go away. Are you still using the progesterone cream?

Love, Rose

I thought I had my palps under control with diet, supplements, exercise, etc - but now I have a cold and they seem to be back. So I guess I'm in the club.

I've had this for years, and was even diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse, but ever since I got that diagnosis, I stopped worrying about it. I mean, the dr didn't seem to think it was any big deal, so I've just considered the jolts and jumps a nuisance. It can be unnerving, though!

Hi Teasdale,

Welcome to the club! You are in good company I've stopped worrying about my palps too (had them since 2004), because I have other things to worry about right now If you've read some of my posts you'll know that this has been one of the worst years of my life, and to top it all off I am now having vague and crampy pain that seems ovarian, which could be a cyst, could be IBS, could be something ominous So palps have taken a backseat for me now, but hey, one thing is for sure - at least they are loyal More loyal than a hubby

So, welcome on behalf of the Palpers Club Incorporated, and we all look forward to hearing from you soon.

Cheers, Rose

Hi Viktoria,

You just made me laugh so much - and thank you, I need it right now. I happened to be looking under each of our names, you know how it says: surgette or senior surgette or super surgette, and then it says where you're from? I just noticed what you put in there: From "An Asylum Near You"

Thank you, my dear Viktoria, I really needed the laugh. Last night I got into a stupid argument with hubby and then I couldn't sleep and at 1am I was Googling things like ovarian cancer and of course, at that time of night/morning, we all seem to fit every symptom, right? I looked for you on msn on the off chance that you might be on there, but I didn't see you. Anyway, I scared myself silly, and started thinking about this ultrasound and my bladder, and everything else, and then I gave up, had a valium and went to sleep

Hope you're having a better weekend than mine. Wish you were here to give me some good, old fashioned advise, and tell me (just as my mother always used to say) "It's nothing; don't worry"!

Love, Rose

Well, I guess I'm a member of this club too. I started having the constant bad "missed heartbeat", flip-flopping heart stuff in August. Now it's turned into a feeling of a very hard heartbeat, all the time. The missed heartbeats only come occassionally, which is a relief, but now this new symptom is driving me up the wall! It's happening almost all day, almost every day and gets really bad at night which is causing me to get very little sleep. I know that part of my problem is anxiety as all of this scares me and also that I'm just so tuned into my heart right now. This has only been going on for three months for me, I can't imagine how some of you have dealt with it for so much longer. Hope all of you are doing well, I've missed coming here to read and post, but it's been a crazy month...my baby girl turned 18, so we went all out for her b-day and then of course I've had to deal with my only child being an adult now and letting her go...hasn't been easy.

Hi,
Sylvia, I will be your mother figure, it is alright, I have have been there a hundred times. I know everything there is about ovarian cancer. I googled it a million times when I having problems with the large bleeding cyst, awful bladder irritation and freguency, pain in my side, bloating and all the other symptoms of oc. It was not, and neither is yours. Like the palps, it is scarey, but peri mimics so many bad things. My GYN said 7 out of 10 women will have ovarian cysts during peri, some women will know about them, some won't have any symptoms. Since we are the lucky ones that feel every change in our bodies, symptoms can really seem like it's something more serious. Your U/S will be fine. Your bosssounds like a pain. I she younger or older than you? If younger, just wait until her hormones give her fits, then she'll know what it's like to face physical symptoms plus emotional ones like you have dealt with this year. Have a good talk with her on Monday and clear the air. You will feel better. I will be out again Monday for the week, but if all goes well we might finish up this week and then I can stay home. Please keep posting so I know how you are doing. I know you don't like meds, but alittle Valium now and then never hurt anybody! No, I'm not using the cream. I really didn't think it helped much, but I'm not sure anything but time will help. Most days I feel pretty good for an old gal. The hip is some better, must be a muscle.

Teasdale, welcome, sorry the palps are back. They always come back when you are sick or under alot of stress. Mine hang around even when I feel good! I have no reason really why I have them except for my hormones are changing everyday. Getting old is the pits.

June, good to hear from you. I still get the skips and the hard heartbeats every now and then. It seems like my pulse is regular, but the beats are strong for 10-15 beats, then back to normal for awhile. My doctor said that is back to back pvc's or pac's. Not a problem unless they go on for long periods, like hours without a normal beat in between. I know what you mean about an only child. My daughter is 30, an only child too. I am so blessed they live near so I can see her often. I never thought I'd accept her growing up, going to college, getting married and I really didn't until I laid eyes on my beautiful granddaughter and the joy of being with a baby started all over again! It does get easier, I promise.

Susie and Viktoria, come check in before I have to leave again so I know you guys are ok. I will check back tomorrow. Connie

Sorry about the spelling and missed words. I worked today and I am so tired. I will try to re-read my posts in the future so I know they make sense! Connie

Dear Connie,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for being a mom to me. I really needed to hear what you said about oc and the fact that peri mimics all these obscure symptoms and diseases. These days I'm either laughing hard or crying like a baby - my emotions are up and down all the time and most of the time I just want to run away somewhere nice and safe, but I don't know where.

My boss IS younger than me, but she's already 38 years of age, so she's coming into her peri years; this is why she is so moody when she gets her period and she takes it out on us I have decided to go over her head, to the Principal of the college, whom I've known for 16 years on and off - he did some work for one of the international hotels where I used to work many moons ago as a human resources manager (that's my real profession) and in those days he was a trainer. So I have written a letter to him about the incident and the way it was handled and I am hoping he will do something about it; and if not, I can simply quit, take a few months off to recover my health and then I will start looking in the new year. I am fully aware of how short life is and there is no point in losing our health over a job - any job!

I thought the progesterone would have at least helped you with the hot flashes. It helped me with that at least. And yes, I love valium That's the only drug I am happy to take because it's the only thing that gives me some sanity

Have a good week and I will definitely keep you posted; especially when s....t hits the fan at work

Love, Sylvia

Dearest Rose,

Oh, (((((((((Hugs)))))))))) Last night was one of the only nights I didn't have messenger on:( I was updating all my computer drivers and the graphics drivers [I work on dual display] was really tricky to install and took me like forever to get right. After that I needed to wind down or no sleep, so about 3am, I went into instachat with a cup of chai tea But I wish I had been around for you. You sure pick your nights Madame Rosie.

Connie has already told you what I would have told you, and Rose??????????? Stay off the internet trying to self diagnose, ok???? Not good Rose; very naughty Rose, you don't have OC, you don't have any type of C, if anything, you might have doped yourself up on too much progesterone !

But Rose, I honestly feel that waiting until the 17th to have your US is a long time away for your 'peace of mind'. I have not got my second US booked as yet because I KNOW I don't have the big C, so the second one is no big rush. Could I suggest you get a lab one with a referral from the GP, and STILL have one with the GYN. That way you will 100% find out we are not going to bury you yet, and then when you see the GYN you will get another, and count that as a secondary opinion. That is what I would do if I was in Panic mode, which I DID get into, and so I stopped it with the US I had in the lab.

Sorry you mixed it wth DH last night, but so did I with mine. Mine was going to bed early as he was tired, and wanted a smooch goodnight, and there he was breathing down my neck as I was putting a Motherboard CD ROM in, and I just said "Can't you wait one minute?"....I was ticked off....and he said "Stop treating me like a 2 year old " I said "Hang on, one day it's a 5 year old, then a 2 year old, are you going to claim fetal status next time" . That did NOT go down well, and after some mindless bickering, we hugged, he rubbed my back, then had a cup of tea together and that was that...........a silly, stupid bicker. Today we laughed about it. He admitted I had he inwardly laughing over the "fetal" comment.

Anyway, Rose, I hope that gave you a giggle, and well, sorry for the small "telling off" about your self diagnosis, but I am not really sorry. No More!!! Please try not to, and I do know it is hard, but it is a rule I AM forcing myself to follow, and as I care about you, I don't want you being scared all the time. Ok?

Love and Hugs,
Viktoria

Dear Connie,

I'm sorry to read your palps are still there a bit, and mine come and go still. I am sure my heart can read, too, so I am scared of hexing myself.
You were certainly brave to shop when you did, but I am so happy you're getting out and about! Have you got a period as yet? Or are we all missing our periods now? I am missing one, and I hope I don't see it at all, but that is probably wishful thinking.

When do you get some time off? I know, so many questions. I am just thinking you need a break to relax a bit and enjoy that grandaughter of yours.

Stay safe on the roads, my friend,

Hugs,
Viktoria

Dear JuneBug,

Yes, this can be a tiring symptom, but if you read more on the main board, Dearest has posted a lot of information on palps and Peri. Have you considered a Rx for some Tenormin. I take this now and then, and it doesn't stop my palps, but they are nowhere near as hard, and I have Low BP, and they don't lower it any further. It;s the best thing I ever did for palps, and that is thanks to Dearest in chat one day. It REALLY makes a difference.

Yes, you are definately a member of this club, so pull up a chair and relax.....as the rest of us are still active and alive, I think you can at least know you aren't about to drop over !

I think it is so good you can let your young adult daughter go. Too many don't let go, and in the process I see them destroying their own lives while trying to make choices, and wrap their grown-up children in cotton wool, and then wonder why the young adults cannot cope.

I have twins, one boy and one girl, both are almost 30 [I had them at 19] and I thought of them as butterflies that I had to let go. Sure, it hurt a LOT, but I look at them now, and am so proud of them, and just know I did the right thing. Congrats for bringing up a beautiful young adult to her maturity of her years.

As for palps at night, have you tried sleeping on two pillows on your back? I found that helped sometimes. It;s just an idea.

Take care,
Hugs,
Viktoria

Dear Susie,

I hope you are just out there having a great time, girl! But am leaving you this little note to say I was thinking of you too.

Hugs,
Viktoria

Junebug,

I have the same kind of palps you have and it is very scary. Lots of anxiety in my life right now and I'm sure that makes it worse. I feel very panicky here lately. The hard heartbeat is very unsettling, isn't it? At least I know other women are experiencing this too.

Thanks for letting me share. Take care.

Cindy

Hi all,

I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!

Connie,

I had some side effects with the lexapro, so I stopped taking it. The palps were so bad this past week constant bigemini, I finally took 1/2 of a tenormin and it seemed to break the pattern. Now I'am getting them every 4th beat, thats better than every other beat. I'am going to the Dr. tommorow, since these palps have amped up so much and I very rarely have a normal run of heart beats, I'am going to ask for a 24 hour halter test. Jean

Hi Viktoria

Thank you for the reassurance. You know, I am feeling much better now. My bladder is back under control (well, as much as I can claim control, anyway ); my crampy pain comes and goes, but seems to be going more rather than getting ready for a period, so I guess that means that I will either have a very late period or none at all. I'm hoping the latter is the case. Maybe all this cramping and other crap is the sign I've been waiting for that my periods are finally going for good. God, I hope so.

Last week I was ready to re-book the US with the lab and do exactly as you've said, but then my bladder calmed back down, the pain was under control, and I thought I would rather wait and see my Gyn. I don't want to go through the same thing as you with some stupid lab person doing an ultrasound that might not be interpreted properly.

The reason my US is scheduled for the 17th is because my Gyn only does them on Monday afternoons only, and that is when I have classes at the college and I cannot take the time off. But classes will finish in early December and then I'll be able to go. I just hope my period doesn't decide to come that week when my US is due!

Hubby and I have discussed our argument too and things are back to normal. From today his work has moved closer to home and this will take half an hour off his journey, which means he should be home around 6.45pm, which is much better than 7.20 or 7.30, which is what he used to do.

I don't know if you read my post to Connie about the troubles I was having with work, and my boss (who is just entering peri ); but I am sure today something will happen because I have sent her my letter of response to the incident that occured on Friday and I also copied the big boss, who happens to be an old colleague of mine from years ago. So, today she will either get a set down from the big boss for behaving unprofessionally or they will ask me to resign , either way, I don't care any more. There are other jobs out there and I can find one sooner or later.

You know I forgot to ask you do you study full time, do you work, what do you do? All this information goes out of my head these days. The reason being that I have a lot of frequent flyer points and I was thinking that if you have time one of these days, maybe early in the new year, I wouldn't mind flying to you to have a coffee and a long, long, chat with you. I will email you about this anyway.

Anyway, thank you for your reassurance once again, and maybe I will catch you online one of these nights. Did I tell you that my friend from MySpace who lives in Spain is arriving in early December to spend a week with me? She is also in peri, so I'm sure we'll have a good time chatting and getting out and about!

Love, Rose

Hi Girls, It's Susie homemaker!!! LOL!!! Connie, you made me laugh!
We went to my brothers on Thanksgiving and had great food and had a good time. We're still eating leftovers that I made on Friday for us and my son and daughter-in law. Saturday was a lazy day for me. Just laid around and watched tv and today we went to church.
I hate to hear you are leaving again Connie. Will miss you. I really think the Lexapro is helping me. With the skipped beats and my all around feelings. How are you doing on yours? Sounds like you had a time with the shopping. Don't people just get on your nerves when they act like that? I was in retail all my life so I know what it's like.

Rose,
I have to just get on here and yell at you! Don't you dare go thinking you have ovarian cancer! It is not!!! You are going to be just fine. It's no wonder you feel the way you do with everything that has been going on in your life lately and now with the woman at work. I think she was just making that up about the students. That's why she couldn't give you any specifics on what they said about you. Hang in there. And you are right, it's not worth making yourself sick.

Viktoria
You haven't started your period yet? How late are you? Maybe the last one was IT!!! I hope so. I have been feeling better but I am still having bouts with the diarrea. It seems to hit me at least once a day. I was up at 2:00 this morning and it hit me out of the blue. I have no idea why this is happening. Sometimes 10 minutes after I eat it hits me, but no cramps. I tell ya it's one thing or another. I see where you have twins. That is really neat. I like Connie, have one child. I bet they kept you busy!

Jean,
I am sorry the lexapro gave you side effects. What kind of side effects did you have? Did you start out taking 5 mg's like Connie and I did? Did you ever have the holtor monitor before?

Well Girls, hope everyone has a good week ahead of them.

Oh, Rose, it is raining here too but here comes winter for us. BRRRR!!!!

Love, Susie

Hi all
Suzie, Well... the lexapro made me very dizzy and nauseus(sp?)and gave me diarrea, it was very explosive!!! I took 5mg for 5 days and things wern't getting better. But mostly it didn't help the palps, it really kind of made them worse, more intense feeling. But I'am really senitive to everything. I'am going to see the Dr. tommorrow to see if he has any other thoughts.

Rose, I'am sure you've heard this before, but ovarian cancer dosn't hurt, thats what my Dr. told me. The pain is probably your ovaries trying to rev up for another cycle. I get vicious ovary pain that lasts for days this always comes about 2 weeks before my period. Even if I've gone for 6 weeks without a period the last 2 weeks before I actually get my period, are painful. I get sonograms(intervaginal), and blood work twice a year. My sonograms always showed funtional cysts. It's always good to get the tests done, it will ease you mind.
I have a friend who has ovarian cancer she never even knew it. She was going in for a minor routine surgury and her Dr. didn't like the way her blood tests looked. They did cat scans and found it. They got it early and she's going to be fine.

Still no period, I am on day 70. I did go about 4 months this spring without a period, maybe I can go longer this time. I feel pretty good, not many skips during the day, but they get pretty frequent at bedtime. The hip pain is back and really hurting on right side too. I am going to try sleeping in my daughters old room when I get home and see if that helps any.

Jean, I am so sorry the Lexapro didn't help. Maybe you should take the Tenormin on a regular basis for a while. Let us know how your test comes out.

Susie, your skips are better with the Lexapro? It sure feels good doesn't it not to fight them all day long. I don't like the bedtime ones, but it's so much better than before. Have a good week.

Viktoria, I don't think I knew you had twins my daughters age. Do they live close? Still having a few palps? Maybe this is the end of the tunnel for us with periods. I am not going to count on it for me, I should be getting close for goodness sakes, I am 53! I know some women have gone much longer than that, but I would really like to get this over with so the palps maybe will settle down even more.

Sylvia, please keep us informed about your job. I can't believe the stressful year you have had. You are due for some real good luck! I'm glad things are better with hubby, that's one thing off your plate.

I will check in soon, these next few clinics we will be helping start up should be easier, the staffs are pretty well trained already. I got some new shoes to wear with a couple of new outfits I bought to take and I hate the shoes. They hurt so bad I end up limping by the end of the day. They look great, so I guess I will have to endure alittle pain for fashion! Everyone have a good week and stay safe. Connie

Hi Zippy,

Thank you for being so reassuring. My ovaries seem to be doing exactly the same thing as yours. About two weeks or so prior to a period I start to get all this crampy pain, etc, and then when my period comes I feel awful. The pain is horrible. I always had period pain since I was young, but never like this! I am now dreading my next period, and it feels like it's getting very close. I am so sorry to hear about your friend, but glad that they caught it on time. How absolutely awful for her. I hope she will be fine.

I will soon have my own ultrasound and hope that everything will be fine; I think it could be a cyst that is causing all this pain, or maybe it's just the fluctuating hormones. I just hope these periods go away once and for all and everything settles down once again for good.

Cheers, Rose

Hi Susie,

I will listen to you and will not go looking into anymore websites; they scare the hell out of me

It's good to hear from you, and I'm glad you had a good Thanksgiving.

Today I started to get really strong crampy pain and I think my period could be just around the corner. In fact, I could've sworn that I saw a little colour on the toilet paper. Anyway, I just hope that I'm going to be able to cope with this horrid pain. Usually I am able to cope pretty well with period pain, but now I don't know why the pain has changed and become stronger. I thought maybe a cyst, but could it just be the fluctuating hormones making my ovaries do summersaults and my uterus contract? Who knows I just wish my periods would go away forever!

I will keep you posted about my job situation - I am having a meeting tomorrow with this woman plus other managers and we'll see what comes out of it, but really, it isn't worth worrying about. I have so many other problems right now that the job is the last thing I am thinking about. Wish me luck, girls!

Connie, thanks for thinking of me.

Love, Rose

Hi All,

It's 5.25am and I was awaken at 5am because my period arrived For some reason my period always arrives at 5am - it's like a Swiss watch, always on time , that's when it decides to come, that is.

Anyway, I actually started getting the first signs of my period last night, with all the cramping, etc, etc. I took everything in my arsenal - painkillers, magnesium, chamomille tea, natural anti-imflammatory tablets, and some gingery tasting tablets my naturopath gave me for period cramps and then I stuck a hot water bottle on my tummy and sprawled on my sofa to watch MASH re-runs with hubby. I slept fairly well after that, but at 5am this morning the full on period arrived.

Once again, I took everything in my arsenal and thought I should write this message while I wait and see if the pain abates a little. I hope it does because unfortunately today I have to go to work

Viktoria, unless you got your period, I beat you to it, but I wouldn't be surprised if now your period arrives. They say this happens among female friends; when one gets her periods the others follow. So, girls, let me know what happens.

Now I am worried that the cramps will be as horrid as last month, but there is really nothing much I can do except wait.

I look forward to hearing from you all.........AND by the way, my palps have improved greatly since last night......yet another sign that they are driven by the hormone fluctuations

Connie,
I hope you have a good week and the palps stay away. You know I had the hip pain thing a couple of times while going through the peri. With me my hip hurt and it went down into my leg and I would have to move alot in bed because if I layed one way too long it would start to hurt. Yes, I do think the lexapro is helping me and also with the skips. I am so happy that they are gone except for a few tiny ones once in a while.

Jean,
Sorry you had the side effects. The only one I had was a bad taste in my mouth for a while but it went away. I have had diarrea also for the past month but mine started before I started the lexapro. Did you have it just after you ate something or all the time? Let us know what your Dr. says.

Rose,
Now that you started your period maybe you will begin to feel better. I think our bodies get so stressed when we are coming to the end of our periods. I think that it just makes everything worse. I hope you don't get the bad cramps.

Viktoria,
How are you doing today? So, are you going to follow Rose and have a period or join me with no periods?

Does anyone have any ideas why I would still be getting this diarrea everyday? I also have regular bowel movements but right after I eat most of the time I have it. I am not taking the pills my Dr. gave me because they made me dry mouth and dizzy but I am eating yogurt everyday.


Love, Susie

Hi Susie,

It's now 9.25am here and I managed to have some more sleep from when I was up this morning with my cramps. So far everything's under control; the cramps are bearable.

If you are having diarrhea, whatever you do DO NOT eat yoghurt. Although yoghurt has the friendly bacteria, it is still a dairy products and dairy and diarrhea don't mix. You might have a touch of IBS or you may have developed lactose intolerance. I developed lactose intolerance as an adult and now I can't have any dairy except very small amounts of cheese and the skim milk in the cappuccinos I drink, but anything else and wham.....I get diarrhea straight away. Also, stay away from fried foods and other high fat foods, they tend to have the same affect in your bowels and they can produce diarrhea. Give up the yoghurt for a while and get yourself some slippery elm tablets from the health food store - they are great! Slippery elm comes from the bark of the elm tree and it has a wonderful affect on the whole digestive system. It gets rid of inflammation, settles down diarrhea and also assists with constipation too. It has this two-way effect.

The hip pain you had is really similar to what I had for months, where I couldn't lie in bed on one side for too long because my hip would hurt and sometimes the pain would travel all the way down my leg. At first I thought I had some kind of pinched nerve, but when I went to my osteopath he told me it's just inflammation that settles around the muscles and causes all sorts of pain. He released this inflammation through the treatments he gave me, which are similar to chiropractic treatment but a lot more gentle, and within a few weeks the pain was gone forever. It was a miracle!

As you know, with menopause inflammation settles all over our bodies because of those damn hormones and they cause horrible period pains, aches and pains in the joints and muscles, headaches, you name it and they cause it!

Connie, what might help is the Omega 3 oils; they are wonderful for any type of joint aches and pains, but they will take time to kick in. They also help with period pain and cardiovascular health and a whole host of other things. The best way to get your Omegas is by eating oily fish like sardines, mackerel, anchovies, an salmon. If you're not a fishy person like me (I can't stand any kind of seafood), then you can buy flaxseeds from the health food store and grind them in a coffee grinder as you use them and you only need about 1/4 cup 3 to 7 days a week. You can sprinkle this over your food, put it in a soy drink, whatever. And what I do is buy DHA/EPA (fish oil) capsules and take them 3 times a day (potency should be 1000mg per capsule).

There are just so many things we need to do to look after our bodies at menopause. I am looking at the nutritional guidelines set down in Dr Northrup's book - she's got a hormone balancing diet in there - which, if followed, it's supposed to balance our hormones, help us lose excess weight, and keep us healthy. I am going to get onto it. She also says, GIVE UP ALL DAIRY! All of it. Dairy and menopause don't mix. I always knew dairy wasn't good for adults, but she is very firm about it.

Anyway, girls, I shall get on with my day. I work half day today and have that horrid meeting at 1pm regarding the work issue that happened the other day, so I'm hoping that my period pain will remain at a minimum.

Weather conditions here: RAIN! So what else is new?

Hi Suzie,

I called the Dr. but couldn't get an appointment with the electrophysiologist till Wednesday. I would have put up with the side effects if the lexapro helped but it made the palps really bad. My family Dr. said to stop taking it. Will see what they come up with on Wednesday. Today was a not to bad a palp day, there still there but a little less intense. I really don't want to complain to much to my husband about the palps, but last night we had a really good talk about whats going on and it really made me feel better. He's very supportive he's my "human beta blocker". Jean

Rose,
Thanks for telling me about the slippery elm. I will look into that. Ya know it would figure if I developed a problem with dairy. Everything that I LOVE is dairy. Cheese, Pizza, ice cream and on and on!!! I think the thing that bothers me too is I feel so sore about an inch or more under my right ribs. I've had that soreness on and off since I had my gallbladder out in 1992 but this won't go away. I hope everything goes ok for you today at work. Let us know how it goes. I'm glad you aren't having any bad cramps so far and that YOU WON'T!!!! Today it is sunny but boy is it windy and cold!!

Jean,
If the Lexapro made your skips worse I don't blame you for stopping them. I guess I didn't realize that. Hopefully they can give you something to help. Have they ever given you a reason why you have so many for so long? I know mine have been around for 3 years. I am glad that your husband is so supportive. Mine is too when I complain about these skips but he knows what it's like to have problems with the heart. He had 6 bypasses 3 and a half years ago and in June he had a stent put in. Let us know how the Dr. Appt goes. Take care.

Susie

Hi Susie,

My periods haven't been as bad as I expected, so I am happy. I still have a bit of tenderness on the left side of my abdomen, so I'm wondering if indeed there is a cyst in there in the process of dissolving. If there is, I hope it dissolves.

My job situation didn't go well. My boss was very spiteful about things and would not budge on any of the points I brought up, and so it left me with no alternative other than to resign, which I did. The thing is, I was working 2.5 days per week (it was a part time job), but the workload I was given was more for a 4 days per week kind of job, so I was always having to do extra work from home for which I was not paid. My boss didn't agree with this as she's a real workaholic, and so she pretty much said like it or lump it; and I lumped it It just isn't worth getting all stressed, and being exploited to boot, for a job that isn't worth anything. And so, after Xmas I will start looking for something else.

My palps are right down right now because my period's here, which is great!

Your right sided pain might be from inflammation due to the dairy/lactose intolerance thing. I think if you try a change of diet you might feel better. Anyway, it's worth a try.

Miracle of miracles, the sun came out this morning, but we're expecting rain for the rest of the week

Love, Rose

Rose,
Sorry to hear about the job but you know I think you will be better off. It's not fair that you were doing all that work without getting paid and the fact that she didn't really appreciate what you were doing on your own time. I worked for 7 years for a boss that was a workaholic too. Even on her days off and vacation she would sneak in and make sure the place was being handled right because we all know that no one was as good as her. I was an assistant manager for her and all the girls would complain to me about her but they were all afraid to go to her with a problem. She never would go to anyone and say anything to their face but she would leave nasty notes on the counter pointing out everyones faults. Well, one day when she was off another girl and I was sitting up a display and the next day when I came in she was doing it all over. It wasn't right!!! I in the midst of my peri and skipped beats just blew up. I couldn't hold it in anymore. It was getting to the point where I dreaded going to work. She didn't speak to me for a week. Imagine how uncomfortable that is when it's just the two of us for 8 hours. Anyway about 8 months later is when my mom got sick and in the hospital for 2 months and then the manor for 4 months I took a leave of absence, no pay. I was only off for a month and a half and I got an e-mail that my position was eliminated. She tried to say that I didn't keep them notified but in the meantime another butt kissing employee was going to the manor telling my mom that my boss was very upset with me because I wasn't back to work yet. Well, I had enough stress without going through the crap with her. They tried to deny me unemployment but I did get it because my position was eliminated. I truly think she needed meds. One minute she was nice and in a second she could turn wicked. Oh well, what I am saying is take care of yourself. I fought quitting my job for so long and when they did eliminate my position I felt so much better being away from the stress! Take care of your self now! I'm glad you are ok. I bet your pain is from the cyst and I'm sure it will dissolve. What is it with the left side? That is where my cysts were too. I will try to eliminate the dairy. Dang! what will I do without my ice cream? LOL!

Susie

Hi Susie,

I agree that I will be better off without that job. I was a bit sad today because I did enjoy most of it, and there is a lady I worked with who is really nice and we made a good team, but alas, I cannot stay there just because of this. A lot of employers take advantage of people and they usually get away without paying them anything if they can. I'm glad you sorted out that employer of yours!

Well, I have to work my notice, which is about 2 weeks and then I don't need to go there again! I can then concentrate on getting my health back up to scratch, and by the way, my ultrasound is on 17th December, so not long to go now! I do hope everything will be okay. After Xmas I will look for a job and hopefully find something a little less stressful.

If you liked dairy all your life, it is very difficult to give it up. I'm a pasta/rice/pizza person and these are all foods that put on weight when one gets older Why are we denied the little pleasures in life? Isn't menopause enough of a punishment?

Love, Rose

Love the new name....Same ole thing here, palps on and off, but get a weird electricla feeling through my upper body almost like electrified goosebumps....Driving me insane.

Hope everyone is doing well, hope to start posting more often, trying to get things done on days I feel good.

Sherrie

Hi All,
I am back from my travels early. My husband's father had a stroke Monday night and is in ICU at their local hospital about 2 1/2 hours away from us. My husband is there, I came home to take care of the dog! My daughter will watch him if I need to go sooner than the weekend, but for now FIL is stable. He is 85 and has had a bunch of heart problems for along time. I am hoping I can stay home for awhile, my boss is having family issues of his own so we might wait until after the 1st of the year to finsh up helping get these health and dental clinics set up.

Susie, just a thought about your diarrhea problems, did you ever start that magnesium Rita had told you about? That stuff gave me terrible diarrhea, in fact almost all kinds of magnesium does except for the glycinate. It doesn't help the palps, just keeps me regular. IBS is so common in peri and post, I have read so many women fight it. Sorry you had a bad work experience too. Boy, I have too in the 35 years I have worked. I haven't had alot of jobs, just some doozies! I enjoy my current job alot, but being a private agency, who knows how long funding or grants will last. Even if I could afford it, which I can't, I don't know if I could stay home for too long without going nuts. I would focus on all my health problems more than I already do.

Sylvia, sorry about the outcome of your job. Their loss. When I changed jobs several years ago to the job I have now, I was scared to death. This job was less hours and I had been in a school setting for years, but it was good move. Maybe this was meant to be for you. What did you husband think? Hope your period is still staying milder this month. Boy, the palps sure are hormonal for you. They apeear before then go away after. I wish I had a pattern, but I can't seem to figure them out.

Sorry Jean the Lexapro caused more palps. It some women it can increase anxiety too which could increase palps. In my case, it helped lower the anxiety and that helped the palps some. It's not perfect, but a vast improvement. I am even lowering the beta blocker I take (slowly) and I am doing ok. Stll having some at bedtime, not sure why.

Sylvia and Susie, you described my hip pain to a tee. It gets bad if I lay in one postion too long, then goes down into my leg. I really think a new mattress would help, but I will have to wait until after Christmas for that. I will keep you informed on my FIL, I would hate to have a funeral right before Christmas, it would be so hard on my husband, he is close to his dad. Connie

Rose,
I know what you mean about missing certain people on the job. That is the way I felt. I was glad to get away from my boss but I missed about 3 of the other people that I worked with. Also some of the regular customers. I sometimes run into some of the customers and they tell me how they miss seeing me. I'm glad your period is not too bad. We really need good days! I do hope your 2 weeks goes well.

Sherrie,
Glad to hear from you again. Glad the palps aren't so bad but sorry about the electric goosebump thing. Boy, do our bodies go through some strange stuff during this time of our lives!

Connie,
Sorry to hear about your father in law. Hopefully he will improve. I will say prayers for him. The hip thing for me would come and go. Sometimes long periods in between. I hope yours gets better. About the magnesium I did take it for awhile and then quit because it wasn't helping my palps. Maybe that is what started it, I don't know but it could be IBS or hormones or a mixture of both. Boy I tell you, I remember when I was young, in my 20's and I never had a pain. Never even thought about it! But I am very thankful for the skips to be almost gone. I really think the lexapro has helped with my anxiety. Take care.

Viktoria,
I just read on a different thread about your parrot. I am so sorry. I know how you feel, I love my pets dearly. When my Collie got hit by a car, he died too before the vet got there. I did not sleep that whole night, all I did was cry. Please take care of yourself and know that I am thinking of you.

Love, Susie

Hi Connie,

So sorry about your father in law. These things are difficult at any time, let alone Xmas. A month or so before my mother passed on she said to me, I don't want to leave you both (she meant my brother and I), I want to be with you for Xmas. I can tell you that this wrung my heart out. She was with us for Xmas, but in hospital and she hardly ate anything, in fact it was pretty much touch and go. Xmas was never a big thing with us, anyway, but this xmas will be even worse. And to top it all off this Monday is my mum's birthday - the first one since she passed on. It will be a difficult time for both my brother and I. So please tell your hubby that my heart goes out to him and that I know how he is feeling, having to wait in hospital, hoping the outcome is good. But at least he's there with his dad, and at the end of the day, that is all that matters - that we are there for our loved ones.

I know I will find another job; I'm not scared as I've been through this kind of thing many times in my working career. Right now the job situation is not important, my health is, and my friends, and what is left of my family, that is all. Without love and health we have nothing. Look at Christina Onassis, she had billions, but she was lonely, had low self esteem, was taking all sorts of drugs for her nerves, and in the end she committed suicide. So money doesn't make you happy - it does help, don't get me wrong - but at the end of the day as long as you have enough to eat and a roof over your head, the rest can work itself out.

Hubby's being very supportive about it all, which is surprising, but I guess now he gets to feel good because the roles have been reversed and he's going to be the provider for a while. Gosh men can be stupid , but I'm glad he's there for me.

Connie, a prayer goes to your dad in law, but remember that if this is his time nothing will stop it. This is how I was able to let go of my mother, I know it was her time, although I thought it was unfair at only 74 years of age, but hey, there are much younger people who die out there. So I told myself that at least she got to have a decent life, a loving husband and two great kids, and in her own way she was happy. 85 is a great age and I hope that your hubby's dad gets better, you never ever know, but if God decides to take him, then at least he will suffer no more. Please send my best wishes to your hubby.

Love, Sylvia (Rose)

Hi Susie,

I know I will survive all this. If you read my post to Connie, you'll know why. Thank you for your thoughts and support and here is a big hug for you for being there for me: ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUG)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
)) There, was that squeezy enough?

My period is doing much better, so I am feeling better and taking heart that whatever I have got isn't serious. How is your diarrhea coming along? Yes, I agree with Connie about the magnesium. Although our bodies need it badly, some people can be very sensitive to it. But I believe they sell magnesium that has a low level effect on your bowels. Just ask at the health food store.

Have a great rest of the week. Love, Rose

Thanks girls for all the prayers and good wishes. FIL is doing pretty well. Sounds like it was a fairly mild stroke and he should recover well. I have had a bad stomach today. Nausea, gas, diarrhea and just feel yucky. Sorry if that's too much info! I am having pain in the right upper side of my back too which makes me worry my GB is acting up again. Almost no palps, I guess when one thing goes another one comes.

Viktoria, I am sorry too about your parrot. Pets are family and it is tough when they die suddenly. My thoughts are with you. I read on another thread you are having a big birthday coming up soon, are you trying to keep it from us? When is your b-day? We want to celebrate with you! Sylvia can figure out a way we can get together on line so we can party together! I am so sorry this happened to your parrot right before your b-day.

Sylvia, when does your friend from Spain get there? Will you be done working in time for her visit? You will have a great time. Keep us informed on what you guys are doing, it will make us feel like we doing it together. All of the "firsts" are tough after a loved one dies. First b-day, Christmas, Easter, etc. I dreaded all the holidays the first year, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I really think mom was enjoying being with the family she loved in heaven. Life is full of so many changes, I wish I could handle them better. I always seem to be waiting for the next crisis, and it usually comes. I wish I knew how to enjoy the present and not worry so much about the future. See why I need Lexapro and Xanax!

Susie, are you still eating turkey? I really miss not having leftovers. We will make a prime rib for Christmas but I am keeping what's left, my daughter will have to do without! Is your husband home now on the weekends? I am glad college football is over for awhile, but the bowls will start up soon.

May, good to hear from you. I have had that electrial shock feeling every now and then. I think it is from lowering estrogen levels. By the time my estrogen finally gets as low as it can, I will be just a big blob of fat jello! Hope you feel better soon. Connie

Hi All

I went to the Dr. today(Electrophysiologist, my daughter calls him Dr. "Sparky", she's 27, she's got the palps also, so does my Mom). I was so worked up about going, I was sure he was going to put me in the hospital cause the palps are so bad. I was having a million palps and chest pains waiting in the waiting room. I figured this is the place to have the big one with about 10 Dr.'s in the practice lol, so I calmed down alittle. They did the ekg and it's showed the palps. He wants me to go for another MRI with contrast, that will rule out any structural abnormalities. As long as that comes out normal, he said that It's up to me how long I can put up with the palps, before having an ablation. He wasn't pushing it he said it is not an emergency or necessary, but if the quaility of my life is affected and keeps going down it's my decision to get it or not. He said a PVC ablation has a 80% succes rate. I said what happens to the 20%, he said that they just keep having the palps.

Connie, Glad to hear your father-in-law is doing well.

Rose, Sometimes it's just time to move on, with this experience you'll know what to look out for in your next job.

Suzie, Feel better!!!!

Nite all Jean

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Im, 57 and post menopausal. What a nightmare this has been. The heart palps are driving me crazy. There are days that I just cry and cry. When will this get better. You see I have a daughter 37 and a son 8, and all I want to do is raise my son. What a gift he is. After wearing an event monitor for two weeks last nov., and having a strees echo and nuclear scan in March, I thought that gave me clean bill of health for my heart but because I'm still having palps they now want to send me to a cardioligist because they tell me palpitions can be life or death!! They put me on HRT and that did not help and now they gave me something for aniety! Why don't the doctors know what is going on??????

Glen

I met a mom from my daughters dance studio a few weeks ago that had the same problem as you and finally did the ablation, she said she feels WONDERFUL....Good luck on your decision.