Re: heart rate/Sue

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Hi Sue:

I could relate to your post. I am 51 and have had

mitral valve prolapse causing a rapid heart-rate for

almost thirty years. Fortunately a good East Coast

doctor (when I was living in Philadelphia and had

great medical insurance...ooooh...those were the days

*sigh*) put me on Inderal which is a safe, dependable

drug that has been around for more than 30 years. Now

my resting heart-rate is usually about 75-80 beats per

minute. Did your doctors ever tell you that your

valve would have to replaced? Do you know if a mitral

valve prolapse can just stay the same or does it get

worse with age?

Curious,

Lynne

--- catzrus2@... wrote:

> Hi Em,

> Have you been checked for mitral valve prolapse? I

> have a lot of

> trouble with it, got diagnosed 22 yrs. ago, long

> before I knew I had

> fibro. My heart rate used to be 120 at rest pretty

> much all the time,

> oddly now that I am in my 50's, and much heavier and

> totally out of

> shape it has slowed down to around 90-100. Do you

> get any palpatations

> or arrhythmias with it? The way I got diagnosed was

> I was working in

> retail and it was Christmas eve day, it was just

> crazy at the store. I

> went home for lunch and it felt like my heart was

> going beat, beat,

> stop, beat, beat, stop. I had a stethescope for my

> horses so I took a

> listen to my chest and by golly, it WAS going beat,

> beat, stop. I went

> to the ER and they gave me a preliminary dx of

> mitral valve which was

> followed up with a full work-up that showed the MVP

> and I have had

> problems with it ever since, no symptoms before

> that day tho (except

> the fast pulse). Might be worth checking out. Sue

>

>

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