[Magdalen] Prayers - cardiac worries

[Jay Weigel]

Sounds to me like a Holter monitor (external) would be the first course of
action to take. It's uncomfortable, kind of like having an octopus stuck to
your chest, but it's only for a few days. Are you sure that's not what
they're doing, and then possibly a pacemaker? "Implantable recorder" sounds
a bit extreme, not to say improbable for a first step. That said, my dad
got his pacemaker at 78 and felt like a new person thereafter. He had
what's called "sick sinus syndrome" where his heart would just go off on
tangents (fast OR slow) for no apparent reason. He lived to 93 with it and
no further trouble.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Please dear friends, bear my father in law Noel in your prayers. He is due
> to have an "implantable cardiac recorder" sited to help his doctor figure
> out why he's been having dizzy spells in recent months and years.
>
> As he's now in the upper Eighties and living alone, he's finding it hard to
> deal with this and coping with the worry is sapping his energy and
> strength, as well as his peace of mind. We are wondering whether it's
> counter productive, since presumably the desired outcome is better health,
> not sleepless nights and raised blood pressure!! But ours not to reason why
> and he's not of a generation that would even make personal demands of the
> medical profession let alone argue with it.
>
> I have also wondered why a doctor would want to put an elderly person
> through this - or maybe simply not expect him to be anxious about it.
>
> Sally D
>