I had to have a health review recently which found I had slightly high blood pressure and very slightly high cholesterol, not great, not terrible.
HOWEVER! It then turns out my heart likes to miss beats sometimes for reasons unknown. I was called in for an ECG/EKG and it showed that at random my heart, instead of having a normal electrical pulse to make the heart pump blood, has a big electrical glitch all at once and doesn't pump blood! Cool!
It's called an ectopic heartbeat and may or may not be serious, so that's nice. In a weeks time I will have to have a portable ECG/EKG for a few days to see how often it happens and then a cardiologist will decide what needs to happen.
From my own recordings with a fingertip oximeter I missing around 4% of my heartbeats overall, but it can be as much as 15-20% within a minute. :)
OMG dude, that's exactly the same thing my mum had!
She had to undergo an cardiac ablation, which solved the physical issue. Mentally it was exhausting for her and she had to see a therapist. She kept neurotically checking her heart rate, almost to the point of obsessive behaviour. But in the end she came out okay.
Did you experience any discomfort, related to ze heart oc, yourself before the health review?
Anyway, I wish you well. I'll light a LED candle and/or sacrifice a virgin just in case and hope everything will work out a-oh-kay. ;)
