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Wearing a Holter Monitor
Posted: Apr 20, 2011
Lucky me, I have developed palpitations and a crazy, irratic heartbeat from menopause (I am assuming.) I was granted the thrill of wearing a Holter monitor for the next 24 hours, and wondered if anyone had any suggestions on how I am suppose to sleep with this stupid thing hanging from my neck. I swear, between the leads and the unit itself, I look like a robot.
Has anyone else had to do this because of heart irregularities during menopause, and what was their outcome? I wake up in the middle of the night with a heart rate of 100 bpm and need to get up and move around to get it settled back down to normal again. I thought the mood swings were a pain the behind! TIA!
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Holter monitor - a.fib2
[ In Reply To ..]I kept mine under the pillow, very cumbersome I know. I got allergic to the leads, that stunk. But.. the best part is, as I was rushing to get to the Drs to drop the thing off, I went to the bathroom and then proceeded to drop the thing crashing down, batteries came out and monitor went straight into the toilet! Needless to say, there was no reading and had to do it all over again. The monitor was fine, but I was so upset. Good luck and careful :)
Hi a.fib2 - The Analog Kid
[ In Reply To ..]Hi-thanks for the suggestion. I wore it to work today and I felt so itchy where the leads were. When it was time to take it off I noticed my skin had erupted into lovely blotches, too...I am so sorry you had to take this test again, what a cumbersome, itchy exercise this was. And the cardiologist was so proud of how easy and fabulous this test would be! Ugh...
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