To feel really afraid?

[SpidersareTapdancing]

I got a taxi to a&e this morning( no ambulances), because I had a heart rate of 180. Straight in for an ecg which confirmed it. Then directly into resus.

I was in resus for 6 hours and they had to use adenosine to reset my rhythm. That was horrendous as I felt like I was dying during it (I know that's normal)

Then about an hour later I went back into super ventricular tachycardia so had to have cardio version.

Then it settled, still sinus tachycardia but not svt anymore and I was told to come back if It happened again because there were no beds.

They also did some bloods and told me my thyroid hormone was 105 so extremely toxic. The dr couldn't find the medication I was prescribed because there wasn't any in the hospital (not even in the emergency drug cupboard)

So I've been given some propranolol and I have to go back tomorrow to get carbimazole? Apparently it's my thyroid hormone causing the svt and palpitations?

Aibu to feel scared it's going to do it again and there will still be no beds, no medication to stop it happening ?

Thanks @Yellownightmare for understanding.
OP I’m so sorry that you have been through such a hideous frightening experience. Hope you feel better soon.

[quote olympicsrock]@Yellownightmare . You are right. The NHS is no longer reliably safe. ambulance response times are the worst ever due to them sitting outside emergency departments unable to unload patients into already full departments unable to send patients to wards as they are full. This means heart attacks , strokes and other emergency problems like OP are receiving worse care.

Two weeks ago as a consultant, I had no registrar on call over night, no junior doctors ( off sick with covid) and 50% of my patients with covid ( some really sick) . My daily ward round took 5 hours and I left hours late every day. There were absolutely no locum staff available.

The patients we are seeing are presenting really late with major problems which could have been solved if we had seen them earlier but they can not get appointments in clinics or with GPs because they are also full.
The whole system is at breaking point - and healthcare professionals are demoralised.[/quote]
I’m so sorry you’re working under such immense pressure. I’ve needed emergency, life saving treatment fairly recently and I found it hard to be heard (and was dangerously misdiagnosed) but once I was in I was saw the “right” person she confirmed her suspicions and I was sent straight to theatre and can’t fault the care from
that point. It’s scary how much pressure you’re under. My own observation is that you’re all fire fighting. I don’t doubt the professionalism nor the commitment of the staff.

It’s just frightening how close we are to breaking point.

Hope you’re feeling better today OP.

Squiff70

I'd be cautious with claims like these (papers) at the moment. The vast majority of people have had Covid, Covid vaccines or both. Therefore any illnesses or conditions discovered in an individual may just be co-incodence and may have happened anyway had Covid-19 never existed or spread the way it has. I'm by no means saying there's not a link, but I'd say probably not evidence to suggest there is at this time either.

I see where you are coming from however this is why a lot of “side effects” gets missed. If the immediate response is to say it’s not related, even if it happened a day/week/month after a particular illness or vaccine in larger numbers than expected in a typical population. Unless reported then it’s impossible to pick up on. So it’s a catch 22 situation. I have no idea whether this situation has anything to do with it, but as she said it was out of the blue and no previous thyroid issues it made me wonder (as I’d recently read papers about this very thing). I come at it from a statistician’s point of view.

Gosh how scary!!
Well done @Squiff70 - you genuinely could have saved a life!
I hope you're feeling better OP

@Lismoa

I'm really sorry to hijack this thread but there seem to be a lot of people who know about this stuff on here-

I have been having heart palpitations for a while. Went to GP and they did an ECG and said everything was fine. I've been getting really bad anxiety so put it down to that.
I was just on holiday and while away I had them come on really strong and thought I might pass out. Someone gave me sugar water and it calmed down so I thought it was anxiety or maybe a panic attack (although I don't get these usually). I went to the doctor while abroad anyway and they took my bloods. I received the blood work via email after Id come home and it has flagged me up as having a vitamin d deficiency and my TSH levels as being too high. However I can't make sense of the levels. My GP was closed today but I will contact them again tomorrow. Is there anyone on here that might be able to help me make sense of them though so I'm not sitting up all night worrying?

Lismoa your TSH is way too high meaning you are hypOthyroid. This can also cause palpitations and anxiety and total exhaustion. The T4 is very low as expected in hypothyroidism. If they test the T3 level, it will also probably be very low. I would be asking the GP to test antibodies to see if you have Hashimotos disease which can cause the thyroid to basically die off. And get your Vitamin D level up. Check for iron and vitamin B12 levels at the docs too, these frequently become deficient in the hypothyroid state.

How are you @SpidersareTapdancing? x

I'm hopefully home tomorrow. I spent the last week in Cardiac Critical Care. I've my lovely DH and our dogs so much but I've been looked after so well here. Im never going back to the previous hospital.

It's actually been easier for DH to see me as he can pop in after he's finished in court (judge not defendant) I just miss my own bed.

Im so shocked at how sick I've been, I'm having to use a crutch now to walk as I'm so unsteady on my legs, I've unfortunately had a bit of a horrible experience where my body has destroyed my leg muscles as well as fat so my legs are so weak.

Thank you for all the support

@SpidersareTapdancing , hope you have a speedy recovery, glad you are going back home.
@Lismoa , check out the thyroiduk site and their online community, healthunlocked. You will get a lot of good advice from people who really know their stuff on there.

Wow, Mumsnet at its best! I'm so glad you were able to get advice on here and then the proper care. It's scary to hear how stretched the health service is.

This is a great example of when it’s good to post for advice. Will you leave your job do you think? I can completely understand why you don’t want to go back there.

Goodness me, that sounds scary.
I’m glad you are on the mend and been looked after better :)

Hope you're recovering now and that when you feel up to it, you are able to complain about your GP and the first hospital.

Glad you have been well looked after in the other hospital. Being unwell and on bed rest for even just a few days can cause muscle weakness. Hope you soon get your strength back.

How are you feeling now op? It may take you a good while to feel normal again but just hang on in there.

Glad to hear you are on the mend OP xx