Should I just take dh to A+E every time he gets atrial fib & tachy?

[Fluffycloudland77]

Cardio put him on 2.5mg bisoprolol, it’s made it much worse, his asthma now requires two ventolin a month not one & he gets out of breath walking up stairs now.

He’s had a gel scan late July, no results sent to gp.

He’s been arrhythmic from 12:30 last night till 13:30 today. Heart rate 160. Dr is ringing us back about upping his meds which is what’s made him worse to begin with.

What do we have to do to get treatment because we keep getting fobbed off.

They bluelighted him to the Glenfield and his rhythm stabilised so I’m to leave at 8pm to fetch him.

The consultant still hasn’t phoned him so I’m going to take a wild guess he’s not going to. Maybes there’s two Glenfields and he’s in the wrong one.

I need more alcohol and I’m not a drinker.

Hope you’re ok @Fluffycloudland77. Just read the whole thread and it sounds a nightmare from start to finish. I’m perpetually agog at the cavalier attitude displayed by so many HCPs. I won’t go in to details but I’ve received some really shoddy care recently too (nowhere near as bad as your story, just wanted to sympathise).

How is he now? And you of course?

He’s knackered, he was 150bpm for 12h. You'd not exercise to that limit in real life.

I am a hcp and yes some are phoning it in and it pisses me off too. Have to say the LRI A+E team were brilliant. Completely on it.

I’m ok, thank you. Have you been sorted now?.

Glad to hear you got some proper assistance this time. I can’t imagine the sustained worry you’ve had to put up with. Real wits’ end stuff for you both.

Nah still no help forthcoming at my end, GP seemed bewildered that I should want an echocardiogram for my currently unconfirmed heart problem , so I’m just wandering around with a leaky heart and palpitations/bradycardia hoping for the best 🤷‍♀️. She offered to write me a private referral last week so I guess I’ll take her up on that and kiss goodbye to any summer holiday plans/hope the boiler doesn’t break 🙄

Thanks for asking though! Please keep updating/venting here, you’ve clearly got a lot of virtual MN support. I hope the two of you have a restful night

Private consultant fees are usually around £300. They have no empathy that this is extremely distressing for patients do they?.

Up-thread someone suggested vitamin c, magnesium to me and dh is still taking it. He’s on that and b vitamins.

Just came across this thread.
DS (25) had several alarming episodes of tachycardia just over a year ago. His GP put him on bisoporol and did a cardio referral.
I paid for a private consult with an electrophysiology cardiologist. He put him on the NHS list for an EP study.