DJ360 6,760 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Greetings all and thanks for the good wishes. Got home about 30 minutes ago so having a cuppa then off to bed. Actually my BPM didn't go as low as 20..that would have been really scary. That was a typo but I was having trouble getting a signal in the hospital. What happened was my heart rate went very low and I felt very weird. Lowest was about 30 bpm but it was around 40 for a long time. I went for short walk to see if I could 'wake it up' but it made no difference and was very tiring. It was still running slow when the ambulance arrived and they also spotted lots of 'missed beats' or 'ectopics' and 'bigeminy'. In hospital I was wired up etc and blood tests taken. ECG showed 'bigeminy' and 'quadrigeminy' at times. By Jiminy!!! https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/quadrigeminy After several hours things settled down to a better BPM with no treatment and they sent me home. I'm to have another of those 24 hour heart recordings and am on strict instructions to seek help if it happens again. Nothing more to say really except thanks to Margie for acting as messenger and for her re-assurance. And thanks to all. 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 I am having to look up a few of the words DJ, but thankfully you are in good hands. Hope you don't have any more of these scary episodes, I know myself how frightening it is when the heart throws a wobbly. Take care and I hope you feel better soon.X 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,913 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 DJ glad to hear you are ok , it must have been very worrying but now you're home stay calm and listen to som relaxing music. Be careful. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Glad to hear you are okay and back home. Take it easy! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Best wishes, Col. Take care! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,261 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Glad to hear your improving Col. That'll teach you to mess with spiders! Take care mate. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Pleased to hear things settled down. Take care 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,282 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Take it easy Col........get yesen right my friend...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,282 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Sorry to hear about Jack Lizzie,,, i love Dogs as much as Cats.........had my last Dog when i lived in Peterborough 40 years ago,,,my ex gave him away whilst i was away.........she followed soon after........ 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,481 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Glad you're OK Col... The link tells us what it is not what causes it so I looked it up. Aside from the usual there is: . Alcohol . Caffeine . Cocaine , Methamphetamines . Nicotine Is there summat you're not telling us? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Glad to hear you're doing better, Col. Maybe you need to take on Brew on the politics thread. That should rev it up again. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,033 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 I think I am having a bad day, SWMBO tells me I am not, early this year I purchased 18 various Dianthus for a small border on top of a low rockery, they flowered extremely well. The wife has enjoyed ? dead heading them , she told me that she started doing them again today but seeing there was not many flowers left on them she dug them all out. Well so much for them flowering next year, her reply well she had also pulled out most of those white weeds for me. Thank you very much, so I then went indoors, those white weeds were the Cyclamen growing out of the rockery, at least they will carry on growing. The wife enjoys working in the garden and helps me so much, so I must not complain. 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,398 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 I think perhaps you need to buy her a plant identification manual, young Trogg! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,282 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Took a Prescription into Kings Mill hospital for a neighbour yesterday,,something to do with his Cataract procedure he'd had a couple of days afore,,,anyway on the way out saw a nice Coffee establishment and just fancied an Espresso......'''Coffee made and handed to me''saw me getting cash out '''sorry Sir, only take Cards''' told her ''bleddy Stupid,i'll have to leave it then''' and went to walk away,,......whereupon she said ''you may as well have it anyway,,it will only get thrown away''' Nearly ordered a Sandwich and cake as well,,,but thought she would get a bit Narked,,,,i don't use a Bank Card,,but looks like i'm going to be forced to,,,the World is becoming a very foreign place to me,,,would'nt even let me pay for Parking,,,whats that about ?,, Just watched 2 or 3 Adverts on theTelly....not a clue what they were selling,,its ok,,feel like a moan today.... 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Welcome to the cashless society, Ben. I'm afraid it's only gonna get woss. There's my moan for the day. Now back to me breakfast before the dog gets it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,548 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Yesterday I had a text from my GP offering a normal flu jab (like you have every year). As it's almost impossible to get appointments for anything these days I'll probably accept, just for the novelty of going into the health centre again. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Actually appointments seem to be on the uptick here. I had one to renew my drivers licence this past week, plus a couple of others. Seems like they don't want folks waiting in line. Suits me. Bit awkward if you are an old timer who doesn't know how to use a computer to set one up though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,617 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Our flu jabs are booked for 26 September but they are being done in the village hall, not the surgery. We have to attend at 10.25am and have been told to wear loose clothing above the waist and masks, of course. It will be a case of waiting outside until called and then exiting by another door. Ben, just google Revelation chapter 13 verses 16 and 17. A payment card may not be a tattoo or other mark, but I reckon it will soon be going that way! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,481 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 17 minutes ago, MargieH said: A payment card may not be a tattoo or other mark How about a bar code tattooed on the wrist? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 You are pretty close to the mark, Brew. Pun intended. I would not have believed this would come in my lifetime. At least, I hoped not. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,617 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 29 minutes ago, Brew said: How about a bar code tattooed on the wrist? I reckon it’s more likely to be an implanted chip.. God knows! (Not said irreverently btw) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,275 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Iris recognition is the way. All irises have complex patterns but are unique and stable and can be scanned and recognised from a distance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,481 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Iris recognition can, as you say, be scanned from a distance and that is it Achilles heel. When NFC (contactless payment) came out they had to limit the range to prevent others in the queue at checkouts being debited. Everyone would need to have their eyes scanned and registered on a database before it worked. Nor is iris recogntion foolproof, a cataract operation can change the way the iris is seen by scanners. Bar codes, Q codes do not need such infrastructure and RFC chips under the skin are best of all - for far more (and maybe sinsister), reasons than paying the grocery bill 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,539 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 We both had our flu jabs on Thursday at our lovely local Pharmacy, same as last year. The surgery sent a text the other week to get appointments booked but apparently they haven’t got any vaccine yet anyway. A couple of months ago the surgery rang me to see if I wanted to go in for a Shingles jab. I asked if that was all I was being offered and they said yes as I’d had a Pneumonia jab a couple of years ago ....... I don’t remember that happening! I’d been hoping to get my Annual Health Check but they were only dealing with Shingles jabs. I’ve finally had my Health Check, 5 months late. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,261 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 It all sounds a bit Orwells 1984 Brew. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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