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Iron supplement and increase ectopic heart beats
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@gloaming Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, my GP doesn't have email options. I have to call and then I have to wait for the RN to call and schedule an appointment. I had asked my GP about my wearing one of those watches and he was not open to the idea at all. He said I would drive myself crazy and continuously be checking it.
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@susieq1957 Well, I can't argue with that. It's true, the watch can, by being handy to you, become a source of compulsive activity. A short story:
I was just six days post-ablation and in the local ICU with an erratic heartbeat, and feeling thoroughly cheesed off because it was clear my ablation had not worked. I was anxiously checking my watch all the time, mostly because the monitor was behind me and it was frantically alerting all the time due to my ectopy. I was just about to look for the umpteenth time when my wife held out her hand and said, 'Gimme.' I removed it from my wrist, gave it to her, we called the nurse to shut off the alarms, and I was able to relax. So, again, there's something to what the doctor says.
However, the watch is with you...he ain't. You are the one with heart issues, he isn't. You have to convince him with veridical evidence that your heart needs attention, not his heart. My advice? Get the watch, or get a Kardia mobile (which will be a lot cheaper, and every bit as good), and when you know you have the evidence, get a printed copy to him. The Kardia can be in your pocket, bedside, by your chair, in the kitchen...it's a small item that you must place two forefingers on, two pads on its top, and it will take a recording. It can be downloaded.