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What strategies do you use when Dr not listening or taking serious?
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Sing26, see a cardiac electrophysiologist, or two. It isn't always easy to find a physician who knows what we need them to know, because even within a specialty the fields of knowledge are too vast for an individual doctor to comprehend. If a doctor is dismissive, that's your cue to ask for a referral. There are doctors who know, you have to keep shifting till you find one.
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@gently I appreciate your response. I'm just fed up with being ignored and lied to. Like I said it took me 50yr and many dr to find right one. This dr completely ignored me. He could see a problem and didn't even suggest a referral. Not that guarantees any help. When they tell you it's normal. One a cardiologist even lied and said I OD on caffeine.
@gently @sing26 unfortunately in Canada we cannot switch primary care doctors as easily because of a shortage. As for specialists, even if your primary care doctor has referred you to one (you have to get a referral from your primary - and primary decides whether you need one according to the government health plan rule), the specialist can dismiss the referral if not interested in a case. Been through all that.
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@gently Good advice here.....when one door slams shut, reach for another door knob.
Sometimes what reveals the heart's true state is a 'stress test'. These can be done with chemicals or by putting an apparently non-risky heart patient on a treadmill and using a CT scan with contrasting dye. The entire procedure takes about 100 minutes or less. When on the treadmill, they begin to tilt the moving belt base so that you feel like you're walking up a hill. They also might increase the speed, all with the idea of making your heart get to the point where it begins to squawk somehow, maybe with an arrhythmia. I had this twice.
This is not something they'll do in an ER. That is why they say to seek help from a specialist. A cardiologist might be a good start if it's quick, and he/she'll order a stress test, maybe an angiogram....whatever it is to be, maybe both (I have had multiples of several tests). Then, if something turns up on their charts, you'll get referred to an EP, as gently suggests (although there would be NOTHING WRONG with seeking the services of an EP at the outset.