I was recently diagnosed with a Long Q Rhythm. I'm wondering if there is anyone else out there with this problem.
My Dr. recommends Beta Blocker and no more racing. He also commented that I've had this condition all my life so I'll probably be ok.
I would like to PM with anyone out there who is swimming with a similar situation. I am feeling very conflicted and would like to talk to someone in the same boat.
I read the paragraph about the sisters who swam in Nationals with a Long Q diagnosis, in fact that article motivated me to go to the electrophysicist (sp) and get this checked out by a specialist.
Hi jImby. Thanks for your advice! According to my electrophysicist he is the person who trained most of the people at Mayo and has written books about such problems. He was very adamant about that!
I really felt like he was trying to tell me I could go ahead and proceed as I was currently doing but that he had to advise me to do the other things because that was the standard of care. I guess I could be reading him wrong but I don't think so. At this point I think I'm just going to swim workouts with generous intervals and not push it maximally. I think ow is a bad idea but I hate to think I'll never swim in another meet :( He also mentioned swimming seem to be the activity that is the most problematic for Long Q. He told me I did not had a syndrome because I was symptom free. I don't know if that's something to be happy about or not. I'm feeling very conflicted :(
Hi jImby. Thanks for your advice! According to my electrophysicist he is the person who trained most of the people at Mayo and has written books about such problems. He was very adamant about that!
I really felt like he was trying to tell me I could go ahead and proceed as I was currently doing but that he had to advise me to do the other things because that was the standard of care. I guess I could be reading him wrong but I don't think so. At this point I think I'm just going to swim workouts with generous intervals and not push it maximally. I think ow is a bad idea but I hate to think I'll never swim in another meet :( He also mentioned swimming seem to be the activity that is the most problematic for Long Q. He told me I did not had a syndrome because I was symptom free. I don't know if that's something to be happy about or not. I'm feeling very conflicted :(
