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.
Didn't mean to antagonize. It just seems very easy to sit on the outside of a situation with dispassionate and clinical opinions. It's a whole different animal when you are going through it.
Like you said, it's a matter of personality and priorities. I have just found medical people to be very dismissive of the real personal struggle this situation causes when evaluating what should be done. The cut-and-dried easy answers seem dismissive, anyway. Apologies if I offended.
No offense taken. I will tell you what I often tell parents when they cannot decide which option to choose or they waver on someting. "if it was my child, I...". That is my way of personalizing it. "If it was my child, I would not order a head CT for that goose egg on his forehead.". "if it was my child I would do the lumbar puncture". What you have to realize is that ANY advice given to a patient HAS to be documented and is potentially lawsuit evidence. If "off the record" a doctor says "Robin, I understand your love for swimming and think you should go for it, life is short anyways" that doctor is absolutely positively toast. A medical law rule of thumb; what is not documented is in the favor of the patient's recollection. What is documented is in the physician's favor. Now I suppose the doc could say one thing and document another, but that is pretty unethical.
Didn't mean to antagonize. It just seems very easy to sit on the outside of a situation with dispassionate and clinical opinions. It's a whole different animal when you are going through it.
Like you said, it's a matter of personality and priorities. I have just found medical people to be very dismissive of the real personal struggle this situation causes when evaluating what should be done. The cut-and-dried easy answers seem dismissive, anyway. Apologies if I offended.
No offense taken. I will tell you what I often tell parents when they cannot decide which option to choose or they waver on someting. "if it was my child, I...". That is my way of personalizing it. "If it was my child, I would not order a head CT for that goose egg on his forehead.". "if it was my child I would do the lumbar puncture". What you have to realize is that ANY advice given to a patient HAS to be documented and is potentially lawsuit evidence. If "off the record" a doctor says "Robin, I understand your love for swimming and think you should go for it, life is short anyways" that doctor is absolutely positively toast. A medical law rule of thumb; what is not documented is in the favor of the patient's recollection. What is documented is in the physician's favor. Now I suppose the doc could say one thing and document another, but that is pretty unethical.
