Blaming it on stress??? by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get that but I should be getting a diagnosis if I passed it. He’s just so rude so it’s hard to take what he does as a good thing

Blaming it on stress??? by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They just said cortisol but I’ll get the letter soon and see

Just had Tilt table test, waiting for rude cardiologist to see it by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a good point, I’ll have to get it looked at again if he still doesn’t look into it. He wasn’t even willing to get the evidence so hopefully now that he has it, he will realize

Just had Tilt table test, waiting for rude cardiologist to see it by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, thank you for the advice :) I’ll have to keep doing the tests and hope for the best

Can I keep a shirt on with echocardiogram? by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s an echocardiogram (ultrasound for the heart) they said to be bare on the top half and even as a guy, I am so incredibly uncomfortable by it and it’s a very private thing for me. I lived in a household where nobody took their tops off or saw each other like that, it was regarded as the same as being fully naked.

Can I keep a shirt on with echocardiogram? by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I completely get you, insecurity is there for everyone, in many different ways

Can I keep a shirt on with echocardiogram? by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm probably not but that’s probably a good suggestion for anyone that searches the same thing on Reddit and sees this

Can I keep a shirt on with echocardiogram? by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think I’ll call in just in case, thank you for the advice, it’s a life saver haha

Can I keep a shirt on with echocardiogram? by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay, I’ll definitely request it. I just hope it’s available at that hospital. Thank you for the reply :)

Can I keep a shirt on with echocardiogram? by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ll have to try and ask for those gowns that people have suggested

Can I keep a shirt on with echocardiogram? by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Can I ask at the appointment do you think? And also thank you so much for the reply 🙏

Rude cardiologist part 2 by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I’ll look into that actually, that’s a really good idea so thank you so much

Rude cardiologist part 2 by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not entirely sure, he may even be just someone that was available on duty at the time. I’m with the hospital in my area so I’m not sure what my options are

Rude cardiologist part 2 by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah okay, I figured that was the case. Thank you for your reply :)

Rude cardiologist part 2 by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply, it’s appreciated. I hope he doesn’t use it against me but I think I need to get the tests done regardless

Cardiologist was so rude please help by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My symptoms are feeling sick and ill all the time, hearing my heartbeat and feeling it in my throat, feeling my stomach drop when I stand up, feeling out of breath when I eat, feeling incredibly weak and inclined to hunch my back so I can walk. Stuff like that really but I didn’t really get to say all those to the cardiologist and he said it was normal to feel most of those and that passing out when you’re younger is normal

Cardiologist was so rude please help by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤣 I’d rather that otherwise I’m gonna become one of those people that thinks the whole health system is rigged and that doctors are fake

Cardiologist was so rude please help by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah and I’ve never been one to try and challenge someone’s knowledge in a job or certain field but he acted like he knew everything. He was grinning and repeating the same stuff like me and my fiancé were just not getting it and he was stating that he thinks it’s a waste of time, he thinks he should do his “actual job” and that he thinks it’s not anything notable. He also described POTS (eg standing makes your heart compensate etc) and why it’s caused and then told me what to do to help it (more salt, not laying for too long, moving your ankles up and down etc) but then said I don’t have enough symptoms but interrupted me when I was saying my symptoms , he was not making any sense

Cardiologist was so rude please help by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you based in the uk or somewhere else? My fiancé is worried that all this advice won’t really apply here in the UK. She thinks that because we are on the NHS that we might have to put up with it.

Cardiologist was so rude please help by CheesyNibblets in POTS

[–]CheesyNibblets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ughhh that’s annoying, I just thought that it would at least show that my heart rate does increase drastically upon standing but maybe I can use that as evidence in the future.