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A weak heart...

What can I do when they say my heart is getting weak because it is beating too fast?!

  1. Hi. Thank you for your question. It is a good one. We cannot offer medical advice over the Internet, for your own safety of course. This would be a great question to pose to your doctor, who knows you best. What do you think? John. heart-failure.net community moderator

    1. / after I had the blood clots in my lungs, my HR at the hospital was changing from 99 to 100. Those numbers are normal but I guess the doc saw a need for medication change. He put me on Metropolol to slow my heart rate down. It did but it went low, too low. Now and just recently they put me on Atenolol, it still slows it down.. I am at the point right now. I go back to doc in two weeks. I dont think there is really much they can do. Maybe a stent will help. I dont know. It's one of those things that I might just have to accept. Jesus has been good with helping me with the headaches. I give him the glory for saving my life with the blood clots

    2. Thank you for joining the conversation and sharing your personal experience with us. It does sound like you are blessed with a good doctor who monitors you closely and is trying to find a combination of treatments to help you best manage your health. Is a stent something that you and your doctor have discussed at your past appointments? Wishing you all the best. John. heart-failure.net community moderator.

  2. Hi. - thanks for your question! It’s a tough one to answer,
    because treatments can work differently for different people. While you may get feedback from the community on what has worked for them as individuals, we always encourage people to speak with their doctor or specialist, if they haven’t already, about how any treatment may work for them specifically. Please keep us posted to let you know how you're doing!

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