Jersey,
Honestly, it sounds like you may have the same heart condition that I have. They thought it was anxiety or panic and treated me like I was nuts in the ER. Finally, my doc sent me to a cardiologist after running some tests of his own. I have IST (innapropriate sinus tachycardis) which is in a class of SVT's. It goes undiagnosed in a lot of people. The primary symptoms are a resting HR of 90+ bpm and tachycardia like you describe with minimal exertion. Sometimes I would just be standing in the kitchen trying to cook dinner and I would be so weak that I just had to sit on the floor. Then my pulse was always over 140. I've had over 200 once. That was scary.
About the blood in your hospital. If it primarily a "no blood" hospital, I would not panic. They are finding that the less blood transfused, the quicker people recover. They recycle your blood as you lose it and they can give you epogen before your surgery. It causes your blood to regenerate exponentially faster than normal. My soon-to-be daughter-in-law had a 13 level fusion with no blood at all. They were able to do a 6 way heart bypass on my step-dad with no blood, also. The most important thing is to keep your volume up and they do that with volume expanders. They actually have a few bloodless hospitals scattered throughout the US. There were no religious indications in these people, either, just so you know. Please try not to worry. I know it's hard and I can't speak from your shoes since I haven't had surgery, yet. I haven't followed your threads so I don't know how extensive your revision is. But these guys know what they are doing. I'm sure they aren't going to let you bleed to death.
Take Care.
Honestly, it sounds like you may have the same heart condition that I have. They thought it was anxiety or panic and treated me like I was nuts in the ER. Finally, my doc sent me to a cardiologist after running some tests of his own. I have IST (innapropriate sinus tachycardis) which is in a class of SVT's. It goes undiagnosed in a lot of people. The primary symptoms are a resting HR of 90+ bpm and tachycardia like you describe with minimal exertion. Sometimes I would just be standing in the kitchen trying to cook dinner and I would be so weak that I just had to sit on the floor. Then my pulse was always over 140. I've had over 200 once. That was scary.
About the blood in your hospital. If it primarily a "no blood" hospital, I would not panic. They are finding that the less blood transfused, the quicker people recover. They recycle your blood as you lose it and they can give you epogen before your surgery. It causes your blood to regenerate exponentially faster than normal. My soon-to-be daughter-in-law had a 13 level fusion with no blood at all. They were able to do a 6 way heart bypass on my step-dad with no blood, also. The most important thing is to keep your volume up and they do that with volume expanders. They actually have a few bloodless hospitals scattered throughout the US. There were no religious indications in these people, either, just so you know. Please try not to worry. I know it's hard and I can't speak from your shoes since I haven't had surgery, yet. I haven't followed your threads so I don't know how extensive your revision is. But these guys know what they are doing. I'm sure they aren't going to let you bleed to death.
Take Care.
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