Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) is an occasional rapid heart rate. "Paroxysmal" means from time to time.
That's what I had...or I think I had...
This is what happened...
I was at work...not that extreme busy...manageable...had my tea break...then I was standing around the nurses station, listening to my charge nurse and doctor discussing about patients when I felt like I'm making quite a great effort trying to catch my breath...palpitations as well....so I thought, oh here we go again...I'm so unhealthy...so I decided to take my pulse and it was racing away....and I thought again...must be kinda dehydrated....hey there's an empty bed...let me hooked myself on the cardiac monitor...thinking my heart rate is probably 110-120beats with a normal rhythm...guess what?? my heart rate was 145-155beats and looks like PSVT!!...
I'm so shocked...I had to confirm this with my seniors and soon, everyone was worried and fussing over me till they rushed me to A&E without doing an ECG first. So by the time I'm in A&E, my heart rate has slowed down and in normal rhythm. Blood results were fine and Chest XRay was fine.
So went to the cardiology clinic the next day. All were fine. Of course!! Should have done that ECG first...dammit!! hehehe...anyway...will be fitted a "pager-like" device for 7 days to see if can capture any abnormal heart rhythms... so this device will follow me to Liverpool and Portsmouth and Dublin!!...since my fiancee will be in London during the time that device is fiited on me...heehee...
I dun wanna get worried or think about the device or what d result will be... I just wanna enjoy my fiancee's company for that two short weeks... :)
P.S. About a week more to go!! Weeeeee....
CIAO!!
Posted by feline at 4:00 AM
F*** those hypocrites who think they can mess with me and my family...what goes around comes around...I swear to God that you'll get your retribution even when you're still alive...mark my words...
Your bloody schemes will not bring me or my loved ones down...
You have no idea who you are messing with...
You dont know a thing about me...
P.S. On a bright note, about two more weeks to go!! ;)
Posted by feline at 10:14 PM
Hey guys....time flies so fast doesn't it? Oh man...it's my turn to be a year older...yup yup...34 years old to be precise...and eventhough some people say I look much younger than that, my body begs to differ...hehehe... like an old woman with arthritis and dementia LOL....but am I any wiser??!!...that you got to ask my mom, who's always telling me to grow up and act my age!! *~*....whatever...hehehe...
So happy birthday to me...just going to celebrate with my ever so good, dependable friend Wong :)
And my wish....well I believe my wish is coming true....Insyallah...
Good family, good financially, good friends...and now...my ever-so-lovely fiancee who makes me happy and pampers me as he can...so I guess I'm coming to a full circle now in my life!! hehehe...
CIAO!!
Posted by feline at 5:32 AM
Hey guys...its been a few days since I'm back in London...back to my small humble room...and going back to work...sigh....didn't go to work yesterday....sore throat, runny nose, body aches and feverish...my friends diagnosed as being love sick...yeah rite...didnt know those were the symptoms of love sick hehehe...
Feeling better today though sore throat still there....however...
Woke up today feeling so alone and lonely...i do get this feeling once in a while and man, I hate it... cause when I get this feeling, I juz feel so empty inside...I feel like crying...I feel like going home...sigh...
I miss home, I miss my family, I miss my fiancee, I miss being pampered by my fiancee...
I feel like screaming and crying at the same time...sigh...
I guess once I start work, that will somehow distract me from all these thoughts and feelings...sigh
Just got to be patient...and pray to God for strength...
CIAO!!
Posted by feline at 5:37 PM
hey guys...guess what?? Im engaged!! hehehe....yup yup...i cant believe it too...im someone's fiancee now.... sounds so weird heehee....and have to always remember to wear my engagement ring heehee...It was supposed to be a small affair but turns out to be quite big in d end...so overwhelming wif all the attention on me....and after my makeover and hairdo, I couldnt even recognise myself in the mirror...my God I look so different but nice though heehee...everyone love how I look so I supposed I should be pleased....And then once the ring is on me, my God the amount of poses and pictures and flashes all over me....so embarassing...and when I looked back at my photos, I look so sweet and demure and ladylike that I almost felt sick hahaha....Anyway, huge thanks to my family, close relatives, my parents' friends and my close frinds for making all this possible....thanks to my makeup artist, who is such a lovely lady, for her fab make up skills to make me look fab, and to our "professional" photographer for torturing me with all d poses hahaha, but making me fely at ease at all times....Such hard work, and this is just the engagement...what abt the wedding itself?? Oh man...dun want to think about that now...hehehehe....trying to spent these last few days wif my family and my fiancee....time flies!! Damn!! heheTill next post, CIAO!!P.S> Going back to London on Tues!! :(
Posted by feline at 4:53 PM
It's been nearly since 2weeks since i've been back home...what?? so fast?? sigh...heehee...It was funny looking at d shock faces of my parents when I suddenly appeared in front of d door...see, i arrived a few days earlier than what i told them, and they never suspected a thing at all!! Good actress eh?? heehee...dat someone picked me up from d airport and surprised me with a lovely huge bouquet of white lilies and ferrero rocher...awwwww....so sweet...muacksss!! heehee...And in a few days time, I'll be engaged to him...nervous and excited...and getting tired preparing for d day as well, eventhough juz a small event...man, i salute those who make such a huge engagement event heehee... Got my ring a few days ago...juz love it...it was like love at first sight....it was like dat ring was meant to fit perfectly on my bloody small finger heehee...to dat someone, thank you for agreeing to buy dat ring for me...heehee...So like I've said, will be a busy week until d engagement ceremony is over...hopefully everything will go as planned...insyallah...Till then,CIAO!!
Posted by feline at 1:12 PM
Hey guys...feels good to wake up late this morning hehehe...had been waking up early for d last two days due to a 2-day course...ALS...Adavanced Life Support...
Not many nurses go for this course....coz doctors and anaesthetists and paramedics go for it as well...so it felt kind of intimidating actually...felt so little and small hehehe...there are some doctors who kinda look at d few of us nurses like as if we dont know anything...i just had to remind myself that they are junior doctors and that I have much more experience in real life settings than they do...so screw some of them!!! LOL
However the organisers/ assessors are very supportive and never at any point of time make u feel small...they are very encouraging....loads to learn..theory and practical tests...gets kinda overwhelming at times...and for someone who can never relax, it was stressing for me...
But enough was enough...I decided to get it done and over with...and was kinda d 1st few people who volunteered to go for the practical test first....and it went well...of all d practices...when it comes down to the test itself...I think I did really well!! hehehe...and I was proud that us 4 nurses passed the practical in one try....and the few ones who had to retest were the doctors!! Go nurses!!
But I was absolutely sure I'd fail d theory coz it was harder than the pre-course test...Again, I shocked myself not only with a pass, but a better score than the pre-course...and during the pre-course test, I actually open the manual book...I was really surprised but proud of myself...
Never look down on yourself Wati and don't let anyone look down on you!! :)
And now I got the certificate which lasts for 4years and I can put dat damn book away!! hehehe
P.S. 6more bloody shifts!!
CIAO!!
Posted by feline at 6:25 PM
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