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[Joshturner]

I had a heart attack 3 1/2 years ago when I was 33 years old.  Shorlty after I started getting PVC's or as I describe it my heart seems to skip a beat and then I feel a thud in my chest on the enxt heart beat.  After a short while it stopped happening.  Last year around this time it started again and lasted a few weeks before it stopped again. My doctor told me not to worry about it and that it could happen the rest of my life.  Every onceand a while it would happen again.

Over the past week plus it has started again. I have no chest pain, light headness.........   It is like Chineese Water torcher.  What scares me the most is that even though the doctor tells me to just ignore them its that same skipped heart beat that I felt just before I had my heart attack.  

I do not smoke.  I have no virus or cold.  I rarely drink coffee.....

Does anyone else have to deal with this and do you have any suggestions?

[neilep]

Josh, I just stuck this link in another thread but it may be useful for you too... http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/disclaimer.asp

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

[alanled]

Hi Josh, I too was 33 when I had a heart attack, non smoker, dont drink, quite fit, no family history the works!!
I was put on all the usual medication rampril, clopedogriel, atenalol, simverstatain all spelt wrong! Ive began to notice the odd PVC only happens when I'm thinking about it and not very often but I do panic as like yourself you just dont know whats going on.