Htc Sensation Beats
Katariina Washuk
Josh just asked me an important, post-operative question about elevated heartbeat sensations after heart valve surgery and aneurysm repair. I responded below but, if you are a former patient, maybe you can help Josh by leaving a comment as well? Here is what he writes:
So you know, I had the exact same experience that Josh describes above. How about you? Did you experience a loud and pounding heartbeat after heart valve surgery? To leave a comment, please scroll down to post or read over 200 patient comments!
I made a promise that if I got better I would share my story on this discussion board in the hope that I may help someone. All the posts on here were a great comfort to me when I was experiencing this awful condition.
It all happened about 8 weeks ago. I was in the theatre and just sat down to begin the show when I ate a sweet normally, took a sip of water normally and afterwards felt like I was having difficulty swallowing. My mouth went super dry and I felt like a had a lump in my throat and my tongue was enlarged (it wasn't). I thought perhaps I was having a reaction to something so before the interval I had to leave and get out of there. I felt complete terror and danger and thought I was going to die. My husband was worried and took me to A&E. I couldnt breathe properly but was not wheezing. I felt like someone was strangling me, standing on my neck and I was in a complete panic that came out of nowhere. Apparently I had a panic attack or severe anxiety episode. Well, I didnt believe this diagnosis because I had over the years suffered from anxiety on and off and bouts of low mood but even when I have faced the most difficult times in my life, never have I had a panic attack so wondered why on such a happy day I would develop this. Anyway the initial attack was only the start of my problems, I was told the symptoms of my choking sensation would go away within a few hours. It didnt. This made it worse and I was not so easily going to put this down to stress as most things seem to be these days. I went to my GP who said I did seem to have some swelling in my neck and ordered me an ultrasound. As I couldn't wait 3 weeks for the paperwork to come through I saw an ENT consultant privately who put a camera up my nose and down my throat and said everyhing looked perfect and likely to be globus sensation which is common when experiencing panic attacks and anxiety. This only gave me some comfort because I was still feeling these awful symptoms. After the 4th week I had scan and this showed nothing. My thyroid was perfect, which I suspected may be the issue due to my high thyroid antibodies, although I knew I had normal thyroid function. This was also some comfort. I was suffering, and it was really really getting me down. Having to get up every day and go to work was so hard and I was so anxious I was not sleeping or eating well. I thought I would have it forever. After a while I started to think, well this isn't going to kill me as time has proven, its not getting worse or better so I need to start trying things to see if anything helps. I also had a strange crawling sensation in my neck not on top of my skin but underneath - hard to explain. Also when I put chin to chest I felt like the part between my neck and chin was swollen. I tried breathing exercises, hot water bottles, hot baths, drinking red wine, taking NSAI's, drinking loads of water, trying to eat better, sleep better, watching funny films but nothing worked. I then found a couple of websites online suggesting a very simple neck exercise to do many times throughout the day and specifically for globus sufferers. I started to do this and over a week the symptoms started to ease and has got better and better to the point that its only 5% there. The most important part is to make sure your shoulders are always down and pushed back as far as you can. No hunched shoulders or it won't work. Then carefully, with mouth closed, ease your neck back as far as it can go, all the time looking up to the ceiling. You should be able to feel yourself stretching your neck. It may make you cough a little. Then roll your head a little to left and right and centre. It probably won't work the first go. you have to do it many times a day over a week or so.
My GP said that panic attacks can cause a lot of problems in the neck, real tension and muscles, and other structures and a horrid sensation of a lump in your neck. I have to understand now that this is the cause.
enjoy the cure , had it for 10 yrs finally got answer . I tested neg for all allergies this is a hystamine release from body unrelated to allergins , mine is caused by immune system attacking itself due to heat , others get it from drinking COLD water . write back let me know if FIXES .. cheap fix to a life draining problem . ellebi jim64492 Posted 7 years ago
?Thanks for the advice. It was funny too cause I had that in my closet. I've been thinking about this maybe being an allergic reaction to the Volcano dust that comes here to Hawaii from the trade winds. I just took it and hope it works . I never had this before until I came to Hawaii to live. Many people here said that you could get affected and I hope you help me find the reason why I have this problems with my throat. I thought for a while that may be stress related too since I've been in a lot of stress lately. What I notice is that it goes away when I drink white wine. Is strange but it does take it away. Let me know if you still doing well.
I hope this post will help others who suffer from this horrible sensation. I got globus sensation 6 weeks ago, after a week of little to no sleep, due to a lump I developed on my tonsil. The doctor prescribed anti bionics and the growth turned black and fell off. I probably swallowed it in my sleep. Even though the growth was gone I was still incredibly anxious due to tiredness from lack of sleep and the anxiety I felt at bed time.
The lump in my throat developed in that period and naturally I assumed it was connected to the growth I'd had on my tonsil. To top it all off I was suffering from sleep apnoea so now there there was even more anxiety at bed time. I had to overcome the sleep apnoea first; so I dieted, ate healthy, did an hour CV everyday and some weights and did a lot of mouth, neck and throat exercises designed to strengthen my tongue and throat muscles to stop the obstructive sleep apnoea. However, it turned out I was having central sleep apnoea; most likely due to the 2 co-codamol tablets I was taking every night, for aches and pains. Codeine is a major contributing factor of central sleep apnoea. I was also taking 2 ibuprofen each night and these can also cause breathing problems, so I stopped taking both and within days I started to get some sleep, but was still terribly anxious at bed time.
I then turned all my attention to diagnosing what the lump in my throat was and came to the conclusion it was globus sensation. These forums and a lot of other sites helped me come up with a strategy to manage and eventually overcome the affliction.
Firstly I had to address the crushing anxiety and panic attacks I kept having every time I felt like my throat was closing up and it was worse in the evening and night time. So here's what I did, roughly in order, over the space of a few weeks. I'm sure you can put this into a schedule of some sorts.
I downloaded the 'head space' app for free and an hour before bed I did 2 of 3 on the basic breathing meditation exercises. I would listen to the app outside, in the cold fresh air, wrapped up warm, and often in the presence of either my wife or daughter for moral support. It's important not to suffer alone and a loved ones company is a comfort and an anxiety buster.
I bought some Olbus oil and put half a dozen drops on 3 separate pieces of kitchen roll. I placed one at either end of the inside of my pillow case and then would fold the third piece of kitchen towel into a square and cup it to my , while deeply breathing in and out. While I inhaled I would picture the word RELAX in my mind and when I exhaled I would count down by one. I would do this 20 times and by the time I reached one, my sinuses were pretty clear (I was attacking the globus sensation eliminating post nasal drip as the cause).
I downloaded a free app called "Relax melodies' and set it to play a mixture of sounds which comfort me most - rain, wind, thunderstorms, train sounds etc... and it would play all night. Alternatively you can just tell Alexa to play thunderstorms or rain sounds.
I bought a bottle of saline sea water nasal spray and would give both cavities a good dousing, then blow my nose. Do this a few hours before bed, so as not to have excess moisture in your nasal cavities when you lie down.
One of the hardest things to beat was the urge to constantly swallow. Swallowing just saliva would generally make the lump worse, so depending on the dryness of my mouth (if too dry or making too much saliva - its an indication of dehydration) I would take a mouthful of room temp water and hold it in my mouth until the spit was absorbed and my mouth was moist, then do a forceful swallow. Rinse repeat (excuse the pun) until your mouth is moist enough.
Its really important to get really really REALLY hydrated. As soon as you wake up and sit up in bed chug down a 500ml bottle of still water (important! make sure you only drink room temp water as cold water can make the lump feel bigger). Chug down at least 4 x 500ml of room temperature still water bottles every day, more if you can. Avoid coffee, tea, drinks with caffeine in, they don't count towards your tally and can make you feel wired when it comes to bed time.
a) With your arms at your side and shoulders back, look to the ceiling, as far back as your neck will go. Jut out your chin. Slowly turn your head left and the right. Feel your neck and throat stretch. do this half a dozen times. Repeat throughout the day and whenever you become aware of the lump.
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