Hi Jeanie, Well at lease those chills aren'r bothering you now. As far as the skipped beat I still think it is those PVC Premature Ventricular Contractions. Maybe you might want to try something and see what happens. Remember that PVC's are usually benign so it wouldn't hurt you to try drinking about two or even three cups of coffee (caffinated) and then see if those missed heart beats come on after about fifteen or twenty minutes. If they do then that is probably your problem. Sometimes if it is not happening when you get the EKG then of course it won't show up.
If not then go see a Cardiologist and let him/her check you out, but I still think it is those PVC's. This also happens to me as well and sometimes I just can't sleep because of it. Good luck, Marty On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 6:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marty and thanks, > My doctor said I my heart skips a beat and he has given me EKGs and can > find nothing really wrong. I only drink a small cup of coffee at BK and no > other caffeine during the day. I don't have the chills anymore, just when I > first started on Gleevec. > This heart pounding is terrible as it keeps me awake at night. > My doctor says it could be stress, and I guess any cancer patient has a > fair amount of stress. > Thanks for your encouraging words. > Blessings, > Jeanie<3 > > In a message dated 3/15/2011 6:52:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hi Jeanie, > > I'm sorry to hear about those chills that you have been getting. I would > also get them but I wasn't on any of the drugs just a bone marrow > transplant. Even today I still get the chills and I live in South Florida. > > You also mention about the heart pounding in your chest. I also have this > and I found out that it is called PVC, and by me cutting back on anything > containing Caffeine really helps me. If you drink coffee of any sodas with > Caffeine in them then just stop drinking them. Also if you like chocolate > then you need to cut back on it as well. > > Jeanie I hope that you start feeling better, and may you be continually be > blessed by GOD > > Marty > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Angie, I had a lot of the chills and fever when I was first dx. I >> would just take some pain reliever and fever reduces and try to get through >> them. Those first few weeks were a nightmare for sure. >> Now on Sprycel, I get really hot; my face turns beet red and it's hard to >> get cooled down. It happens a lot when I am on the computer. >> I can also feel my heart pounding in my chest all the time. This has >> been with me even before I was dx in 2004. It has never gone away and keeps >> me awake at night. >> Blessings, Jeanie<3 >> >> In a message dated 3/5/2011 9:46:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> Your mention of deep freeze chills really caught my eye. >> I had 3 episodes of that before my diagnosis (I was diagnosed with CML in >> 2000). I would shake with cold, and my skin HURT as though I was trapped in >> a deep freeze. Neither hot tea, nor blankets could get me warm. >> I told my family doctor and he considered my age (52-53) and said it was >> the reverse of hot flashes! Sometimes I would get steaming hot, and >> sometimes freezing cold. I sure wonder where he dreamed up THAT theory from! >> A few months later I was diagnosed with CML. Funny, I have not heard anyone >> mention those deep painful chills before. I haven't had such an episode in 8 >> years now. >> Angie in Canada >> >> What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to >> what lies within us.... >> Angie >> >> --- On *Sat, 3/5/11, Suzieq <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Jeanie: >> >> Good to hear from you. Ya, I notice that the symptoms come and go. >> Thank the Lord for that. I remember how that in the beginning, I had >> those deep freeze type chills.......not any more. 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