Feeling Very Down

LexiPlexi

Quick info: I have symptomatic bradycardia, POTS, and heart palpitations/skipping beats. I have worn the 2 week monitor, done the treadmill stress-test, echocardiogram, etc. 

But now I am waiting for my doctor to call me after analyzing all these results to make a treatment recommendation. He told me to postpone TTC because he isn't sure if my heart can handle the pregnancy. And Honestly, I'm kind of freaking out. What if he says no kids? What if he says we need to do more testing? What if he says I need a pacemaker? What if he says there are no treatment options at all?

I am supposed to hear from them in Jan. I'm assuming I'll get a call after the 1st to go in for the office visit. I've already made an appointment with a cardiologist at a women's center to get a second opinion for 1/21/15. (I want them to see the same data and hopefully come up with the same treatment options.) But mainly my reasoning for the second opinion appointment is that he's prescribed me a medication that is not safe to take during pregnancy and I don't know if he understands that I want kids. I hope a cardiologist at a women's center would understand that. 

This wait is killing me. These last 3 months have been hell. I'm so worried. And I'm already starting to harden my heart toward it all. Feeling extremely depressed. And the worst part is I don't even have all the info yet. I know I'm catastrophizing it all and I'm trying to keep it together but it's just so difficult. 

LexiPlexi

Thanks for the support ladies. He prescribed proamatine. It's supposed to increase my blood pressure so I have fewer fainting episodes. He made it very clear that this would only help the POTS and not the bradycardia.