March 8th 2016..

This is the last couple of weeks in photos!

Girls night out (badminton girls that is....)

Dog walking with JP, in the wilds of St Ouen

 The earrings on the left are the ones I made at the last RISE support group when we had a lovely lady teaching us jewellery making.

 This is the Yoga teacher who does a weekly class at Macmillan on a Thursday afternoon.

 Met 'Super Gill ' on a very windy day on the beach last week.

Jessie, 'waiting' for naughty Beanie to come back from her latest foray into 'pheasant land'..

 The blur that was Beanie.....

 The beautiful sunrise this morning

 Bex and I went for a hospital appointment this afternoon, although the doctor couldn't be there, we did have quite a long chat with the nurse, who explained all that had happened and was happening to Bex and her heart. They have an ECG that shows the irregularity, and a normal ECG, which is good. She has another appointment next Friday to have a 24 hour ECG. It turns out to be....... Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) means that from time to time your heart beats very fast for a reason other than exercise, high fever, or stress. For most people who have SVT, the heart still works normally to pump blood through the body.

Types of SVT include:

• Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT).
• Atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia (AVRT), including Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

During an episode of SVT, the heart's electrical system doesn't work right, causing the heart to beat very fast. The heart beats at least 100 beats a minute and may reach 300 beats a minute. After treatment or on its own, the heart usually returns to a normal rate of 60 to 100 beats a minute.

SVT may start and end quickly, and you may not have symptoms. SVT becomes a problem when it happens often, lasts a long time, or causes symptoms.

SVT also is called paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) or paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT).

What causes SVT?

Most episodes of SVT are caused by faulty electrical connections in the heart .

SVT also can be caused by certain medicines. Examples include very high levels of the heart medicine digoxin or the lung medicine theophylline.

Some types of SVT may run in families, such as Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Other types of SVT may be caused by certain health problems, medicines, or surgery.

What are the symptoms?

Some people with SVT have no symptoms. Others may have:

• Palpitations, a feeling that the heart is racing or pounding.
• A pounding pulse.
• A dizzy feeling or may feel lightheaded.

Other symptoms include near-fainting or fainting (syncope), shortness of breath, chest pain, throat tightness, and sweating.

Bex also has another appointment in May, think that's for the ultrasound.

Thanks to everyone for their concern, but now we have a diagnosis , it's a far less anxious time.

A little bit about me:-

I feel ok, and life with children, exercise classes and dogs is a busy one, just the way I like it really. Mostly I feel grateful that four years down the line (March 12th 2012 I had my first operation )I am here and living with Cancer, but I have been a bit more emotional lately. Losing my lovely friend Caroline, seeing other friends waging their own war with the disease, has knocked the stuffing out of me. That, and trying to push the rising blood test markers out of my mind every day is wearing. 

Still, I am lucky to have friends and family I can moan, rant or just talk to, plus the services of Macmillan/hospice. 

I was pleased I went into Macmillan today ( photo shoot for website!) as I bumped into a lady I knew and she told me where I could get reasonable health/travel insurance. Which I am certainly looking into,especially as we go away the beginning of April for a belated birthday celebration!!

That's all for tonight, there is always lots to write, but it's getting late and  I can't string a sentence together let alone write a comprehensive blog post!!