I met with a special specialist who works specifically on electrical problems with the heart. Apparently he has a counterpart who work on only physical issues with the heart. Although nobody ever told me anything or explained what was wrong with me, I gathered that the fact I was meeting with this guy meant they thought something was wrong electrically, not physically with my heart.
The doctor, who I'm told is the best around, met with me for about a minute. He asked for my story and symptoms and kept interrupting me as he said "ya, uh-huh, okay, and what about this?" and wrote stuff down. He told me the MRI had revealed that I had a problem with one of the muscles in my heart. He said it was weaker than it should be, and we should investigate if this is the cause of my problems.
Okay, I have mixed feelings here. Although I love that they finally found something and are going to try to do something about it - having a weak muscle in the heart kinda sucks. It doesn't sound like something they can fix with drugs or surgery. At least if it was like a bundle of nerves or some problem with the electrical pathways they could just go in and fix it. It sounds like a weak heart muscle now means a weak heart muscle for life.
I wonder if they could have seen this with the original ultrasound I had probably two years ago? I'm going to try to get that record sent over to this new doctor.
The new doctor put me on some medication - flecainide acetate - 50mg and set me up with another appointment in six weeks. He also mentioned that we should probably do another MRI in six months to see if the problem is getting worse.
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