Health rant.

Cycling has had one unwanted side effect for me: It's increased my SVT. I've been having mild episodes a couple of times per week since December last year, but because they've been mild I've mostly been ignoring them.

6 weeks ago, I ended up in hospital for a pretty major attack. Pulse was very fast and after 10mins I called the ambulance. It lasted for about an hour before sorting itself out. I went to the GP after this and asked to start some sort of treatment for it. Doctor prescribed propranolol, a beta blocker, but that didn't work. I know it didn't work because I kept having minor attacks. I started a different drug tonight (verapamil, which worked to revert me back to a normal sinus rhythm once in hospital), but before I could do that I had a bad enough attack to land me in hospital again. I actually had two in a row. And then, after feeling like crap all day, I had a third attack tonight in the shower.

I'm a bit miffed that it's this bad, but I'm hopeful that this medication will work once it's had time to be absorbed. Wish me luck!