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Chelee · 01-06-2010, 01:36 PM

Hi Shobha, There is a thing called "white coat syndrome" where your blood pressure and pulse go up because your at the doctors. I do know about that.

But in my current case that's not what I'm experiencing. (Wish it was though.) Plus my BP is always great! This last time it was 122 over 74. But pulse 99.

That why I explained in my post I am waking up between 4:00 & 5:00 AM with a rapid heart rate. It's fast most the time I'm just sitting here at home doing nothing. I'm relaxed yet my pulse is elevated. Then again the mornings after I take the Neupogen injections I have a really rapid heart rate and hear my heart pounding in my ears. When I did my ECHO I was very calm and relaxed. I've done so many EHCO's it doesn't faze me. So something isn't right.

Chelee

01-06-2010, 01:36 PM	#3
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Had my ECHO....now what? :( Hi Shobha, There is a thing called "white coat syndrome" where your blood pressure and pulse go up because your at the doctors. I do know about that. But in my current case that's not what I'm experiencing. (Wish it was though.) Plus my BP is always great! This last time it was 122 over 74. But pulse 99. That why I explained in my post I am waking up between 4:00 & 5:00 AM with a rapid heart rate. It's fast most the time I'm just sitting here at home doing nothing. I'm relaxed yet my pulse is elevated. Then again the mornings after I take the Neupogen injections I have a really rapid heart rate and hear my heart pounding in my ears. When I did my ECHO I was very calm and relaxed. I've done so many EHCO's it doesn't faze me. So something isn't right. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.