We're home now. Which feels a bit early given what happened, but there we go. Consultant said something about the signals to her heart being a bit unreliable and that when she stands up after sitting down, they aren't adjusting. Or something. It's a bit of a blur. He said they (consultants) were discussing whether she should have a pace maker fitted. They've decided not, at least for now. Make some lifestyle changes. Take vitamins. Salt tablets. Try and do some gentle exercise. See how it goes.
She was initially ok during the tilt test, but then they gave her a drug called GTN which is meant to help reproduce your symptoms for diagnosis, and obviously it worked - maybe too well.
Nobody has actually used this term with her yet, but my Google diagnosis is that she's got POTS
www.nhs.uk/conditions/postural-tachycardia-syndrome/
We'll find out more in a couple of weeks at the follow-up clinic.
Aside, simultaneously, fuck private healthcare and yey private healthcare. She got amazingly well looked after. Huge room, meals, nurses and doctors on hand all the time, it was excellent. It's probably not reproducible even with huge rises in Gov funding for the NHS, but we should strive for something between the two.
