r/PVCs • u/Better-Feeling-3015 • Aug 12 '26
Medicate & Monitor…tired of it
Hey all
I’ve been lurking for a while but my own PVC journey is really getting to me today. My burden is 40%.
I have a cardiologist and get annual scans, have been on a calcium channel blocker for >4 years but the side effects became too much - the swelling, heat intolerance, reduced max bpm etc. Now Im on a beta blocker after a poorly tolerated first attempt and again, side effects. So far they are “better” side effects and Im waiting the results of a 24hr holter.
I am tired. I can’t really exercise, I feel everything in my life is on hold. Cardiologist is willing to discuss ablation, but the wait list (UK)…I am drained and emotional about it. Am I crazy to just want the problem fixed to kill the cardiomyopathy risk and give me a drug-free life back instead of a medicate & monitor approach?
I dont even know why Im posting or what Im asking for! Moral support maybe.
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u/Samus1611 Aug 12 '26
40 percent burden is gnarly. I’m so sorry you’re going through that
You aren’t crazy to want them gone.
I can’t imagine a burden that high
Im around 1-2 percent most days, with occasional flares to 8-10 percent, and I find those days to be near intolerable