How long should the results of a 24hr monitor take to get back to your gp

Hope you hear soon waiting is worse than finding out.

L.

Were you prescribed anything to slow you down?

Ocasional skipped beats on their own are not that big a deal. 

I had skipped beats(that I knew about) for over a decade, then after a big night on the booze (well, at least I think it was this that did it) about 18 months ago, went into Afib and developed tachycardia(fast beating heart)as well. I wasn't in tune with my body enough to notice, I just thought I had a virus (or something similar) and assumed it would all work itself out in the fullness of time.

After soldering on for 3 weeks and slowly getting worse, my wife called  an ambulance to me, and that's when I was diagnosed with Afib and a tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy(enlarged left ventricle).

Have had to be cardioverted 4 times in the last 18 months and am having an ablation in two days time.

Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that skipped beats on their own aren't that big a deal, but they could/can/may develop into something more serious in the future, particularly if you also have other risk factors going on on, such as;

smoking, excessive alcohol use, diabetes, sleep apnea, overweight etc.

And of course, just getting older increases your risk as well.

(I'm a 50 year old male). 

So I guess my advice is to take care and listen to your body.

I hope this is of some help to you.

Best wishes,

Simon