Is There a Doctor in The House ?

Only joking, but having just discovered this forum and read the large volume of posts on this subject, it does have the feel of a consultation with like-minded folk. Anyway I'm going to bore you now with my story/symptoms.

A 68yr old male, active, who has had mild heart symptoms for years. BP under control, as is Cholesterol, and also take Bisoprolol after minor heart attack 6 yrs ago. Have had short, 10-20 second bursts of arrhythmia sometimes after exertion, but that was it, until a couple of years ago when they started more regularly. Experienced a week or so of symptoms last year which lasted a few hours each day, but then stopped. Started again about 10 days ago and are pretty constant. My pulse takes on all manner of beats - quick, quick, slow, or 3 quicks and a slow, or a beat and a faint beat. Now, it's three beats and a pause ! Sometimes I just know they're happening, other times it feels like a 'pushing 'sensation on my left chest site when there's a beat [or sometimes every other beat]. If what I've described sounds familiar to anyone, please just say 'yes' - it will make me feel a lot better. I saw a cardiologist in A&E a week ago. He said my heart health was OK and they were ectopic beats. At the time - isn't just the case- my ticker was relatively normal, but he seemed quite confident that my ECG and his own 'listening' confirmed there wasn't any thing to be concerned. That's easy for him, as I find it mentally draining like many on here.

Anyway, if what I am experiencing sounds familiar, please just give me the nod. Thanks.

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