Premature Ventricle Contractions

So - I know I haven't posted in FOREVER...but, I figured this might be a good way to update every one about the latest going's on in my life.  That and we have a chatty family who likes to know all the goings on. ;)  (can't get blamed for not telling people if I put it out there for every one to read, right?)
To cut to the chase, and explain the title of my post - I have been diagnosed as having premature ventricle contractions, or PVC for short. 

While I was on vacation I began noticing my heart doing funny things.  Like flip flopping, skipping a beat, having a super strong (like beat out of my chest) beat.  If I was standing up, I'd get "almost" dizzy.  The symptoms would last for a heart beat, literally.  But it felt WEIRD.  Things like "almost" getting a headache, or "almost" getting dizzy, or an "almost" tight feeling in my chest...

Rewind a moment - I had noticed a skipped beat symptom once or twice over the last few years, but it was short lived, and didn't happen again, so I didn't do anything about it.  Those of you that know me well probably know my dislike of going to the doctors... That coupled with the fact that I knew I couldn't really explain my symptoms, and most likely couldn't do anything to SHOW them to the doc, I didn't go in.

So - on vacation, (which for those that didn't hear was fabulous!!) I noticed it on the drive to CA.  I had mom feel my pulse and she could feel the skipped beats.  Fast forward to my time in Utah (not even 2 weeks later) and I felt it again.  It woke me up at night.  And then the next night.  And then I got home, slept in my own bed, and woke up a few times that night with symptoms - a skipping and a faint beat that was so faint it seemed as if I didn't even heart beat for a while.  It was scary enough to get me to go in that next morning. 

At the doctors, my heart (of course) did not perform (it's shy!) for the doctors office, who did a 30 second EKG.  So then sent me up to a cardiac center and I got hooked up with a 48 hour heart monitor, which recorded my heart beat the entire time.

Today I got the results.  PVC.  Long story short, we don't worry about them for now.  It can happen in a healthy heart for no reason.  It can happen for mineral imbalances (for which I tested fine).  And it can also happen in a unhealthy heart.  I get to go have an Echo-cardiogram on Tuesday, (where they should be able to see a healthy heart! (cross fingers)) and we'll go from there. 

For more info on PVCs you can read about them here: Wikipedia for PVC or here: Mayo Clinic for PVC

And there you have it.  :)  Just what I need added to my crazy busy life! :)