Welcome to my world, David Toms

[sigma7]

David Toms was released from a Pittsburgh hospital Friday and plans to play in next week's Presidents Cup matches despite being stricken by a heart problem during the first round of the 84 Lumber Classic.

Toms, taken off the Nemacolin Woodlands resort course Thursday with what his caddie said was a rapid heartbeat, said Friday in a statement issued by his charitable foundation that his problem is "treatable and curable."

According to the statement, the condition -- supraventricular tachycardia, a general term for a rapid heart rate originating above the ventricles -- is not life-threatening. Doctors told Toms it can be treated with medication or cured with minor surgery.

And can be damned inconvenient at times, too. Don't forget that.

Comments

[gloomchen.livejournal.com]

My little brother has that condition, too!

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Let me heartily (ahem) recommend a catheter ablation, the sooner the better. I've also apparently got something else besides the PSVT, but life without a 250-300 pulse is fantastic.

[gloomchen.livejournal.com]

Eh. He has no insurance and he's only had two instances of it acting up on him. It' good to know there are options though.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Yeah, in that case, he should just not exert himself. When I was younger it was occasional -- once a month, if that -- and later on it just became more and more frequent, and it didn't require exertion or obvious external stimuli. By the time it was fixed, I wasn't capable of living a normal life. (Not that now's "normal," but you know what I mean.)