Anyone into holter monitoring?

I saw someone wearing a holter monitor a few years back, and for some reason it stuck with me and since then I’ve been kinda fascinated by it.

Does anyone else enjoy wearing one or seeing others wear one?

Not so much a fetish, but I wore a Holter for two weeks and was fascinated with detail in the report. Counts of double or spurious contractions etc. some are normal (fortunately mine were). A lot of analysis as they counted every contraction over a 14 day period, average, min and max heartbeats per minute. Number of double and triple contractions, durations and time spans etc.

I’ve actually worn a Holter monitor a couple of times. I’ve had ECG tests since I was a kid, and over the years I’ve started to enjoy it more and more. My first Holter was about four years ago, after I fainted. A few weeks later they put me on a 30-day monitor, which finally caught a few episodes and got me diagnosed with bradycardia. Since then I’ve been getting a Holter every year as part of my annual checkup… and I’ve got to admit, I enjoy it 😉

I wore a Holter monitor after I had some rapid heartbeat issues following a shoulder injury. (I was shoveling snow and hit the lip of the curb so hard I cracked the shoulder socket.) The sling and Holter refused to play nice with one another, and the instructions that came with the Holter were maddeningly unclear. (Plus it needed a battery charge after less than a day, which meant starting over.) I found it really difficult to get my hand in there under the sling to tell the monitor to record when anything felt weird, so it didn't record much.

So I am not a fan, but those who are? Enjoy.

My sub wore one for a few days because it was required to see how his heart was behaving. It was the middle of summer and he sweat so much, we were cutting wood, and it came off. It recorded enough information for the doctor.

Otherwise he has no interest in wearing one again.

I’ve had a really annoying, chronic, irregular heartbeat since I was about 20 years old. I’ve had dozens of EKGs, a few Echocardiograms and have also worn a Holter monitor two or three times. The Holter monitor always came with a diary where I was to record any activity I was doing with the time noted for such activities. SPECIFICALLY, I was to record when I was having a BM; Having Sex; Doing Physical Activities; mowing lawn, etc. Nothing definitive was ever diagnosed. For decades the irregular beats continued. I was always diagnosed with “BENIGN PVCs”…. About a decade ago, I read a short “filler” article in a famous U.S. magazine which addressed this annoying issue. The article suggested to try taking “Over the Counter” Magnesium supplements. I did. I have been virtually free of these PVC since! My doctors were amazed, too.

@dreEw

Oh YES. I love them, i have worn 3 holters.

Yes. I have my own 12 lead monitor. It has AI analysis. Ten minutes to twenty four hours. I do a reading at least once a month

Wearing one now, will have it on for another 20 hours. It's a 48 hour so I've been wired up since yesterday morning.

Had to wear one in summer about 15 years ago. It was so hot the day that I had it that I was sweating so much I started to be irritated under it. It was very painful near the end and when I removed it, my arm was so red and swollen! Not a great souvenir…