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Cardiac ICU Nurse here. Thirty years of experience. Yeah, I'm an older fan. SVT or PSVT generally is somewhat serious but also reversable. A lot of people can just get out of SVT by the vagal maneuvers that you described. Worse case scenario we give a medication called Adenosine rapid iv push which resets the heart and usually will break the high speed run of the heart. V-Tach is much more serious. Like you cardiologist said you have what is called 'stable' or Ventricular Tachycardia with a pulse. That can be treated but there are several different things that can be done. As for the internal defibrillator, it really isn't a big a deal as you might think. What happens is you go to the cardiac cath lab and they run a couple of wires that go to your heart and back to an implanted box that usually is on the left side of your chest. If you are at the beach and you see some old guy that has a lump on the upper part of his chest, near the clavicle, that is a pacemaker/defibrillator. Often they can do both but the defibrillator part is important to you. If you go into that V-tach rhythm it will fire a small amount of electricity to electrically kick start the heart out of that rhythm and allow for your normal rhythm to take over again. I have been told that patients with it will feel a little jolt, almost imperceptible and then no other issues. It generally won't interfere with your lift, or golf, or working out. If it is recommended you should probably get it. You will have a short period of time where you won't be able to do much with your left arm but after that you should be able to do whatever you want. Within reason. You are pretty young to have this but there have been cases of young athletes having this, not knowing it and then just dropping while doing something sports related so it does happen. The Lopressor (Metoprolol) is a good and common drug and should help some with the arrythmia in the heart. I'm not going to go into the pharmacy involved with the med but it's main job is to slow down the heart. Avoiding stimulants is important, like excessive caffeine or things like cold medicine with pseudoephedrine in it. Anything that can stimulate your heart rate should be avoided. Good luck with this and it can be treated, and shouldn't massively interfere with your life. You might actually find yourself feeling better knowing that the flutter in your chest is going to be gone in a few seconds. If you have any questions please write to me. I know docs can throw a lot of terminology at you and sometimes it can be overwhelming. I can usually can explain it more in layman's terms. I've had a fair amount of experience with that.

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Been thinking of uploading a video about this for awhile but now that’s it’s a very real thing I felt like it was necessary so yall know things might look a tad different on content. Still will be uploading but mostly stuff in Dallas and will want to take yall on my health journey. Appreciate yall🙏🏼

Dear LORD we thank you for Garrett and thank you for him being vulnerable in this video. We pray that you keep him safe and healthy. We pray all episodes will be suspended and no longer happen and that he can live a normal healthy life. Bless Garrett Lord, we thank you for being the same yesterday, today, and tommorow! We understand nothing is done outside your will. In your name we pray, AMEN!!

ive been fighting Cancer for the last 18 months and one thing that keeps me going is tomorrow isnt promised and live for the moment... Good luck to you on your journey

READ!!! I HAD SAME ISSUE! garrett. I am 26 I have had the exact same symptoms since 13. They said SVT it turned out to be AFIB and AV1 and AV2. It turns out that i have sleep apnea. I have a devaited septum resulting in hypoxia and oxidative stress all over body from poor sleep and issues such as fibromyalgia afib and the heart blocks. i got a septoplasty and the very first day after they removed my stents in nose and i could breathe my daily afib at 6am stopped. This had been the same time every day for years when the sympathetic nervous system would heighten. POST NOSE SURGERY: NO AFIB NO HEART BLOCK! Get a sleep study done please. if you have sleep apnea this is a huge cause for cardiovascular issues. My grandfather does sleep studies for several ivy league college hospitals, there is a connection.

64 year old black man here, a , little outside you demo, Ive really have enjoyed watching you guys grow. Not big on prayer, but now it's time. Keep your head up, were pulling for you.

Garret, take an AED with you everywhere you go. Make it a standard carry item - NEVER leave home without it. Get the fellas certified and competent in Basic Life Support (CPR) and keep their certifications current. Who you are and what you have started makes you something of a national treasure. Last I heard, national treasures deserve to be protected. Make it so, amigo … 🙏🏻❤ CB Quisenberry, DVM.

Hey Garrett, 30 year old firefighter from Hawaii here. My whole life I had an irregular heartbeat and on December 30th of 2025 I had a sudden cardiac arrest when my heart misfired. I was blessed to have my coworkers shock me and bring me back to life. I’ve since had a defibrillator implanted in my chest and I will say that it gives me peace and mental clarity that helps. Surprisingly my range of motion wasn’t affected and I was back golfing in a month. I would suggest you get one installed if your doctor recommends it. I know it’s scary and I’m scared too but modern medicine is so amazing. We are all lucky to be here and here for a reason. I will pray for you. Keep your head up and lean on your loved ones to help you out. You’re not going through this alone. Thanks for sharing

We’re all behind u G! 🫶

Praying for you Garrett. You have worked wonders for me and making me happy every single time i click a gm golf video, good good etc. If i could meet anyone in world in terms of celebrities it would be you man. You’re an absolute dawg man and Gods got you. Love you man. Keep ur head up.

Hey brother, I've been dealing with multiple ventricular tachycardia episodes since I was a teenager that led to multiple ER visits, and I am now 38. After having a serious talk with a cardiologist, I decided to completely cut out energy drinks and that has made the single biggest difference overall. Natural caffeine sources like a little coffee or green tea seem to be tolerable, but energy drinks seem to really trigger the arrythmias. The last time it happened I drank a diet Red Bull in the morning before snorkeling in Hawaii and was a 20 min swim out in the ocean, then my heart rate got stuck at 240+ bpm and I felt like I was going to pass out. From that point on, I haven't taken another sip of energy drinks and have also cut down on alcohol consumption to only 1-2 drinks in a sitting, with no further VT episodes. Praying for you, and I look forward to hearing positive updates! 🙏

ICU nurse here. man, sorry to hear this. You’re doing the right thing though. I feel you. Had the same thing happen to me after nursing school. Thought it was anxiety, wore the heart monitor and saw I was in a-fib/flutter with runs of SVT. Had an ablation, seemed like it worked for a bit and then had to have another one 3 years later and that was in 2021. I’m not on any medicine, but I don’t drink caffeine anymore and life has been much better. If you have questions about anything (i realize you have a whole EPT that knows a lot more than I do lol) I’d be happy to talk to you about whatever. I’ll be praying for you bro. Keep your head up.

Hey Garrett, you prob won't read this but I'm 34 was diagnosed with brain disease at 25 and I'll be straight.... It was scary at first but it soon becomes normal. Accept it, work around it and don't let it take over your life. I forget I have it most days... You get a gentle reminder now and again but my day to day hasn't changed. I play golf at the weekends, work through the week and I've had 2 kids since diagnosis and I have treatment every now and again to keep it at bay. I've accepted the possibility that I may be wheel chair bound in the next 20 years so I try to enjoy my golf as often as possible and love my kids as best I can. Stay strong and keep doing what you love is the most important thing. We're all on a deadline nothing new right 👍

270bpm is crazy man, praying for you.

Said a prayer for you G, keep your family and loved ones close. I know you have a great support system, take all the time you need. Much love!

Hey man, cardiologist here. While ventricular tachycardia is scary and can be dangerous there are also more ‘benign’ forms of VT that typically happen in structurally normal hearts for example RVOT VT and fascicular VT. While they feel terrible they can be managed without implantable defibrillators. RVOT VT typically gets better with beta blockers , fascicular VT tends to respond to verapamil. The electrophysiologist can do a catheter based test, like was you described to find out exactly where it comes from. Hope you feel better and hope this helps.

Clinical in Electrophysiology here. Thank you for sharing your story. Many times an SVT called antidromic Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (antidromic AVRT) can look like VT on an event monitor. It’s an additional pathway present in the heart between the atrium (top chamber) and the ventricle (bottom chamber). The arrhythmia uses the AV node (stoplight of the heart) and the additional pathway to create an electrical loop that causes the very fast rates. It should still be taken seriously but is very curable with a cardiac ablation. Your electrophysiologist will know your best course of action. Sending thoughts and prayers and happy to answer any questions about it in the mean time.

Hey Garrett, I have a condition very similar to SVT but more deadly called Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT). This condition has lead to my heart rate to exceed 300 BPM during athletics. I had lived my life completely normally until 8th grade when I started to notice something felt weird while running cross country. I went to the doctor and they gave me an external heart monitor. After a day of watching my heart I was rushed to the hospital and spent a week there. I had a couple of surgeries and stress tests but nothing made sense at the time. The day before I left my electrophysiologist told me that we are extremely lucky I haven’t gone into cardiac arrest or died yet. I was also informed that I will never be able to play sports again. This was devastating for me at the time because I was 12 and all I did was play sports. Through out all of middle and high school I ignored my doctor’s recommendations and kept running. As a senior in high school I had convinced my cardiologists to let me run cross country one more time. I had the best time of my life that season running with my friends and eventually ran a 17:52 5K to make state as a senior. Something I was told I would never be able to do. I believe that the two most important things that have helped me stay healthy is long distance running and finding the right dose of a Beta Blocker. If I don’t take my Beta Blocker I will almost definitely go into an arrhythmia daily. I am now 20 and spend most of my time studying music, disc golfing and camping. Never give up on what you love and keep looking for a way to overcome. There is always an answer but arrhythmias are terrifying. The feeling of your heart beating so fast it feels like it’s skipping beats is something most people won’t understand but don’t let it hold you back. Stay safe brother ❤️