Part VI
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From: North of Greenville
I know what you mean about "being too young", but I honestly don't know if the docs feel the same way about a 47yo like myself. It does seem like a-fib is a lot more common than folks might think, but I have no doubt I'm going to be learning a whole lot more about it in the next couple days.
Not a liberal...
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From: Cut & Shoot, Texas
I go into SVT occasionally, this past couple of days it's been acting up. It's a really strange sensation. I can actually feel my heart get out of time, beat irregular and fast for a few seconds and then go back to normal. Sometimes it pounds so hard it feels like it's going to jump out of my chest. I've had a couple of episodes where I had to go and lay down.
I've been to the doctor and am convinced that most of them are idiots so I haven't been back. Susan has been on my *** to go back though.
I've been to the doctor and am convinced that most of them are idiots so I haven't been back. Susan has been on my *** to go back though.
Hotshot
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From: North of Greenville
I've just done some Evelyn Wood type reading on a-fib, and evidently I am still "too young", but the ablation options for a-fib are not nearly as easy as those for other cardiac conditions, but apparently progress is being made and it just could be an ultimate option... who knows... I'll have to dig into this with the doc on Friday and see what he has to say about it.
Scott... I stand by my own personal motto about the medical field... "There is an obvious reason why what doctors do is called 'practicing' medice!!"... but there ARE some good ones out there.
Scott... I stand by my own personal motto about the medical field... "There is an obvious reason why what doctors do is called 'practicing' medice!!"... but there ARE some good ones out there.
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From: Brinklow Md
Thanks, Tristan. Yeah. I guess I'm OK. First time this has ever happened to me... I woke up at 6, 8, and then got up at 9:30 yesterday... all three times feeling like my heart was going to race out of my chest. First two times I thought it was just a response to sitting up and getting up too quickly... third time I started checking my pulse and found it extremely erratic and skipping beats. Scared us all there.
My oldest son drove me to the neighborhood fire station (2.5 miles away) and they hooked me up and said I was experiencing atrial fib. They said even though it wasn't a dire emergency, I needed to go the the ER and get checked out more thoroughly. The ER confirmed the a-fib but for over two hours I was completely back in normal rythm, so they said I neeed to be seen this week by a cardiologist and determine the next step with the doc. I'll see him on Friday morning.
I've been ok since, but it has shaken me up a bit, to be completely honest. I can't even explain how it has affected me, but it's like some really strange mixture of fear and deperession all mixed together, and I am NOT one to typically worry over things like this at all. It just feels very, very strange, to say the least.
My oldest son drove me to the neighborhood fire station (2.5 miles away) and they hooked me up and said I was experiencing atrial fib. They said even though it wasn't a dire emergency, I needed to go the the ER and get checked out more thoroughly. The ER confirmed the a-fib but for over two hours I was completely back in normal rythm, so they said I neeed to be seen this week by a cardiologist and determine the next step with the doc. I'll see him on Friday morning.
I've been ok since, but it has shaken me up a bit, to be completely honest. I can't even explain how it has affected me, but it's like some really strange mixture of fear and deperession all mixed together, and I am NOT one to typically worry over things like this at all. It just feels very, very strange, to say the least.
I do agree with you on that part, Id still try to find a good doc if I was you though. Me and your daughter are the same age and I dont know what I would do if I lost one of my parents at this age.
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From: VA
I've just done some Evelyn Wood type reading on a-fib, and evidently I am still "too young", but the ablation options for a-fib are not nearly as easy as those for other cardiac conditions, but apparently progress is being made and it just could be an ultimate option... who knows... I'll have to dig into this with the doc on Friday and see what he has to say about it.
Scott... I stand by my own personal motto about the medical field... "There is an obvious reason why what doctors do is called 'practicing' medice!!"... but there ARE some good ones out there.
Scott... I stand by my own personal motto about the medical field... "There is an obvious reason why what doctors do is called 'practicing' medice!!"... but there ARE some good ones out there.
I was offered a few scenarios...
One was it may never happen again.
Another was it may happen a few times for the rest of your life and you can attend to it when it happens.
It could happen frequently so I would have to take one atenolol pill each day for the rest of my life.
RF Ablation, ultimate cure. 98% effective in my case. The only risk was the "bad" area would be too close to the SA node and I would have to have a pace maker installed. I felt that was worth the risk of living a normal life.
Scott,
Pinching yourself, cold showers, holding your nose and trying to blow your nose also help. When those stopped helping me...surgery was my only option. Best "volunteer" surgery Ive ever had! Ok...so its the only vlunteered one but still!
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From: Sterling Heights,Mi
Pete.. I am sorry to hear about this.. But take your time brother.. I know Friday is long time to wait for something this important.. But you can do it.. Your just a keyboard away from support..
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From: SpringHill,Fl
Dang Pete, not much I can say that hsnt already been said...
Write down everything you wish to ask the cardiologist...
Surgeon said I am doing good and can return to eating normal food again!!
Waiting for the cardiologist to call me now...he only works a half day on monday so I should hear from him in the next 2 hours.
Write down everything you wish to ask the cardiologist...
Surgeon said I am doing good and can return to eating normal food again!!
Waiting for the cardiologist to call me now...he only works a half day on monday so I should hear from him in the next 2 hours.
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Nolan, quote from O Brother, Where Art Thou? funny stuff Nolan.
hows the no smoking?
1. we had our suspicions
2. we knew, just didn't think it was necessary to point it out
3. that remains to be seen.
I can't belive you left yourself wide open for this one.
Scott I like your new Avatar.
Ed
hows the no smoking?
2. we knew, just didn't think it was necessary to point it out
3. that remains to be seen.
I can't belive you left yourself wide open for this one.
Ed
Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
I did that on purpose you see, special Ed.
So now that I'm caught up on the 10 or 12+ pages I missed since Saturday...
Jim: I can't see how the judge would side with your ex wife. J-L wants to stay with you. Your ex is obviously crazy.
So now that I'm caught up on the 10 or 12+ pages I missed since Saturday...
Jim: I can't see how the judge would side with your ex wife. J-L wants to stay with you. Your ex is obviously crazy.
Hotshot
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From: North of Greenville
Thanks guys. The little reading I've done and just sharing it here today is already helping me feel better. I certainly don't want to overreact, but I also can't afford to take it casually.
Here's a funny thing that happened while we were at the fire station...
The paramedic was telling my son and I what was going on and everything, and then he said to make sure to take their EKG printouts with us to the ER because by the time we got there, I might be "out of it" and the printouts would help the ER staff see what had been going on.
My son said "wait a minutes, if he's going to be 'out of it' by the time we get there, then you better write down the directions to the hospital for me so I can make sure I get there in time", all the while I was thinking to myself, "And you want my son to DRIVE me there instead of taking me in an ambulance? But I thought it wasn't an emergency!"
Then the paramedic laughed and said, "Nooooo... I didn't mean THAT kind of "out of it"... I meant the a-fib may be over by the time you get there and then the ER staff wouldn't be able to see what's been happening!"
We ALL got a good laugh out of that!!... and a sigh of relief!
Here's a funny thing that happened while we were at the fire station...
The paramedic was telling my son and I what was going on and everything, and then he said to make sure to take their EKG printouts with us to the ER because by the time we got there, I might be "out of it" and the printouts would help the ER staff see what had been going on.
My son said "wait a minutes, if he's going to be 'out of it' by the time we get there, then you better write down the directions to the hospital for me so I can make sure I get there in time", all the while I was thinking to myself, "And you want my son to DRIVE me there instead of taking me in an ambulance? But I thought it wasn't an emergency!"
Then the paramedic laughed and said, "Nooooo... I didn't mean THAT kind of "out of it"... I meant the a-fib may be over by the time you get there and then the ER staff wouldn't be able to see what's been happening!"
We ALL got a good laugh out of that!!... and a sigh of relief!