Dammit - not again!!!
Well, it happened again - twice in fact. Once in March and then again 2 weekends ago.
I am talking about AF of course. But with the addition of Atrial Flutter this time, a bit of a more serious condition.
Anyway the first time I ignored it for two days, hoping it would go away on its own. Besides the Gold Coast Hospital is full of drunks and drug addicts on a weekend and it is bedlam.
As a result they couldn't do a cardioversion becasue I might release clots into the brain for a stroke, so had to go onto Warfarin treatment in preparation. Luckily the extra drugs they gave me made me feel so bad that my heart reverted on its own a few days after - so no more warfarin or a cardioversion. Whew!
Weekend before last it happened again. But this time my cardiologist and I had worked out a strategy. Self injection of clexane, a blood thinner, then off the the hospital for an immediate cardio version. So I took a trip the our newest hospital at Robina just to see what it's like. LOL. Luckily it only needed one jolt at the lowest setting to fix me up, and I was back home Saturday afternoon. But the after effects of the anaesthetic kept me sleepy for 2 days.
Anyway I was banned from any sort of physical work for a couple of weeks and my weekly dresage lessons which is a bummer.
The thing that pips me off is every time this happens, I seem to take a step backwards. Both mentally and physically. I know I am lucky to be alive, and that at least my heart is strong and pumping well apart from the electrical problem.
But I wish I had a permanent cure so I didn't have to monitor and gauge the physical activity which seems to set me off.
Anyway that's my story for the moment. BTW Fitness by Phone® is coming along nicely, and if you are overweight or need a fitness program that fits in with your schedule, please have a look.
Bye for now.
Rick
I am talking about AF of course. But with the addition of Atrial Flutter this time, a bit of a more serious condition.
Anyway the first time I ignored it for two days, hoping it would go away on its own. Besides the Gold Coast Hospital is full of drunks and drug addicts on a weekend and it is bedlam.
As a result they couldn't do a cardioversion becasue I might release clots into the brain for a stroke, so had to go onto Warfarin treatment in preparation. Luckily the extra drugs they gave me made me feel so bad that my heart reverted on its own a few days after - so no more warfarin or a cardioversion. Whew!
Weekend before last it happened again. But this time my cardiologist and I had worked out a strategy. Self injection of clexane, a blood thinner, then off the the hospital for an immediate cardio version. So I took a trip the our newest hospital at Robina just to see what it's like. LOL. Luckily it only needed one jolt at the lowest setting to fix me up, and I was back home Saturday afternoon. But the after effects of the anaesthetic kept me sleepy for 2 days.
Anyway I was banned from any sort of physical work for a couple of weeks and my weekly dresage lessons which is a bummer.
The thing that pips me off is every time this happens, I seem to take a step backwards. Both mentally and physically. I know I am lucky to be alive, and that at least my heart is strong and pumping well apart from the electrical problem.
But I wish I had a permanent cure so I didn't have to monitor and gauge the physical activity which seems to set me off.
Anyway that's my story for the moment. BTW Fitness by Phone® is coming along nicely, and if you are overweight or need a fitness program that fits in with your schedule, please have a look.
Bye for now.
Rick
posted by Rick Rakauskas at 11:37 AM
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