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Re: Greatest Prophecy ever told
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10/19/21 12:14 PM
10/19/21 12:14 PM
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Oh Snap
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My wife’s afib was an electrical issue with the electric current on the outside of the heart. Her doctor liked to call himself an electrician. Her surgery was through her groin and they find the spot in the current around her heart where it is short circuiting and they zapped that spot to put her back in rhythm. She then received a pace maker. This was 15 to 20 years ago and ended many years of middle of the night ER trips and being on cumodin (rat poison) and the side effects of that drug!
I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
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Re: Greatest Prophecy ever told
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10/19/21 01:02 PM
10/19/21 01:02 PM
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High BP leads to Afib. I've taken BP meds since my early 50s. 64 now. Been about 20 pounds overweight until recently. Best way to avoid Afib is control your weight. Haven't heart of atrial flutter. I had Afib for a couple years. Not continuous, would come and go. Seemed to always appear at night and I would wake up with it. Ablation has taken care of it since the procedure 4 years ago now. BUT,Afib is caused by nerves around th valve. The ablation freezes those nerves and destroys their ability to effect the valve. Those nerves can grow back and if you live long enough your Afib can return. Here's to an Afib free future for us folks who have it. Take care of your health! Atrial flutter is where your heart beats regularly but faster than normal and is not as common as afib. Afib is irregular heartbeat. Both are caused by problems with the electrical signals in your heart. Afib has a higher rate of clot chances and a stroke. That's why I'm always on blood thinners.
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Re: Greatest Prophecy ever told
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10/19/21 01:11 PM
10/19/21 01:11 PM
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Mine was in the left atrium and took 4 hours. Whew, the chest is sore today, but the success rate is 85-95% which was good enough for me Do you take meds for your heart then? I have the afib and high blood pressure. I take meds for the high BP and afib. Only been on meds since this afib reared up last year. I'm not hypertensive and my weight is the same as high school = good. Once this ablation does its job, I hope to get off all meds.
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Re: Greatest Prophecy ever told
[Re: Oh Snap]
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10/19/21 02:09 PM
10/19/21 02:09 PM
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My wife’s afib was an electrical issue with the electric current on the outside of the heart. Her doctor liked to call himself an electrician. Her surgery was through her groin and they find the spot in the current around her heart where it is short circuiting and they zapped that spot to put her back in rhythm. She then received a pace maker. This was 15 to 20 years ago and ended many years of middle of the night ER trips and being on cumodin (rat poison) and the side effects of that drug! I take coumadin to help prevent blood clots and a stroke. What side effects did your wife experience from the coumadin? I haven't noticed any myself. There are other blood thinners out there, but none of them generic yet. The down side to most of them is that there isn't any anecdote for excessive bleeding. Whereas with coumadin vitamin K works.
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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