What is Atrial-Fibrillation-AFib

Atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmia) which involves the two small, upper heart chambers (the atria). Heart beats in a normal heart begi...

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Friday November 27, 2009

Call For Help Stories

  • April 3, 7:56 pm, Thursday, 2008 - Nosebleed!

    Thursday, April 3, 2008 | A Call For Help story

    Too wiped out to do anything but briefly journal.  Today was a scary day.  I was going along this morning fine when all of a sudden I wiped my nose with my handkerchief and saw blood.  I had never imagined having to worry about a nosebleed at this point and had no idea if it would not gush and I'd have to do something emergent.  I called the advice nurse and she said more ...

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  • What do I do?

    Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | A Call For Help story

    What do I do now?  Everything I do mean everything is wrong!  My husband lost his job 2 weeks ago and we lost health insurance so at this point the rest of my heart will have to wait.  I have been desperately looking for a job to no avail.  Now about an hour ago a roll back came and took our one and only car.  I don't understand why this has been such a bad year. ...

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  • I've been getting atrial fibrillations since I was 40.
    The first time I was doing a live-in nursing aide job when I woke up with a rapid heart beat.
    It scared the heck out of me, but, like most nurses aides, I was more worried about my patient being alone. But, I thought, well, maybe I am going to die and that wouldn't be good for her either. So I called an ambulance and I called the agency...

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  • a fib

    Wednesday, May 20, 2009 | A Call For Help story

    I was recentlly diagonised with a-fib new onset. I would like to know when will the discomfort  stop? This is all new to me. And I am scared.

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  • Journal Entry for October 13, 2009

    Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | A Call For Help story

    I poured my heart out into my marriage, I gave everything I could for my wife to make her feel special, for the last 13 years that we've been together. I spent a lot of time recently thinking about my life, what I did wrong, what kind of husband I was, what I did to deserve this kind of treatment. Nobody is perfect I have my faults, or is it simply that men are different that a...

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  • Need a little assistance, please

    Monday, November 16, 2009 | A Call For Help story

    Does anybody know where I can look for some free counciling for the divorce I'm going through???

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