Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Support Group
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 begin after electricity generated in the atria by the sinoatrial node spread through the heart and cause contraction of the heart muscle and pumping of blood.
Don't know how many of you out there are lottery players...that winning Big Game ticket, for $189 million, was sold less than 4 miles from my house in Severn, Maryland. ACK! So close! But, as they say, a miss is as good as a mile...I am sure there are other sayings that apply here, but, the main point is, I do NOT have the $189 million.
Got a massage yesterday, and my pulse went down to 65 a few hours later! I don't suppose there is a chance that there is some connection between stress and BP/HR? Gee, just wondering. The 65 is WONDERFUL news for me, since just 6 weeks ago my lowest rate was 85...of course, found out that was because I was AFRAID to exercise due to the elevated HR, and it took an Army physical to reveal my fear/laziness had led to "metabolic syndrome." Hopefully now that I am back exercising, this will all pass, and my HR can get back in the vicinity it was prior to my ablation (58-60). My HR still goes up VERY quickly (90 on Sunday just walking around the Giant grocery), but the EP nurse warned me that since I hadn't done any real cardio for a year, it may take up to a year to "retrain" my heart, and get it back to something like it was before all this mess started. Hopefully the BP spikes will even out as well...you know how it is in Catholic Church on Sunday - up, down, kneel, up, down, kneel. So of course BP spikes are NOT a good thing! Do Baptists have the same issue?
Anyway, IF I had won that lottery, I could have even possibly lived my dream of having a massage from Charlize Theron (again, SO happy my wife doesn't read this site!)
Just wanted to share the good news about the lower heart rate. God speed and NSR to all!
Bill
Got a massage yesterday, and my pulse went down to 65 a few hours later! I don't suppose there is a chance that there is some connection between stress and BP/HR? Gee, just wondering. The 65 is WONDERFUL news for me, since just 6 weeks ago my lowest rate was 85...of course, found out that was because I was AFRAID to exercise due to the elevated HR, and it took an Army physical to reveal my fear/laziness had led to "metabolic syndrome." Hopefully now that I am back exercising, this will all pass, and my HR can get back in the vicinity it was prior to my ablation (58-60). My HR still goes up VERY quickly (90 on Sunday just walking around the Giant grocery), but the EP nurse warned me that since I hadn't done any real cardio for a year, it may take up to a year to "retrain" my heart, and get it back to something like it was before all this mess started. Hopefully the BP spikes will even out as well...you know how it is in Catholic Church on Sunday - up, down, kneel, up, down, kneel. So of course BP spikes are NOT a good thing! Do Baptists have the same issue?
Anyway, IF I had won that lottery, I could have even possibly lived my dream of having a massage from Charlize Theron (again, SO happy my wife doesn't read this site!)
Just wanted to share the good news about the lower heart rate. God speed and NSR to all!
Bill
How about a deep tisue massage by Phyllis Diller and a $2 winner scratch off ticket? That and a date with Rosie O'Donnell will definitely affect your rhythm.
I will keep training...of course I laughed when I read your post about how you are doing JUST 3 miles, cuz you are concerned about the after effects of the ablation..I jog ONE mile and am ready to call an ambulance! But I certainly couldn't have even done that a month ago, b4 I went back to the elliptical. It will take time, but hopefully I will be able to do 2 miles soon, and the health sites say that is the magic distance to help resolve metabolic syndrome.
Petey,
Cannot help myself, I LOVE me some Charlize! Didn't know about the nose job...so she is NOT perfect? Ugh, way to bring a brother down! $2 scratch off winner? You must have been standing behind me when I went to cash in last week...I did complain to the lady where I buy my tix.."You can't sell me a measly $50,000 scratch of winner when down the street they are giving away $189 Million tix?" She told me to just stick with it...I have for 30 years! Wish I had put all that losing lottery money in the stock market...Over 30 years I would have probably been a millionaire!
Poor Bill
Bill
The International Diabetes Federation[4] consensus worldwide definition of the metabolic syndrome (2006) is: Central obesity (defined as waist circumference# with ethnicity-specific values) AND any two of the following:
Raised triglycerides: > 150 mg/dL (1.7 mmol/L), or specific treatment for this lipid abnormality
Reduced HDL cholesterol: < 40 mg/dL (1.03 mmol/L) in males, < 50 mg/dL (1.29 mmol/L) in females, or specific treatment for this lipid abnormality
Raised blood pressure (BP): systolic BP > 130 or diastolic BP >85 mm Hg, or treatment of previously diagnosed hypertension
Raised fasting plasma glucose (FPG): >100 mg/dL (5.6 mmol/L), or previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes
petey
That's what Natale told me!
Hey Bill hope all else is good with you my friend!
That is Exactly the way the Army Doc and the cardiologist described it...My triglicerides were 176, HDL went from 36 the year b4 (still bad) to 26 (VERY bad!), blood glucose 104, spikes in BP up to 150/95. Bad news - this is the precursor to some bad stuff...problems with pancreas, stomach, other stuff I cannot remember. The GREAT news, this can be cured with diet and exercise. They said if I can jog 2 miles a day (at 1 right now) and lose 20 pounds (I am 76 inches 225 pounds but no muscle, so Army docs say I SHOULD weigh 205) I can beat this. Dr. Natale is correct, you are supposed to maintain your exercise level within a few weeks of the ablation, but I was sort of busy losing my mind (just briefly, unless you listen to my wife) due to stress and afib related fear. Dr. Calkins wonderful nurse said they thought that I had been working out, but like an anorexic that says "I DID eat breakfast this morning, a cheerio." I told them I was working out when really all I was doing was like 5 minutes of pushups and sit ups. So they weren't happy with me either. But since they scared the living poop (that's right, I went there! Cursing on the website!) out of me, I am back to exercise and feeling a TON better. So all of you who are having or who have just had an ablation - do NOT be afraid to exercise! Well, talk to the Doc first, of course!
It is so true that if you don't have your health, you don't have ANYTHING. God bless you all...go NSR!
Bill