I think it is called being human. Don't beat yourself up, just remember next time. I don't drink soda but am so happy I get my morning coffee!

laurab

Sorry meant to add hope it doesn't last long!

That sucks Paul! Hope the Xanax can calm you down enough to convert.

praying for you Paul .. I love chocolate .. sometimes I will buy a box of dark chocolate ice cream bars .. I have been known to eat 2 - one right after the other .. and then u spend the next 2 house sick to my stomach that I will be going into AF .. it's just never worth it :(
I hope as you are reading this you are in NSR

Charlene

Oh no! So sorry to hear you are having a bad time, hopefully you have converted by now with the help of the xanax! Very common for us to say hey I am feeling pretty good why not have a treat and them BAM! I have that problem with chocolate, I know it gives me bad heartburn which can and does sometimes turn into afib and I know better but sometimes I just need a little bit you know? What to do? When we feel good we sometimes forget and indulge and we pay for it! Such a bummer!

Paul,
So sorry to hear about the afib...hope it passes quickly...but of course I have to ask..Papa John's, or one of the many Mom and Pop pizza places in Joisey? The afib isn't worth it, but I do hope the pizza was awesome!

Just ate lunch but now am hungry Bill

Back in NSR now, had about 12 hours of AFIB. I went up to the Urgent Care place I seem to have some sort of urinary tract infection, but it didn't show up on the basic urine analysis. however I had a temp of 101.2. Got some Cipro. I'm a little better, but no gym tomorrow. Hope to be better soon.

The Pizza was excellent, the Pepsi should have been avoided.

I wonder if your high temperature wasn't more to blame than the pepsi...but you know yourself best!

When I had pneumonia over Christmas I had a high temp. and the worst afib ever.

Glad it is over now! Hope you have a great weekend in NSR!

Paul, so sorry to hear about the attack. Im glad its over and I hope the shivering has stopped and your temperature has returned to normal, too! I was thinking about you today wondering how your work was going you havent been working too hard, have you??
Take it easy tomorrow!!
atp

ATP: I've been pacing myself. Lately, about half the time I'm doing design and blueprint work from home. When I do go into the data centers, I often have a crew to do the heavy work, and I function as a foreman I need to continue to drink massive amounts of water daily, and to try to stay off my feet as much as possible. The legs are not what they used to be.

Paul, I guess work wasnt the problem then. I just hate seeing pizza taking the blame for a-fib. Maybe it really was the Pepsi yep, gotta be the Pepsi. Next time try a nice red wine with the pizza. ;-)

Paul:

You can't feel bad about eating a slice of pizza and having a soda. Probably caffeine should be avoided. I like the cherry flavored clear carbonated water (no caffeine or sugar). But really... you didn't get an ablation to only find out you can't have pizza or lie on your left side at night, right?

You know the joke about the guy that goes to the doctor and lifts his arm and says "Doc, it hurts when I go like this!". The doctor answers... "Then don't go like that!"

My daughter bought a new car from a dealer in NJ (Italian owned, you know the gig). I was there. I know the boys well. So anyway, she drives off and a wheel cover falls off when she turns left. We come back and my daughter is really angry. The "boys" are standing around outside the showroom and my daughter runs up to them with the wheel cover in hand, shouting at them. "Look at this! I made one left turn and the wheel cover came off!" The answer from the owner of the dealership? "Only make right turns then!" Laughter and steam sound from my daughter's ears. I guess he meant to take the jug handle.

Anyway, you shouldn't have to feel like you can only make right turns to not flip into afib. Hang in there, Paul.

petey

Glad to hear you are back in NSR. I think the UTI and fever was part of the trigger, not just the pizza or Pepsi.
Hope you are feeling better now.

Thanks guys. The shivering has stopped, the temp has come down, and I took my second Cipro a few hours ago. Peeing 2-3 times an hour all night was no fun, but that seems to have stopped also. BP is way low, I'm drinking water as much as I can. Strange, I've had UTI several times in the past 20-30 years , at those times urination was difficult and painful. This time I was like faucet.

BTW, I saw the endocrinologist a few days ago. She reduced the thyroid suppression drug because my TSH and T4 numbers were approaching hypo range.

Also, leftover Pizza for lunch ... no Pepsi. Can't give up Pizza. I make pretty good Pizza myself. Mom's recipe.. And Bill, I would never dream of going near a Pizza Hut or Dominos. Garbage. I tried a frozen pizza from the supermarket a few months ago. Threw half of it out. Either I make it myself, or go to the local mom-pop pizzeria (or hop on a plane an go to Naples for some really good stuff -g-).