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.
I'm having the nuclear stress test tomorrow and I'm guessing they're going to want to do cardioversion after I see the cardiologist again on 4/8. Can anyone tell me their experiences with either procedure?
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I miss traveling with my husband. Has anyone found a specific site regarding cruising for widow/widowers or any sightseeing trips. Not interested in being with couples and kids,,,I realize a cruise ship will have a portion size of families and couples, but perhaps they also put together a part of the cruise ship for groups of widows/widowers????
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But, as I recall, I didn't have any AF after that test, but did have a couple episodes of it the following week. 1 lasted about 1 hour & the other about 2 hrs.
I hate living w/AF.
But I am so very afraid of dying young too. I'm 59.
I've dealt w/AF since 2004, & the goofiest thing I've ever heard about AF is the fact that it duzn't damage the heart, or so that's what my cardiologist said. Weird.
Like lotsa people, when the AF first happened, I thought about what would happen to me if I couldn't work any longer & how would I be able to support myself. I still think about that. But, since last May, I have a less stressful job, & grrreat medical benefits, so that's less on my mind each day.
I wish I could retire, but a lot of companies, my employer doesn't have medical benes for retirees.
Bummer.
Plus, since I've had breast cancer & chemo & radiation in 2005 for 4 straight months, my oncologist told me that chemo will damage the heart (not could damage it). So, needless to say, that rotten episode has racheted up the AF episodes I have experienced.
I hate taking so many pills daily. No one knows what any medication duz to the heart itself, especially after taking it for a few yrs. It's the long terms effects that lotsa doctors refuse to talk about sometimes. I'm sure for professional reasons, they're careful to limit 'speculations' to their patients.
Having to live w/the after effects of cancer, TIRED every single day & AF dogging me, my friends have stopped asking me to travel w/them. They never say anything about why, but I know they wouldn't want to be around someone who has to stop & sit a lot.
Sometimes, I think that just maybe, if I have an AF surgical procedure, that maybe I'd feel good enuff to travel again. . .
I dunno.
I hope you have the BEST RESULTS of whatever test or procedure you choose to have done.
Oh, & yes, prayer duz work.