Comments on: A.Fib is not A.Fun or Atrial Fibrillation (It’s like a kick in the chest!!!!)

By: Car DVD Players

Car DVD Players — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:43:55 +0000

Its nice to know that ill feel like im on a gravity ride at the carnival when I pass.

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:01:35 +0000

What a great post about your afib. I too suffer from this malady and you made me laughabout it which is something i don't do to much of. Hope you continue to stay in sinus and to all my fellow a fibbers, good luck and stay strong!

By: im having chest pain at 20

im having chest pain at 20 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:57:01 +0000

haha your anecdote cracked me up.. i mean dying isnt naturally funny, but i enjoyed your close encounter with death. ill probably die soon. its nice to know that ill feel like im on a gravity ride at the carnival when I pass. haha. cheers carnival rides and elephant ears.

By: Joy Ray

Joy Ray — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:47:49 +0000

What a sense of humor! I needed that! I have recently been diagnosed with “your electrical system is out of whack, and we need to get you a monitor for 3 weeks, or implant one under your skin before possibly going to a Pace-maker” I always thought a Pace-maker was for old folks.. I am only 70, and very very young…anyway I stopped taking my medication after 30 years and hearing it can cause a heart attack if I had a diseased heart, which I don’t…just the “wiring” going off the track…somewhat like a train going off in another direction, but just about 2-3 times a day, and only for seconds…problem is that during those couple of seconds while waiting for my train to get back on track, my heart stops for probably 2 seconds. I am so aware of it…feel like I am starting to have an out of body experience, which I have had many times in the past, only with my heart beating, and lasting maybe 20 minutes… my body feels like it is totally relaxed and sinking in the chair or the bed but I feel I am leaving it… Is this what it really feels like to die? I am scared out of my wits each time….knowing I will come back; I hope.
Then there was the fluttering which I looked up and after realizing this could cause a stroke, I almost had a stroke thinking about having one…so back on the meds immediately. Tomorrow I go to Kaiser for a monitor…whoopee….
Can anyone relate?
Thanks.
Joy Ray
Rayofjoy@aol.com

By: kagey

kagey — Sun, 13 May 2007 16:26:41 +0000

http://www.afibbers.net/forum/list.php?f=4

Get yourself to the URL above and start reading it religiously. I’ve been in AF for four years, and this group of people is far, far more knowledgeable than what you will pick up in a year by yourself.

The sign on is afibbers (lower case) and the password is
2sesame (also lower case) Read the Questions about Afib at the top, and when someone tells you to order Hans Larsen’s first book on Lone AFib, do it. Meanwhile, read every day. Unless you went into AF after heavy drinking, it’s probably with you, off and on (paroxysmal they call it) for the duration, which means the rest of your life unless you do something about it. All my best. Kagey

By: Atrial Fib. - a nurse on the other side of the needle (humor) - God knows I need it - The Nurses Forum

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:56:26 +0000

[...] Atrial Fib. – a nurse on the other side of the needle (humor) – God knows I need it Hey guys/gals, Please checkout my latest rantings on the joys of a.fib. (while trying to be a good patient – eye opening!!!) http://www.fastandloud.com/fbomb/afi…-in-the-chest/ Much love & sympathy to arrhythmia sufferers. I hope I can bring 30 secs of laughter to you. Currently deep breathing & trying not to think about every heartbeat, fff – RN, BSN [...]

By: Em

Em — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:19:59 +0000

I suffer from AFib also. Very strange feeling of someone sitting on your chest, trouble breathing and you know when you’re heart drops a couple hundred extra beats right away. I spent 3 years trying to convince my family doc something wasn’t right. I was dizzy and almost fainting all the time and my breathing was less than preferred… and to this day, he still says I don’t have anything wrong with me, even though I’ve been diagnosed by a cardiologist.

I am on Rythmol twice a day and Toprol to help both rhythm and rhyme, along with other medications, but still have frequent episodes.
I hope I never have to be shocked back. That’s scarey enough to make someone go into cardiac arrest just thinking about it!

Thank goodness you came back! And thanks for the laugh at something no so funny. It eases the fright of it all just a little.

Good Luck Chewbacca! ;)

By: Chris A

Chris A — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:32:18 +0000

I had the same happen to me after taking my early morning Piss. Felt kind of funny and weak. Went to work and it only got worse. I drove myself (not the smart thing to do) to the hospital and after 2 day’s of trying the medication way they cartioverted me. You know CHARGE TO 400, CLEAR!!! They did however knock me out. I woke you feeling like someone hit me in the chest with a bat. 2 years later we did it all again except my impatient doctor didn’t wait for the drugs to take effect, he just blasted me. I think that was his tough love way to say TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOURSELF.
Stay Well
Chris A.

By: A.Fib is not A.Fun or Atrial Fibrillation (It?s like a kick in the chest!!!!) - Health Forum - Hip Forums

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:57:40 +0000

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By: Ashley I.

Ashley I. — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:54:27 +0000

Dude, I have missed you lately. This blog is so you….I almost feel like you are right here talking to me. You are going to be missed on nights, but you have to take care of yourself. Take care. See ya soon.

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:59:19 +0000

Hell, hopefully you have your arrhythmias under control, if not have you tried using Taurine, the amino acid, doctors in Japan use it to treat Heart Disease, and one of its effects is correcting cardiac arrhythmias.

By: Brandy Baldwin

Brandy Baldwin — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:54:16 +0000

You always have a way of making serious things have a little humor. Glad you are ok!!!
Welcome to days.

Brandy