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I'm getting more use out of that heart patch Birdfigment. [Apr. 19th, 2008|04:27 pm]
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First of all I'm okay I'm back home.

I had another arrhythmia episode last Thursday. [info]cressida42 drove me to the emergency room at Fairview Southdale, it was the closest. My heart went back to normal the second I sat down in the waiting room, of course. I went in anyway just to get it checked out. It was decided that I should stay the night. They woke me up for blood work every four hours as if it wasn't hard enough to sleep. The resident cardiologist suggested getting an angiogram to make sure my heart hasn't been damaged. After that was done they did the procedure to correct my SVT, the reason my heart races in the first place. My heart has been fixed.

The second night I got to relax more and I spend a good portion of Saturday being antsy to get out.

It was the first time that I spent the night in a hospital as a formal patient.

They put me on some meds for high blood pressure, one to lower cholesterol, and a low dose of aspirin. Some of this is for what looked like the beginnings of heart disease. It's something that tends to run in the family.

I'm deeply grateful for [info]cressida42's help with everything. We were on the way to see Run Fatboy Run when my heart went off. She took me to the emergency room and insisted on picking me up. If I took the bus home she would have kicked my ass.
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[User Picture]From: [info]chelejean
2008-04-20 04:00 am (UTC)

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Wow.. scary. Glad you are feeling better. Take care...
[User Picture]From: [info]klicrai
2008-04-20 04:50 am (UTC)

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I'm glad you're okay, Joe, and that Cressida42 was there for you. So now the heart is all fixed? This won't happen to you ever again, right?
[User Picture]From: [info]rosencrantz319
2008-04-20 03:15 pm (UTC)

It is by my will alone I set my mind in motion...

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Yep I can drink coffee again.

I'm going to have a raspberry mocha this afternoon.

WeeHee!
[User Picture]From: [info]undercrypt
2008-04-20 03:54 pm (UTC)

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Heavens! Glad to hear it wasn't worse and that things have been fixed - you'll want that heart later. Good health mojo your way.
[User Picture]From: [info]rosencrantz319
2008-04-20 04:00 pm (UTC)

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Thanks it's not as big a deal as it sounds.

I go through this every 16 months. Only in the last couple of years it has become more serious.

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[User Picture]From: [info]ladon13
2008-04-20 06:23 pm (UTC)

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sounds like you have a good girlfriend.

I'm glad you're doing better
[User Picture]From: [info]daisykitten
2008-04-21 12:17 am (UTC)

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I'm so glad that you're all better now... I wonder why they didn't make the correction to your heart a long time ago though... Any reason why?

Congratlations though... and so glad that Cressida42 has been so good to you. :)
[User Picture]From: [info]rosencrantz319
2008-04-21 11:42 am (UTC)

I'll be friends with the sparrows and the boy who shoots the arrows...

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My cardiologist at the time was really flippant about it. I was apparently fine at the time. He suggested dropping caffein and sugar and see what happens. Well we know better now.
[User Picture]From: [info]catarzyna
2008-04-23 12:58 pm (UTC)

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Some of this is for what looked like the beginnings of heart disease. It's something that tends to run in the family.

Mine too. I'm very glad to hear it wasn't serious.