Wellness

[chrystaltree]

Went for a complete physical this week and I was feeling pretty good about it.  Weight down, blood pressure lowest its been in 30 years, eating well, sleeping well.  Even my back pain has been less bothersome so we agreed that I should stop the nightly Neurontin. I can take Tylenol.   And then....  I happened to mention that I have  occasional fatigue for no reason.  No cardiac symptoms but my doctor did the ecg anyway.  And lo and behold Afib.  Started Xarelto yesterday.  Cardiology appointment 7/5, FedEx just delivered the heart monitor.  On the one hand, I'm a little bummed out by it all.  On the other hand, I'm happy that I mentioned the mild fatigue and we got a jump on it early.  She gave me my 2nd Covid booster and unlike all the others, I had severe chills and a headache for 6 hours.  It came on suddenly and ended just as suddenly.  

[catter70]

I'm glad that you mentioned what you were feeling and now can be treated, Take care of yourself.

[hckynutjohn]

@chrystaltree 

Glad to hear you remembered to tell your doctor. Always better to find out a heart issue and take proactive precautions, than the after effects of being reactive. 

hckynut  🇺🇸

[Shelbelle]

Usually very welll managed and you are still able to lead a very active life, dont worry!! My Mom took a full aspirin daily instead of a blood thinner due to her older age. Her doc was afaid she was more apt to fall and could bleed excessively. 

[violann]

@chrystaltree I had the original 2 COVID vaccines and 2 boosters, all Pfizer, and had icky reactions to all 4, but I continue to be grateful that I have access to them!

[Drythe]

@chrystaltree 

Sorry about your Cardio. issues, from recent experience I know they can be prety disconcerting, to say the least.

Glad you mentioned your fatigue, and are taking steps. Glad you got your COVID booster.

Good wishes to you.

[Shelbelle]

We decided that we are not getting any more boosters, last one was in Nov, no reactions. 

[Scooby Doo]

I've been dealing with Afib for a couple of years.  I was first misdiagnosed with SVT and took meds for that which didn't help much.  Finally last October I wore the monitor again and this time was diagnosed with AFib.  The sudden fast heart rate got more frequent and wore me down.  I decided to have the heart ablation done and I'm glad I did.  I only occasionally have an short episode.  I fully understand the low energy part of that.  Some days I would just sit in my kitchen chair because I didn't have the energy to get up.  But I also found out that my thyroid wasn't working properly either.  Now that I have both of them fixed I feel like a new person.  I've spend several full days working in my yard getting it fixed up.  Now if my back would just cooperate.

So it is fixable and fairly common as we age.

Be careful with those blood thinners.  Recently I scratched my leg and accidently made a hole in a varicose vein.  It wouldn't clot and I got a ride to the ER to get it stitched up.

Life sometimes gets real interesting.

[hckynutjohn]

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@Scooby Doo wrote:

I've been dealing with Afib for a couple of years.  I was first misdiagnosed with SVT and took meds for that which didn't help much.  Finally last October I wore the monitor again and this time was diagnosed with AFib.  The sudden fast heart rate got more frequent and wore me down.  I decided to have the heart ablation done and I'm glad I did.  I only occasionally have an short episode.  I fully understand the low energy part of that.  Some days I would just sit in my kitchen chair because I didn't have the energy to get up.  But I also found out that my thyroid wasn't working properly either.  Now that I have both of them fixed I feel like a new person.  I've spend several full days working in my yard getting it fixed up.  Now if my back would just cooperate.

So it is fixable and fairly common as we age.

Be careful with those blood thinners.  Recently I scratched my leg and accidently made a hole in a varicose vein.  It wouldn't clot and I got a ride to the ER to get it stitched up.

Life sometimes gets real interesting.

@Scooby Doo 

Are you still on a blood thinner after your Ablation? A friend of mine started having Afib years ago. What he was doing at the time of Afib made no difference. He was put on Coumadin(warfarin)and while that helped, he did not like getting his INR/ProTime blood draws.

He decided to have a Watchman Installed. After, I believe 8 weeks, his doctor weaned him slowly off of Coumadin/Warfarin. He now takes one 325mg of aspirin daily. That was over a year ago and he is doing fine. He is 86 years old.

As one that is minus 3 Lumbar Spinal Discs, 2 open surgeries! Ones back seems more cooperative for those that find the right stretching and strengthening exercises that work for them. Took me awhile to find them, and as I get older, I have had to change and modify a couple of them. My back rarely is uncooperative with me.

Hope you find something that might help you with that, and that you all stay well after having an Ablation.

hckynut  🇺🇸

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[CelticCrafter]

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@Shelbelle wrote:

We decided that we are not getting any more boosters, last one was in Nov, no reactions. 

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Same for us, we're done too...