update of A FIb

[STOGEY]

Just to let yo know that I will be back into the water within a few weeks. A few weeks ago I informed you that I had heart failure do to my heart being in Artilliar Fibilation.

Anyways today I had a procedure that is known as a cardioconversion. In other words my cardiologists along with his staff at Exeter Hospital put my heart in a regular sinus rythym with the help of a mild shock, from a difibilator. I went in the out patient at 10am and was out of the hospital by 4:30 pm. Everything went well and I now have a normal beating heart. I had originally asked that they give my heart a blues type rythym, but I'll settled for a normal heart beat for the meantime.

I also asked my cardiologist about diving. He said that there is no relation with diving and my a fib. Saying that the human organs are pressurised within. Next week I'll be having a ultra sound performed on my heart and probably be given the green light to go back to work very soon aslong as I continue to listen to what my doc says. Then I'll be back into the water.

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Outstanding. Congratulations.

(I would have asked for waltz tempo instead...)

 

[Cacia]

A couple years back, I finally had to go on the table and have an abblation due to AVNRT, basically an arrythmia I would flip into and black out. I am completely cured and healthy CV wise. Something gets whacked with your HEART and it effects you psychologically, yea? I thought I was going to die, I was all traumatic about it before I had the procedure and I dove in Palau, never told a soul.

Now that this pathway was "burned" or ablated, I am fine. Sometimes before I would be diving along and my rate would go over 200. I was more worried about someone finding out than dying underwater. You sound like you are handling it very rationally and I have to hand it to you...I became a bit pyscho, because I had never had a medical problem and I was in major denial.

Salud!

 

[STOGEY]

Actully I found it out completely by accident. I excersize almost everyday of the week. Two months ago, but as I look back it is actually at least a year ago I started having a hard time breathing at certain places. Not while working out with the exception of swiming. During my first lap depending on the stroke I may sometimes get alittle winded, but after that I'd be find.

Of course when I'd get winded I'd say to myself, hell I'm not working out as hard as I should and I'd workout a little harder. Still I kept getting a little worse over time. Its a fact that I'd workout but at the same time I was still putting on a gut. Tht I'd contribut to the type of beer I drink. I drink mostly dark beer, that is supposedly to be more nutitious and I like the taste.

Three months ago I just got back from Playa del Carmen, Mexico and of course I thought that I caught the flew, because I was really having a hard time breathing, and I almost completely lost my appitite.

So I decided to go and get a check up. The nurse gives me the usual pulse and blood pressure checks, "telling me that my pulse was a little irregularand that my blood pressure was a little high but not too high". The nurse asked me if she could take a ekg. I said said sure go a head. When she got done with the ekg, she told me that I had a very irregular heart beat and that I may have had a silent heart attack.

She told me that she wanted to end the exam and that I was to head over to Exeter
Hospital. They give me another ekg, and after that I was sitting in a chair next to the bed. All the sudden these two big paramedics came in and asked me if I needed help standing. I asked why, they said that I was experiencing heart failure. I told them that I could walk over to the observation room myself and I did.

I left that hospital four days later thinking that I was about to drop at any time. However for once I actually listened to my doc and now I'm almost back into the water, just a little more patience.

I didn't want to make this too long, but maybe someoone out there will pay attention to their bodywhen it is sending them signals to get help.

 

[STOGEY]

By the way the beer bely that I thought I was putting on was actually about 20 lbs of fluid that my weakened heart couldn't pump. So instead of sending the fluid to where it was supposed to go the fluid would collect in my gutt. Someimtes this fluid will collect in peoples feet, ankles,neck.

That excess fluid was finally surrounding my heart and causing my heart to work harder and thus making it harder for me to do certain things such as walk up short inclines etc, and causing my appitite to really go down hill.

 

[Rafael]

STOGEY, i'm very happy for you, i wish you the best of lucks!!!

 

[ScubaSarus]

Great news Stogey. If I'm ever around Id'e be glad to dive with you and that will put your heart thru a workout. Really nice to hear a positive tone to your escapade with the ticker.

Chris

 

[paulthenurse]

By the way the beer bely that I thought I was putting on was actually about 20 lbs of fluid that my weakened heart couldn't pump. So instead of sending the fluid to where it was supposed to go the fluid would collect in my gutt. Someimtes this fluid will collect in peoples feet, ankles,neck.

That excess fluid was finally surrounding my heart and causing my heart to work harder and thus making it harder for me to do certain things such as walk up short inclines etc, and causing my appitite to really go down hill.

Gee, I don't know why but I almost feel glad to report that the gut that I'm sporting is just a plain old gut.

Keep a good attitude and you'll be wet soon. And lose the cigars.

PTN

 

[STOGEY]

I hope that when I wrote of my it wasn't toolong. I just wanted to expres what I went through to maybe help someone else that may have those type of symptoms and maybe avoid what I went through. I may have had these little symptoms and not realize that they were symptoms.