About a month ago I wrote how I was undergoing another round of heart monitoring for my PVCs and PACs. Well I got the results back a couple weeks ago but I haven’t had time to update my blog until now. As I predicted, my 2-week monitoring period didn’t show anything concerning other than “occasional” PVCs and PACs. Everything looked great and I have nothing to worry about. I have to be honest, I was pretty upset; not at the […]

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About this time last year I was four months removed from my ablation and was one month past my 3-month blanking period. My father had died a few weeks prior and I was having rampant and annoying PVCs and PACs. Dr. Natale’s office sent me a heart rate monitor just to be sure it wasn’t afib rearing its ugly head again (which I knew wasn’t the case) and also to be sure it was just benign PVCs and PACs. It […]

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I’ve been meaning to get this post published since June 16th, the actual date of my 10-year anniversary with atrial fibrillation, but I’ve been busy so I’m a little late. On June 16, 2006 I was officially diagnosed with afib. I was 33 years old. I remember it like it was yesterday. How could I forget? It was Father’s Day, June 16, 2006, and I was just about to sit down with my wife and our 2 year-old daughter at […]

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In my last post I said I had an upcoming appointment for my first IV magnesium replacement treatment. Well I had the appointment and here’s what went down… On the way to the clinic I was really nervous. I was nervous that I might have a bad reaction to the IV magnesium – like my blood pressure would drop dramatically or that I’d somehow go into afib. I have a tendency to get myself worked up over things if you […]

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Wouldn’t you know it but a few days after I posted my update about my battle with PVCs and PACs, I went almost three weeks with nothing but solid NSR. It was awesome! I forgot how nice it was to live a “normal” life where you didn’t have to think or worry about your heart. But just as quickly as they left, they came roaring back again and have been bugging me a lot in the past week. In fact, […]

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