One of the hardest things for me to do was tell my kids about my atrial fibrillation. My daughter is 10 years old and my son is going to be 8 soon. I’ve had afib for almost 9 years and my kids just found out about my condition a few months ago. They had no idea I was battling the beast. When they were young it was easy to keep it a secret because I was only having an episode […]
READ MOREMy Initial Experience & Side Effects Taking Eliquis for Atrial Fibrillation
If you would have told me nine years ago when I was first diagnosed with atrial fibrillation that in the near future I would be wearing a medical ID bracelet and carrying around a medical ID card in my wallet for the blood thinner I would be taking in preparation for a catheter ablation, I would have told you you were crazy! My ablation is scheduled for March 5th. Dr. Natale wants his patients on a blood thinner for 3-4 […]
READ MOREAfib Strikes Again – Another Reminder Why I'm Having an Ablation
I went almost an entire month between my last episode and the episode prior to that. I was hopeful I could continue that good luck and make it to at least mid-to-late February before my next episode. I was confident I was going to make it to at least Valentine’s Day. Well, wishful thinking be damned. The beast struck yet again. As usual, this one occurred at night. I have to say, getting these episodes at night all the time […]
READ MOREAnother Atrial Fibrillation Episode after a Four Week Reprieve
Wow…I went almost went an entire month without an episode! It just goes to show you how unpredictable atrial fibrillation is. I was having an episode consistently every week or two and out of the blue I go almost a month in between episodes. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining. It’s been a wonderful break. This one started the same as most of my episodes – at night while lying in bed. It was 1:25 a.m. I was reading […]
READ MOREI Have Atrial Fibrillation – Big F*cking Deal
Hearing about the death of ESPN’s, Stuart Scott, this Sunday morning at the young age of 49 puts my “battle” with atrial fibrillation into perspective. I like to bitch and whine a lot about my afib but when I think about Stuart Scott’s battles over the years with cancer I’m embarrassed. Sure afib sucks and it isn’t fair, but here’s a man who battled cancer not once, not twice, but three times! I don’t know the details of those battles […]
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