[Magdalen] A Fib

[Grace Cangialosi]

Sounds like very good news all around, Ginga!

> On Aug 15, 2018, at 12:00 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My cardiologist called this morning to report that the heart monitor showed
> I have A Fib.  He thought this might be the case.  (Nuclear stress test and
> also echo cardiogram were both normal.) I will begin Eliquis today and be
> fine by nighttime!
> 
> I am not glad to have this diagnosis, but I am glad to know what is causing
> my annoying and sometimes frightening symptoms.  I have several friends who
> also have A Fib - some have responded to treatment and others have not.
> Everyone seems well, so I am anticipating a very good result.
> 
> I must add for those who know me well.  I had convinced myself that I was
> just being a hypochondriac and making much up.  I have a congenital
> arrhythmia and have had the chest discomfort, dizziness and excessively
> elevated blood pressure on and off throughout my adulthood.  No heart study
> has ever shown anything but I've only worn a heart monitor one other time
> in my early 30s which showed nothing.  Thankful for good doctors with
> modern machinery to pick this up.  I am not a hypochondriac after all, AND
> neither am I an invalid.  This is treatable.  I'll be feeling better real
> soon!!
> 
> Whoopee! Thanks for praying me through this.  All shall be well!
> Ginga Wilder