[Magdalen] A Fib

[Ginga Wilder]

HAHA!
Hinga

On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:37 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Glad to know what it is, Ginga! A-Fib, or atrial fibrillation, is the most
> common cardiac arrhythmia on the planet. My dad had it for some 30 years.
> He had to take rat poison (Coumadin/warfarin) though as the newer drugs had
> not yet been developed.
>
> I had to laugh at myself though as the way you put it in your header caused
> me to think you had told a lie somewhere along the way..
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
>