Mine was/is life threatening, as my heart rate without meds tries to run away. My pulse/blood pressure was 200 and 40 over nothing when I went into the hospital when it first happened. My heart rhythm is never normal, but medication keeps me symptom free. My cardiologist thinks throwing is a great sport for an afib person of my type. Since the meds won't let my heart rate stay high, I can't do long term effort like distance running. But 10 seconds of maximum effort followed by several minutes waiting for your next throw? Perfect.
Originally Posted by
o1d_dude
Perhaps you're like me in a way, Marty. Some folks are just lucky and can feel every little tiny out of rhythm beat which as it happens are most noticeable when at rest. Those just annoy me. It's those big episodes that are scary.
The cardiologist has told me several times that atrial fibrillation of the sort I get are not life threatening and "I'm a doctor. I'd tell you if you were likely to die. What you have is not life threatening." My response is typically that's it's hard to remember that when it's happening which always gets a chuckle out of him.
All you can do IS all you can do.
Last edited by Geoff Withnell; 15th October 13 at 04:22 PM.
Geoff Withnell
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