Re: Something to think about(long)

On May 27, 12:58 pm, skittish <skitt...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I pretty much just lurk here, but thought I would post this. For the
last couple of years I have been feeling awful. Unable to sleep, extreme
fatigue, muscle aches and pains, plus degenerative spinal disease. My
brain constantly felt like it was filled with sludge. I was diagnosed
with Fibro by my regular doc, a neurologist and a rheumatologist. I
didn't like that diagnosis, but no one seemed to be able to come up with
a reasonable explanation of what was causing the symptoms. I had had
thyroid checks, Lyme's disease, etc, etc. On Mother's day I woke up
feeling terrible. Worse than usual and so fatigued I could barely move.
As the day wore on, I felt worse and worse. I was sick to my stomach, in
a cold sweat and so very tired. I tried going to bed at 10 pm, but
couldn't get comfortable. I was short of breath and feeling very
apprehensive. I finally googled heart attack symptoms in women and went
to the local emergency room. They sent me by ambulance to a bigger
hospital, I had atrial fibrillation. My pulse was at 190 when I went in
and my blood pressure was climbing. After three days in the hospital
where my heart rate was stabilized and some new medications prescribed,
I am better than ever. My husband picked me up and we went to the pet
store, the grocery store and out to eat. I have so much energy now. My
house is clean, the lawn is immaculate and I sleep through the night. I
am the person I was years ago ( except for the bad back). People keep
remarking on how good I look. At any rate, I just wanted to say, as have
others here, keep looking for the cause.  Something is causing all those
nasty symptoms.

Skittish,

Am posting this here, so it's not on CB's thread. I don't want to
annoy him. The posting belongs here anyway.

Just wanted to let you know that if you have to go to the ER or visit
a different physician and they ask if you drink alcohol etc., and they
tend to push this point, please don't be offended. My husband gets
annoyed every so often cause he's had this for over 30 years, and he
doesn't drink alcohol.

Apparently, there can be a connection with those whom drink alcohol
and AF.

That's it for now...... If you need or want to email me, that's fine.

Take care and be well out there! Debra

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