I am sorry to hear of your loss.
I was diagnosed with A-fib two & half years ago. Long story short I neglected my meds and got really sick early this year. A heart cath showed one blocked artery and a leaky mitral valve long overdue for repair. Open heart surgery in March, recovery made much easier by a loving new wife, and now I’m fine at 62.
I was blessed. Don’t ignore symptoms and it’s not being hypochondriatic to have the tests done, I’m a guy and I know I’m supposed to make fun of those who do or else I’m Alan Alda. Well, thanks to a wife who is much smarter than me (she had open heart following a year in Iraq) I’m here to tell the tale.
Hate it when others are right. And I still refuse to ask directions and I don’t have a GPS.
;^)
I had a routine annual checkup this past Feb. There were some anomolies in the EKG. I was referred to a heart specialist and underwent a stress test combined with a scan. The results were not good.
I then underwent a heart cath and discovered that I had substantial damage to arteries feeding the heart. Finally the specialist reccomended bypass surgery which I underwent successfully - 4 way - in March. All of this with no symptoms of any kind.
Today I am off meds, have a steady 120/70 BP and feel, at 70, ready for the next 20 years.
Have your heart checked, today.