Yes, the stop and restart was brought up in the beginning before any of the tests were run. I had chest x-rays, an ultrasound, and then the “dye test”. That showed no blockages, no need for a stent or balloon (angioplasty) or the mini Roto-Rooter (can’t remember that fancy name). So now I’m on blood thinners (one being warfarin, also known as rat poison), two types of beta blockers to get my heartrate down and the fibrillation to settle. I think one of the beta blockers is a combination pill, with a blood pressure reduction component to it. All those pill names are maddening to try and learn.
And then there’s those glorious pee pills (Lasix). Actually, they’re not too bad now, but during the first two days they had me going constantly for what, two and a half hours?
Hopefully this will get me regulated. They never mentioned a pacemaker or fibrillator. Yet.
I was a salt-oholic. Gotta give most of that up now. Need to cut down on coffee, though they always brought me tea at lunch and supper. I’m on a daily total of 1500 milliliters of liquid. They suggested nicotine patches and I took ‘em, because I was going to ask about them anyway. Don’t have any cravings yet.
When I first went in, the heart rate was in the 170’s.
When asked for a descriptive word of the condition, whether slight or severe, whatever, the doctor said “moderate”.
Only an hour or so before the next rabies shot, oh joy.
Wow JoJo, it sounds like you got signed up for the full meal deal, and while I sometimes play a doctor online (even though I seldom stay at Holiday Inn Express) don’t follow any of these suggestions without running it by your doc first (not that I think you would):
Ask about increasing your celery intake. Celery is a natural diuretic (not to be confused with L. Ron Hubbards Dianetics, lol), either in it’s natural form or in capsules (celery seeds in gelatin capsules), and ask them again about coffee because I was told by my doc that coffee is actually good for the cardiovascular system because it tends to dilate the arteries, ditto for Ginkgo Biloba (a supplement widely taken for memory enhancement but don’t take it with aspirin, pharmacist told me that too much aspirin and Ginkgo can provoke a stroke in some people).
I suspect you’ll be told to not monkey around with what’s going into your system right now, but it sounds like you’re in good hands which is the most important thing.
Don’t ask what I’m doing up at almost 3:00 am Eastern time, I guarantee it’s not looking for Easter eggs, lol