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Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Jan 19 8:58am | Replies (16)

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Thank you for your response. Getting older is not for sissies as we have found. My biggest concern is that it is so difficult to get to a really knowledgeable diagnostician these days. Most specialists do not want to hear about any complaints that are not in their realm of specialty. My intuition says that is not the way our bodies work. A prescription for one part may not be good for another part. I have a feeling we will all be shuffled off to AI docs soon as no human can keep up with everything. I just want to be able to be here with my family as long as I can do so without being a burden. So I am trying to educate myself enough to be able to get answers from some of these specialists by asking lucid questions. In doing so, I find that there are questions they should have been asking me, again our bodies organs are "connected". A what came first the chicken or the egg discussion comes up in most of my research. My blood work and liver markers do not show a reason for having the CT scan show cirrhosis but my liver is scarred and cystic. And I do not drink. If or how that is connected to my AFib or what causes it, is still a mystery to me. The only connection I can fathom is the chemo/radiation I had nearly 25 years ago for NHLymphoma. And no one could tell me why I had that. So pumping more "drugs" for heart issues and gastric issues is not an ideal plan in my mind. This chat site has been very informative and at least it let's me know I am not the only one with these issues. And you are so right, I read responses and even those with different problems face similar symptoms. I appreciate the learning experiences.

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Also, I go for a second cardio version next week. They say I am always in AFib. Then they will discuss an ablation and they did bring that up before but again, not my first choice without more information. Now I wonder why they rushed to do the pacemaker and now I still have AFib. My symptoms have not changed except for the gastric issues. I have had the palpitations, etc. all my life and in my childhood. The fatigue is what sent me to the cardiologist in the first place. But maybe the fatigue was due to something else, as after chemo and radiation, a lot changed. Maybe it was my liver complaining but no real obvious issues in bloodwork. That is why I am being cautious, because I do not like going under anesthesia or being in the hospital for anything. I always seem to "lose a part" in those places. Don't have any left to lose that I don't need.

For your liver to be in the condition it is, and no history of alcoholism, obesity, or of a hepatic infection, it must be due to genetics. That's all I can think of (I who am not educated much in medicine at all, certainly not in liver pathology).

You need to go to an EP and find out how many operations he has done. That is the best way to find a a an experienced doctor. The more experienced The better he will be