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@ejstolte My Journey started because of a flu bug that caused fluid build up in the sac around the heart and lungs. It caused my heart to fight against the water and as such enlarged. Thats one muscle you don't want large. Thats what started the whole thing. My heart circuits kept getting more and more and I had many ablations. It was like 7 or 8 I lost track after about 4. So after my last one the doctor recommends an eval to be ready if a transplant may be necessary. Well that was November 2017. I think he knew he was running out of options to keep my heart from going into arrythmias. I basically after the eval was great timing as by Thanksgiving i was probably not leaving the Hospital. They had me on the IV type of Amiodarone just to keep my heart in Rhythm. I was officially on the transplant list just after Christmas. I had one more event that really sped things up when the Amiodarone became toxic to me. Jan 5, 2018 I got my new heart and a new lease on life. I Thank God that I had been under the care of a EP Doctor that knew when it was time to change strategies. I like to take the approach that unlike say Cancer at least this particular life affecting problem has options.

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@danab Thanks for providing more details about your journey. I'm sure there were dark days but glad you made it through. I don't want to be naive that my condition which is currently well controlled won't get worse in the future. Thanks for your encouragement.