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New to group, wanted to share my arrhythmia story.
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From your history and your writing of it, sounds like you had the pedal to the metal for too long, and your heart didn't like it. Reading your story got my heart racing. I wish you could do something to flip the switch back to normal. The longer you can stay calm and balanced (tai chi or yoga?) in both body and mind, the greater the chance that your heart will forgive you.
I am truly sorry if I am way off base here, but this is long distance and anonymous. My alternative was to withhold my thoughts, which might not have been helpful😕.
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@shmerdloff You are absolutely right. No doctor ever told me, but I am certain the high stress of an insane advertising job for 20 years and more caffeine and soda that I can even imagine is what did it and my heart said...no more. At my peak in 2018-2019 I was up to 8-12 sodas a days. Surprisingly, I have ever only had one cavity. And ironically...no diabetes. A1C is higher now with all the changes than it was drinking sodas (calculated at my height of about 400g of sugar a day). Yay! So there is some strong evidence.
But yes, you are not off base...I have altered my life drastically. Lifestyle, weight, food, meditation, low-stress environment, job. I have not done tai chi or yoga, but I should. I do archery, which is my zen. But even with all that, they still break through.
I appreciate the thoughts and everything is helpful.