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Heart Rhythm Conditions – Welcome to the group
Welcome to the Heart Rhythm Conditions group on Mayo Clinic Connect.
Did you know that the average heart beats 100,000 times a day? Millions of people live with heart rhythm problems (heart arrhythmias) which occur when the electrical impulses that coordinate heartbeats don't work properly. Let's connect with each other; we can share stories and learn about coping with the challenges, and living well with abnormal heart rhythms. I invite you to follow the group. Simply click the +FOLLOW icon on the group landing page.
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Hello and nice to meet you. 7 mo ago I was passing out regularly. In and out of the hospital a few times and nothing.
Finally hooked me up to a Holter Monitor over night.
28 second Pause.
Still get light headed on occasion.
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1 ReactionHello and nice to meet you. 7 mo ago I was passing out regularly. In and out of the hospital a few times and nothing.
Finally hooked me up to a Holter Monitor over night.
28 second Pause.
Still get light headed on occasion.
Has anyone experienced short term memory since receiving the pace maker?
If it possible that passing g out so often and lack of blood to the brain could cause this.
I had no issue before this.
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1 ReactionThanks!
Hello! I’m Boopea, 75 female, married for 55 years (I got lucky!) with 2 kids and 3 grands.
Lucky to live by an ocean and am a retired ECE. Recently been diagnosed with A-fib after having to have a cardiac conversion three months ago. Have been suspicious for some time after having a couple of TIA’s and this proved it. Now on meds and keeping steady, though not really bouncing back as fast as I’d hoped. Waiting for an echo but also planning a cruise with our daughter. Excited but a little nervous about holding her back…
Very nice to meet you all and I’m pleased to find a place I can connect with folk sharing similar conditions.
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3 ReactionsYou seem lovely and happy! Good for you. Please just at least Google “Maze Procedure” before any final decisions. Be well!
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2 Reactions@boopea Hello, Boopea. Welcome to you. I agree with hopeseeker22 and urge you to begin a process of discovery on your own behalf. I have had two ablations for AF, diagnosed paroxysmal in June 2017. I am now coming up to three years free of AF due to the completion of what is called a 'pulmonary vein isolation' via catheter ablation. I began intense self-teaching pretty much immediately that I was diagnosed, and have kept up. AF is treatable, but not beatable. It's a progressive disorder, but its progress gets very fast and potentially damaging to the heart the longer it is left untreated. If your meds keep you free from AF, that's a really great place to be. I hope it continues for you, but I also hope you understand that it may not continue to work. If you find yourself slipping a bit into more AF, please read up on catheter ablations, whether radio frequency energy or pulsed field energy. Both have good results in the right hands....so the electrophysiologist is a very important part of your eventual success. Best wishes to you.
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Thanks for the info! i actually thought the meds would keep A-fib at bay…and that would be the end of it. Sounds like I need to educate..
I do know I really dislike taking metoprolol as it feels like it slows me down soooo much. I’ve gone from being fairly active to feeling like I can’t make it up stairs anymore. I guess my dr is waiting to see how things go? I’ve no idea. It’s made me feel frightened about travelling again…
@charlottemaxine
Hi Charlotte: I’ve just joined as well. We can begin together! I think what has thrown me is going from no medications to lots, in the space of a month in a bid to control a-fib… It was like…wha????
I can’t walk fast anymore?😢
@hopeseeker22
I will and thank you…