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Years of physical exercise predisposed you to heart problems??? Wow! I'm not a doctor and I don't even play one on TV, but I find that incomprehensible. Exercise IMHO probably predisposed you to living well until age 66 and even beyond. Who knows why these heart problems occur? My doctor has never told me why. I don't expect him to know why. Maybe it's genetic. Maybe it's not. It doesn't sound good to me to blame your dancing and exercise for this problem. I had a heart attack a year and a half ago and my doctor wanted me in a cardiac exercise program as soon as I was able, which was only a few weeks. I have A-fib. Have had it for years. I think the reason I'm in good shape now is because I exercise regularly at a gym. Yes, do get a second opinion.

Hi @kates1221. Glad to see you again on Mayo Connect. You and I share the problems of A-fib and high blood pressure. I have several years "enjoying" the challenges involved and dealing with them with the help of a very capable medical team -- Internist, Nephrologist, Cardiologist, and Anticoagulation Specialist. None of them has told me "there is no cure" for A-fib OR hypertension, but they have said I should expect to be on medication, at least, until we find a therapy to stabilize my symptoms and carry on my life. I have three medications for hypertension (Carvedilol, Lisinopril, and Amiloride diuretic). I also take Coumadin, a "blood thinner" (or more properly an anticoagulant drug) to prevent formation of blood clots within my heart when its rhythm is disturbed and fails to move blood through promptly. My arrhythmic medication to modulate my heart rate is Carvedilol, a beta blocker. In my case, my medical team and I have asked each other about cardioversion and ablation and have decided each time that my symptoms and the risks don't make either treatment necessary right now. Send along any questions that occur to you and might prompt me for more information of use to you.

Finally, though, this one recommendation: Get a second opinion from a well-known, recognized authority on arrhythmia and how to treat it -- your state university medical clinic is one possibility. Have you discussed with your heart doctor the possibility of referral for a second opinion? Martin

I was diagnosed with afib and high blood pressure. I was put on a blood thinner, medicine to keep my heart from racing and two blood pressure medicines. I was told that my afib is permanent and has no cure. Has anyone been told this and should I get a second opinion on whether or not an ablation will help me? I am a former dancer and life long exerciser. I also had surgery to repair a hole in my heart at age six. I am 66 years old and this is the first time I've had trouble with my heart. I was also told that years of physical exercise and prior heart surgery probably predisposed me to the problems with my heart. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I really like the format you used in your book. I'd call it a Lifeboat like they are now doing for foster kids to help them attempt to be normal and learn about their own history.

Hi, my book started out to be a book on a "Woman doing commercial fishing with my husband. My husband died May 4, 1918 after 57 years of marriage. A friend told me I needed closer in the book for Bob. Well if I have to a ending for him, better have a beginning. So I started when I was a little girl. I starter with the year I was born. Then everything else started with the year anything happened... Brother was born 1934....1942 another brother...1944 anothre brother and so on till I arrived at 2019. Each year started with the year: then the information and so on. I ended the book in 2019. It is being proof reading by my daughter and she will get it printed in the next month. Nancy (shodrtshhot).

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