Cardioversion

Yesterday, I went into the day surgery wing of the hospital to have a cardioversion. All the staff and volunteers were great! My husband was with me throughout, except for the 20 minutes it took for the procedure and to wake up from the anesthesia.

After the procedure, I had a sunburn (what the nurse referred to it as). Red lines on my chest, and side. She said, "It doesn't bother many, and if it does, it can be treated like a burn." I told her I have an aloe vera plant that I can use. She said, "Great!"

According to the cardiologist, I won't be able to keep from having AFIB (atrial fibrillation). And that is even if I am brought out of it this time. He says one person returns every three to six months for a cardioversion. That man is a golfer and wants to golf. It is working for him, so far.

Then I said, Are you telling me that I will have to be a golfer to stay out of AFIB for six months? He said, "Didn't you see that in your signed agreement to treat you?"

Next, I told him, she didn't let me read anything; she just told me where to sign. But, as a matter of fact, I love to golf, and haven't been in quite a while now. Maybe I can golf in Texas in January. We are all laughing now.

When I asked about the ablation that he had mentioned in my appointment. He said, "Even with an ablation, you will go back into AFIB, because we have found no way yet to keep you out of AFIB.

The Doctor said, I will always be on blood thinners to prevent clots, heart attacks, and strokes. Well, not exactly his words, but close. I went in hopeful that if it worked, that would be the end of heart medications and blood thinners, but I was told that is not the case.

Thankfully, I was told by the nurse that I am doing most things right for prevention. Then, when I got home, I read that she is right, according to the paperwork, except she didn't mention my weight.

It hasn't been since cancer in 2013, that I have been talked to about my weight? My top weight in my life was 60 pounds more than my current weight. I am still probably thirty to forty pounds more than I should be.

The medical people will mention my BMI number. They will not say it is important to lose weight to not get AFIB back, cancer back, or to go back on insulin or pills if you are a diabetic. When asked, they will say that weight loss is not their specialty.

Do I need medical people to talk weight with me? No, like most people I know, I need to lose weight. As a preteen, I thought I was overweight, even though I had to be five pounds over the insurance charts to qualify for diet pills, and I had a hard time doing that at some doctor visits.

My weight over the years has gone up and down. Depending on the diet or pills I was using. Low-carb is my current food plan. I started it not to lose weight so much as to keep my memory intact.

Then I read about type three diabetes and listened to the Sugar Free Man's interviews with several doctors, researchers, specialists, and other professionals in the nutrition industry.

So far, it is clearly helping. I am remembering things that I haven't thought about in years. Once a month, when going off of progesterone cream for five days, I would feel like I had no brain. Now that doesn't happen anymore since I started the low-carb plan.

What is going on? Low-carb diet, and more specifically, less processed food, which means less sugar, and more vegetables, meat, good fat, and limited fruit.

I believe this change led me to the point where my medications were causing problems. I was napping, and sleeping too much, and I had never napped before. I was jealous that my husband, just four years older, has been napping for years now. I'm retired. Why not me?

My daughter said, she felt the best and had more energy when on Keto, and that wasn't my experience. Napping, tired. My heart medications have been changed. It probably wasn't that which was a lowered dose, but I'm off the one that was the problem.

No more napping for me again. And more energy since the cardioversion. Anyway, I thought I would have trouble putting 600 words together for my cardioversion experince. Not. I accept prayers to help keep me out of Atrial fibrillation. All for now. Back to living my life, one day at a time.