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I'm OK....!! [and I'm home from the hospital]
Oh my gosh! I went Wednesday for a colonoscopy. The last ones over the past two years showed pre-cancerous polyps....SOOOOO
This one was fine... but about 10 min after I came to, my heart went into A-fib. They did an EKG and admitted me.
This was 9 a.m. Wed.... At 2:30 they decided to put my heart back into sinus rhythm with a special drug.
They pulled a crash cart into the room and two extra nurses [3 in all] and the cardiologist were there [plus my hubby!].
They called the cardio lab and told the technician to watch my monitor [I had one of those portable things on my chest.]
Before she could finish telling the tech what to do ... BINGO!! My heart went back into rhythm on its own!!!
Praise the Lord! [yes, people were already praying for me through an email prayer chain at church]
They did find that my potassium was slightly low, but they're not sure what really caused the whole scenario.
I did have a spell like this about 3 months ago but it was not documented with an EKG at the time....my heart went back to normal within an hour that time.
anyway....gotta rest.... back later.
HUGS and LOVE to all of you!!!!
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Hi Lymetoo-
I'm glad you're ok. I wondre if lyme is still infiltrated in your heart? Maybe you should take a trip to see your LLMD and discuss it as well.
You never can play it too safe with the ticker!
Rest up!
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Oh, hugs to you Lymetoo! I'm glad to hear that you came out OK after that scary episode. When something like this happens you can really feel the prayers of loved ones. Praise God Posts: 5237 | From here | Registered: Nov 2007
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Jeez! I'm so sorry you had to go through that and how scary! But thank the Lord you're okay and your ticker fixed itself! Get plenty of rest and be sure to take it easy...sending prayers and love your way!!!
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So glad you're ok!!
Hope you persue it to find the cause.
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Oh yeah, been trying to PM you for the last couple of days, but your mailbox is full - now I know why!
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I'm happy to hear that you're okay!
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Gosh, that is scary. :-( Just hearing that happened to you, freaks me out big time. I have a lot of heart symptoms from this stupid bug as well. That, and my potassium is always slightly on the low side so we have no idea why that is either... I need to start eating more bananas and/or potatoes!
I am glad to hear you are doing better now.
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I am so happy your ok!! There is someone out there helping you
Peace & blessings
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I am so happy your ok!! There is someone out there helping you
Peace & blessings
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Tutu, so glad you are ok...
My lymie had a bad spell 3 weeks ago. Ended up her potassium was extremely low. Gave her meds for it a few times in the ICU.
She was in respiratory distress and when we got to the hospital, her heart rate was 150. Very scarry stuff...
They could not figure it out but she was also in Diabetic Keto acidosis so think that was the cause. She is to have an echo... but her life has been too busy since for her to take time off.
Once recovered, she is again a bit difficult.
Stay well. hugs. lmt
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OMG.. what a scare that must have been for you!! Do they know why that happened?
Glad you are ok and feeling better. Take it easy.
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Was your aodium also low? Usually they work in tandem.
During a herx last year hubby had a huge spike in B.P. They gave him IV blood pressure meds in the ER which seemed to work. Then he needed IV potassium daily in the hospital for about a week.
I never could decide if it was babs or bart which was messing with his potassium levels.
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wow gayle!
so glad you are around to fill us in on this scary thing happening to you again!!
boy, look at all the heart lyme patients we've had posting just this week alone.
take it easy and REST; do as your drs. say, and best wishes for a FULL RECOVERY!!
we need our DROOPY DRAWERS BACK in great shape. it's not everyone who MOONS us!
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Wow Lymetoo!
Sorry to hear this happened to you.
So glad you self-regulated with alot of prayers.
Part of me was thinkin' we may have discovered a new cure for Lyme if things had been different. Imagine it now: Shock therapy fries ketes....improving everyday.
Okay, we'll try this on someone else.
Do look into this further, though...on a more serious note.
I have an erythmia. The EKG machine says I've had an heart attack. The doctor says I'm "abnormaly normal".
Hugs
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Hi TuTu,
Thank goodness you came out of this. Must have been really scarey. I know that you probably do a strict ant-yeast diet, but I was just wondering if you are getting enough of the right potassium-magnesium balance.
When I was doing a very strict diet, I had several bouts of scary stuff with my heart.
I started eating more food containing potassium-magnesium and I noticed a big difference in my heart rythym. Not every heart arrythmia is due to Lyme. Just another view cause i am concerned about you.
Be Well, Gael
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Thanks....I'm reading every response and I hate to single anyone out ... you're all appreciated very much. I laughed at what you laughed at, that's for sure!
You know... someone mentioned potatoes as a source of potassium [i knew about bananas]... worries me because I don't eat either one.
I do have an occasional sweet potato. I avoid white potatoes because I'm sensitive to nightshades [they cause pain] and I don't eat bananas due to migraines.
I get a headache when I eat bananas...but I LOVE them!
I'll check to see if sweet potatoes contain potassium....what else has it?
Bea... That IV potassium is not fun... painful in an IV drip! They had to put lidocaine in it and it was still not fun!
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Wow, girl, sorry to hear about this, but glad your heart decided to come back around. Rest, and get better soon!
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Gosh TuTu, don't scare me like that. I do know someone up there loves you as do I, plus all your wonderful friends here on this board.
This scare will never happen again, because there are too many good prayers being said here wishing you the best of health.
Rest and take care of you,
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Lymetoo, I'm so glad you are OK! Did the doc's consider one or more of the meds for sedation could have been a possible/probable culprit? Make sure you get more potassium, usually if your potassium is low, then the sodium is high, as they balance one another, just like Mg and Ca. I've been trying to up my Na as adrenal fatigue sufferers usually more Na, but, now maybe I should stop, I don't wanna push my K too low!
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It was probably the prep plus the anesthesia.
The prep is extremely high sodium. That could've lowered your potassium therefore. You can, I believe, ask for a lower sodium prep next time.
The anesthesia they like to use these days is propofol but I don't know how safe it really is.
I prefer versed...and maybe demerol. I've delayed a colonoscopy because of the prep, trying to figure out whether I can do it like last time (I used magnesium citrate) and find a doc who will use versed and demerol. Now 80% of docs in NY use propofol for colonoscopies and what I've read about it scares me.
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Glad to hear they didn't have to shock you!
Have them test your potassium level again. If it's too low you can supplement with potassium tablets, but you don't want to do that unless you truly have low potassium.
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Am so glad that you're ok.
Especially during Halloween.
You have to go out door to door tomorrow in your tutu!
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Oh my! So glad you are home doing okay. Get some rest!
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Yikes TuTu that scares me...aren't you glad you weren't on that avelox stuff at the time also. Charlie
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Oh my word!!!! I haven't checked this board in a while and look what happened!
Lymetoo, you have such a good heart that the good Lord had to bring you out of that. Every post I see, you have always responded to help and advise everyone. God bless you for that!!!
A-fib---as you know, very serious and nothing to play around with!!! I think they should have kept you in the hospital and done more testing like an Echo, stress test and an Angioghram!!!
PLEASE try to get in with the Cardiologist sooner!!
You do know all of the signs to look for, right? Just in case---arm pain, back pain, neck or jaw pain, chest pain, nausea, sweating. If you have any of this---GET YOUR TAIL TO THE ER!!!!!
Nobody here can lose our TuTu!!! The Lord has much more for you to do, please take care of yourself!
Many prayers your way!!! God bless
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((((((((((TuTu))))))))))
I'm so sorry you had to go through all that.
It sounds like a real nightmare.
My Dad had a real bad bout with A-fib & they ended up putting him on Warfarin. He's been doing great ever since.
I'm sorry I didn't catch this yesterday, I hope you're feeling better today.
I'm glad that you were at the hospital when it happened. I'll be keeping you in my prayers.
hugs & prayers, Ali
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Oh my Tutu!!! I'm so sorry you had to go through that! You should follow up w/your LLMD.
I've had many heart symptoms along the way but was never able to get them documented. I've had my heart feel like it stopped beating for a few beats and during I was not able to take a breath so it felt like my heart stopped and I was suffocating. Anyone know what that is?
Wow, I thought that you were out of the woods w/all this stuff so this is scarey! It must have been the meds. Probably when it all got out of your system your heart went back to normal. You poor thing! Sending positive thoughts and prayers your way!
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Oh my Tutu!!! I'm so sorry you had to go through that! You should follow up w/your LLMD.
I've had many heart symptoms along the way but was never able to get them documented. I've had my heart feel like it stopped beating for a few beats and during I was not able to take a breath so it felt like my heart stopped and I was suffocating. Anyone know what that is?
Wow, I thought that you were out of the woods w/all this stuff so this is scarey! It must have been the meds. Probably when it all got out of your system your heart went back to normal. You poor thing! Sending positive thoughts and prayers your way!
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Geez TUTU
B12 sweety!!
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treepatrol
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Normal A Fib
AF is linked to several cardiac causes, but may occur in otherwise normal hearts. Known associations include:
Hypertension (High blood pressure) Primary heart diseases including coronary artery disease, mitral stenosis (e.g. due to rheumatic heart disease or mitral valve prolapse), mitral regurgitation, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), pericarditis, congenital heart disease, previous heart surgery Lung diseases (such as pneumonia, lung cancer, pulmonary embolism, sarcoidosis) Excessive alcohol consumption ("binge drinking" or "holiday heart syndrome") Hyperthyroidism Carbon monoxide poisoning Dual-chamber pacemakers in the presence of normal atrioventricular conduction.[9] A family history of AF increases risk by 30%.[10] Various genetic mutations may be responsible.[11]
Abstract: Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause profound alterations in the bone marrow. These alterations can mimic the more serious diagnosis of acute leukemia. The two patients described in this report were originally suspected of having acute leukemia or myelodysplasia on the basis of the bone marrow smear, and induction chemotherapy was considered. However, after further studies, they were both found to have vitamin B12 deficiency, and parenteral vitamin B12 administration resulted in normalization of the bone marrow.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of dietary folate, vitamin B(6) (VB(6)) and vitamin B(12) (VB(12)) with the risk of coronary heart disease among middle-aged persons. METHODS: A total of 40,803 subjects aged 40-59 years living in the community who were free of prior diagnoses of cardiovascular disease and cancer and who completed a food frequency questionnaire were followed from 1990-1992 to the end of 2001 in the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study. RESULTS: After 468,472 person-years of follow-up, 251 coronary heart disease incidents were documented. Coronary heart disease and definite myocardial infarction were inversely associated with dietary intake of folate, VB(6) and VB(12) after adjustment for age and sex, but the associations were attenuated after further adjustment for smoking, dietary and other cardiovascular risk factors. However, among non-multivitamin supplement users, multivariable hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) in the highest vs. lowest quintiles of VB(6) intake were 0.60 (0.37-0.97) for total coronary heart disease and 0.52 (0.29-0.91) for definite myocardial infarction, and the inverse associations with VB(12) were marginally significant. The combination of below-median intake of three vitamins or of only B(6) conferred a twice excess risk of total coronary heart disease. CONCLUSIONS: Dietary intake of VB(6) was associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease among middle-aged non-multivitamin supplement users. Dietary folate and VB(12) were also suggested to be protective factors for coronary heart disease.
Dont forget potassium and MG
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Great pic of the A-fib, tree...that's what it felt like! The artrials were tremoring and shaking just like it looks.
"mitral valve prolapse, mitral regurgitation,
A family history of AF increases risk by 30%."
I have the above and I'm pretty sure my mother had AF .. I'm going to find out for sure.
It was NOT the binge drinking that did it, though!!!
You guys are funny and so very KIND.
Karate...I do remember that song; thanks for the video!
charlie.... I warned them about the avelox, biaxin and levaquin...just in case!!
I had about 6 EKG's and an echo on Wednesday. I may have a stress test when I go in November. The doctor asked if I had had one.
ALI...thanks for the links!
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TOOTS!!!
WOW!!! See what 5 bottles of wine will do!!!!!!!
So glad you feel better. I have a friend who dropped with Cardiac Arrest years ago...they found AF was the cause in his case...he has an implanted DeFib and takes blood thinners.
MVP huh? Well, both my valves have slight regurgitation...no biggie...just needs watching.
So....if you are well does this mean that your drawers will continue to droop (or drop...)???
Hello to Music Hubby!
Peace, Love and Wellness, JRW
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Doctor Don here to the rescue,
anyways I always told my kids I used to be one,believed??Who knows,,,probably as long as the tooth fairy and the easter bunny was.
"I" think this was all brought on by something you recieved in the 'mail' recently!!!
Dont let it get to you ever again,,,specially like this!!
Glad your able to tell us about it anyway,,,best wishes-ib --just don--
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Don....ever hear the expression...Take the money and run????
JR...it was only 4 bottles.
Tree....Your posting caused me to pick up the phone and call my deceased mother's former doctor. I wanted to know if she had A-fib.
YEP
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Dear Lymetoo,
Wishing you well with smiles and hugs.
You're in my thoughts and prayers.....
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<<<<< Lymetoo >>>>>,
Honey,I am glad you're feeling better!
My mom [who died May10th] had A-fib,as one of the symptoms,of Wegeners disease. She did have to be shocked. It was over before she even realized they were going to shock her.
The Wegeners finally got to her organs,and I'll always be suspicious that she prolly Had Lyme disease too,
We used to camp in areas w/ tick problems. And mom had some doozies of reactions to what were tho't to be 'Mosquito bites].
You take extra good care of yourself dear sweet lady! I'll keep you in prayer!
Love Silverwolf Warrioress
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