Originally Posted by
Artmo
Now 80.5 yr old. Had afib for about 25 years, tried all the meds, 5 cardioversions and two ablations, all with temporary success.
had Reveal Linq monitor implanted in my chest and was monitored remotely by my cardiologist.
Got call one day saying my heart had paused for 10 sec with resting HR of 34, so I had better come in and have a pacemaker fitted to keep HR min at 60. Side benefit of this is hardly any afib since. I would recommend anyone with afib taking lo-dose aspirin since prolonged afib can result in a stroke.
I get a kick of older people who still count half years.
When my mother was in her waning days, being attended to by medical professionals and social workers, she made sure to clarify the point. One attendant would walk in with a new practitioner and say, "This is XXXXX. She is 91 years old." But before the sentence was finished, my mother would interject sharply "ninety one and a half".