Hodge-podge

[Guest guest]

Hi all!

I'll get on the hug bandwagon too ,,,,here goes one to all who

are in that AF Never-Never Land right now, or who just got out, or who

feel the awful signs that another unwanted trip there is about to

occur.

Thanks, Hank and Willa for encouragement in the midst of the

storm. It is a fact that AF seems to be most difficult to handle when

we're not usefully occupied at something that is interesting and not

too strenuous. Sleeping is a problem, all right, although I have found

on several occasions to have managed a fairly good sleep. Do any

others experience the feeling, having gone to sleep in AF, upon

waking, that the AF which is still ongoing, seems less UP FRONT, but

within minutes one becomes more and more conscious of it? Several

times I have felt... " It's gone! " only to find that my pulse says

otherwise, or, if I don't WANT to get the bad news, that the tell-tale

stomach heaviness gradually comes on. I ask this for a reason. In the

same way that I feel I can INITIATE skipped beats by the simple act of

pulse-taking, I also feel to a degree that I, at least, am in some way

responsible for my own AF because of my mental attitude, the tension I

allow to take hold in my body. The skipped beats, or PAC's, are often

the precursor to an attack. When we awake from a peacefu sleep,

however, unless awakened by a bad dream, or startling noise, there is,

I feel, a period of zero tension in our bodies - making even AF less

debilitating. That's why I feel Jack is so right in his expression of

hope that the exploration of AF solutions will somehow start to

encompass more than the HEART, but the whole CNS. What we need is a

really with-it researcher with really bad AF! No! I take that back! I

don't wish this on anybody!

I offer thanks again to the 10 rabbits who volunteered their

hearts for the spider-venom experiment. May they rest in peace.

I think the solution to AF is definitely a near-term possibility,

but it will require a VERY intuitive and wide-ranging approach. There

are so many quirks to this thing. I believe I mentioned awhile ago

that my longest session to date - about 52 hours, after resisting the

reliable " CURE " approach two days in a row, succumbed to the simple

expedient of standing on my head for about 30 seconds. This morning,

about 17 hours into my latest session, a Big P one, standing on my

head didn't do a thing. But THE CURE came to the rescue again! Go

figure!

Hang in there, everybody! And keep burning up the cyberspace - we

may have something to contribute if we have the gumption to keep our

doctors up to date on what's happening. They are just too busy to keep

track of everything on their own.

Cheers, Lawrence

[Guest guest]

{{hugs for Lawrence}}

(I learned how to e-hug in this support group. }

I agree with you that, simply by dreading the ordeal, I can initiate the

afib. This can happen when I get the first signals that it's going to

happen, and I become super-sensitive, hoping that it won't happen, and yet

waiting for it.

Let's face it: moment by moment is the only life that anyone on earth is

assured of: not just us. I'm doing my best to consciously relish the good

things. I'm getting better about living with the reality of this ordeal, and

it's helping. I can't sleep in afib, so I've had about 6 total hours of

sleep over the last 48. Whew!

Lawrence, I also agree that we have lots of combined knowledge, and that we

can make a contribution with what we've learned. I plan to share with my

doctor the next time I see him. Fortunately, I have one that listens

carefully, and then follows up with what I tell him.

Willa

Hodge-podge

> Hi all!

>

> I'll get on the hug bandwagon too ,,,,here goes one to all who

> are in that AF Never-Never Land right now, or who just got out, or who

> feel the awful signs that another unwanted trip there is about to

> occur.

>

> Thanks, Hank and Willa for encouragement in the midst of the

> storm. It is a fact that AF seems to be most difficult to handle when

> we're not usefully occupied at something that is interesting and not

> too strenuous. Sleeping is a problem, all right, although I have found

> on several occasions to have managed a fairly good sleep. Do any

> others experience the feeling, having gone to sleep in AF, upon

> waking, that the AF which is still ongoing, seems less UP FRONT, but

> within minutes one becomes more and more conscious of it? Several

> times I have felt... " It's gone! " only to find that my pulse says

> otherwise, or, if I don't WANT to get the bad news, that the tell-tale

> stomach heaviness gradually comes on. I ask this for a reason. In the

> same way that I feel I can INITIATE skipped beats by the simple act of

> pulse-taking, I also feel to a degree that I, at least, am in some way

> responsible for my own AF because of my mental attitude, the tension I

> allow to take hold in my body. The skipped beats, or PAC's, are often

> the precursor to an attack. When we awake from a peacefu sleep,

> however, unless awakened by a bad dream, or startling noise, there is,

> I feel, a period of zero tension in our bodies - making even AF less

> debilitating. That's why I feel Jack is so right in his expression of

> hope that the exploration of AF solutions will somehow start to

> encompass more than the HEART, but the whole CNS. What we need is a

> really with-it researcher with really bad AF! No! I take that back! I

> don't wish this on anybody!

> I offer thanks again to the 10 rabbits who volunteered their

> hearts for the spider-venom experiment. May they rest in peace.

> I think the solution to AF is definitely a near-term possibility,

> but it will require a VERY intuitive and wide-ranging approach. There

> are so many quirks to this thing. I believe I mentioned awhile ago

> that my longest session to date - about 52 hours, after resisting the

> reliable " CURE " approach two days in a row, succumbed to the simple

> expedient of standing on my head for about 30 seconds. This morning,

> about 17 hours into my latest session, a Big P one, standing on my

> head didn't do a thing. But THE CURE came to the rescue again! Go

> figure!

>

> Hang in there, everybody! And keep burning up the cyberspace - we

> may have something to contribute if we have the gumption to keep our

> doctors up to date on what's happening. They are just too busy to keep

> track of everything on their own.

> Cheers, Lawrence

>

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