Re: If I'm dreaming, don't wake me...

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Your story gave me so much hope ... I printed it out to read again and again.

I'm also losing weight and hoping that helps ... I can't take any of the

meds, so I have to do what I can on my own to try to deal with all this. Have

had a serious 2-week depression over this (and some crap that happened at work

and some other life crap) ... dealing with the a-fib on top of live, and being

afraid to go to bed cuz that's when it often starts sometimes is just

overwhelming. Thanks for the uplift! I'm happy for you and encouraged for me!

Toni

CA

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In a message dated 2/7/04 11:43:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,

oliver@... writes:

I started a low carb diet combined with my workouts resulting

in a 50 lb. weight loss. I am now down to 199 with about 20 or so pounds to

go. The good news is that during this period my AFIBs have become less and

less frequent and shorter in duration. In fact I have had no AFIB episodes

at all in the last 4 months

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This is great news for you . Keep up the good work and if it keeps

you in NSR great. We all are searching for the magic or at least the partial

magic to keep us in NSR.

a in Massachusetts 49 NSR 16 days Toprol XL 100 x 2 Adult Apirin

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I am a 63 year old male who started AFIB about 2 1/2 years ago. Followed

the typical pattern of AFIB's more and more frequently, sometimes 2-3 times

a month, but alway converting on my own after 8-18 hours. My EP did not

want to put me on any drugs until I decided I was sick and tired of it and

willing to commit to a drug therapy program. Now comes the dream part.

Even though I worked out, I had allowed myself to become overweight. So, in

the past year, I started a low carb diet combined with my workouts resulting

in a 50 lb. weight loss. I am now down to 199 with about 20 or so pounds to

go. The good news is that during this period my AFIBs have become less and

less frequent and shorter in duration. In fact I have had no AFIB episodes

at all in the last 4 months. After blood tests my doctor has allowed me to

cease Lipitor for high cholesterol. My cardiologist has allowed me to cease

Coumadin as well, however, I will be wearing an event monitor to see if I

can stay off coumadin or maybe go on an aspirin regime if required. My

prayer is that there is a relationship between the low carbs, losing weight,

exercise and AFIB. I am cautiously able to go to bed without obsessing on

my heartbeat as each night goes by. I thought I would share my dream with

you realizing that its anecdotal but, like in sinus with her anti-dairy

diet, it's my story and I'm going to stick to it. I pray that you all find

your own sinus using whatever method works for you and I'll stick with mine

one day at a time.

To visit your group on the web, go to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport/

a..

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In a message dated 2/7/2004 8:43:58 AM Pacific Standard Time,

oliver@... writes:

<< I thought I would share my dream with

you realizing that its anecdotal but, like in sinus with her anti-dairy

diet, it's my story and I'm going to stick to it. I pray that you all find

your own sinus using whatever method works for you and I'll stick with mine

one day at a time.

>>

,

What a great story! I think you're right. We each have to find our own way

to beat afib, but input from others really helps because it's often a

combination of factors that creates success as suggested in a recent post.

I am

very familiar with the feelings of extreme satisfaction and joy you must be

experiencing right now as you are happily in sinus as a result of your own

efforts. I hope you will stay in that blessed state and find, as I have, that

it

now seems more difficult for your heart to stay in afib than in sinus.

Best wishes,

in sinus in Seattle