Every now and then....I have to go to see my Doc in Rochester. On this day my heart rate was WAY up....and the Doc said "we're gonna' keep you here a day or two" (Monday, 31st of January). I didn't get to come home until AFTER the Super Bowl was over!
My heart was the problem! In December 2007 I went to get my physical. Probably after four or five minutes....listening to my doctor saying, mmmmmm, mmmmmm, mmmmmm, and finally asked me "did you run a marathon on the way over to the office?" I said, of course, no! He said "your heart rate is 155....can you feel it?" I couldn't feel it....at least, I didn't think so. So after I spent a week in the hospital (Sparrow, Lansing, MI)....and met a new friend (cardiologist)....I was set up to have an ablation on my heart around the first week of May 2008.
I went down to Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit, located on 7 Mile Rd., not 8 Mile...but 7 Mile....closer to center of the city. The hospital is known for a lot....and it's number one in trauma....based on everything including guns....a rough place in Detroit! They also have an incredible staff there that is out of site!
I went to a specialist....and he said that I had atrial flutter....and that's what I was scheduled for! My 'Lansing' cardiologist said he thought I had atrial fibrillation....but he deferred to the Sinai doc. Once I got 'under' the knife....my heart went into atrial fibrillation. At that point that's all the Sinai doctor could do. He said it would take an additional six or seven hours to do it (fibrillation). My heart was fixed as well as they could do it. After that....they said they would watch my heart closely....and they did!
I had an appointment in Detroit on the 22nd of December in 2010....a month and change after my massive stroke in La Crosse Wisconsin....oops!
The Mayo doctors and the staff got my heart under control....and set me up to get the ablation in May/June....I honestly can't wait!
On a side note: Super Bowl XLV....my in-laws are from Pittsburgh....and I HATE Green Bay....but consider the Steelers have won six SB....and none for Detroit....I obviously pulled for the Packers!
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