Hi Guys

[Kirahfaye]

Please do let him know he's in our thoughts! Best blessings and prayers for good results!

[K2!]

Thank you for the info Madame Heather.

We're with you, Bud!

[KitKat]

My best wishes to David. We wouldn't know what to do without him!!!!

[Dark Angel]

Oh no! Get better really soon! *sends hugs and well wishes*

My name is Heather too!

[Greyhaunt]

Eeek! Sorry I'm late on this (was in meetings all day yesterday). Thank you for letting us know - and you take care Dave, our thoughts are seriously with you for getting better! We need our Commissar!

[Geektopian]

Well, I'm back (this is David, BTW) and still alive and kicking. Thanks everyone for all your good vibes and well wishes and thanks to Heather for posting this "heads up" yesterday! Long story short... For the past eight years and with two doctors, we've been trying to trace the cause of an elusive issue that would cause me to have fainting spells. It happens very infrequently, maybe once a decade and I had one yesterday morning. I managed to get myself in a sitting position to protect my head but I busted my chin a bit, bruised the heck outta my right bicep and cut a thumb and finger when I dropped the glass I was holding. The hospital is literally 5 blocks from me so I managed to get to the ER really fast and this time, they caught me in arrhythmia. Right atrial fibrillation, to be exact.

After being admitted and getting all kinds of heart tests, including echo-cardiogram and echo-cardiograph (sonogram-like test with doppler blood flow measurement and other neat things), and being observed over night, they couldn't find any damage or structural defects in my heart, heart valves or major arteries. Blood tests all came back good (meaning no sign of heart attack) but I forget to ask about electrolytes, which can be a factor in arrhythmia. The attending MD decided not to prescribe Cardizem but they did keep me on an IV of it for nearly all of my stay and it defibbed me in a snap. The next step is to follow up with my regular MD and see what we do now. Yay!

[Greyhaunt]

*Hugs* At least you is safe and ok! That's the important part

[victoriavictrix]

AND now they know you get occasional arrhythmia. This is a good thing to know.

[Resu]

I'm glad you're all right, David!

[arrowchild]

So good to know you're ok! *hugs*