Any cardiologist in the house? Atrial Flutter content.

[Andy Mink]

one larger hole and two smaller holes next to it

Must. Resist. Obvious. Question!

 

[VickieH]

I think there's a store that sells those just down the street.

A bad shave job, combined with ripping those bandages off ... could save you a trip.

 

[SpikeDog]

I took the bandage off and there was one larger hole and two smaller holes next to it.

That makes way more sense than one hole. Big hole for ultrasound probe, two little ones for ablation and diagnostic probes.

 

[newfydog]

Phil, I have a story for you that you might find entertaining. A friend here in Bend, national class skier, doctor, all round athlete was participating in various cross county races, and suffering from increasingly common atrial fib. He contacted all the best cardio types, and they thought they could fix it with an ablation. The catch was, they needed an EKG of an actual event, and no amount of treadmill, on snow tests, nothing could trigger one. Without the EKG the chances of successful ablation were slim. He finally reviewed all the events and found the common factor was it had to be actual race conditions, high altitude, with caffeine consumption. He hatched a plan.

He flew down to Reno, and went up to Royal Gorge for the California Gold Rush, a prominent ski marathon. He carried a portable EKG unit in a fanny pack, and wore nothing but electrodes under his lycra suit. He warmed up with three cups of coffee. The gun went off, and he took off like a bat out of hell. No atrial fib showed up , but he was flying, demolishing everyone in his age class, hanging with skiers he had never skied with before. Then it hit.

He fell gasping to the snow, and struggled to get his top off. Course workers and some patrol gathered round, trying to help. "no leave me alone, I'm a doctor" he croaked out somewhat deliriously. They stepped back and watched the strange spectacle of a topless racer lying in the snow, apparently dying with wires all over him. He managed to wire up the machine and got a good record of the event, as he finally got back his breath and watched the best XC result of his life fade down the trail. He was sorry to to see the race end that way, but when his cardiologist saw the data, he was pleased "90% chance we'll nail this now".

He had the surgery. fixed the problem. Married a hot new wife that summer and danced the whole night. Hasn't seen an atrial fib episode since.

 

[Tricia]

He had the surgery. fixed the problem. Married a hot new wife that summer and danced the whole night. Hasn't seen an atrial fib episode since.

I was with you the entire post until you said hot new wife.

 

[ADKmel]

I was with you the entire post until you said hot new wife.

To seal the 'holes' find some Bee Propolis- no bacteria can live in propolis and it heals wounds super fast!
I get it from Swanson Vitamins.

Glad Phil's on the mend!!

 

[newfydog]

I was with you the entire post until you said hot new wife.

Don’t worry, Phil just had the events out of order. He already found that part of the story. Take care of him for us.

 

[Tony S]

Phil, I have a story for you that you might find entertaining. A friend here in Bend, national class skier, doctor, all round athlete was participating in various cross county races, and suffering from increasingly common atrial fib. He contacted all the best cardio types, and they thought they could fix it with an ablation. The catch was, they needed an EKG of an actual event, and no amount of treadmill, on snow tests, nothing could trigger one. Without the EKG the chances of successful ablation were slim. He finally reviewed all the events and found the common factor was it had to be actual race conditions, high altitude, with caffeine consumption. He hatched a plan.

He flew down to Reno, and went up to Royal Gorge for the California Gold Rush, a prominent ski marathon. He carried a portable EKG unit in a fanny pack, and wore nothing but electrodes under his lycra suit. He warmed up with three cups of coffee. The gun went off, and he took off like a bat out of hell. No atrial fib showed up , but he was flying, demolishing everyone in his age class, hanging with skiers he had never skied with before. Then it hit.

He fell gasping to the snow, and struggled to get his top off. Course workers and some patrol gathered round, trying to help. "no leave me alone, I'm a doctor" he croaked out somewhat deliriously. They stepped back and watched the strange spectacle of a topless racer lying in the snow, apparently dying with wires all over him. He managed to wire up the machine and got a good record of the event, as he finally got back his breath and watched the best XC result of his life fade down the trail. He was sorry to to see the race end that way, but when his cardiologist saw the data, he was pleased "90% chance we'll nail this now".

He had the surgery. fixed the problem. Married a hot new wife that summer and danced the whole night. Hasn't seen an atrial fib episode since.

Dictionary entry for "Don't Try This At Home" LOL

 

[Philpug]

Married a hot new wife that summer

There was my problem..I married the hot wife first...I went out of order.

 

[Bill Miles]

There was my problem..I married the hot wife first...I went out of order.

And then she got your heart fluttering...

 

[Plai]

I checked my Apple watch and sure enough my heartbeat was about 150-155.

Phil, have thought about setting up the high (and low) heart rate alerts on your Apple watch?

Heart health notifications on your Apple Watch

You can enable notifications from the Heart Rate app on your Apple Watch to alert you to high or low heart rates and irregular heart rhythms.

support.apple.com

Might be easier to diagnose triggers if closer to the beginning of an event.

 

[Philpug]

Phil, have thought about setting up the high (and low) heart rate alerts on your Apple watch?

Heart health notifications on your Apple Watch

You can enable notifications from the Heart Rate app on your Apple Watch to alert you to high or low heart rates and irregular heart rhythms.

support.apple.com

Might be easier to diagnose triggers if closer to the beginning of an event.

I do have it set. Thanks.

 

[Ivan]

@Philpug Sorry I'm sort of late to the party, but just wanted to send my best wishes to you.

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Almost a week now, so how you doin' Phil?

 

[Philpug]

Almost a week now, so how you doin' Phil?

Feeing really good. Incisions are healing nice, I think I if the weather looks nice I am going to try to make some turns today. It will still be a couple of days before I hit the hot tub.

 

[Philpug]

And thanks everyone here for checking into this thread, the PM's with advice and experiences and just the endless support making sure that I will be OK. The past six months have been medically challenging for @Tricia, with her cancer, and myself and having a community around us like everyone here, has made it bearable. Again, thank you.

 

[scott43]

You enabled the community Phil so right back at you.

 

[SpikeDog]

It will still be a couple of days before I hit the hot tub.

We know how much Phil likes the hot tub

 

[Philpug]

Well, I was back on snow today and I all felt fine as I fumbled through the morning trying to remember how to ski again. No pain or discomfort from the incisions and no anxiety felt at any point even in the flat light when we were skiing in a milk bottle.

Again. thank you all for the support and well wishes. I really think I am out of the woods with this heart flutter thing. Fingers crossed.

 

[Ken_R]

Well, I was back on snow today and I all felt fine as I fumbled through the morning trying to remember how to ski again. No pain or discomfort from the incisions and no anxiety felt at any point even in the flat light when we were skiing in a milk bottle.

Again. thank you all for the support and well wishes. I really think I am out of the woods with this heart flutter thing. Fingers crossed.

Awesome that you are back at it!