On 8/23/2020 3:43 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> I have been stuck in the hospital for a few days and hope to get out
> tomorrow. I had contactedÂ* doctor because I was having some issues, but
> he is not seeing patients. He referred me to a cardiologistÂ* and sent me
> for blood work and EKG.
>
> When they did the EKG they would not let me drive him. My pulse was 186.
> I went to the ERÂ* and the held me there until there was a room in the
> cardiac unit. They worked to bring down the heart rate but when it
> refuse to cooperate they opted for cardiac inversion. I first had to go
> through an eosophical cardio echogram and that meant fasting.
>
>
> Not a pleasant procedure to get that down, but I was frozen and well
> sedated. once they determined there was no risk of clots they pulled out
> the scope, knocked me out with with the crdiologist clled his Michael
> Jackson drug.Â* The idea was to shock my heart stop it and then another
> shock to restart it at a normal rhythm. They tried three times....
> so...another day of intervenous drugs and now I am on pills and plan o
> be home tomorrow.
>
> It looks like I will have to learn to live with congestive heart failure.

Anything with the heart is serious as you only have one. You can live
with CHF though, mostly with medication. My wife had it for 20 years.
Her pulse was 192 when first diagnosed. I'm sure you will be monitored
as needed.

Good luck with it. Take the meds, make any recommended lifestyle
changes and you will get along just fine.