As I talked about in the previous post, my heart started some mysterious symptoms.  I work at staying healthy and I absolutely hate being sick.

So when the mystery began, I was concerned but also frustrated.

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I talked with my brother, who’d been going through a-fib problems, and I thought, “Maybe that’s it.”

He said, “I think Dad had the same problem.  He would get so winded at times when walking across the shop floor at the business he’d need to sit down.”

I thought, “Great, now it’s hereditary.” [Read more…]

A year ago I suddenly began having mysterious heart issues.  I’ve always worked out regularly and had a resting heart rate in the 50’s, strong EKG’s and good blood pressure.

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One evening after dinner, I was sitting in our living room, reading a book when my heart started racing and skipping beats.  I felt like butterflies were racing in my chest.  My pulse thumped double time, then skipped beats all helter-skelter.  I stood up and felt faint and weak.  No heart attack symptoms just weird. [Read more…]