Atrial Fibrillation surprise

This in better taste than the rumors a couple of scandal sheets said that Duyba has Alzheimer's and now draws naked pictures of himself.

Note: I was not attempting to go political

 

Think you can say you did/virtually did a half-marathon - 13.1 miles.

It was definitely a half -marathon by the original length (25 miles.) You can blame the British Royal Family for adding the 26th mile so they could see the finishers from Windsor Place in the 1908 Olympics.

 

Fasting...yuck. You simply must keep blood electrolytes in a a narrow range! Muscles hate deviations in that regard, and apparently your #1 muscle has already been insulted.

 

Around 2005, a BP of 160/100 frightened me into being a gym rat. One site that was helpful to me is RealAge: Health Assessments; Tips, Health Information - Sharecare. If you do their poll, have a list of the vitamins and meds, and give an email you don't mind getting soft spam 1-2x a week. At the end of their poll it will list your calendar age, calculate your "real age", then offer suggestion of how to lower your real age.

 

From reading and the experience of an uncle in the family, a crucial key to long life is postpone your 1st major illness as long as possible, then avoid fighting more than one of them at a time. My uncle: He had heart problems in his 30's, then diabetes. Treatment of one of those conditions tends to improve the other fortunately. Unfortunately at 65 he had prostate cancer, and the radiation treatment interfered with his heart and diabetes issues - he did not make it. Studying centenarians, they generally don't have a major health issue until late in life.

 

I'm not a Dr but I would imagine taking it very slow under physician guidance. A brisk walk 20 minutes a day may be what's best but check with your Dr.

My uncle had a heart attack. He changed his diet and did very basic exercise. He throttled back at work and took more vacations. Got a dog and walked him every day. Lived another 25 years no heart trouble after that.

He said he missed red meat guess he limited that food

 

that's my plan, and i'm sticking to it. unfortunately, i have no idea how to go about postponing illness.

 

^ illness and death will happen - but lifestyle can postpone it.

 

Get a flue shot every year helps

Flu vaccine cuts risk of heart attack for some patients

 

This was the mantra in all the running magazines I read when I started jogging. I believed it. I do not any longer. While I accept that it might be possible that most healthy adults could build up the cardiovascular endurance, I think that a small percentage of adults has the joints for it. JMO. I have no data to back up this opinion.

I guess I'm scheduled for an early death, then. I developed hyperthyroid when I was 30, had my first prostate operation at about 55, and heart surgery for a-fib 5 or 6 years ago, at 59 or 60. Cataract surgery last month, and scheduled for my third prostate operation in January. OTOH, my cardiologist says my heart is healthy. My cholesterol is high but under control with medication, and my blood pressure is excellent. My weight is smack-dab in the middle of the healthy range for my height, though for jogging and mountain hiking I'd rather be in the bottom half of the healthy range. And in spite of temporary limitations due to a knee injury and eye surgery, I exercise 45 minutes to an hour 4 or 5 times a week. I eat mountains of veggies, lots of fruit, whole grains & legumes, nuts (high in calories, but very healthy in small quantities), and no meat or poultry. I do eat some unhealthy stuff, but only in moderation.

 

I love my flu shots!

 

Statin drugs also raise glucose level.

 

Daniel,

I don't necessarily believe you are going to exit a lot sooner.

 

Diet is wonder cure for diabetes | UK | News | Daily Express

"They no longer needed life- saving insulin, the level of dangerous fat built up around their hearts was significantly reduced and their cardiac function improved.
“It is striking to see how a relatively simple intervention of a very low-calorie diet effectively cures Type 2 diabetes,” said the lead author of the study, Dr Sebastiaan Hammer."

 

How was the cardioversion? Did they premedicate you beforehand? I've done it in the field a few times, but never on someone with a-fib. Usually they're dead when we get there and require more aggressive treatments.

Be careful with the fasting. Electrolyte/mineral deficiencies can cause heart arrhythmias.

 

One aspect of afib that hasn't been mentioned yet is the effect of magnesium. The site Magnesium is a collection of summaries of medical studies on the impact of magnesium. A method of supplementation that I didn't see mentioned is to take a bath in epsom salts (magnesium sulfate). Magnesium chloride flakes are another bath salt used to increase magnesium.

 

I hope not. But I certainly did get some potentially serious illnesses early. The thyroid and the prostate would have killed me without medical intervention, even though with modern (evidence-based) medicine the cures were pretty simple.

"Very" is a relative term. I'm skeptical about "very low-calorie" diets. But diet is a critical factor in diabetes, and less-severe cases of adult-onset diabetes can often be controlled by diet alone, or by diet in combination with exercise.