I went into hospital last week for cardiac ablation. Admittedly, I was a bit consumed with anxiousness about the procedure and what they would find. PTL! While my cardiac surgeon was not able to ablate anything, she had a good long look at my heart and how it is functioning. She told us that my heart is strong, functions well, no indication of blockages and is merely plagued by arrhythmia ... and the 2 kinds of arrhythmia I experience are not life-threatening, only life annoying. My "condition" seems to be in a dormant state right now so I was prescribed NO MORE MEDICATION (serious dance of joy here!) and we'll follow up in another 3 and 6 months to see how I'm doing.
Two days later we got the news that a good friend was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy this week. And another friend who was diagnosed with liver, colon and uterine cancer 3 days before Christmas began aggressive chemo this week. And a third friend's husband had a massive heart attack the same day I had my ablation resulting in damage not only to his heart, but also to his kidneys.
My little procedure really was that ... little. Perspective.
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| I have a "happy" heart in more ways than one! |
