I woke up with a start. It was three o’clock in the morning and my heart was doing an unwanted rhumba in my chest. There was no pain, but the dance in my chest was frightening. I had never experienced anything like this before.
Since my late teen years I had suffered from palpitations and it wasn’t until I was in my 50’s that I was told I had been born with extra pathways in my heart that sometimes caused my heart to palpitate. ( Not genetic, but an anomaly.) A new technique called Radio Frequency Ablation stopped my palpitations and I finally was relieved of the disruptive disorder.
This was something entirely different. Of course, it was Sunday so I knew it would be beyond a miracle if my doctor was available. Arthur and I headed for the Emergency Room at Mt. Sinai here In Miami Beach, just ten minutes away.
My rhumba-loving heart not wanting to stop its erratic dancing, fifty-six hours later I was sedated and a proficient electro cardiologist zapped my heart back into sinus rhythm. No one knows why people experience a one – time Atrial Fibrillation. Even athletes experience AF, so it not always has to do with physical fitness. All I know it is no fun and very scary. And it also helps one put life into perspective. We are here for just a blink of an eye in relativity, so let us meander not.
Those days in the hospital gave me time to stop and look objectively at my life and how I was living it. I knew had to reinvent who I am. Tweak my innate self a bit. So from the day I walked out of Mt. Sinai I am trying to throw WORRY out the window along with my Type A personality and brought in my deep faith, Deepac Chopra, Andrew Johnson’s meditations and have embraced the love of my wonderful family.
I continue to exercise, follow my peleo-pescatarian diet, and meditate daily. Lifelong Type A’s are hard to train, but I am trying to let go and let my Higher Power work things out for me. I’m giving up my driver’s seat, finally, after all these years. I don’t want to be one who has gotten too smart too late.
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I wondered why I had not seen any posts from you lately. So glad you are home and everything worked out. God bless you. Stay well and Happy Holidays to you and your lovely family.
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Thank you, Mara. It was an adventure I would rather not have had! A wake up call, for sure. Happy Holidays to you. We have a wonderful exhibit at the Jewish Museum about the Jewish life in Iran before the war – there are only 5 Jews left in Iran presently. They found in Saddam Hussien’s headquarters a flooded basement full of artifacts pertaining to everyday Jewish life. The state department had then dried and preserved as much as possible. I love being a member because they have partnered with FIU and present so many interesting lectures and films. Thank you for caring.
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Very happy you are better you are much to nice to have a scare like that……Be well
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Thank you Terry! Once is enough of that.😏
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So happy you are ok!
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