MFM update
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Thank you again, everybody!!!
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Still in the hospital -- they're not real clear on what's causing the overwhelming weakness and
breathing probs I'm experiencing, but for now they're treating me symptomatically and going
through a lot of tests.
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For those of you who don't know, I've got CHF (congestive heart failure) with A-fib/A-flutter
(which means that my heart sometimes doesn't PUMP fully... it "flutters" and instead of a
strong stream of blood moving along, I get ripples which aren't enough to fully oxygenate
my system).
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There are things they and I can do to maximize what potential that I do have, but there
are also factors that can interfere with that.
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Plus my obsessive, yet strangely healthy love/lust for hospital-based tagteam bedbaths
(TTBB). Never underestimate the significance of THAT factor.
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One of my nurses from last night is really cute and had been having a bad night with
another patient. She has one of the prettiest voices I've ever heard and I let her know
that -- explaining how and why one of my favorite words is "mellifluous" (with all the
meanings that the word encompasses). She blushed and fanned herself and seriously
told me that I had just given her goosebumps.
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Flat on my back and incapable of walking across the room without gasping for air
right now and I am STILL dangerous.
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You would all do well to remember that.
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You could have creeped her out, you know.
This is what a cat looks like when it gets goosebumps:
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It's impressive to be able to give goosebumps to a lovely young attendant, even after she's seen your good sides and your bad sides during TTBB.
Now, do they rush through that part?
Or, do they linger?
(other patient to attendants: "Why does that gentleman get a 45 minute bedbath, while I only get 5?"
My DU friend. You know they can't keep a good man down for long.
That's the one who got goosebumps!
Get well!
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She's the one drawing full disability for job-related PTSD.
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I wish they could figure out a way to fix your heart, permanently.
Alas...
Take care, have fun...........er, not too much fun!
My husband had the same problems - AFib/Flutter and also ended up with Congestive Heart Failure in 2006. They've tried cardioversion several times and put him on Amiodarone, Coumadin, and some other nasty drugs.
After a couple of years and some research on our part, he slowly weaned himself off those (after discussing it with his cardiologist and PCP) and he is now taking CoQ10, Acetyl L Carnitine, Magnesium (he takes Magnesium Chelate because the Magnesium Oxide has a very low bioavailability) , his multi-vitamins (Centrum - it has some minerals the other ones don't have) and B-complex. Here is some info:
http://www.afibbers.org/atrial_fibrillation.htm
He had one short A-fib episode last year and took a low dose of the Amiodarone that he still has at home once. It got him back into rhythm and he is fine again. Also, the last episode occurred after he had a lot of milk products (cheese/milk) and he thinks the calcium triggered it.
Maybe it is worth discussing these supplements with your doctors? Some of them might interfere with other medications you are on, so you definitely shouldn't take anything without consulting your docs first 
I hope you get well soon!
Yes, it changed my husband's life, too. He was 43 when he was in the hospital with congestive heart failure after years of struggling with his A-fib/flutter and it was a terrifying diagnosis.
I don't think he is taking D-Ribose but I'll do some research on it.
Thanks for sharing!
I'm watching. 
my partner just got home from the hospital with the same... I am keeping a close eye on him... glad you have so many awesome DU'ers and cute nurses to keep an eye on you... 
No more women nurses for you!
Only male, better incentive to stay well!
I heard that you were feeling ill,
headache, fever, and a chill.
I came to help restore your pluck,
‘cause I’m the nurse who loves to ____!
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Is that graywarrior? She loves to shake her...
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... duck.
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That's an order!
where ten is the worst pain you can imagine... the answer is always one:
My best friend has CHF and is in a waiting list for a new heart.
Take excellent care of yourself! Everyday has new joys to be found. But it sounds like you're looking for/finding them already.
Wishing you many healthier days in the future.
Glad the environment has music for your ears. I'm sure all the drama is getting old, but keep up what you're doing and the updates coming our way
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get better soon MFM
as the dangerous sort. As a Nurse, I can say that we appreciate working with danger, and most of us have a warped sense of humor to boot. They are wanting to keep you there....watch out.