The cardioversion didn't work.

[acelightning]

I had Babs Bunny by my side, but they wouldn't allow me to play music on my phone. They kept increasing the power, but they still couldn't get my heart rhythm to stabilize. Now my cardiologist wants to do more tests, and he also brought up the subject of "ablation" - that's a procedure where they use electricity to burn out the conductive pathways

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[acelightning]

Thanks! With so many people wishing me healing, I should be turning somersaults down the street! (Babs Bunny goes back to when I had cancer in 2011, and a lot of my friends made a stuffed toy into a tangible manifestation of all their good wishes. She's accompanied me through all my recent medical misadventures, from the radiation treatments through the dental surgery. Y'all know who you are, and Babs has been a great help to me - thanks!)

[gyokutogirl]

I'm really sorry the treatment didn't work, and I really hope they unearth something that does. I agree with Spiffikins - ablation does sound scary, but if it works, I'm all for it.

[acelightning]

One of the things I discovered when I looked it up is that ablation is usually done by applying RF (radio frequency electrical signals) to the unwanted circuit pathways. I worked in radio most of my adult life, and I'm completely comfortable with being exposed to RF - I used to go hang out next to the transmitter when I could, and get a sort of cheap high from the radio waves. Maybe zapping my heart with RF will give me a permanent high :-D

[med_cat]

Sorry to hear it didn't work :/

[acelightning]

I'm feeling a lot less distressed now; I came home from the hospital on Monday and slept until dinnertime, and took my daily dose of medical cannabis before dinner as usual. I don't see the cardiologist again until the end of this month, but by then he may have some plans as to how we should proceed. Meanwhile I'm spending a lot of time consulting with Doctor Internet.

[med_cat]

OK :)

Dr. Google eh ;))

(well you've scientific knowledge, so...)

Take care

[skittenwitch]

Hugs! That sucks! Hopefully theyll figure it out!

[acelightning]

I was hoping it would work for me like it did for our mutual friend with the long braids, who regained enough stamina to play with her great-grandchildren. I hope that whatever they try next will do that for me. I'd like to be able to get out and do things, like even wandering around a shopping mall - or Chinatown. But until they find a way to fix my heart rhythm, I can't get from the produce section of the supermarket to the baking aisle without needing to find a place to sit down. Of course once I know what the next step is going to be, I'll tell everybody!

[msginnyo]

In the years since I last saw you, I had a pacemaker installed, and shortly thereafter, an apical ischemia and ventricular fibrillation. To quote my later mother, getting old sucks.