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Giving thanks this holiday season

Some of you knew
Others didn’t

In early January 2024
I was diagnosed with having a/fib
Atrial Fibrillation

How could that be ?
I never felt the symptoms particularly

Yet it was
Blood thinners immediately prescribed
Other heart drugs too

Then
Complications from drugs
More doctors
Lots of tests
Terrible interrupted sleep
Peeing like no tomorrow

Then
I started to listen to my doctors
Also to myself
Decisions to be made
Action plan

Radio Frequency Ablation
Operating room like a sci-fi theater
In at 6am
Walking down 5th Avenue at 2pm
Amazing

Been 2 months
Taking my ECG 3 times daily
Heartbeat steady as she comes
Coming off blood thinners next month
Healed for now

Quite a journey
Grateful to my doctors and friends
They had to listen to me for a year
Don’t need presents for the holidays
I’ve got life, best gift of them all


Written by PoetSpeak
Published
Author's Note
Thank you all for your encouragement.
I try to lead a healthy life.  
Especially grateful to dimpy.
She said I’d be I’d be ok and I believed her ..
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