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After 171 days (4112.5 hours) in AFib and 263 days since first going into pesistent AFib, I had my second DC cardioversion in a little over 5 months. This time it only took just one shock of 200 joules to get me back to normal sinus rhythm.
I am now on an antiarrhythmic drug (amiodarone) so hoping it will last a bit longer than the 3.5 days following my first cardiovesion in August 2022
My grateful thanks again to the staff in the Wycombe hospital cardiac day care unit.
Get that crazy rythmn (the low down on AFib) ... peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2021/12/part-4.html
Looking back over 2022 (a tough year) .... peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2023/01/part-4.html
I've been missing in action lately. So many things going on with me and my family in the last few months. I was diagnosed (when I went to have a broken foot x-rayed) with atrial fibrillation. I have been tested, and seen many cardiologists...and have been placed on a blood thinner. I don't know if many of you know what a fib is...it's an abnormal heart rhythm that can carry a risk of stroke. I had a cardioversison as an out patient the week before Christmas. (where they try to "zap your heart back into a normal sinus rhythm.) It worked first try, but only lasted a couple weeks. Sigh. A fib can make you feel exhausted, and I haven't had much energy for flickr or photo taking. My cardiologist suggested the chemical cardioversion ...but you have to be in the hospital for three days on a monitor. Well...greetings from the hospital...today is day three, and it isn't working and I am very very discouranged ,,,they are thinking about doing the cardioversion again tomorrow, since the combination has a great success rate. I could use some prayers...I keep hoping in the next 24 hours it will revert on it's own. I've been missing everyone and flickr.xo
Since being diagnosed with paroxysmal AFib (Atrial Fibrillation) I have noticed that many people I speak to have no or little idea what this is, even though it is a fairly common condition that could affect almost any adult, regardless if you have a pre-existing heart condition or not.
The ECG (EKG) trace above was taken during one of my own AFib episodes on my Kardia mobile pocket device.
So, as part of my 'heart attack to 10K' series I have written this blog to try and raise a little bit of awareness ...
Click here .... peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2021/12/part-4.html
After 88 days of AFib, I got an unexpected appointment for my 1st DC cardioversion at 24 hours notice when the hospital had a cancellation. It took 2 shocks, this first 200 joules and then 300 joules, to get me back to normal sinus rhythm.
You may just be able to see the burn mark where the pad was stuck to my chest.
My grateful thanks to the staff in the Wycombe hospital cardiac day care unit.
Latest blog covering this story .... peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2022/08/heart-attack-to-10k-par...
Get that crazy rythmn (the low down on AFib) ... peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2021/12/part-4.html
A bit sore and drowsy but survived and back in NSR (normal sinus rythmn) for the time being at least!
Procedure was scheduled for 12.00, eventually went down 3.20 (after the electrophysiologist had to come looking for me - how's that for personal service?) and came around from the anaesthetic about 6.30 - back on the ward and just had some lunch and will be able to move around again from 10.00 (and so starts the 3 month blanking period)
Thank you to everyone who sent good luck messages. It does mean a lot to me.
I recently experienced an event of AF (Atrial Fibrillation, i.e. a rather serious kind of cardiac arrhythmia or disturbance in the rate of the heartbeat). Several tests for my heart’s condition are currently well underway.
I’m optimistic as I have so far survived, thank God. Yet, COLOR invaded my Photography and is now part of my own creative pictorial voice or style: Loud Color!
Apologies if some people find my recent photographs too loud for their taste, yet Life itself Is Loud! Please pray for me to get better…
Thank you 💙
On 9th Feb I set myself the target to run parkrun in under 35 minutes by my 250th parkrun.
My best ever parkrun time is 26:32 and around that time I was regularly finishing in 27-28 minutes.
Those heady days are long gone of which some is down to aging and my evolving heart condition developing persistent AFib (ablation Dec 2023, A/F free since Jan 2024) and then CI (exercise intolerance), but I was hoping some of it was also due to a lack of self-discipline and will-power that I might be able to improve upon.
Since setting the challenge I have achieved the following times:
• Run 228 – 36:37
• Run 229 – 36:43
• Run 230 – 37:11
• Run 231 – 36:41
• Run 232 – 37:07 (yesterday)
If nothing else I am proving very consistent but I am starting to think this is about as good as it can get and maybe the target is out of reach. I believe my problem is caused by CI (Chronotropic Incompetence).
When first diagnosed via a stress exercise test in June 2023 (61% of predicted age heart rate) it seem to align with the start of my poorer parkrun times but it is difficult to find out what it really means and what to expect, whether it is progressive or if I could work to improve the condition through exercise? Whenever I have asked healthcare professionals about it they seem fairly vague.
Does anyone know anything about this condition and whether I can expect to improve my performance levels?
My parkrun records - PB remains 26:32, post Covid PB 30:31, CI PB 35:40, AFib PB 36:45
Heart attack to 10K photo collection, nice to get a few more running pictures instead of hospital visits in this album ... www.flickr.com/photos/93491398@N06/albums/72157688356685841/
Latest blog in my heart attack to 10K series - Life changes ... peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2024/09/heart-attack-to-10k-par...
$5,000 'in the hole' for the deductible, but I've got color in my face, blood pumping, & my heart beating strong again.
Yaaaay. SO sweet.
Boy, do priorities sure straighten out.
.... ready for a test drive the new CardioSTAT at parkrun.
The latest fashion in portable 24 hour ECG techology
Get that crazy rythmn (the low down on AFib) ... peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2021/12/part-4.html
After a week of AFib I was taken to Stoke Mandeville hospital by ambulance as I moved into persistent AFib for the first time
Blog covering this story ... peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2022/08/heart-attack-to-10k-par...
DAY 54 (1280.5 hours); that is the most of May and the whole of June so far - the lack of exercise is becoming concerning.
I have ran a total of 28.22km since this AFib episode started, mainly on parkrun, in comparison for the same period last year I managed 181.27km (including two short AFib episodes!)
Waiting cardioversion and angiogram appointments.
Get that crazy rhythm (the low down on AFib) -
Photo taken by Douglas Gordon
Peter
Running with my turbo booster!
Run number 32, finishing time 30:35 - my 3rd best time
No white shirt as I was running topless with an ECG holter monitor to investigate a low heart rate and some irregular heart rhythms.
I even managed to make the weekly parkrun news report:
"It was terrific to have support again from Hughenden Valley Surgery, one of our parkrun Practices. Many people extol the virtues of parkrun and the improvements it has made to their mental and physical health. I know Peter Jemmett (269th, 30:35) has shared his story several times and continues his quest to achieve a sub-30min time (just 9 secs off his PB today) showing that if you follow a structured plan to fitness, with precautions appropriate to your condition, you really can achieve the desired results. I believe that Peter senses that every member of the parkrun community that works for the NHS follows him in, in the same way as the rescue services follow a stricken aeroplane down the runway as it comes into land - but we all know that isn't the case and it is great to see him running with increased confidence week-on-week. Maybe keep the shirt on, though? Haha."
Blog relating to this story: - peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-year-that-was-part-...
My running record, distance (in km) and frequency, from 2022 compared to last year due to worsening AFib issues. The red markers indicate each AFib episode, the current one is still ongoing and has now lasted over 1000 hours (previous worst was 96 hours Jan 2021).
Get that crazy rhythm (the low down on AFib) - peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2021/12/part-4.html
24 hour ECG holter monitor
My latest blog - ‘What I can, when I can’ blog …. peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2023/06/heart-attack-to-10k-par...
Photo taken by Douglas Gordon
Running with my turbo booster!
Run number 32, finishing time 30:35 - my 3rd best time
No white shirt as I was running topless with an ECG holter monitor to investigate a low heart rate and some irregular heart rhythms.
I even managed to make the weekly parkrun news report:
"It was terrific to have support again from Hughenden Valley Surgery, one of our parkrun Practices. Many people extol the virtues of parkrun and the improvements it has made to their mental and physical health. I know Peter Jemmett (269th, 30:35) has shared his story several times and continues his quest to achieve a sub-30min time (just 9 secs off his PB today) showing that if you follow a structured plan to fitness, with precautions appropriate to your condition, you really can achieve the desired results. I believe that Peter senses that every member of the parkrun community that works for the NHS follows him in, in the same way as the rescue services follow a stricken aeroplane down the runway as it comes into land - but we all know that isn't the case and it is great to see him running with increased confidence week-on-week. Maybe keep the shirt on, though? Haha."
Blog relating to this story: - peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-year-that-was-part-...
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Here's a screenshot of an article I have had published in the December, 2014 issue of EP Lab Digest. It involves a personal perspective of participating in endurance sports while in permanent atrial fibrillation. I guess I'm "tooting my own horn" here today.
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An electrophysiology team at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center implants the Watchman device into a patient.
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Photo taken by Paul Szefer
Running with my turbo booster!
Run number 32, finishing time 30:35 - my 3rd best time
No white shirt as I was running topless with an ECG holter monitor to investigate a low heart rate and some irregular heart rhythms.
I even managed to make the weekly parkrun news report:
"It was terrific to have support again from Hughenden Valley Surgery, one of our parkrun Practices. Many people extol the virtues of parkrun and the improvements it has made to their mental and physical health. I know Peter Jemmett (269th, 30:35) has shared his story several times and continues his quest to achieve a sub-30min time (just 9 secs off his PB today) showing that if you follow a structured plan to fitness, with precautions appropriate to your condition, you really can achieve the desired results. I believe that Peter senses that every member of the parkrun community that works for the NHS follows him in, in the same way as the rescue services follow a stricken aeroplane down the runway as it comes into land - but we all know that isn't the case and it is great to see him running with increased confidence week-on-week. Maybe keep the shirt on, though? Haha."
Blog relating to this story: - peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-year-that-was-part-...
I have now been free from AFib for 82 days, the longest period since I started recording my episodes back in June 2020.
But I still have no real idea if the AF ablation last Dec was succesful or not as I'm still on a low dose of Amiodarone (antiarrhythmic) which has proven very effective against AFib. I long to get off this drug which can have some nasty side effects and keeping my fingers crossed that the ablation has worked.
What is AFib? ..... peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2021/12/part-4.html
Photo taken by Paul Szefer
Running with my turbo booster!
Run number 32, finishing time 30:35 - my 3rd best time
No white shirt as I was running topless with an ECG holter monitor to investigate a low heart rate and some irregular heart rhythms.
I even managed to make the weekly parkrun news report:
"It was terrific to have support again from Hughenden Valley Surgery, one of our parkrun Practices. Many people extol the virtues of parkrun and the improvements it has made to their mental and physical health. I know Peter Jemmett (269th, 30:35) has shared his story several times and continues his quest to achieve a sub-30min time (just 9 secs off his PB today) showing that if you follow a structured plan to fitness, with precautions appropriate to your condition, you really can achieve the desired results. I believe that Peter senses that every member of the parkrun community that works for the NHS follows him in, in the same way as the rescue services follow a stricken aeroplane down the runway as it comes into land - but we all know that isn't the case and it is great to see him running with increased confidence week-on-week. Maybe keep the shirt on, though? Haha."
Blog relating to this story: - peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-year-that-was-part-...
The electrocardiogram represents the graphical recording of the potential variations
that arise during cardiac activity.
An electrocardiogram provides information about:
• Heart rate
• The origin of the impulse and its propagation (conduction) through the mass of the myocardium
• The size of the heart cavities
• Heart position
• Extension and localization of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
• The effects of changing the concentration of electrolytes on the properties of the myocardium
• The effects of some drugs on the activity of the heart
• Operation of an artificial pacemaker implanted in a patient
• Represents the "gold standard" for the diagnosis of arrhythmias
Learn More about Cardiology and atrial fibrillation:
QR Code on patient information card given to newly diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation patients. Visit StopAfib.org for more info on Atrial Fibrillation. Visit qrmedia.us/qr-codes-help-atrial-fibrillation-patients/ to learn more about the QR Code.
Un investigador del Campus de Gandia lidera un trabajo de más de dos años que reúne los últimos avances en análisis de señales para el diagnóstico y tratamiento de las arritmias auriculares.
Más información: goo.gl/wpHTAu
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Un investigador del Campus de Gandia lidera un treball de més de dos anys que reuneix els últims avanços en anàlisis de senyals per al diagnòstic i tractament de les arítmies auriculars.
Més informació: goo.gl/FQyzRp
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A researcher at Campus Gandia has been leading a project for over two years that applies the latest advances in signal analysis for the diagnosis and treatment of atrial arrhythmias.
More information: goo.gl/wpHTAu
Atrial fibrillation is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. #anatomy #physiotherapy_world #atrialfibrillation #physiology #heart #beat #difference #problems #physiotherapy_world #physiotherapy #physio #physicaltherapist #physiotherapist #physiotherapystudent #physiotherapyclinic #medical #medicine
The 1 Mission 1 Million overall mission is to help prevent as many as 1 million AF-related strokes through information campaigns. It is supported by over 40 third party organisations around the world and is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. The campaign is NON-US and NON-UK.
Here is a clip from the CardioVisual app giving a simple explanation for ventricular fibrillation.
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A trip to the dentist ended with an ambulance ride to check out my AFib amid the COVID-19 pandemic
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AFib puts patients at an increased risk for stroke because blood may not be properly pumped out of the heart, which may cause it to pool and form a clot.
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Atrial Fibrillation or AF involves an abnormality in the heart rhythm wherein the heart’s two atria (the upper chambers) beat irregularly, creating chaotic electrical heart signals, placing the two lower ventricles (the lower chambers) out of coordination as well. As the upper chambers or atria control the normal (sinus) heart rhythm, the body’s pulse becomes irregular.
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17 December 2008 - still struggling to get through "Death Decade", I go for my 9th (or is it my 10th? I've lost count) Cardioversion where I took these pix using the tiny cam on my laptop. Pulse on arrival: 155; on departure: 69. Many, many thanks to everybody at Mount Alvernia for putting up with me.
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