If you happen to be an avid Facebook follower of mine, this might be old news. However, a couple of blog posts back I left you with the announcement that I’d be having a heart procedure to fix my Atrial Fibrillation. I’ll spare you the details. After zapping and freezer-burning excess electrical circuits inside my heart, my Atria now look and feel as completely normal as I remember them 13 years ago!
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You can tell from the image on the left that before the procedure I was an ENTJ, Ideational, Strategic, Learner. Just kidding – ablation did nothing to my personality profiles (hopefully). Actually this is a before and after image mapping the electrical flutter in the left atrium of my heart. Evidently purple is bad? Red in the blood vessels absolutely bad! We want chill-gray pulmonary veins. Nice work, Doctor Mahoney!
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. In the two weeks since the procedure I’ve been feeling terrific. Two very brief episodes of arrhythmia (lasting minutes not days). A 1.5 mile long walk every day. No workouts yet, but I’m itching to get back on the Nordic Track! Sleeping well at night. Definitely more energy during the day. I go in for a follow-up on Dec 23rd. Doctor and I are both hoping for the decision to take me off the medicines I’ve been on since being diagnosed with this 13 years ago!
Thank you so much for all the prayers. Feeling so grateful to not be in a crisis over the procedure and for an effective recovery. Grateful for my family who waited patiently through both trips to the hospital and for friends who stopped by. Thankful for the incredible medical technology that enabled a surgeon to spend 3 hours inside my heart operating through a blood vessel in my leg!
More posts coming this week on ministry support and a training conference coming this weekend. Please keep those response forms coming! It’s been encouraging hearing from you.
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