About two weeks ago, right before my UCLA cardiologist appointment, I had an episode of arterial fibrillation. It ended up going away after about a day and since then, I’ve had very short cases of fast heartbeat, most lasting a few hours. However, this latest episode started this Monday afternoon, and hasn’t stopped since.
When the heart rate is high, or when my heart skips beats, the Fitbit tracker has problems picking up the right pulse rate. Usually, the plot is a straight but slightly squiggly line but the above shows random fluctuations between 60 and 130 bpm.
I went in to my cardiologist’s office for an EKG yesterday and the doctor said it definitely looks like a-fib. She asked me to double up on my Metoprolol pill but so far, it has no effect. The other option is cardioversion, either through medication or electro-shock. For some reason, she thought I had this done before but it’s all new to me. I have a 3:00 pm Zoom call; let’s hope we can restore my heart rate with medication.
Life with chronic diseases 
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