At every dialysis session, the nurse usually listens to my lungs and heart. One of the fears for dialysis patients is not clearing enough fluid, which can build up in the lungs causing pneumonia. When she listened this morning, she said my heart beat was irregular. Ugh, words I did not want to hear. With so many health issues, once you think you treated something, you want it to go away. I listed to my fistula and I can hear the skipped beat. Crap.
Since they successfully stuck needles in my arm today, I could not listen through my fistula. I just checked now (9:00 pm) and everything sounds fine. Fitbit said heart rate is 62 bpm. Hopefully it was very temporary and my heart fixed the rhythm by itself.
Life with chronic diseases 