i'm in afed right now heart rate is141.

ate a aspirin.

9-1-1 sounds like a good idea.

i'll be ok heart rate coming down now, at least it wasn't 170+ like it has been before but it does suck waking up like that.

Sheesh, you know how to scare a guy.

yeah i hate this crap when it hits me, at least i was at home.

Roger you are a crazy SOB. Be hard to pop an aspirin and ride it out without scaring myself into worst.

Answered more than a few afib calls as an EMT back in the day... I trust you can read sign and understand what you are being told...

take care of yourself brother...

doing ok now heart rate came down, but it will be another night without much sleep.

Sleep apnea can cause increased heart rates- before it kills you.

Damn.

You ever get to the cardiologist, Roger?

I don’t think Roger has the heart strength to handle that 50 year old hottie that he’s been sniffing after...

Best for his heart health to let her go and live a quiet, Monk like existence. Pears 🍐 sent.

😎

You should get that taken care of Rog, If you get it taken care of you'll get more sleep too!

Just think, If ya die you'll never get pussy again........

I gotta ‘fess up, I’m like you Rog, I mostly ignore signals. People like us prob’ly worry about strange noises coming from our vehicles than we do ourselves.

Don't take offense in this but you're a pretty smart guy and that is pretty dumb. If I'd a done that I'd have been dead last February.

Is this an insurance thing or you hate co-pays enough to ignore signs that could kill you?

I hear you about small shît that is annoying, like a bad knee....But the heart or pissing blood would get me front and center with a doc.

Just saying.....😎

I have A-fib as well and had a heart rate that got up to the 140’s as well.

I take Warfarin to reduce the chance of blood clots and take metoprol which keeps the heart rate from racing.

Metoprol is mainly for high blood pressure which I don’t have but if I do have an episode now it barely gets into the 90’s.

In the evening when relaxing my resting heart rate is in the mid 50’s to low 60’s. Good luck.

Are you on any meds for that? You might want to be.

Thyroid can cause this. Usually too much hormone, but the same thing occurs with reduction in hormone. Could be Graves disease, that would cause hyper thyroid, and lack of sleep. Probably the first thing a doc would check with the symptoms.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graves%27_disease

https://www.thyroid.org/graves-disease/

For [bleep] sake Roger, do something about this!

Go to the damn heart doctor. Take care of yourself.

Roger take care of yourself my friend! I've been seeing a cardiologist for 3 years now and nobody has been able to explain my BP swings. Lots of changes in diet and meds but so far I've still not got it under control. Last Friday morning my BP was low as hell (86/55) with my pulse rate at 37, by 8PM it had spiked up to (162/101) with my pulse rate at 77. I feel like [bleep] when it's low and feel normal when it's high. I've had stress test, renal sonograms and a scan of the veins in my neck and all were negative or inconclusive. I'm taking Metropalol,Valsartan and Nifedipine I think its called but I'm still just chassing my tail. I see you in a few days buddy and we can compare notes.

My girlfriend has a-fib. She takes metroprolol and it controls it pretty well.
When that a fib kicks in and the pulse gets up to 140 she really feels badly.

Thank you for posting. Beat me to it.

Roger!!! EVEN I HAVE A CARDIOLOGIST NOW!!!

You prolly should go in and see one. Yes. I take a pill cocktail every morning now too!

I see mine again in April. Get yer azz in!!!

Sounds like you should call your optometrist.

LMAO 😆😎

You're flirtin with eternity, stx. Get thee to the doc!

The 'Fire would be boring without you, Roger. Please do what needs to be done today.

You body is not just telling you something. Its screaming at you. See a Dr.

handled her this past weekend

already consulted him and going fishing with my psychiatrist tomorrow.

What is your pickup line, "Hey baby, wanna come over to my batchelor pad, and pet my fox?"

Are you on blood thinners Roger?

Dehydration can cause tachycardia

This thread ain't about me so briefly; no and no, mostly its who has time for that?

No responses necessary.

Roger take care.

Birdy, only response I have for you.........................American goldfinches in the yard today. Small flock or RWBB the other day. Cranes are here in force now, swans too. Friend said he saw bluebirds, I'm expecting them at our place soon. Temps in the mid to high 60's lately, so the bugs are coming out.

Geno

take a aspirin everyday

I am hopefully coming to the uphill side of the worst health year of my life , two hospital stays numerous procedures a few pills I will have to take for a long time and one major surgery. All because I was forced to take action about the warning flags waving at me. Pretty much have to start acting my age and slow down quite a bit.....Heed the signs fellas....

my biggest problem is the stress from dealing with my old lady, when i get away and spend time with one of my girlfriends i relax. just going to have to sell the house and leave her in the not to far future, our kids are grown now.

Need to get that fixed. It'll cause a stroke.

One little pill a day will fix it.

Taking one little pill a day beats the hell out of having a stroke.

stress is bad for business....

From the John Wayne movie McClintock!

Drago : Drago: That divorce business. Is that whatcha get when you paya woman not to live with ya?
George Washington McLintock : G.W.: That's about it.

Drago: Some women I know'd be worth it.

Wish you the best.

Not to be a dick.....but i think all women are stressful.

What appears mellow over there may or may not be.

This thread needs a joint or two.

I bet that would take the edge off Roger.

At least a blunt.

This.

i would smoke a joint but i have never really cared for weed. hell i might try it. like i said Satan/my old lady is what stresses me when i'm home, for 28 yrs i've had to put up with her kids in my house, right now there is the 40 yr old twecker and the38 yr old his girl friend there kids all in my house. i called a realtor, i bought this house before we were married. but i will be fair and give her something when i do sell it.

I won't let my own kids live with me. Much less someone else's, who ought to be on their own, in their own house.

our kids together have been living on their own since high school, she gets mad when i tell her if wasn't me she would have never had any kids with a brain.

You Dad going with you Roger?

yes he will always be with me, i'd die for that old man.

Fugging A!!!!

I remember you said your wife was good to your dad.

Might still be time though. Be good for both you and your dad.

I would go Marcellus from pulp fiction on their azz,s

Gawd dammm....


Send them fugga,s packing dude.

Go see a doc.....

she is, just a cold bitch with me, but she is 9 yrs older.

There's more than one reason I like you but that right there is a big one.

Get yourself looked at don't make the old man bury you.

wish it was that easy

as it i can have my cake and eat it to.

Well, Roger's not a azzwhole.

really he's all i have left. first thing i do every morning is make sure he's awake i dread the day he's not. lol sometimes he will try to sleep late and i wake him up because I'm concerned.

It must be interesting to still have your dad. Mine's been gone since '86.

We didn't get along worth a damn. In fact, he's the major reason I left home at age 19.

But I never got to know him as a "peer". There was so much tension between us by the time I packed up and left that we didn't even talk.

I'd like to be able to talk with him now,...as the old man I am now. He died when he was about my age.

He led an interesting life.

I'd like to sit and talk with him,....old man to old man,...and listen to what he had to say about it all.

i put a shotgun to my dads head when i was 16 and told him he would never lay a hand on me again or i'd kill him. things improved after that, he knew i wasn't a f-cking kid anymore.

I have an abdominal aneurysm the size of a watermelon. Rather than seek professional medical advice, I thought I'd jump on 24HCF for your sage guidance.

Don't be a pussy go do some heavy weight lifting.

I agree....Let’ er Buck 😎

Sorry to hear that. Was it because he rode your case all the time or what, if you dont mind. Mine was good and bad. The great manipulator. Have a good time hunting or fishing but then not satisfied with whatever I did and comparing me to bigger, tougher, smarter, harder working,...

He was a tough, big, strong hard working asswhole though. I was often on the verge of death as a kid from severe asthma and not supposed to survive back in those day. If I was well, he would take me to the oilfields with the windows rolled up while smoking camels.

By Gods grace I survived and later sis and I figured out he was trying to toughen my lungs up- or cut medical Bill's and collect life ins.

Years later he was always saying you cant eat the horns as he was covering as he never killed big deer like I did.

We had some good times, and some not so good. It wasnt exactly said but I wasnt as big and tough as my younger brother and I wasnt a real man because I didnt really work, being a dr and not working in the oilfield, or as smart as my sisters.

Funny, once though we were nunting in the woods and I heard him shoot down in the palmetto/switchcain bottom. I made my way over and found him frantically looking for blood as dark fell. After we searched a while to no avail, he looked at me dejectedly and looked down at his hands spread two feet apart like he was holding the missed bucks huge rack, grinned sheepishly and then said, gottdayom I wanted to get these talley whacker grabbers on those horns.

The camels killed him at 76. Yep, I miss and curse and pray for him. Dayom allergies.

"See your doctor and make sure your heart is healthy enough for sex."

It was because the old man saw a lot of combat when he was little more than a kid.

I've known some others that did, also.

They've got a vibe that I've learned to recognize.

They can be tough to be around,....especially if they're your old man.

But they earned it, I guess.

Rog,
For the love of God, quit f-ing around and go to cardiologist! I told my father to go find out was causing his chest pains and he gave me a line of BS about it being indigestion and heartburn. That was on a Thursday and the next Tuesday evening he had a massive heart attack and died. He had plans to lessen his stress also...but he died before he was able to act on those plans. Go to the Dr. my friend!

went about three weeks ago, heart is fine just get afib once in awhile.

Roger I’ve got a form of tachycardia. Had it most of my adult life. The type I have is hereditary in my family on my Mom’s side. My grandmother lived to be 99 with it. Mine would get from 140 to 180 before they controlled it with medications. I take metoprolol. It keeps my heart rate at around 75 bpm. May be something as simple as that. But it’s worth getting checked out. Sure hope you get to feeling better buddy! Take care of yourself !

My wife has a fib & has been hospitalized for it once to regulate it. I remembered to ask her tonight what she took for it. She said eloquis & fleconade & she also has a cpap for her apnea.

She asked me why I was asking. I told her there was a guy on the Campfire that had some high heart rates from aphib. He seems like a really good guy , but might be bullheaded like ------, (a friend) & wont go to the Dr.

She said; "he needs to get some pills or shut the [bleep] up about it, I take mine, it's a pain but it ain't that hard to do. What's his deal?"

Her words Rog. but she does OK with the meds. They're better than some.

I think I heard eating sheepherder specials ups the heart rate. Might want to cut down on those fur burgers at the Y. They used to give me hard attacks.

Thats good.

ok i plan on going to the dr for my psa it shot up.

I'm 66 & told my doc that maybe I should quit coffee. He said you won't hear me saying that, we'll fix you another way.

I haven't committed to stop drinking beer, but he hasn't asked me too, & think he could find a way around that too. A man set in his ways & an understanding Dr. can come to an agreement.

Mine? he shows me pics of the grouse he's shot.

My son........13 in a month........has SVT. His last episode was at school. He was taching 215 BPM. Cardio doc sez if he were older, he'd not survive it. They have meds for it......or an ablation. It seems to be a rather routine fix.

Have it addressed, brother.

buddy of mine had the same issues 4 or 5 years ago.. in his early 60s...

a pacemaker was needed to solve the problem...

he just had to go and get the batteries updated not long ago....

NONE of us want to lose you Roger.....

but we can afford to lose PaDDler instead....

Not sure what PSA is but glad you're going in. Tell them everything.


I'm on high BP pills but my heart rate is ALWAYS around 110 or so. I mention that to the doc's and they all kind of shrug it off like it's no big deal.

OH!

And don't discredit that sleep apnea thing!


It could change your life to get a c-pap.







Of course, the insurance company might wonder why you went to a tarp company to get a mask made that will cover your mustache but F 'em!

Hayzeus christie Roger.

All I had to do with mine was make two fists and tell him he had his last free shots the last time he whacked me..............Never again.

Eventually it turned out I was the one he'd talk too..............maybe because we had an "understanding".

Good luck with the Afib and PSA dude,

Geno

Had a little a fib for years. Too stupid to know what it was. Finally rate went up and would not come down. Wound up in the hospital. Meds would bring it down but as soon as they were stopped it would speed right back up. Doc had to stop my heart and restart it.
The real danger is clots in the heart chambers. If the clots make it to the lungs or brain, you are in real trouble. I now take Eliquis to prevent the clots. Hasbeen

I had some issue with BP meds last year.My heart rate was running higher than normal for me.My normal is between 60-70 resting or light activity.The med my Dr switched me to had me at around a 100 for the same.I'd lay down in bed and I could feel my heart pounding and my head throbbing..Hard to get any rest when your heart feels like it's working.That is close to what my normal rate would be mowing my yard.Mowing the yard it would go up in the 120's and my BP would drop to the point I felt like I was going to pass out.The Dr tried to tell me that was normal.I ended up firing that Dr,switched to another Dr and he put me back on the meds I was on for 8yr prior to the Dr I fired put me on.Now everything is back to normal.You know your body better than the Dr's do.If they can't help you get right,they either need to send you to a Dr that can or you fire them a try to find a better Dr.It's your life they are screwing with.