AFib
I’m Thankful for my General Practitioner: Jonathan’s Story
In January 2025, I collapsed at A&E (the emergency department in the UK) with chest pain and a racing heart (tachycardia.) I have a history of arrhythmias and spent three days in the hospital for tests, and was put on medication for arrhythmia before being discharged. I was due to have a follow-up and was…
I Had to Figure Everything Out on My Own: Sue’s Story
In the spring of 2018, I began having severe shortness of breath. I’m an asthmatic and was using a rescue inhaler constantly, but it didn’t help much. After about six weeks of complaining to my healthcare providers, they did a chest x-ray that was normal. Two weeks later, I was back in the office with…
I Was Misdiagnosed as Having a Heart Attack: Julie’s Story
In November of 2022, I was driving home from work when out of nowhere, my heart started hammering and went out of rhythm. I made it home and told my partner that I wasn’t okay and needed to go to the ER immediately. We got as far as the local urgent care where I told…
My AFib Journey: Melissa Duncan’s Story
My name is Melissa, I am 41 years old, a wife, mother of three adult children, and grandma to three handsome boys. I have lived in Ohio my whole life. Fast forward to August 3, 2013, a day that will forever be embedded in my memory. That day started like any other Saturday. I woke…
AFib is Always Top of Mind: Kay’s Story
I was recently asked to present to a professional group of thought leaders about my experiences with atrial fibrillation (AFib). In preparing for that presentation, I put a lot of thought into how I might tell this story and in wondering about how I should start my story, and I realized that I was thinking…
Debbe’s Prescription for Adherence: Patient Empowerment
It was mid-March in 2009, and spring was just a few days away. The weather was inviting, but Debbe McCall didn’t take her daily walk that morning. She woke up that day to her heart racing. A quick check with her blood pressure cuff showed that her pulse was 121 beats per minute, and her…
DVTs Can Occur After Surgery: Tim’s Story
My name is Tim Allen and I am 59 years old. I “busted” my foot playing soccer in college and needed surgery to repair it about 35 years ago when I was in the Air Force. However, it got worse recently, and I dislocated my toes whenever I ran. Unfortunately, I developed DVTs in my…
