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Welcome back. I hope treatment will keep you with us for a while.

I felt sorry for myself briefly in 2014. After returning from several long trips to Japan my ejection fraction dropped to 25% from the normal 50% and I developed afib. I stopped exercising and while not working, I sat around and moped. One day I went into the garage to empty a small bag of trash into the large can. I dropped the small can because my arthritic thumbs hurt too much. I lifted the can up , threw it, and cried for a while, wondering if I was seeing my demise. I quickly decided that I would go back to leading a normal life and get my walks and weight lifting in. I figured if I died I’d at least be living right up to my collapse. I’ve had ups and downs since then. Right now things are stable and I’m grateful for that. I hope you guys are S lucky as I’ve been.

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What through me off more than anything, was the early onset part, I was mid 40’s being told I had a disease that normally doesn’t show up until retirement age or older… So, I will have to deal with it for 20+ years longer than what is normal, as it will not kill me, but I will die with it… That was just a hard pill to swallow…

Crazy part is both my parents had cancer, and dad (rip) also had heart disease… So, I have even more fun stuff, possibly, to look forward too… :crazy_face: