Today I retire. Yayyyyy!
A quote from my lovely, but unsubtle husband ;
"Such a shame that you've worked so hard for so long and now aren't going to get much time to enjoy what's left of your life"
I know! As the old saying goes, if I'd killed him I would be out by now. 😀
Have a happy retirement 😀.
Thanks Hidden . I have a second job which I'm keeping, and am involved in quite a few other things so will still be just as busy as I'm assuming that the work will expand to fill the available time.
Can I ask how do you put a link to my username in the post?
Cheers
Hidden , just write @ and then the name. As you type the name suggestions will appear, just click on the one you want. Very occasionally it doesn't work though!
You will now be so busy you will not know when you found time to go to work. Enjoy.
Hello Bob haven't been on here for quite a while, I have been in hospital having an hysterectomy, lots of talk between Gynae person and cardiologist re AF and pacemaker, but all went well. I now seem to have gone into persistent AF but it seems quite strange , I don't get episodes now, but I know is sounds silly but I wonder why being in persistent should I worry, spoke with dr said have no need to take beta blocker only keep taking my anti coagulant? By the way is Beancounter still on here? Thanks for listening to mr, and hope that you and all AFs are ok Sann
Yes he's still around.
Strange though it may seem persistent or permanent AF is (I am told) less stressful for the person as the violent changes don't happen. Provided that your rate is reasonable (and your PM no doubt controls that) everything is rosy.
Bob. I saw sann 's comments and decided not to go into further details. Now best to.
I don't think that it is rosy being in persistent AF for many. Yes some are quite unaffected. We may not get the extreme ups and downs as frequently but we still do get them, and it has happened to me a number of times and has caused me to be blue lighted twice in a year. There are also other side effects that kick in and last time the heart valve consultant said that with persistent AF like I have circulation is typically reduced by 30% and can be up to 50%. Obviously some in persistent have 0% to say 10% or 20%.
Even Ian at the last London meet said that he finds he gets more tired now which is quite normal for those in persistent AF.
Aw go on - clock him one! I took early retirement with some trepidation 14 years ago and have loved every second of it. Don't know how I found time to work . . .
Enjoy your retirement P0rtnahapp1e
Thanks Finvola. I would have retired years ago too if I could have found someone to take over my business, but it was imperative that I got out in the past few months as I went from being extremely fit, (walking up to eight miles a day), to being too breathless to complete a full sentence to customers.
There's so much I want to do while I have the energy.
Having attended a pension seminar only this week it can be a very sobering thought that if like me you have just turned 60... You will be lucky/fortunate to enjoy 20 years of quality retirement..people if you can afford to retire then do not hesitate...and enjoy
I first noticed my afib when I was 55. I retired at 60 . I am now 72 and I have had open heart surgery for valve repair and an ablation to sort out Attrial Flutter. Irregular heartbeat comes and goes. I enjoy life and travel widely, go walking 3 times a week out in the green stuff (about 5-7 miles each walk), dancing three times a week and Intend doing so as long as I can.
I recently realised that i don't digest milk too well (along with 15% of the population) so I changed the type of milk (added enzymes) I drink and a lot of my digestive problems vanished overnight. My lifestyle has changed - I now have a fitbit and use it to monitor my activity - inaction creeps up on you and your fitness slowly leaches away without any signs or symptoms
3 months after Ablation for A Flutter
Apixaban and Ablation
order of play changed
Af back again after 19 months
It feels like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders…
