Holiday in Florida

[johnMiosh]

I have just had a two week holiday in Florida, with another family; four adults and three teenagers in one villa. This was not my idea, but my partner chose for her 50th, so pretty non-negotiable. The focus was on theme parks, which meant the holiday was to be based around a hot and humid atmosphere, high fat food, alcoholic temptations and attractions that all advertised their unsuitability for those with heart issues.

I was cautious, but prepared to join in and try the rides (as opposed to waiting in the sunshine while the rest of them queued). This was not a major problem; I don’t find rides scary and they do not raise my heart rate.

I was generally well behaved, not too much running about, keeping well hydrated, wearing a hat and covering myself liberally with factor 50. I was also trying alcohol; not too much, just one or two bottles in the evening

I took my Kardia and was doing daily tests. I was quite pleased to find that the holiday was having no effect. One day however, this was not the case, I had lots of ectopics and a diagnosis of “Possible AF” (I don’t think it was AF, I just think the sheer number of ectopics confused the software). The only difference in what I had done on this day was caffeine. I had a large coffee at lunch with a free refill. Later we visited Starbucks and I had a medium cappuccino. One of the kids came out with two frozen drinks; they had made one for her with several shots of espresso. She had pointed out that this was wrong, they made her a new coffee-free one and allowed her to keep the mistake. She passed it to me and it was so refreshing that I drank three-quarters of it. My cardiologist had told me a year previously that coffee was not a trigger and that I could drink it with no problem. This particular day, I discovered that this was not true. It took me two coffee-free days to recover fully.

I am now back in the UK and completely back to normal, except that my resting Heart rate is five beats above what it was before the holiday.

[meadfoot]

Done well glad things are good for you.

[johnMiosh in reply to meadfoot]

Thanks Meadfoot. Things are good, but I'm still wary of doing something to adversely affect my recovery. I have the October support group meeting in my diary, and will attend if not sent somewhere by work on that day.

[Kaz747]

I’ve had issues with icy cold drinks and gelato so it may have been that rather than the coffee - just a thought

[johnMiosh in reply to Kaz747]

Possible. but it was very hot and I drank several slushy type drinks during the holiday. I will put it down to holiday heart.

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coffee is without doubt a trigger.

I fooled myself in to believing otherwise, one cup was ok, two i would get ectopics, 3 and things get crazy!

[Aprilbday]

Hey John, You might want to save some of those nine lives!

🤪

[Nugger]

Cardiologist told me not to even drink decaf !