Check-Up and a horrible 2 hours the night before.

[JohnEagel]

As promised, here the feedback from my last health check-up yesterday at Bumrungrad in Bangkok. EP was very satisfied and even my BP was perfect he stated.

However, the night before; I had not eaten anything at all during the day; I got really hungry and ordered close to midnight a Thom Ka Gai soup and a stir fried Szechuan Chicken with rice. Although I felt it was enough after I consumed half the portion, I downed the rest with 1L water ( stupid me). Suddenly the pressure in my guts started building up, pressuring upwards and I knew what was coming. 10 min later my heart rythm went hirwire. PVCs, PACs, rate jumping between 35 to 192 to 130 to 80. Almost classic AFIB but it felt different, no urge to go to the toilet every 5 minutes but somehow equally horrible than AFIB. I tried to remain calm, not to panic. Staying on the right side and after 2 hours.....it was gone from one moment to the next. All perfect NSR, like the calm after the storm.

Docs and my own conclusion, don't eat large portions and certainly not at midnight. Shed some serious weight, eat more green stuff and fruits. Cut salt and stay away from sweets.

Sounds like: Move to the Wat and become a monk!

But indeed, changing eating habbits is now priority No 1. Tough to resist the little voice in my brain that reminds me about the piece of Sacher Cake in the fridge but we will silence you with plenty of Asian greens, Asparagus, Beans, Beetroot, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts and Cabbage.

Wish all a great weekend ahead

J

[SpritzerAce]

Hi there ! Happy New Year! Glad that everything’s OK in the end. What you just described sounded like something that could have happened to me. Similar instances and symptoms. Yes I have to agree with you changing our diet is the No 1 priority. I stay off dairy, spicy food, sugar loaded anything (very difficult to do), oily stuff and anything with MSG. I have noticed vast improvement of AF episodes. For me daily is the No 1 culprit and oily food.

[NannyChickens]

Hi John. Google something called early rapid dumping syndrome. Sounds like that might be what you have experienced

D

[Barb1]

I have a friend who goes for AF check ups in Bangkok from Sri Lanka. To my horror he has never seen an EP. Could you recommend one?

[JohnEagel in reply to Barb1]

Well, if that is the case then your friend might just get lucky.

The EP that did my ablation, recently closed up his practice in Los Angeles and moved back to Bangkok. He is now teaching and practicing at the Bumrungrad hospital (private hospital). His name is Professor Koonlawee and he is together with Dr. Nadale among the leading EPs globally.

He did my ablation in 2017 with the new fascinating CardioInsight mapping system. They can do the mapping before they go in with the catheter.

I can only recommend the guy, he is awesome.

Cheers

J

[Barb1 in reply to JohnEagel]

Thanks so much