My HR is steady and at a reasonable level for me - fluctuating between 60-90
I don’t have to dodge bullets and bombs
I have a lovely home, good friends and wonderful family
I’m going out for lunch which I will enjoy - I have access to good nutrition
I have access to health service where I can chose whether or not to take treatment
I give grateful appreciation for these wonderful gifts
What are you grateful for this morning?
I’m grateful for the fact my husband got through cataract surgery and isn’t so anxious about his other eye being done next month. X
Glad to hear it went well for him Sassy. My mum has been thrilled with the results of her surgery now she’s had both eyes done. I wish your husband well for his next eye op. I’m sure he’ll be equally pleased with the results.
oh gosh, I understand that so well. I kept putting it off. Finally scheduled it. Asked eye dr about sedation, he said “you don’t seem like a worrier, you’ll be fine” I laughed and said “you come at my eye with a knife and I’ll be screaming, I want ALL the meds”. lol! It was all a piece of cake, so amazing! Glad your husband is no longer stressed.
Thank you and I’m pleased you were ok too. Xx❤️
My husband has just had the same, 2 weeks on and great vision and not nervous about the other one now but the drops are a pain.
Good news for your husband too but oh those drops! My life revolves around them at the moment and once these have finished the next eye will have been done so off we go again! Xxx
A great family, good food, reasonable health, a warm and dry house, an index linked pension and a wonderful view from my window. (even if it is hissing down out there right now.) The wild birds on my feeders and Squidge the squirrel storing peanuts for winter. Oh and a full log shed.
A caring husband, lovely grandchildren, dear understanding friends. Two lovely homes here and in the beautiful south. Good medics here and in central London who give me support and peace as well as a good local GP.
A lifetime of being loved by my parents and extended family those who have passed especially. A good career and good health until heart played up. The list could go on.
I live in a beautiful cottage in the country, my dog is doing well after major surgery, I don’t have to worry about money but my health is crap and the NHS don’t care or help me and since my husband died I’m on my own, sad and lonely so not much to be joyful about really but hey ho 🫤
Good news about your dog. Sorry about your health, I’m afraid NHS isn’t always what we would hope for and so variable region to region. I mostly had good care in Devon, I’ve not had to test it here in Sussex thankfully apart from UTI when I got immediate & appropriate care.
oh congratulations🥳🎈
1. I'm alive, happy and reasonably well.
2. I can do what I want, when I want - no restrictions.
3. I'm warm, well fed and have a roof over my head.
4. I have peace in my life.
5. My family and close friends are all well and happy.
6. I live in a beautiful fishing town and there are so many different walks from my home.
MY GOODNESS I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR MY BLESSINGS
I'm alive! I could think of lots to grumble about but the pluses outnumber the minuses....I stay positive.
Focus on the positives as much as possible does support our health and well-being. 😘
What a lovely idea to start such a post, CD.
Since going through a particularly rough patch a while back, I started to list the things I was grateful for each day as an addition to the food diary I’ve been keeping since my AF started. It is amazing what a difference it has made to me and equally amazing how many things I just take for granted! At the moment a purring cat on my lap acting like a mobile hot water bottle and the rest of my pot of decaf coffee steaming gently next to me are going on my list😊
Many congratulations to you and your family, Espeegee.
I am grateful for the opportunity to set up a new business online (succeed or fail) and being well enough to put in 16 hours a day (as a start up). I am grateful for having a warm fire and a fridge full of food when so many people around the world are staving and cold. I am grateful for just being alive when a friend died from cancer around 12 months ago in her 50s. I am grateful for experiences gained during travel and resuming again next year (hopefully). I am grateful for having heath care to help with afib and to the NHS. I am grateful for being able to make small improvements every day in my life to get to where I want to be. I am grateful to be alive. I am grateful for having the best mother ever who bought me up on her own (even though she is no longer with us). I am grateful for overcoming some of my demons and having the mind set to do this. I am grateful to have challenges ahead to overcome and the personal growth that will come from this.
“Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift."
Paul
So agree.
That’s a great quote PB thank you for sharing it. Good luck to you in your new business venture, TC
Meant to say - very best wishes for your new enterprise - I so admire your resilience.
I am grateful that the elections are near and that the Satan ists have so poor perspective for positive results. It is much more important for the whole of the planet, than my grandchildren or anything else. It is a question of life or death... for all of us...
Come on Nesko, this post is about telling us some positive things about your life that you're grateful for. Don't play the grim reaper. Let's hear about things in your life that that give you pleasure and you're grateful for. Do you live outside, have enough food, are you cold, does anything make you smile.
Jean
No, Jeannie, no other thoughts in my mind... Look how the Ucrainian people suffer, being pushed agains Russians, despite they are almost the same people. Since 2014, they have been prepared for it, inflating their hatrid against Russia and Russians. Now, a thusand of them die a day, fighting for ... All right, no politics needed here, but I so deeply suffer because of both sides.
We are aware that there is a lot to moan about in the world and the situation between the Ukraine and Russia is heart-breaking. We're just having a little break from misery and CDeamer started this post asking what we are grateful for in our lives today. In other words what makes your life good. It's meant to be a happy post, not a miserable one. Come on play the game nicely just for once. You must surely be grateful for some of the things you have in life.
Some time ago, my son who is 40, said: "I am 40, but I feel like being 20!". I answered in a whisper: "Don't tell anyone - I am 70, but I also feel like being 20, lol!" And it is true - apart from nightly mild bouts of AF, I am completely sound and capable to work hard. So grateful for it, not only this morning....
Great reply.
Thank you... Having in mind that many people at this forum have multiple health problems, maybe I should not have written it... But maybe good to know, that people sometimes can remain healthy for long, and feel good, despite the age... Like with the cars - good craftsmenship, with good maintenance, give long service life, lol!
Nicely put!
Thank you!
I had in mind that without “brick walls”, life would be very poor, whereas without mockery, it would be great deal better. 😉
I enjoy your posts.
Steve
Thanks so much! I love all the people of the world, and especially the people of this forum. I have tryed all I can, to get away, but addiction is too strong... I am afraid, you will have to shoot me down, lol...
You sound a lovely and open person. You might not know of his work but a famous American thinker and writer from the 19C called Walt Whitman wrote often of his love of all the world’s people. I especially like this from him:
“O Me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish;
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle ever renew’d;
Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here—that life exists, and identity; That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.
Steve
Your replying to a brick wall Jean.
I’m grateful for a cooked breakfast, listening to the archers, browsing properties and planning a move not sure where to exactly, probably Devon any suggestions folks, and enjoy your Sunday
I’m contemplating a move to Tiverton in Devon or thereabouts, I’m currently in a somerset which is equally as nice 😊
yes we’ve look briefly on the Devon, Somerset boarder as love exmoor, also spent time near blackdown hills, last exploration was around Instow. For us it more about community and lifestyle than a specific location. Although it would be lovely to be within about 30 minutes of the coast, after always living in landlocked Leicestershire. Hopefully get my surgery in Sheffield soon then can seriously start to look.
Yes I would now like to be in a community with some nice neighbours, where I am there’s nothing, no shop, pub or community space, which was fine when my husband and children were here but I’m very much on my own now, there’s about 25 houses spread out in the hamlet but everyone keeps to themselves so I rarely see any neighbours. But moving is such a big step to take and the decision isn’t easy.
Good luck with your surgery and house search, I’m off to check out Rightmove !
I live in Somerset, have a hankering to live in Yorkshire where my forebears come from but being realistic, I am moving from a big house and garden where I hardly see anybody unless I make the effort to go out by bus or taxi, to a flat overlooking a river where there is a care system and social activities on site if I care to join in, cafes, shops, church and health centre in easy walking distance plus pretty walks on the flat to exercise my creaky joints. Can you guess I can’t wait?
A friend has moved to a new retirement village in Sherborne and I almost bought a house on the same complex but someone beat me to it, the remaining properties aren’t suitable so I either wait until one comes up for resale or look elsewhere. It’s hard accepting that we have to think and plan for a future where we will need help but that’s life 🫤
We both feel that moving into the village has been the best move we could possibly have made to future proof our ability to remain independent for as long as possible. We love our lives here now. About 10.30 we will amble around the woodland walk, visit the allotments and greenhouse to water and feed my lemon tree before my Tai Chi class in the gym - followed by coffee and chat in the Bistro. All of the delights without the hard toil of maintenance which I was finding overwhelming.
After lockdowns there was a noticeable decline in my husband’s cognitive ability. Now he is back into his music and our leader in the singing group.
My friend who’s moved to the retirement village doesn’t make use of any of the facilities which is such a waste as so much on offer with the Bistro, clubs and activities, she’s more or less a recluse now and only 68 !
At 300 years old my cottage is very high maintenance so to be free of that worry would be so good and to know people are around should I need anything would be such a change from where I am now but I’ll have to wait until a house comes up for resale which could be a while 🫤
Sounds fantastic we live in a village now with a lovely community,in fact if we could pick it up and move it that would be perfect. just need an adventure, we’ve both lived in Leicestershire all our lives, our children have moved away Luton and central London, so no family holding us here. I’m more enthusiastic then my husband but he’s a bit of a procrastinator and risk adverse, plus still wants to work but not so hard, he was up at 5 am for the drive into London be back about 8:00pm then Manchester tomorrow. Meanwhile I’m off to the food bank to do a shift packing. Have a lovely day all.
North Devon is lovely but your journey starts an hour after you leave home.
Congratulations to all 👍🌹
grateful or lots of things,main one being on the right side of the grass.
I'm grateful that my 11 year old granddaughter has survived her bone marrow transplant & is doing well.
She was diagnosed in February with Very Severe Aplastic Anaemia & had her stem cell transplant in August.
It has been an extremely traumatic time to say the least & so far I've only had 1 episode of the dreaded AF thank goodness.
God bless all doners for giving the Gift Of Life.
My family are eternally grateful 🙏
What a lot your granddaughter had to endure and so pleased she is doing well. Puts my moans about AF into perspective. So in awe for those who donate as it is a painful process.
heartfelt best wishes to you and your brave granddaughter. God bless x
I guess I am greatful for my therapist and psychiatrist who are doing there best to help me get through tough times as time and opportunities pass me by .I have been waiting forever for any help here in shit show Canada and lost my job due to my health . I am grateful for my mom trying to keep me going and I am hopeful our new Alberta premier tears apart our Health Care System and get rid of the corruption and wait times, that I would be very greatful for !
Great post.
Im grateful that despite a horrendous year post ablation that I’m still here and that my family haven’t completely abandoned me 😆 I’m grateful that my two beautiful kids, despite their miserable dad and all his health issues just keep on trucking 😂 and I’m grateful to my lovely mrs who despite me being about as much use as a chocolate teapot this past year, holds it all together and stops everything falling to pieces.
Nice thought. Thank you! The sunshine in our lounge at this time of year - such a pleasure! Our hens, who always have a calming effect. My higher sense of well being these days and all I've learned in the last 3 years, which I was discussing with my other half over lunch.
Great post idea CDreamer…I’m grateful to have lovely family and friends, food and warmth and a roof over my head. Also, to have an ‘escape’ from worries and anxieties by enjoying art and craft in my own little craft room, which is just for me, it brings me a lot of joy and a little bit of daily therapy 😊
I'm grateful for most of the things you cite and also for the lovely warm sunny day - yet another day I have been able to work in my garden . Above all that my daughter gave birth on Weds to a lovely boy. She had some difficulties in her pregnancy so I was worried. But all went well - well she said it was the most horrific experience of her life but I understand that mothers forget about the nasty bits of giving birth so they can have more children. As she is adopted I have no personal experience !
Big congratulations to you and your daughter Auriculaire 😊
Thank you.
Many congratulations to you and your family, Auriculaire. Pleased to hear all turned out well despite you’re concerns. It must have been a worrying few months for you x
Thank you. I think I was more worried than she was!
Big congrats to you and your daughter - so much to look forward to with new grandchild. Enjoy. I enjoyed my baby grandchildren so much, as my Daughter in law said - you can now have all fun and undo all the parenting now no longer your responsibility for. My only granddaughter is spoiled rotten, unfortunately she know it so anything she can’t get from Mum & Dad - who is first in line…….
Thank you. Living in different countries will mean I won't see as much of him as I did his mother when she was little. She is actually my husband's granddaughter and my step granddaughter. Her own mum died in 2007 and I had always wanted a daughter and she wanted to have a mother again . So I adopted her though the adoption is only legal here in France. The baby is both grandchild and step great grandchild .At least these days with technology you can bridge the distance better.
I live near the mountains in Western Canada. In Calgary. I’m grateful I have my son and family 5 min away, and my daughter and families further away but they are a great emotional support thanks to FaceTime technology I don’t feel they are that far away.
My Afib comes and goes but I have no symptoms about 20% of the time now. My cardiologist suggested I get that Kardia device and I’m grateful for it and this new Cardiologist as well. He agreed with me that my low blood pressure is brought on by my endocrine system. I have been taking 5 Mg of DHEA daily and it has helped a lot overal. It is not covered by our senior health plan and I have to have it made up at a compounding pharmacy but grateful to my GP that she is writing the prescriptions for it. That’s the only way you can get it in Canada. Possibly order it on line from the US but then you might not get it to pass through customs.
I’m lucky I have a nice little apartment and a good car to get around the city cause it’s really spread out but I’m close to several buss stops and I take the bus occasionally especially in winter when we’ve had a big dump of snow. We’ve already had snow a couple of weeks ago but then it got warmer again and it melted. But more snow is on the way in a few days. Daytime highs will only be -14 degrees. But we had a beautiful lovely fall.
Yes many things to be grateful for
All of you be well and take life one day at a time. Cheers from Canada
Good advice and greetings to you in Canada.
Grateful to have woken up this morning! 😀 sunshine, a lovely day, loving husband, roof over my head, heat on a cold day. Food, access to good medical care, a quiet home in the countryside, no wars on my doorstep. So much to be grateful for every day, despite the heartaches that are also part of everyone’s life and the worries about the world at large.
Wow, what colors! Nature is a miracle! In Universe, there surely are many inhabitable planets. I wonder, if any of them can have such beautiful nature as ours...
Gosh, I’ve mentally gone through all the things I have which so many don’t have or all the suffering many people world wide are enduring lately. It has made me feel quite humble. I have food, warmth, roof over my head, money in the bank, friends etc. I moan about my health at times but some of it is age related. I’m just not ready to accept that that’s me now when the head says I’m still 35! Afib is behaving and I’ve just had my 5 years cancer free (breast) date. A Londoner by birth I live in a lovely West Yorkshire village which is very community minded and I have great neighbours. We have a cottage hospital for minor things and a health centre in the same grounds who are very good. I have hobbies which may make me a few pennies when I attend my first Christmas craft market in 2 weeks!its more about enjoying crafting though. I’m off out for coffee (and cake 🤫) later this morning and some retail therapy. How lucky and fortunate am I. ❤️xxx
That's great to hear CDreamer. I am grateful for too many things to list but up there in my Top 5 diarised highlights of the day, most days, is my part-time voluntary role which also keeps my mind off AF. Thanks for posting & enjoy that lunch!!
grateful for my family and friends who are always there if I need them! Everything else is a bonus
Funnily enough, I was having these thoughts yesterday. I was thinking how lucky I am to have done the things I have done. I am from a working class background and have worked very hard throughout my life. I have also played hard hence the heart issues!
I have flown Concorde, been on safari, fallen in love, had a beautiful daughter, made lots of wonderful friends, overcome three different types of cancer. I have also rescued 2 dogs 🐕 that have bought me joy.
In 3 weeks time I get to fulfill one of my bucket list dreams to see England v South Africa at rugby 🏉. And next year I hope to be going on a steam train 🚂 trip around the UK.
Life is tough some days but not as tough as a lot of people have it and for that I am eternally grateful 🙏
Pretty well grateful for the things you, Bob, Jean and others are grateful for - thank you for such a positive post 
Nice post!
I'm eternally grateful for my loving wife, our son, his lovely Romanian wife and our four-year-old grandson; and that we and they are not poor or lonely.
Steve
Waking up without a headache as I had a week of them recently and feeling well enough to go and make marmalade. Yay.☺️🍊🍊🍊
I woke up this morning so that's a bonus lol
l am grateful to God, the creator of the universe, for all the blessings he gives to us daily, many of which can be taken for granted. For sending his Son Jesus Christ to redeem us from sin and ,in so believing in him ,we have eternal life. We have so much to thank him for.
Thank you for your contribution. I know many people turn toward a faith to support them through adversity and this has been demonstrated to help many with chronic conditions, I don't share your faith but respect it and glad you find it helpful for you.
I’m grateful to wake after a wonderful night’s sleep, for the sunshine pouring into my conservatory, for the love and support of my son who lives with me and has been the pillar of strength in what has been a very difficult 6 months. I acknowledge and am thankful that my parenting skills have brought him to this place and I’m grateful to have broken the ancestral curse of stress and shouting being the way to parent children. I’m grateful that BISOPROLOL has reduced my heart rate to the point that my atria have returned to normal size and my heart function has also returned to normal. So many things to be grateful for. Life is good 👍🏼
Sounds as though you have broken a very destructive family pattern which many will resonate with I am sure. Well done.
Always grateful to wake up to enjoy another day, and to be part of a family who love, support and care about each other, as I do them. Thank you CDreamer for getting me to think of the positives as I was feeling a bit grumpy this morning.
hi there, I’m grateful that after 9 days of being in and out of AF it has just settled down. I’m grateful that besides my AF I am generally quite healthy. I’m grateful that I have food to put on my plate. I’m grateful that I have a marvelous daughter and son and three beautiful dogs. Even though they haven’t had a walk for three days. God Bless them and everyone else. Xx🤣❤️❤️
Waking up today is my first blessing,,,what I do next is on me! I hope I have the wisdom to choose to make it a good day,,,a positive day,,,sharing with my loving hubby,,remembering to be kind in my thoughts and deedsto others,,,,I pray God spares me pain and upset although there are no guarantees here,,,I have had 75 years so far,,,solidly good for the most part,,,may there be more ahead,,,,yes, I am thankful!
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I'm grateful for life.
I take my meds according to direction.
I'm so glad that the hospital checked further than the carotid arteries and found the Papillary undiagnosed thyroid cancer.
It had spread down 2 of the 12 lymph nodes removed on right lobe.
The AF, Stroke and this discovery made me appreciate looking forward to a life all be it different.
I was respected for decisions which they considered others would follow but not me. I had the best surgeon again.
I had Johnson & Johnson ugly mesh removed back in March this year with finally a controlled H/R under 100. Thanx to a priv Heart specialist who introduced CCB Calcium Channel Blocker to my meds.
Struggling with the aftermath of 2 mouth fillings and 1 tooth already inflamed, I know I can discuss whether to introduce antibiotics with chemist as Dentist closed or now Dentist and my dr.
Off to see Orthopaedic Surgeon about my 4 tears today.
No we don't have bridges falling, girls stolen. woman killed for dressing different, young men conscripted, crowds out of control, bombs and gunfire.
But we do have nippers breaking in and stealing our vehicles (mine Feb 2022), shop ram raids, killings and COVID.
Where is the Unity, Care, Equality, Empathy, Rquality of our World. Peace would ne good.
JOY. 73. (NZ)
Where is the Unity, Care, Equality, Empathy, Rquality of our World. Peace would be good.
Most of us would echo that sentiment.
Thank goodness they found the cancer and you received such prompt treatment, much to be thankful for so keep that in focus or as a good friend of mine often reminds me - don't sweat the small stuff.
To be absolutely honest, I am more than grateful to wake up every morning, whatever the day may bring 😊.
I take your point and totally agree with you. It' s good to count our blessings. I would add to that list having fantastic forums like this one which enable you to interact with other people experiencing the same health issues/concerns as yourself and getting support, advice and encouragement free of charge. Just knowing there are many others 'out there' going through the same things as you is comforting in itself.
I live in Melbourne Australia, it’s spring, all the trees are covered in blossom, it’s the Melbourne Cup today so there’s a festive atmosphere. Aussies like nothing better than a good horse race. I’m grateful for good friends and family. And, there’s nothing better than listening to music when when you feel down or when AF rears it’s ugly head.
I’m grateful that my husband (and myself) are finally getting over COVID… for a job to do every day…for the awesome warm weather we’ve been having .. and for my grandchildren who are visiting this coming weekend.
For my knowledgeable friends on this website…
And the fact that my heart rate has been relatively stable …
In a perverse kind of way I am grateful to have finally had Covid despite the fact that it wasn’t very nice and left me with a hacking cough which coupled with some broken ribs , was agony. However, I survived! Also I had no AF despite a high temperature for quite a few days, so that is something to be hugely grateful for. Having avoided covid for the last few years, it was hanging over my husband and myself like the sword of Damacles 😝 😬
Grateful to be alive.
Double dose of Apixaban this morning 
Useful tips requested
Digoxin as alternative to beta blockers?
