AF and Inherited CHD from father

[Muffin55]

I am new on this site, but hope to make friends and support too.

I have been having treatments for Atrial Fibrillation, currently on beta blockers and at present wearing a heart monitor for next 7 days.

I have been advised that I may have inherited my fathers Coronary Heart Disease, bummer, I would have preferred to inherit his good looks !

how do I deal with this?

[Chappychap]

"how do I deal with this?"

You live your life differently, and better, than your father lived his life. Otherwise there's every chance you'll have a similar outcome.

The NHS and the British Heart Foundation are clear about what constitutes a heart healthy lifestyle, and it's well worth reading the many excellent leaflets that the BHF publish. Essentially you need to,

-quit smoking (and ultimately quit vaping or using nicotine patches too, as nicotine itself probably exacerbates heart disease)

-drink in moderation or less

-eat a Mediterranean style diet, excluding processed and packaged foods as far as possible, and cutting right back on sugar and highly processed carbs

-complete at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise per week (this excludes the warm up and cool down periods)

-maintain a healthy Body Mass Index, even more importantly ensure your waist measurement is less than half your height

There are others, but these are the key ones.

[ChicagoGirl1961]

That was great advice from Chappychap, but also worth considering is a whole food plant based diet.

[not2worry]

Much has been done in terms of medical research and treatments for CHD and AF that your Father was not able to benefit from during his lifetime.

Welcome to this group of CHD survivors! Yes we share or ups and downs but we are here living our lives, enjoying the fact that we have identified our disease and have been able to conquer many of the outcomes CHD had in store for us.

We all have been given a Second Chance. Many like you know you have CHD but baby of us were taken by surprise by an unexpected trip to the ER.