INTRO

My name is Andi. I live with a heart condition called AVNRT (AV Node Re-entrant Tachycardia). We are not sure how long I've truly had this, but my family believes I was born with it even though I was barely diagnosed in 2011.


So I will start with a quick intro, I've never written a blog so I apologize ahead of time if it sounds weird, I think it's weird to talk about myself HAHA!

I had a few fainting episodes growing up which seemed random, but now in retrospect, I had the same exact feeling and warning signs/symptoms as my most recent syncope episode which led to a series of events leading to a diagnosis. I know now that they were all caused by tachycardia and not dehydration like previously believed.

I had a cardiac cryoablation on November 19th, 2011 at Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, a branch of Stanford Univ. Hospital that considered the AVNRT "cured" (a cessation of declined quality of life). I was 19.

Now I am age 22, going on 23.

I am one of the few 2% that regressed after the ablation, and now have had to resume cardiac care.

I'm here to share my story.

I started a bucket list in 2008 and one of the items needing to be checked off of my list is to create my own blog. So here goes nothing!

Friday, March 28, 2014

Rock Bottom

Finally getting a break from life to sit and write a blog.

I have been so extremely overwhelmed that I haven't had the energy to keep up with this.

I put my roller derby on a hold until my medications are leveled out.
I'm losing my blood pressure quite often.
My sense of concentrartion has decline dramatically...
...and it's affecting my job
My meds are making my body physically depressed, in turn making me mentally depressed.
I'm tired all of the time.
My pregnant twin sister and my brother in law are moving in to help ME out (I feel guilty)
I'm getting another dog in order to keep my other one busy since I'm having a hard time playing with him by myself.

I've just spiraled down so quickly that I can't even keep my head on straight
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