June, thank you SO MUCH for telling me all this. My cardiologist says this is not atrial fibrillation. I am with you...I dont want to take any medication unless absolutely necessary. I know I have high cholesterol because unfortunately that runs in my family...my brother and sister both have it and when they were put on statin drugs to lower the cholesterol it made them both deathly ill (their doctors tried all different kinds too). My brother started taking fish oil and Red Yeast Rice caps and his cholesterol went way down! (We are all very careful of what we eat, so it's not diet). So I think I'll do that too before I get my blood tests done. I trust my cardiologist; she's a pretty level headed person and saw me and my husband through his HORRENDOUS heart problems. It's funny that she also mentioned thyroid...one of the blood tests is for that...
Again, thank you so much and I hope everything goes well with you too. I'm sorry that you had to have such trauma and stress in your life...I really believe that a "broken heart" is a physical thing as well as emotional.
Please keep me informed on how things are going with you and I'll try to keep you posted on what goes with me. Best, Annie
