Flags ~ 5th Avenue - New York, New York • click to embiggenI'm out of the hospital - as of 4:30PM Sunday - and starting to feel somewhat human again. And, while in the future when I'm feeling feverish, achy, and vomiting I am apt to say I am coming down with bad case of Jimmi Nuffin, what I am currently calling the flu is now close to gone.

It was the flu, which seems to have been the cause of all the heart stuff, that was causing me to feel like crap. I couldn't eat. I couldn't sleep. The only thing I could do was sit around and puke. So consequently, I was somewhat dehydrated and weak as a church mouse. All of which, the doctors believe, was what caused the AFib episodes.

Re: the AFib episodes - I have lived quite comfortably and quite normally while in AFib (on meds). It causes me absolutely no physical discomfort and restricts my physical activity very little. The cardioversion procedure - shock the heart to stop it, re-shock it to restart it - is very low risk and, assuming your cardiologist is in the building, can take as little as a 2.5/3 hours, check in to check out. After the procedure, there is no recuperation or convalescence needed or required - either your heart is in sinus rhythm or it's not.

So, other than laying about, eating, taking my meds, and regaining the strength lost from a bad case of Jimmi Nuffin, it's pretty much back to life as usual.

All of that said, I want express my thanks for all of the well wishes and words of encouragement / support. I really do appreciate it.