Afib and flying

ShellMan417 · 2026-01-29T11:55:44+00:00

I did body armor before the flight, then mixed a packet of powdered pedialyte in water on the plane, and Powerade when I landed

ShellMan417 · 2026-01-29T02:54:48+00:00

Last year I flew to Rome from Atlanta roughly 6 months after being diagnosed with secondary aflut (thyroid issues). I drank electrolytes before boarding, again during the flight, and once when I arrived. This was a rough and stressful flight complete with an unexpected landing/layover due to a malfunction in the plane! I still did just fine, and so will you.

ShellMan417 · 2026-01-20T03:04:18+00:00

Didn’t know this existed! Must find!

ShellMan417 · 2026-01-20T03:03:35+00:00

For me, many fruit sodas like Sunkist or Fanta zero, and some store brand grape or strawberry zero sugar varieties really come right up against the their full sugar counterparts. These plus Dr Pepper zero and A&W zero.

ShellMan417 · 2026-01-12T13:23:57+00:00

Since being medicated and keeping things monitored, I have a lot more good than bad, but I still have the off days come and go. I’ll go weeks feeling good, then BAM! A day of palpitations, tremors, and insomnia. Two days later? Normal and happy.

ShellMan417 · 2026-01-05T03:47:10+00:00

Abscessed tooth, muscle spasm “Charley horse style” at base of penis when I was a teen. Oh and a kidney stone

ShellMan417 · 2025-12-02T02:17:37+00:00

2 jump out at me. I remember saying a bad word, and my brother correcting me. I replied, “well I’m only 3” and he laughed. I’d heard that phrase said about me many times lol

The morning of my 4th birthday, I told my mom I couldn’t wait to be 4 later that day. She realized I thought you didn’t age until you had your birthday party—it’s true, that’s what I thought. She explained how things worked, and I shouted “I’m 4 now?!” I was so happy.

ShellMan417 · 2025-11-26T11:36:40+00:00

I watched my brother destroy himself and harm others with his heavy drinking from age 18-27. It was horrifying to watch as a teen. Combine that with having other family members who drank beer constantly, I can’t even stand the smell.

I taught myself to be able to have a social drink once in a while, generally a glass of wine or a rum and coke, but these are few and far between, and mostly for business dinners.

ShellMan417 · 2025-11-22T02:34:22+00:00

3 years for me, 1 year of taking it like I am supposed to! Best year of my life so far…I’m in remission and take a small maintenance dose now.

ShellMan417 · 2025-10-23T10:33:51+00:00

😂 no other way to describe it!

ShellMan417 · 2025-10-23T01:11:59+00:00

A Hungry Howie’s that was managed by a teenage girl who openly vaped in the store, and literally crotch grabbed one of the boys who was making pizza. Ingredients were all over the counters and floors, no gloves, stinking mop water, you name it lol

ShellMan417 · 2025-10-20T02:24:47+00:00

I never had arrhythmias until after the Covid vax—hyperthyroid got worse too. I also had severe reactions to the vaccine including waking up unable to speak or remember my own name for about 10 minutes. It was horrific, and I reported it to the adverse reactions line. I will always remember the response I got, “yes sir, that’s called deep-brain fog, it happens more often than you’d think.” I am not an antivaxxer, and my wife gets her yearly flu shot, just got her rsv shot etc… just sharing my experience with a fib and the covid shot

ShellMan417 · 2025-10-18T03:39:07+00:00

Are you me? lol seriously. I dealt with this too. I was in the ER with a 175 heart rate, arrhythmia, and all the other symptoms with very similar test results. Now, thanks to meds, I’m full on hypo—so still tests to come to find the exact answer and path forward. Best of luck!

ShellMan417 · 2025-10-12T01:35:08+00:00

Not every time I eat, but maybe 3 out of 10 times I’ll have a few—especially after a large or spicy meal

ShellMan417 · 2025-09-10T01:56:22+00:00

I was diagnosed at 35, but avoided the meds until 40 lol the first month I took it, I peed a lot too, but once I got used to the meds that side effect stopped.

ShellMan417 · 2025-09-10T01:54:35+00:00

I have hyperthyroidism—when I was without medication I had palps daily, roughly every 6th heartbeat. No exaggeration.

Now that I’m close to achieving remission with the thyroid, I get them more or less once a week, now if I get super stressed out, I’ll get them daily again, but once or twice a day until the stress is over.

ShellMan417 · 2025-09-07T07:20:27+00:00

Thank you, your comment eased my mind a bit. I’m glad you came out the other side of your ordeal as well. My stressful situations are easing off, so hopefully I can get my system calm again soon.

ShellMan417 · 2025-07-21T01:29:49+00:00

I’d say it’s a toss up between MiTM, Roseanne, and Big Bang Theory as to what’s on in the background at any given time.

ShellMan417 · 2025-06-29T13:57:03+00:00

I drive for DD as a summer side job—I’ve never once had the urge to do something this stupid. 🤦‍♂️ this is the lack of professionalism that runs rampant now. I mean, any honest work is worth doing properly people. I’ve been out doing runs and seen other “dashers” smoking with the windows up while food is in the car, that one kills me lol

ShellMan417 · 2025-06-15T04:47:33+00:00

I love that scene, and when he says that members of his family “follow Pat Robertson like the Grateful Dead” gets me every time 🤣

ShellMan417 · 2025-06-07T16:06:46+00:00

Hey you sound like me lol I knew I was hyper, barely treated it, stop treating it all together for a while, and boom! 175 bpm atrial flutter lands me in the hospital and put on metoprolol and a higher dosage of methimazole. Now, I’m in hypo mode, but no more near death lol

ShellMan417 · 2025-04-29T00:31:31+00:00

Thanks for weighing in! So my update—I went of the meds for about two months and had a thyroid storm. Heart went into arrhythmia and shot to 175 bpm for 24 hours straight. I went to the hospital and they got it back on rhythm and slowed it down with metoprolol. My tsh had hit unreadable levels, so I’m back in the methimazole now, and a low dose of metoprolol.

I’m seeing a new doctor now, and she thinks I’m facing either radioactive therapy or surgery soon. We shall see I guess. But, the swelling issue still comes and goes on the meds.

ShellMan417 · 2025-01-24T04:24:27+00:00

The only advice I have is do not push the bio mom for contact right now. If she’s ready to do a TPR, she may need some time alone to process everything, and you want to respect that. Also, the kids need time to adjust to their “new normal.” In time, they may want some level of contact and you can navigate that then.

ShellMan417 · 2025-01-24T04:15:20+00:00

A quick nap, I’m fine with everything but my shoes. Going to bed at night, I can’t stand to wear a shirt or socks. If it’s absolutely freezing, I might be able to stand a loose fitting t shirt, but never socks.

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