My Options for Getting My Heart Under Control.

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I saw my heart specialist yesterday -- the one my cardiologist refers to as the electrician. Her specialty is heart rhythms. She thinks I'm a good candidate for Catheter Ablation. This is a non-invasive procedure that involves putting narrow flexible wires into one of my blood vessels through a groin and getting them into the heart. The doctor uses a fluoroscope so see what she's doing. Electrodes on the tips of these wires map out my heart to find the location of the "short circuit" in my heart. Once it is found the doctor cauterizes the tissue to destroy it. I would be partially sedated during the procedure, but then I would have to remain still for four to six hours afterwards before I could go home and then I would have to remain as still as possible the next day. Even though I really liked the doctor, I'd like to avoid this if possible. I would like to explore some other possibilities that don't involve surgery before making a decision. One of these involves pressure points. I've already tried most of the other means of stopping the palpitations. After we left the doctor's office, we stopped to shop at Costco. It was raining. My husband was driving his car. As we were trying to unload our cart after shopping, one of the boxes got stuck -- it was really too big to fit where they had placed it. As we struggled to get it out, one of us on each end, it kept jamming on the top of the cart. My husband made a final push and heard something in his shoulder snap. Someone passing by us helped me get the box into the car so we could go home. I insisted we go home, unload the frozen food, and have something to eat before we went to our local ER. I honestly didn't think it would do much good. But Hubby was worried because of the snap. So we went. It was as I expected. The doctor there didn't see anything broken or easy to treat there. He told my husband to see his primary doctor to get a referral back to the orthopedic specialist. We were out of there in an hour and finally got home and out of the rain. I finished getting the rest of our purchases out of the car this morning after a temporary lull in the rain. I've had my share of medical stuff this week. I have passed two of our hospitals to get to medical offices and then we were in the hospital ER last night. I would really like to stay away from medical offices and hospitals for a while. I think our three days of rain is finally over. I hope the medical stuff is also over for a week or so. I need to work on getting taxes done. Is life interfering with what you are hoping to get done?