my sweet autumn clematis August was a most unusual month around here: an earthquake, a hurricane, power outages, my heart slipping back into A-Fib, a few days in the hospital, my heart slipping back i… more →
Cul-de-sac Chronicleswrote 6 days ago: This is me. Every. Single. Day. Drive. Work. Study. Work. Meeting. Work. Class. Work. Drive. Study. … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Marla’s been sidelined (hospitalized) by a wonky heartbeat. Ticker not in tune with the remova … more →
wrote 2 months ago: PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — On this edition of Medical Frontiers, Dr. Pifer is joined by West Penn Sys … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I recently shared this picture on my Facebook account page with the following quoted words: “It has … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I recently wrote about one of the worst nights of my life. It was after having Ablation done on my h … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Photo Credit Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images This article is from Live Strong. Atrial fibrillation, o … more →
wrote 7 months ago: I know, I know….. it’s been a LONG time since my last post. Truly, I have no excuses … more →
wrote 9 months ago: People ask me how I’m feeling, mindful I have a heart problem. I feel healthier and luckier, largely … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Dr. Maciej Malinski is on the medical staff at Sherman Hospital. He has been kind enough to answer s … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I went into NYC for an ICD interrogation (Fancy term for reading my defibrillator), a simple procedu … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Three years ago, my heart got scrappy with me. It wanted to beat when it wanted. It protested when I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: TROY — Beaumont Health System’s renowned heart program has opened a second clinic to treat atr … more →
wrote 1 year ago: My life has definitely had some unexpected twist and turns and from August of 2010 to present day ha … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Today I had oral surgery. I am the biggest baby when it comes to needles and incisions that invade m … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Atrial fibrillation does not need to be your “destiny.” AF is an irregular heart rhythm … more →
wrote 2 years ago: In the past few weeks, three medications have been linked to increased risk of fractures in older ad … more →
wrote 2 years ago: As I alluded to in my previous post I spent a week in Rapid City and the surrounding area as part of … more →
wrote 2 years ago: After all of that research on A-Fib may have gone to waste. We got the stress test results back on … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Atrial Fibrillation. What is it? It’s a type of arrhythmia of the heart. In other words, there’s … more →