I'm Baaaaaack......

deb_ge

Hi, everyone, this is Deb from Thailand...you know, 'fat and fifty and swimming like crazy'

I fell behind on all the posting round about mid Dec....our busiest time of year on this mission field. We had 2 back to back medical out reaches in Novemeber followed by 2 back to back teams of young Malaysians who came to Thailand to share their Christian faith. ( they were darling and a joy to work with. We did and English camp, a sports day and a huge Christmas party/outreach for the neighborhood. On the day they left, I jumped into the pool and banged out a mile, but within 20 minutes of finishing my heart went into arrythmyia (sp) and my poor distraught hubby had to race me to the hospital. ( this is after I drove myself home from the pool, praying nonstop) In the hospital they discovered my heart beat was 180/minute and would not come down...stayed that way for about 4 hours until they injected me with something that brought it down from 180 to 60 in 6 seconds. Felt a little like falling off the Empire State Building. YIKES. The doctor was very impressed that at 180 beats a minute 1) my blood pressure was normal 120/80. 2) that during the entire incident I could talk, ( In Thai, ) walk, and even hop up on the examining table without any trouble or needing any help. He was truly amazed and when I told him of my weekly workout, he laughed and declared that I was stronger them him! Ha. ( The security guards at my son's interenational school, all ex Thai special forces, are in awe of me... they also say that I am stronger than them when they see me dive and and swim that mile. hee hee

Anyway, I was diagnosed with AVNRT--it is an electrical problem having to do with a circuit which goes'on' from time to time. He has me on meds and has said I can continue to exercise, but to be sensitive to my body's signals. Hmmmm.

Anyway I have finally, after about a 10 day rest, resumed my routines and am loving it. Also, thankfully, though I have not dropped any more weight, I also did not gain through the holidays. I remain at 24 pounds down and about 100 to go.

I am so glad to be on these boards. You guys are the greatest and I get so much enjoyment out of reading all your posts even when I am not posting myself.

Love ya~ Deb:blushing:

deb_ge

Hi, everyone, this is Deb from Thailand...you know, 'fat and fifty and swimming like crazy'

I fell behind on all the posting round about mid Dec....our busiest time of year on this mission field. We had 2 back to back medical out reaches in Novemeber followed by 2 back to back teams of young Malaysians who came to Thailand to share their Christian faith. ( they were darling and a joy to work with. We did and English camp, a sports day and a huge Christmas party/outreach for the neighborhood. On the day they left, I jumped into the pool and banged out a mile, but within 20 minutes of finishing my heart went into arrythmyia (sp) and my poor distraught hubby had to race me to the hospital. ( this is after I drove myself home from the pool, praying nonstop) In the hospital they discovered my heart beat was 180/minute and would not come down...stayed that way for about 4 hours until they injected me with something that brought it down from 180 to 60 in 6 seconds. Felt a little like falling off the Empire State Building. YIKES. The doctor was very impressed that at 180 beats a minute 1) my blood pressure was normal 120/80. 2) that during the entire incident I could talk, ( In Thai, ) walk, and even hop up on the examining table without any trouble or needing any help. He was truly amazed and when I told him of my weekly workout, he laughed and declared that I was stronger them him! Ha. ( The security guards at my son's interenational school, all ex Thai special forces, are in awe of me... they also say that I am stronger than them when they see me dive and and swim that mile. hee hee

Anyway, I was diagnosed with AVNRT--it is an electrical problem having to do with a circuit which goes'on' from time to time. He has me on meds and has said I can continue to exercise, but to be sensitive to my body's signals. Hmmmm.

Anyway I have finally, after about a 10 day rest, resumed my routines and am loving it. Also, thankfully, though I have not dropped any more weight, I also did not gain through the holidays. I remain at 24 pounds down and about 100 to go.

I am so glad to be on these boards. You guys are the greatest and I get so much enjoyment out of reading all your posts even when I am not posting myself.

Love ya~ Deb:blushing:

icandoit

WOW..I am glad to hear you are ok. Welcome back and good luck to you:flowerforyou:

dhayes

Welcome back :flowerforyou:

Eve23

Glad to see you back.

Happy New Year!!!

It is so good to see your happy face on the boards again.

PattyH

Hi there!

I'm new to this (less than 1 week) so I can't say welcome back, but I can say Hi!

I'm glad that everything turned out ok with your heart, the good Lord was with you! :flowerforyou:

Patty