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Was Fine & Then I Wasn't

I had my yearly physical in Dec '13 and everything was fine.  All of a sudden in Feb '14 my legs were swollen and I couldn't walk across the room without panting.  Went to the doctor in March and they discovered I was in AFib and needed a heart valve repair done right away.  While this was going on we discovered the cause of my AFib was Graves'.  I have been on Methimazole since. 

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