As a physician one is used to getting compliments from patients when things go according to plan.
A few weeks ago, I was floored and humbled by a unique compliment I received from Dave Remington (posted with his permission). He told me “the best thing that happened to me is that my ablation did not work!”. He took the lifestyle advise I gave him to heart and has improved his overall health in addition to significantly reducing his arrhythmia burden.
It taught me that we need to continue imparting lifestyle advise to our patients even though often it seems like some of them are not listening. THEY ARE LISTENING! AND LIFESTYLE TRUMPS TECHNOLOGY in most cases!
Here is his story, in his own words: