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Connecting the dots uncovers thyroid problem
It was during the Super Bowl in 2004 that I first noticed my heart racing. Usually it beats in keeping with the second hand on the clock, one beat a second. Now I was almost at two beats a second, a heart rate of 120 beats per minute -- while at rest.
My lifelong favorite team, the New England Patriots, scored a winning field goal with nine seconds left, and Janet Jackson had her costume malfunction. They could have had something to do with my heart beating so rapidly! Read More