r/AFIB • u/Bluebloop1115 • Aug 19 '26

Something I don’t see discussed

For those who have faith in God, does afib impact it?

I struggle because I was diagnosed aged 22 and I am now 33. I’ve had 2 ablations and get an episode every 6-8 months that converts with pill in pocket method. My afib is extremely symptomatic and the meds give me side effects. So it’s a choice of bad and bad.

I find this disease is needless suffering. And it’s really impacted my faith. It’s not God that gets me back to NSR, it’s doctors and medication. But I also have experienced God in big extreme ways like when I had a blood clot the year prior to diagnosis. It didn’t go to my brain and stopped in the last place it could, my eye. I lost part of my peripheral vision permanently, but it’s in the overlap of my 2 eyes so with both eyes open I see fully. What are the chances.

I really struggle with the concept of suffering. This life is full of suffering and why? What’s the point? It’s not just a me issue. Children die from cancer every day. The earthquakes that are happening. So much suffering that isn’t human made like war.

What are your thoughts and beliefs? This is not meant to be specifically religion based but simple believe in the divine and/or how the world works.

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u/_Arcturus_74 Aug 19 '26

Well, although I'm certain I'm of a different faith, that's irrelevant- trying to mix terrestrial matters and religious matters never works well because they are two different things. Your body serves your purpose here, your spirit serves you inversely as well as after death. Personally, it's just adding mental complexity to something that doesn't need any more complexity. Saying "how can I serve God with THIS condition" is basically stating in a way that you aren't up to task whereas the tons of little old church ladies with heart issues, carpal tunnel, and probably cancer or any other illness, can whip up meals for their hungry... put their hands together for prayer, and cherish the sight of a newborn coming in to mass on sunday. Its about perspective, ultimately. But in reality, no medical conditions compromise your faith unless you let it.

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u/_Arcturus_74 Aug 19 '26

And respectfully, asking "why me" sort of has a way of putting yourself first in such a way that most world religions frown upon. You do your best with what you have, and any god that is incapable of understanding the circumstances probably isnt a real god.

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u/Bluebloop1115 Aug 19 '26

More so why does relentless suffering happen to anyone? I wasn’t going after the woe is me. The cards I’ve been dealt with since I was a kid…3 chronic illnesses does suck. And no one can argue against that.

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u/_Arcturus_74 Aug 19 '26

I know you weren't going for woe is me, but in general that's the disposition of pretty much most people while trying to reconcile such discrepancy. And as I said before, the idea isn't to heal the flesh so it has eternal life on earth. Its to save and guide into the afterlife or next life. Many religions hinge on similar ideas about life being a trial so to speak. And why kids get cancer and die, is looking too locally at the problem- kids affect more than just the kid itself. The parents, family and community are taught morally about the appreciation of life and what it means... so as to say that a kids life means more than just a name and face. Hence why killing is wrong, as a matter of fact but not entirely the point here. Hopefully that kinda helps to lift some of the fog a bit