They said I'd need heart surgery.

How a health scare reminded me that sometimes your body knows what your mind needs. And that SQ (spiritual intelligence) is sometimes the answer.

Last week, I told my husband I’d been having heart palpitations almost continuously for the past 24 hours. 

You should get that checked, he said.

I’m young(ish), eat healthily and I exercise a lot. 

I’ll be fine, I thought.

But then I told my parents - by now, it had been happening day and night for three days - and they suggested going to the doctor.

This time, I listened.

I went to the medical centre and they did an ECG, which showed an irregular heartbeat. That didn’t surprise me, I knew this was happening.

A doctor wanted to see me, straight away.

She said she was pretty sure I have atrial fibrillation, judging by the ECG, and that I needed to start on blood thinners right away.

We’ll run it past cardiology, she said, but my feeling is that they’ll want to do surgery.

Wait, what? I’d gone from completely healthy with no on-going medical issues except low iron to possible heart surgery. In the space of five minutes.