Your healthcare team will give you detailed instructions before your cardioversion. You’ll need to make plans to have someone come with you to drive you home.

Ask your provider how you should take your blood thinners/anticoagulants, such as warfarin (Coumadin® or Jantoven®), and your diabetes medications or insulin on the day of your cardioversion. Unless your provider tells you otherwise, take all other regular medications as scheduled.

Eat a normal meal the evening before your procedure. DO NOT eat, drink or chew anything after midnight before your procedure.

Be careful not to swallow any water when you brush your teeth. You’ll want to keep it simple on the day of your procedure.

Don’t take these medications without talking with your provider first. You’ll lie on a bed, and your provider will start an intravenous (IV) line in your arm or hand.

They’ll put electrocardiogram (EKG) patches and adhesive cardioversion pads on your chest, and possibly your back. If there’s hair in the way, they’ll shave it.

Your provider will numb your throat and put a thin tube with a transducer into it. The transducer creates pictures of your heart to check for blood clots that could come loose during the procedure.

You’ll get medication through your IV to make you fall asleep during the procedure. While you’re asleep, your provider will use the cardioverter machine (defibrillator) to quickly deliver specific amounts of energy to your heart through the cardioversion pads.

It may take several shocks to get your rhythm back to normal, but it won’t be painful as you’ll be asleep. During your cardioversion procedure, your provider will monitor your oxygen level, heart rhythm and blood pressure.

The procedure itself lasts only a few minutes. However, you should plan to spend about four to six hours total to allow time for procedure preparation and your recovery.

You’ll be drowsy from the medication your provider gave you during the procedure. Your chest may be tender for a few days.

Once you’re fully awake, your healthcare provider will talk to you about your procedure results and your plan of care. Be sure to ask your provider if you should keep taking the same medications you took before the procedure.

When you move to the recovery area, you can have something to eat and drink, and your family can visit. You may have an EKG before you go home.

Your provider will tell you which over-the-counter medications you can take for pain relief if needed. Let them know about any symptoms that are severe or last a long time.

You will likely go home the day of the procedure. No.

You won’t be able to drive for 24 hours after the procedure.

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The song reached No. 1 on the R&B chart and No.

It became an RIAA Gold record.

To date, only four other artists have achieved this feat: Marvin Gaye in 1983, Madonna in 1996, Drake in 2013, and Taylor Swift in 2015. Aretha’s version of the song was ranked by Billboard as the No.

Miki Howard recorded the song for her 1989 self-titled album. Her version was an R&B hit in 1990 when it peaked at No.

Mark Romanek directed the video for Howard’s rendition.

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A doctor or nurse puts the IUD in through your vagina and into your uterus. Some people feel cramps or pain, but it doesn’t last long and medicine can help.

Your information is private and anonymous. First, your nurse or doctor will ask you some questions about your medical history.

You may be offered medicine to help open and/or numb your cervix before the IUD is put in.

The process usually takes less than five minutes. IUDs can be put in at any point in your menstrual cycle, and you can usually get one put in right after giving birth or having an abortion.

The pain can be worse for some, but luckily it only lasts for a minute or two. Some doctors tell you to take pain medicine before you get the IUD to help prevent cramps.

Some people feel dizzy during or right after the IUD is put in, and there’s a small chance of fainting. You might want to ask someone to come with you to the appointment so you don’t have to drive or go home alone, and to give yourself some time to relax afterward.

There can be some cramping and backaches, so plan on chilling at home after your appointment — it’s a great excuse to curl up on the couch with your favorite book or movie. Heating pads and over-the-counter pain meds can help ease cramps too.

Hormonal IUDs eventually make periods lighter and less crampy, and you might stop getting a period at all. On the flip side, copper IUDs may make periods heavier and cramps worse.

If your IUD is causing you pain, discomfort, or side effects you don’t like, call your doctor. Once you get the IUD, a string about 1 or 2 inches long will come out of your cervix and into the top of your vagina.

The string is there so a nurse or doctor can remove the IUD later. You can feel the string by putting your fingers in your vagina and reaching up toward your cervix.

There’s a very small chance that your IUD could slip out of place. It can happen any time, but it’s more common during the first 3 months.

Check your pads, tampons, or cups to see if it fell out. You can also check your string to make sure it’s still there.

Remember when you got your IUD (or write it down somewhere), so you’ll know when it needs to be replaced. The Paragard IUD should be replaced after 12 years.

Kyleena should be replaced after 5 years. Liletta should be replaced after 8 years.

You can have sex as soon as you want after getting an IUD. You might need to use a backup method of birth control (like condoms) until the IUD starts to work — whether you’re protected against pregnancy right away depends on what type of IUD you get and when it’s put in your uterus.

Kyleena and Skyla IUDs start working to prevent pregnancy right away IF they’re put in during the first 7 days of your period. If you get a Kyleena or Skyla IUD at any other time during your cycle, protection starts after 7 days — in the meantime, use condoms or another kind of birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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