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Diane - I'm very sorry to learn of your sad, dreadful family experience. Keep in mind, as Shannon has posted many times, procedures have improved greatly. It's also critical to choose a highly-experienced EP who also uses the monitoring equipment that helps prevent the overheating of tissue that causes the fistula. Another factor that may not have been considered back then, but certby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Steve - I have some ideas that may help you.... I sent you a Private Message so be sure to check the link at the UR box. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Reasonable to assume that you still have vagal irritation... but food sensitivities can perpetuate that. What's the protein source in the shakes? Is this a powdered formulation? Derived from what? Soy? Milk? Rice protein? Still could be a food sensitivity reaction or a free glutamate response from a denatured milk protein. Eggs, dairy, soy and gluten/wheat are at the top of the suspby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron and Wes - I was on only on the 50 mg of flecainide no beta blocker and stopped that about a week prior to ablation... whatever they said to do. I was concerned I would lapse back into AF, but did not. The rebound effect was one of the nastiest AF events I'd ever had. Fortunately, it self-converted and my heart settled down again immediately. In hindsight, I should have extended tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ralph - Sorry... the HS is High Sensitivity... and relates specifically to cardiac inflammation whereas just CRP relates to overall systemic inflammation. If you are unable to find an explanation to your elevated lymphocytes, you could consider consulting with a hematologist. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy - if you are unable to get this resolved, then consider that your magnesium as measured by serum levels is not a reflection of what's actually inside the cells where it functions. You can enter the term ExaTest in the search feature and read the many, many posts regarding the need to learn intracellular levels of all the critical electrolytes involved to maintain a normal heart rhythm.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Anton! Nice to see your name here and so glad to know all is still well with you! Best regards, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Namor - on the L-theanine, the brand I've usedfor many years is that from Hans' vitamin link with iHerb and is the Jarrow brand - 100 mg. It's just an amino acid with remarkable results. I've shared my success with several other afibbers who have found it to be extremely helpful and several have been able to ward off a full-blown AF event when they take it at the first signby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy - My single experience in weaning off flecainide was from 150 mg twice a day down to zero. I started by halving the whole tablet and taking only 3/4 of one dose... left the other dose as is..... did that for about 10 days... and then tried another 3/4 dose for the remaining daily dose... I did this gradual downsizing for at least six weeks until both doses were negligible.... I had a reby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
justfibbing.... do you eat the same breakfast every day? Have you assessed what's in the meal that might be causing: 1) a food-sensitivity reaction (ie, gluten or dairy) - which could irritate the vagus 2) sugar and/or a high carb content that produces a hypoglycemic effect an hour or two after eating? 3) checking the sodium content of that meal? When you feel that low oxygen stby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Ken and thanks for taking the time to post your story. There is nothing that compares to the peace of a heart in NSR. Best to you! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Continuing on with comments on fibrinogen testing, it’s should be remembered that fibrinogen is just one key marker among many for determining thick, sticky, toxic blood related to the importance of managing elevated blood viscosity or hypercoagulability which is very for afibbers. Some markers are called Acute Phase Proteins which typically increase in blood as a result of inflammation, tissby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thought some of these clips might be of interest on the prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency: On the topic of vitamin D deficiency, some years ago Alan Gaby, MD, wrote a Townsend Editorial on the fact that most elderly people are deficient in vitamin D and he stated that many in nursing homes who had their D levels restored, would walk out without the aid of walkers or wheel chairs. As I recallby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Maureen - you may want to try to very slowly increase your magnesium intake to bowel tolerance levels and then back down to the 'safe' dose just prior to that. Many afibbers find they need more magnesium than 600mg daily. Just because you take it regularly and a lot of it, is no guarantee that it stays in the cells... many people waste magnesium and also potassium. Shannon just offeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ralph - there are tests and then there are more reliable tests. It may be difficult to convince your doctor to look further, but you should persist. Have you checked your HS or Cardiac C-reactive protein? If that is also high, then your suspicion about some form of 'silent' inflammation could be lurking and that most, definitely, could be contributing to your afib. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
afhound... the lesions are actually burns which heal as scar tissue. My impression has always been that they are in place the minute they are laid down but the healing of those burn sites takes 2 - 3 months and, obviously, there is an inflammatory response as well. I was told that as a result of ablation, the heart remains in a state of irritability for at least that long...sometimes more in soby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Nancy - I don't have any experience with the product you mention although I did google the ingredients as labeled and I don't see any glaring items that jump. However, I'm not a biochemist. (My suggestion would be if you have concerns about interaction, that you either call or email, Nutricolgy and ask your questions about interactions and also why you have the lightheadness. Oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Monty - as we discussed by email, you have the other factors from the dental work that easily could be contributory until your body efficiently manages the microbial and chemical toxic load. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Maureen - I've never been plagued with much in the way of PACs or PVCs.. but I definitely have hypothyroid symptoms. Either hypo or hyperthyroidism can cause that activity and also arrhythmia. When I began iodine supplementation... I added doses very, very slowly... perhaps overly cautious, but I didn't want to stir up anything with my heart... I started with microgram dosing and ovby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans... I'm going to delete that additional portion of this thread... The quote was not from David Berg, but rather an observation mentiioned in a blog conversation by a FM MD... I didn't do a good job in presenting for clarity so I'm deleting it. I will add additional information about the need for knowing blood viscosity and the influencing factors such as elevated fibrinogen.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ralph - the Essential Fatty Acid evaluation is part of Genova Diagnostics test called NutrEval. You can google that and read about it. They list it under the Essential and Metabolic Fatty Acid Markers... I'm sure there are other labs doing this test as well... check out Metametrix for similar Essential Fatty Acid evaluations. (I've just corrected to read Essential Fatty Acid rathby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
George - Very interesting. Since I take physician-directed doses of D3, I am routinely checked for the 25OH D levels as well as calcium which becomes a tad elevated occasionally so I then reduce my daily dosage, but keeping the 25 OHD around 60 or slightly higher seems what I need to eliminate the symptoms of fibromyalgia with which I was plagued for about 15 years until I tested at a level of 1by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gill – Here’s more. The focus is on elevated blood viscosity or hypercoagulability. It’s important to realize that fibrinogen is just one of many correlating markers that can and should be monitored. It’s unfortunate that the tests mentioned in both the Red Flags post and the Sticky, Thick Blood post are not considered routine and that we have to request them if they are available at all. .by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Gill - 300 is the upper range. My doctor likes to see lower...to avoid thick, sticky blood. However, there's more than fibrinogen to consider as contributory to viscosity or hypercoagulability. I just read a good commentary on that topic which I'll dig out and post shortly. The original post titled Red Flags to Beat the Odds listed several important markers including fibrinoby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Montos - Sure. Please do. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George~ Thanks for taking the time to elaboratie on your success with the KA eating. It's also notable that you are able to control your arrhythmia as well. These doctors who treat patients successfully by controlling the insulin response are true heros... Bernstein, Rosedale, Mercola and many others including those you mention. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I can relate to your experience. My first afib event was after eating pizza. Subsequent events that occurred during my sleep were traced to taking a calcium supplement at bedtime. I was unaware of the importance then of optimizing intracellular magnesium and potassium. Among the many considerations noted in your post, is that an intake of calcium (especially if you are low in intracellular sby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diane - over the years, we have had many women reporting hormonal fluctuations being responsible for afib flareups. Whether or not controlling the fluctuations with bioidentical hormone therapy is a solution would be worth investigating. I know a pregnant woman who had arrhythmias on two occasions exactly two weeks prior to both of her deliveries and her physicians said it was hormonal fluctuatiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Monty -– I had forgotten that as well. However, an overriding tip-off is undoubtedly the "overly salty meal" you mention; especially if you are marginally low in either magnesium or potassium. That said, you have had two definite trigger situations that happen coincide with your ginger intake. The recent RCT liberating a large amount of infection into your blood stream is also worth cby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diane - By process of elimination and adjusting various food intakes, you may learn that some of your favorites cause a systemic reaction. Wheat, gluten and dairy are notorious for causing food sensitivitiy reactions which result in systemic (silent) inflammation. That's a definite contributor to vagal irritation. You can be tested for the secretory immunoglobulins that are consideredby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM