Robert - Go to Conference Room Session #54 and read about the impact that gluten/gliaden proteins have on the body. Testing can be vague. It's easier just to follow a gluten-free diet for a couple of months and record in a log daily symptoms or improvements. The experts in gluten sensitivity say that a huge number of the population is gluten sensitive if not outright allergic and not eveby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon - Great News! May all of your events be short! Enjoy your day. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Trent - thanks for adding that observation which has to be right on the money. I know women taking it and they are always complaining about heartburn. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mackey - for sure. I hope they are out of your system by now. What a disaster. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Al - I'd think you probably were in afib all night, given your extreme fatigue the following morning. Also - I presume you will no longer indulge in overeating. We know that stretching the stomach too much with large meals will irritate the vagus nerve and trigger an event. As for your initial triggering meal - the large amount of protein plus the other foods that were heavy in fat conby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Randy - that's really unfortunate but you aren't alone. There are many others who were also on a year-long list waiting. Hopefully, Dr. Natale will be up and operational in a new location so everyone can follow him there. Insurance may be an issue but that's life, I guess. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan - as you know, we are all different in biochemical makeup. Your needs are unique to your body. It's trial and error. Since you are doing well with your current protocol, I wouldn't rock the boat trying to make it better...but I would be mindful of intake of sugar in any form that will deplete magnesium and potassium stores which could invite an event. You are doing well and tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Sharon - I'm very surprised to learn of your breakthrough... You have said all along you felt strong tendencies toward afib on a cyclical basis and I think that's really more at fault than your minor infraction of food choice. The hormonal cycle coupled with the apparent stress of the presentation... hether or not you have done it all your life - did affect you negatively and mightby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - sometimes just climbing stairs helps if you have stairs... but that's not easy on the back, either. Arm exercises with free weights may do the same thing. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tim - from time to time, we post that the extra beats are the heart trying to go into afib. Something averts the process; sometimes it follows through completely. If you haven't started supplementing with magnesium glycinate, potassium and taurine... now would be an excellent time to begin as if you are low in either the magnesium or potassium, the heart is apt to generate some ectopy.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
James - everyone is different in what they can tolerate during afib. Some are totally debilitated and other can exercise. It doesn't make sense to me to exercise a heart that is already laboring to pump blood. When I was an active afibber before ablation, I would gobble up all the extra supplements I typically took and added some extra CoQ10 to help with heart energy and at that time, I tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lois - osteonecrosis of the jaw is not all that rare and it's not simply a matter of being 'removed' from taking the drug before having dental surgery. A severe defect can develop in the jaw bone that may be undetectable with routine radiographs... a Panorex will disclose it, though. If it's there, it is difficult to treat the defect so the bone fills in and it takes a lonby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Brian - I've posted quite a bit in the past couple of BB sessions on this topic and you can find those posts by using the search feature. Basically, I started having hiccoughs which is a sign of magnesium deficiency and a spasm of the diaphragm. I went to my holistic chiropractor and he checked the placement of the diaphragm with his hands. He said it was high. So I went twice a weekby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dennis - sometimes the best discipline reinforcement is an experience such as you have just had... unfortunate, but fairly predictable under the circumstances. Just chalk it up to a learning experience and be glad that you can be one of the fortunate people who can keep afib at bay through dietary restrictions and supplementation. Not everyone can do that. Most likely, the foods that temptedby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Al - your history with flecanide sounds similar to my journey; as the years went on, the dose went higher and still the breakthroughs occurred. It wasn't until I optimized magnesium and potassium intake and balanced that with taurine AND had my displaced diaphragm stabilized, did I have no breakthrough arrhythmia and I could get the dosing way down to only the nightly dose before bed - 50by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Don - thanks for your input relating your cardiologists instructions. It may have been the carbonation in some of those bottled waters, but I'd place my bet on the high calcium concentrations in many of them - especially the imported ones, although Poland is US water and low in calcium. Scroll down here to see some of the popular waters and mineral analysis. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
James - I just heard an interview with a integrative cardiologist who says anytime you have "bugs" - he likes to call them bugs, circulating and especially if they become concentrated in the heart, you can have some arrhythmia when you have other predisposing conditions.... that's fairly vague because they still aren't positive about what allows some individuals to get afib aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Al - I would like to know what you think was the precipitating event. Sorry to see you had such a bad time especially after being so 'normal' for so long. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - back in 04, I believe, we had a member in the Chicago area who had a pacemaker and who came to Cleveland for a Natale ablation. He did very well and with a few post-ablation adjustments to the pacing mechanism, he was off again enjoying life. He was in his 70's. If you can't locate an EP who understands how to do ablation with a pacemaker, keep track of where Dr. Natale locaby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
We discussed this previously, but I don't recall there was a URL to the press release. Here it is: Bone drugs may lead to irregular heart rhythms Findings involve small number of women who take Reclast, Fosamaxby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon - I started having those symptoms along with a druisen that suddenly apeared. That was most of the reason I wanted off the flecanide and had the ablation. Both are gone now.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Dick - Here's my thinking. First.... We are talking about the enzyme called nattokinase...not the word natto which refers to the cheese-like food product made from the beans. Nattokinase is the isolated enzyme - purified from the high levels of vitamin K2 found in the food product. While a measured amount of K2 is important for bone health and deterring the formation of atherosclerby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I agree. Welcome to the world of afib is really appropriate. No sense in sugar-coating the reality of it. It changes your world anyway you look at it. The sooner one come to grips with it, the better one can cope. As with any illness or disease condition, we have to 'own' the problem. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'm not sure that statement is totally correct... but non-cola drinks that do not use phosphoric acid are far less harmful to the body. The carbonation will be negated once it hits the stomach acid anyway and so drinking a carbonated drink will just be adding liquid... unless of course, it is sweetened and then that's a whole other issue.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dick and Adrian - unfortunately, while the antioxidant property of vitamin E is the focus here.... I believe the other critical reviews of this same study indicate the form of vitamin E used was the synthetic and not the gamma E which is the most beneficial to the heart. I posted a while back some clips on critical comments on the vitamin E meta analysis and most everyone agreed it meant noby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
That's really good news, Shaun. You deserve NSR after all your suffering. Live with Passion in NSR. Best to you. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
The following chart below is not the post I am looking for but serves as a good example of the unbalanced ratios between Mg and Ca.... Note there are only 2 designated with the* People in California are fortunate to be able to purchase Noah's water because it comes from a CA natural spring rich in matnesium. Sorry that the copy/paste doesn't capture the format so the columns stay unby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Garry Gordon, MD, offers the following from his informational site and clarifies for us once again why studies that claim what they do may not tell the whole story as publicized. Long-Term Use of High Doses of Vitamin E are Necessary to Reduce Oxidative Stress Abstracted by Susan Sweeny Johnson, PhD., Biochem., from L. Jackson Roberts II , John A. Oates , MacRae F. Linton , Sergio Fazio , Bethby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks - I am glad to know they've changed the formula because when I was reading labels a few years back, there was an artificial sweetener in the Lite version... as I recall. Maybe not. So... your news is good. Jby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diana - typically when one says eliminate carbonated drinks, the concern is over either a cola type drink that contains caffeine or a diet drink with one of the artificial sweeteners. There can also be the concern over the low acidicity of most soft drinks - low in pH meaning people with gastric problems don't need more acidity added.... most are made with phosphoric acid. Additionally, thby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM