Dale - I agree with your comment - it can be difficult to interpret intent of "tone" in a post. Often times, one can more or less read into what is interpreted as tone and misinterpet the intention. So it is with electronic emails and BB posting. I also agree that if one finds a thread of little personal interest, then the easiest and most polite thing to do is just move on. Whatby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diana - are you being treated by a cardiologist that has experience in arrhythmias, or just a general cardiologist? I'd suggest you try to get a second opinion consult with an EP and take along or have sent your most recent EKGs and ultrasound so you get a proper evaluation.... just to be sure your ectopics aren't really afib. It's my experience learning the hard way that not aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wil - thanks for the news about Minerva. She's a remarkable woman - working all those hours with a small child and pregnant for the second. There are still many other very competent and very experienced EPs that remain in the CCF EP department and unless they leave to join Dr. Natale, they will be there serving as usual. The politics of the CCF are well known. As I said previously, hby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Very important.... Thanks Benj - it's about time this was published. We should bookmark this post so we can refer posters to it when they are inappropriately given amiodarone. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This goes along with the original topic.Safety for your health records.. Following is from Health Freedom USA Network Another Piece of Good News! Patient privacy is a huge Health Freedom issue. Right now, according to the report of the General Accounting Office, you have no privacy rights where your health records are concerned - none - because, among other reasons, the Department of Health aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
A portion of one such link - Lone and low-risk atrial fibrillation Warren J Manning, MD Robert G Hart, MD UpToDate performs a continuous review of over 375 journals and other resources. Updates are added as important new information is published. The literature review for version 15.2 is current through May 2007; this topic was last changed on May 9, 2006. The next version of UpToDate (15.3by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ben - yes - I would iexpect that since glutamate is so excitatory to cells that it excites them to death... so that would fit in all this. Jby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
oops - I didn't scroll down far enough in one report to see it is subscription-based, but at least it gives some titles that might be located elsewhere without a fee.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Howie - great find. Easy way to locate info and studies. Jby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diana - you can have a red blood cell analysis for magnesium in Canada. It's a standard lab test. Nothing special. Ionized magnesium. If you are low or even borderline low, you can benefit from taking the chelated form of magnesium - magnesium glycinate as that is the most absorbable form and is specifically formulated to help avoid bowel intolerance at the higher doses needed to get theby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom - Item #2 - most of us learned after a few trips to the ER that the costs and the inconvenience aren't worth it unless there is pain or an unusual symptom. After a while, you just become accustomed to waiting it out. - there are studies showing efficacy of magnesium IV after cardiac surgery to prevent or manage arrhythmias that occur as a result of the surgery and also some studiesby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lois - yes - inflammation is the culprit in many chronic disease conditions and finding the source and eliminating silent inflammation should be the goal of us all. You really don't have to be tested for gluten sensitivity. Just go off all gluten/gliaden containing foods and start recording the changes in the body wrt symptoms etc. It is amazing and also amazing that probably the vby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, indeed, Peggy. I've had my share of that with vets myself from time to time but fortunately, found a young one years ago and have stuck with him for over 30 years He listens to me and we collaborate on what needs to be done. He honors my holistic bent for treatments. He is highly regarded in our community and he is very expensive but worth every dollar spent compared to what I'vby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
William - there is an excellent book by Jeff Bland, PhD - "Genomic Nutritioneering." He and other researchers frequently state that only about 25% of disease conditions are attributable to genetics - the rest come from environmental influences as you say... including habits, lifestyle, etc. But he also says that these 75+ gene expression is modifiyable thru nutritional interventionby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
William - I couldn't open the article, but I agree about the potential storage of fluoride as a toxin. Did you happen to read the post I did a while back on fluoride... go here: <; Dr. Kennedy has enormous experience in viewing the toxic effect that fluoride has on the body and how debilitating it is. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Doug L - hospitals and medicine, in general, is big business and everyone is profit-centered. If not, they don't last. However, the Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit organization that is very wealthy with endowments along with the income they receive. Certainly, the Board of Governors at the Clinic have their eye on the bottom line as well, but I recall some comments about the revenue inby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Peggy - thanks - if the burdock is grown in China soil, then I, for sure, will not be buying any as I can't think of any soil or water in China that would be safe for growing food. Plus if it's imported back here, they'll gas it with more chemicals. Not that I was going to buy it anyway. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - try stopping the Omega 3's and see what happens. Some people can't seem to tolerate the fish oil... may be the brand, freshness, etc...or it just may be your biochemistry. Jby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
One ingredient in this soup is burdock root. I looked today at Wild Oats and sure enough, there was burdock root. I didn't buy any but was surprised to see that they offer it. Must be some demand for it. Weird little brown root. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Rich - We are recommending that they hold off, if possible, until he relocates...see the other posts on this topic. If they can't wait as their date is/was soon, then several of the other EPs at the CCF are all very competent and have worked closely with Dr. Natale. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
CarolP - do a search for some of the past posts on sotalol (Betapace AF) Not long ago I posted this one: If you are vagal, as I was, it won't do you much good to start that drug as it seems to be contraindicated for vagals but for some reason many like to start out with that drug... Here's a clip from another post... there are many discussions on sotalol and it's worth your speby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Benj - Amen to that!by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Joe - I can appreciate your impatience to resume normal living. Please resist the temptation to do too much too fast. All in good time, you will be back to enjoying both your activity and NSR. It will be worth taking it slowly at first and being kind to your healing heart. We all know what it is like to have to cancel out of an important date or disappoint family because of an extended afib eby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tuesday, October 02, 2007 Regina McEnery and Sarah Jane TribblePlain Dealer Reporters In an online message titled "No A-fib," one of the country's leading cardiologists told patients that the Cleveland Clinic severed ties after claiming he provided services to other institutions without the heart center's permission. Dr. Andrea Natale wrote that he considered it his responby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - I do take taurine - 3 grams a day and I think it was one of the main regulators or stabilizers of the potassium and magnesium intake when I initially began the higher doses. Sorry I didn't mention it. Email me if you like when you decide to start with nattokinase. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
That's wonderful Sue. Congratulations and Happy Birthday. You deserve the best life has to offer. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Barb - I had been taking nattokinase at the time. I had the cardioversion the week before the CT scan which was my checkback post-ablation appointment at about 110 days. I found out about the clot about 5 weeks later (at least) when I received the written report and saw it noted. The radiologist had not flagged it as important and so the patient wasn't notified. I was one who slippedby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Joe - good luck next week. We have a tradition of calling in the angels when a person goes in for ablation...so we will summon angels for you as well. Your ablation should not impair you much after the first week, but be prepared to rest up when you are released and follow the discharge instructions. If you are highly stressed at work, I'd suggest you resume work when you feel completelyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - I agree with George's advice to consult with Dr. Chinitz. He's well known and it sounds as if you need to be advised by someone who is an expert in the field of ablations. Even if you don't need an ablation now, it is better to get the best advice early on so you can avoid much of the experimenting that is done by the less informed. I also agree that it would be worth theby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb? Thanks for your input. This releasing of Dr. Natale frees him to reach his highest potential. The sky's the limit when free of repression. He needs to be where he is fully appreciated and treated with respect. This short-sighted decision will turn out to be the best thing that's ever happened to him. I can't wait to see how it all unfolds. Be well, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM