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Quotewalt I had a rather determined discussion with the sleep doc regarding aspects of my treatment. Long story short, the doc admitted that I had a point and agreed to some further evaluation to help sort things out. Nevertheless, the report that was sent to my primary essentially called me a disgruntled patient who wouldn’t follow her instructions. Don’t know how to deal with that but advocaby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebettylou4488 the graphs and stuff are kinda cut off.. is this available to get sent in a PM or email somehow? thanks much If you right click an image and choose "open in a new window," you can see the whole image.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks NLAMA! Done.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Carey, Shan, my first event was nearly every trigger at once, caffeine, adrenal supplement, phenterimine, heat, dehydration... ok wham - AF. I addressed every single one of these issues from day one. Is this more an indication of how the heart works to stay in NSR until it hits a tipping point? Reasonable to assume that the long term issues (glycation, fibrosis, genetiby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
MJ, In the link to a post of mine that NLAMA posted, I suggest limiting endurance activity to Zone 2, MAF and nasal breathing, Here is the direct link. As a fit person who ended up here 16 years ago, my exercise trigger is vagal and is generally caused when I exceed a subjective limit on the product of time and intensity on exercise. My experience for myself and hypothesis for others is thaby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteLaniB Does anyone up on transdermal magnesium? Would it be safer for people who have kidney issues? Also, what's better? MoMaggie? EASE spray or make your own by mixiing water with Ancient Minerals? I have used transdermal. I don't mostly because of the hassle. I make my own as a supersaturated solution of magnesium chloride & water, which feels "oily." I usby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d without any disrespect or criticism (mother hen), have you considered changing your diet of red meat (even if it’s lean) and bacon and perhaps lower your cholesterol to repair your CAC scores? I’m asking because I have micro vascular disease (small vessel disease), common for women and I see a cardiologist specialist/cardiac dietitian as well, who guides me on diet change From whby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Carey - thanks. It looks like cHaOs to me. I concur with Carey.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon George, our sleep is different during the first hours of the night than in the late hours. Afib often comes in the hours after midnight, while our brain activity is different. Is our breathing different too? Emotionally, we're in a different state, as we're dreaming a lot more in the second part of the night. Are we more subject to sleep apnea in this part? We could all beby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Here are a couple of topical articles He talks about > 10,000 PVC's/day (yours sound like PVC's) as the point to start paying attention. If your heart rate is 60 BPM, that would be 86,400 beats/day and 10% would be 8,640. My first wife started getting PVC's years ago (non afibber). She responded to more magnesium and potassium. For potassium, I suggest people put 2by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotejohnnyS My issue wasn’t only the apnea which was moderate, but also the sleeping position so I recorded myself with a camera for an entire week and this made me realize that the body shifts and you end up all twisted especially if you had a late night meal and you’re not tired or can’t fall asleep. So I changed my habits, no carbs, sugar or dairy and don’t eat after 4pm, sleeping on side onlby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotejohnnyS On a side note, I solved my sleep apnea by taping my mouth shut for about 6 months and my brain just relearned to keep the mouth closed and now I always sleep with my mouth closed and still monitor my o2 levels every 3 days or so and never see any drops below 92. As you can see in the graph I posted here, even though I've been taping for years, I have to continue or else I gby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I did an inadvertent experiment last night. I went sleep with a Polar beat to beat recording heart rate monitor on. These are graphs of heart rate vs. time. I did not tape up initially, woke up after a few hours with dryness in my mouth, taped up and continued sleeping. To put on one image, the resolution isn't great, but you can see the issue. Top graph is about a 6 hour section (majby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.dHow can you tape your mouth if your nose is stuffed? Suggestion would be to start during the day and adjust. Nose has been a "use it or lose it" proposition in my case as well as others. With nasal congestion from birth, I would have never thought I could do this. I have now for years (thanks Jackie!) and I don't have issues.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSdweller Hello Shannon...just checking to see if you recieved my private message? I don't know, but Shannon recently had hand surgery and may not be checking or typing much.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey ELIQUIS IS COVERED FOR OVER 90% OF PATIENTS WITH COMMERCIAL & MEDICARE PART D PLANS As of January 3, 2020 That's new. People on Medicare didn't used to be eligible at all. I think this means that Eliquis is covered by the commercial & Medicare Part D plans, not that you can use the discount card. Here are the requirements for the card. Co-pay Card ELIGIby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Does anyone know - are those random spikes ectopics? AUg 2019 Blanking period sleep w/o cpap sep 2020 Are data averaged or beat to beat? If beat to beat, can you zoom in and look at say a 5 minute or 20 minute window, where you can see the individual beats?by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
People should solve their apnea however they can, it is very important to solve that. Some people with mild to moderate apnea can do that by taping their mouths shut. Beyond that, however, training themselves to breathe slowly and lightly can also be of benefit. Not just overbreathing at night, but during the day. This podcast with host UK doc Rangan Chattergee MD and author of "Brby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey They don't take American credit cards but they will do wire transfers from your banking account (that's the credit card companies' fault, not theirs). I think this is due to US regulations for the banks. I've used an outfit in Europe for flec and they faced this credit card issue also.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebettylou4488 So I mostly take Mg Glyciate.. but it seems like citrate is the better way to go? Speaking from only my experience & we are all different. Any magnesium works for me I have taken glycinate, chloride, bicarbonate, oxide, malate, acetate and so on. I take primarily di-magnesium malate that I get from an equine supplier as my bowel tolerance is very high and also some citrby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack What other online vendors have folks been using for supplements? For bulk powders This particular link will give you a 10% discount and also a 5% referral bonus to Raymund Edwards, who is the guy that suggested my 2 tsp of potassium citrate powder in 2 liters water consumed over the day drink. It is a small outfit, but gives good service with good products. I've orderedby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Yes it is. All of these refined foods, sugar and corn everywhere. MDs should be checking fasting insulin. They don't until you insist. Even better is a Kraft test (oral glucose tolerance test with insulin assay- more info link in this post) or from my friend Catherine Crofts, who did her PhD thesis using Kraft's data for a simpler test. Test insulin exacby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Quotebettylou4488 yea could you do a zoom on this?? not necessarily kidding. or a video? I need to digest it further but would love a back and forth forum. The topic being D & magnesium?by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteJDfiBI will say that it is becoming clear to me that dehydration is a definite trigger If your episode occurred in the early morning and you think dehydration is an issue, then do you mouth breathe at night? See Colindo's post on mouth taping. Mouth breathing allows something like 40% more moisture to escape than nasal breathing and mouth taping at night can encourage nasal breathinby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Aloha PC, Interesting as always!! This week, we are on a holiday to Central Colorado. We drove here on Sunday (about a 2 1/2 hour drive) & I managed to not bring my magnesium with me. In 16 years, that is a first. Didn't realize I'd done this till Tuesday, therefore didn't take any mag on Monday. Missing mag nearly always leads to afib for me in short order (24 hourby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteMikeN I had my vitamin D levels checked and I am at 58 ng/dl. So for me 100ng/dl would be impossible to achieve naturally without supplementation. Dr. Mercola lives on the FL coast and does hour walks daily in shorts on the beach in the middle of the day. He's said he's not taken supplemental D for 10 years and his runs 70 ng/dL. I do supplement and spend time at elevation weby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey How long have you been at 7500? I would think SpO2 would climb once you've been there a few weeks and fully acclimated and made a bunch more red cells. Just been here a few days, and staying a few more on holiday. I normally live at 5,500' and spend a lot of time at elevations up to 13,000'. However, usually don't sleep above 10,500' and more likely 7,000by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCareyAwake numbers should usually be 98-99% for a healthy person. If you are at elevation, rather than sea level, normal numbers for healthy people can be lower. I'm sitting at 7,500' with 94% SpO2 as I type this. This reasonably agrees with this graph: Source:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just a personal note. I have data (sdLDL-C and oxLDL) that very materially increase when I increase saturated fat. Doesn't mean I'm not all on board about avoiding hyperinsulinemia - I am. My genetics put me in a spot. I have an increased risk for both heart and Alzheimer's disease. Reduced glucose processing in the brain of people with my genetics has been detected as early aby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteCarey How many of those people did you observe while they were sleeping? Most people with sleep apnea breath perfectly normally while awake. Depends on how you define "normal." Have a breathing instructor observe them, while awake, and they'd tell you a different story. Most, if not all, are overbreathing. I'm far from an instructor, but can observe it in many.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM