QuotecolindoHas anyone had any experience with taping ones mouth shut before sleep. I've done it for years. There are PowerPoint presentations showing apnea patterns in beat to beat heart rate (RR) vs time graphs. I could see these patterns on data captured with my Polar strap. Subsequent to taping at night, these patterns disappeared. The issue is blowing off CO2 because of overbby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotevanlithI am nearly 2 years in NSR after my nov. 2018 ablation up in canada Glad that has worked out so well. I recall when you were trying to figure out what to do! I certainly understand about fasting and most people don't understand (if you are on meds, especially for blood pressure or blood sugar, get advice and know what you are doing) how beneficial fasting can be. Startingby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSdweller was at Cleveland Clinic Florida with Dr Sergio Pinsky. I firmly believe he is excellent...in the ballpark with Natale. Pinsky trained under Natale. After my cousin got, what I considered to be bad advice from a local EP, I suggested he get a second opinion from Pinsky in 2008. My cousin lives near CC Weston and ended up getting got a durable ablation from Pinsky that is stillby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib It was a joke to 'hope to eat more hospital food' and no - it wasn't worth it. A couple of years ago, a friend who is a volunteer ski patroller had a TIA, likely caused by a clot from a skiing fall injury on his thigh. The hypothesis is the clot went through a PFO (hole between the atria) into the brain. He realized what was happening. His wife got hby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib A very well known case at the Olympic Training Center back in the 80s, took a cyclist with a broken leg and had them pedal /train daily with their good leg on a bike with a single crankarm and pedal. The injured leg healed weeks faster and the cyclist was able to return to training and racing with almost all of their VO2, lactate tolerance and other numbers intact monthsby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Eating once a day (or less) is very natural for humans. There wasn't 24/7 food options in the pleistocene. Restore and repair processes like autophagy occur when we're not having to constantly process bolus after bolus. My BP and glucose are more stable and lower when only eating once a day or less. I'm with NLAMA on this. For someone who is unadaptby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteWill1789 I have ordered some potassium citrate and vitamin d3. Is there an advantage to drinking the potassium Throughout the day and why do you include sodium (don’t we get enough of that in our diet as it is?) I was planning on just mixing my magnesium powder, taurine, potassium And d3 in a big shake with some vegetables and cranberries and consume that in the evening to help curb the Afibby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteWill1789 That is a rather bleak prognosis. My Afib was also progressing quite fast. I note Steve would have episodes lasting multiple hours but no more frequent than every 8 days. Whereas I was in Afib about 8 hours every single day for a few months before I got treatment and realised what was going on. Everybody is different. I started out with episodes every 10-12 days lasting 6-9 hoursby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteWill1789 And what is it that Steve and George do? Is there a specific technique. A search of Steve Carr's posts on our site is here: His website is here: As for me, this is what I prescribed for my 34 year old son-in-law, which is pretty much what I've done for ~16 years. In short, magnesium to bowel tolerance, 4g (2 tsp) potassium as citrate in water consumed over the dby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Barry - the hospital made you wait 2 months? Is there some reasoning behind that? If you go back and read Barry's posts from the time (about a year ago) Barry would likely say it had to do with being in China, where he lives, the language barrier, timing to get in to see a cardio as well as anticoagulant timing, as Carey says.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDean Vitamin D levels in Australians “In the 2011-12 Australian Health Survey 23% of Australian adults were vitamin D deficient (<50nmol/L). This included 17% who were mildly deficient (30-49 nmol/L), 6% who were moderately deficient (13-29 nmol/L) and less than 1% who were severely deficient (<13nmol/L).[18] Vitamin D levels varied considerably by season with deficiency less commonby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteCarey Well, you do lose the "atrial kick" during AF, and I've heard that estimated to be as high as 15% of your cardiac output. But I'm a bit skeptical of that number. I've lost most of my atrial kick and I never really noticed a difference in cardio capacity. I'm pretty sure I would notice such a drop if it were real. I haven't exercised in afib for ~16by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
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Here is a discussion (referenced from the ESC document) Abstract The historical origin of the term “lone atrial fibrillation” (AF) predates by 60 years our current understanding of the pathophysiology of AF, the multitude of known etiologies for AF, and our ability to image and diagnose heart disease. The term was meant to indicate AF in patients for whom subsequent investigations could notby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePC, MD So, for the D deficient that convert or just suspect the COVID, it's megadoses of C and D. Sounds easy, but not too confident the frightened clinicians will subscribe to that. Any time folks take Vitamin D, suggest taking Vitamin K2-MK7 at least 100 mcg/day. I'd recently suggested a hispanic friend in El Paso, TX take at least 5,000 IU's of D3/day. He got back wby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Mouth breathing is bad with or without mask, always breathe through the nose! Instructions on how to breathe whilst wearing a mask:by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Following on to all of PC, MD's posts on Vitamin D & COVID-19 This one is important - a randomized, controlled trial of Vitamin D use in Spain. Now we can say that it is a cause of good outcomes, not an effect of bad ones. Although the study involved in mega-dosing on day one with still large doses for several days, the real message is likely to keep Vit D status up aheaby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Continued NSR to you!!by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news Susan! Continued good luck!by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteWill1789And whether there is anything that can be done to keep it working longer? ( In this thread, I suggested to Jack that he might want to find the minimum effective dose of flecainide. To do this means you must accept the risk of having an afib episode. The hypothesis is that the lower the dose you take, the less likely it would lose efficacy.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wonder how your breathing is during your workout? I've been nasal breathing for a long time. Here is an interview with breathing instructor, Patrick McKeown on the topic. Also posted links to a number of books on the topic at the bottom of this post. In my afib career, I've not generally had a problem with lifting. However, when my calcium intake was high in 2012, many thingsby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSdweller Lately however, workouts seem to be triggering ectopics, which start and last for hours, and sometimes leading to a bit of afib. Thoughts? First thought is we are all different, so listening to your body makes sense. Second is that perhaps super slow strength training might be less likely to induce ectopics (like Dr. Doug McGuff's Body by Science). Third is KAATSU/BFby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Possible reaction to implant?by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteshca67 Yes, the PIP protocol is first on my list. My exercise is minimal however, I am fairly active...yardwork, golf, running around with the kids. Atenelol was originally prescribed to deal with moderate high blood pressure/heart rate in the context of my first three AFIB episodes...blood pressure was 125-130/85-90. Since the beta blocker, BP is regularly 115/70 with heart rate in the highby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteshca67 Any thoughts out regarding things to help push me back into NSR yet today? I am having runs of NSR via my Apple Watch...and my heart rate is 70-90 at rest...Kind of in a holding pattern here... Could be slow flutter. Assume the low rate may be because of the Atenelol. One option is magnesium. Perhaps citrate to bowel tolerance. Another is a vagal maneuver, assuming a adrenerby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteshca67 Hopeful that I can kick this down the road for another 12 years but if not, I did have a prelim discussion with the nurse today...she confirmed the 'typical protocol' would be to start an anti arrythymic plan until that no longer works and then consider an ablation...unless the medicinal path was intolerable. Not for this episode, but for the future. 1. Discuss a scriby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePC, MDThose with O blood group at have lower levels of vWF (less prone to thrombosis) Interesting as I'm homozygous O. It aways does take a minute to stop a bleed on my frequent scrapes rock climbing. That and the high amount of EPA/DHA I consume.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Quotesusan.dBut instead I was smashing those little suckers. Reminds me of an 8 day Scout canoe trip I led 20 years ago on the Churchill River System in northern Saskatchewan. This was in July and the mosquitos were thick. After getting into our tents for the night, we'd spend 30 minutes killing the ones that came in with us. Little blood spots all over the tent. They would also congreby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
There were some times in the 2 or 3 months before my dad passed (in 1995) that he had a smell that my mother called "the smell of death." Knowing what I know today, it could have been ketoacidosis (I would describe it as a sickly, sweet smell), at the time, I had no clue..by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteJackC George, with your success controlling your AF, are you still concerned with the thickness of your blood? Following on, I do a lot of things to make sure this is not an issue for me. Without doing the investigations and study I've done, I don't necessarily recommend others follow my lead. I keep a very high Omega 3 Index (17.9% last Nov, which is a bit too high as my aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM