Quotesusan.d George-doesn’t af count as a point? No Fromby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackC George, with your success controlling your AF, are you still concerned with the thickness of your blood? With the exception of my 2 1/2 month episode at the beginning of my afib journey, i've never taken an anticoagulant. I did for maybe 2 of those months and several weeks after I converted. I've always had a zero CHA₂DS₂-VASc score (or on the earlier incarnations). I jby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMikeN GeorgeN, I remember you talking about potassium citrate before, I think you bought in bulk? The potassium chloride seems a bit hard on the stomach...I'll give citrate a try. An online friend, Raymund Edwards, has a deal with Pure Bulk that gives him a commission and the buyer a 10% discount. That is one option. This link sets up the codes, then goto potassium citrate powder.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackC I have not tried a lower dose than 100 mg once daily at 8:30pm. If I were to try a lower dose, would you recommend a split regimen or once a day? BTW, are there tablets available of less than 50 mg? Hi Jack, For almost all of my nearly 16 years using flec, it has been PIP. However, there was a time going through a divorce in 2012 that I've previously written about, whereby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMikeN One thing to note is that after eating a potato, my heart calms down much more than from the potassium chloride. At least that's what it seems like. You might try the potassium citrate and see if you get a better response than from the chloride.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackC After experimentation, I concluded that 100 mg of flecainide taken in the early evening was enough to keep me free from AF ever since. Wondered if you'd tried an even lower dose, 50 or 75 mg? Reason I ask is the theory that an even lower dose would be less likely to lose its efficacy and would also give you more "headroom" to use on demand to convert any episodes tby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDriver Hope that's not confusing in my layman explanation. I'd share EKG but cant figure out how🤔 One option is to go to upload your photo, then copy and paste the link here in the BB-Code window on the right side of the screen.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sue, if you weigh less than 154 pounds limit your flec to a total of 200 mg at a time, not 300 mg as Carey says (unless you've been told differently by your EP). This limit is standard. Susan.d was told differently when she weighed in the 120's and had a bad outcome.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib OK - I know that speedballing crack cocaine is off the table now (jk) but will I be able to exercise to the level I want? My strong suggestion is to do a lot of your exercise at Zone 2 or approximating it as my friend, Mark Cuzzella MD, has done for 20 years with MAF training or just nasal breathing (more links here). Not because your heart won't be able to doby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackC ...recommended that I take an adult-sized (325mg) Aspirin daily for AF induced stroke prevention. Here are the 2014 guidelines You can search on aspirin. This is the most recent update: Just guessing, the only thing in your score would be your age.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Not saying others should do this, but I've supplemented for a long time with 4g/day of potassium as citrate. If you have a kidney issue that doesn't excrete excess potassium then it can be very dangerous, as others have said. On the other hand, if you have healthy kidneys, they will excrete any excess immediately. Hence I put my 2 tsp of potassium citrate (powder) in a liter (ish) ofby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Gill - that's odd they went back in so soon. I thought they prefer to let things settle down for a while - a few months now the standard? Thanks QuoteCarey Going back in 3 days later is definitely unusual. The insertion sites wouldn't even have healed yet. Most EPs wouldn't do that unless it were some sort of emergency. This was fairly standard backby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.dI am waiting for EXA test to mail out the test. How did you organize this. Did you find a practitioner near you, or do as Anti-Fib suggested?by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
NLAMA, As a non-ablatee, but someone who has been active on this board for 16 years, here is my opinion. DO IT NOW! QuoteOr wish they'd done it earlier. Quoteonly ECVs have worked and only for short term appx 3 and 9 days The earlier in the progression you get an ablation, the more likely success and the less "work" that will be needed in the ablation. Your Olympic hby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Aloha PC! Thanks for hammering this message home! The D3 message is a simple one I keep pushing on my friends. About 5 weeks ago, I woke up with mild congestion and runny nose. On my state's list of reasons to get tested, so I did a swab test. Only took 12 days to get a result. I was concerned as my adult son has had glioblastoma for 3 years and a compromised immune system. I do sby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib It's a tightrope for sure. Don't exercise and suffer consequences. Exercise and suffer consequences. My father was very active and took some falls as a result died at 86. Wife's grandmother had horrible health (almost sits in the same chair for last 10 year) and still ticking. If I would have place bets on longevity, I'd put all my money on myby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is a link for a site where he discusses his approach.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
The book was published in 2017. Bicyclist Leonard Zinn is a co-author. I contacted him in 2015 after a Velo News article about his afib to share info about our site as well as exercise and afib. We went back and forth with a series of 5 or 6 emails, but both of us were busy & never got together (he lives ~20 miles from me). As I've previously posted, excessive endurance exercisby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotehwkmn05 So basically what Carey and Smackman are saying is, a successful ablation is one that, after the initial blanking period, should not require meds? I guess I was confused by all the posts about WM devices to eliminate the use NOACs of some here who were ablated. By the way, great reports from you and most who visit that facility. Two categories of meds - rhythm and anticoagulation.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Stevia is not a trigger for me. I consume it daily. Neither is erythritol, though I consume it rarely. Doesn't mean it wouldn't be for you. FWIW, coffee grounds aren't a trigger either. I don't drink coffee, but do consume the spent grounds from my wife's coffee as a prebiotic.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've used it successfully for 16 years. Max is 200 mg if you weigh less than 154 pounds, 300 if you weigh more. It is commonly prescribed with a low dose beta blocker, to be taken first, then the flec. That being said, I've never done that. I weigh around 170#'s so take 300 mg. As soon as I know I'm in afib, I chew (tastes bad) 300 mg flec. My goal is always to beby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Does the pattern in the first image repeat? With that short a series, it is hard to give any opinion.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Haven't had it tested in a while but it ran between 0.2-0.6 pg/mL with max healthy being 1.9 pg/mL from the lab doing the test. What lab? Quest? So did your results come back within range being under 1.9? Yes, way under 1.9. At the time it was Verdia, which was previously Singulex. The lab companies who aren't Quest or Labcorp are in big financial turmoil. Mostby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Haven't had it tested in a while but it ran between 0.2-0.6 pg/mL with max healthy being 1.9 pg/mL from the lab doing the test.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebettylou4488A friend sent me a link to a $200 one..Amazon much cheaper. What did you end up with? Respironics InnoSpire Essence Compressor Nebulizer System Qty: 1 $39.99 Respironics Sidestream Reusable Nebulizers Qty: 1 $13.00 From QuoteDid you already get the iodine and hydrogen peroxide? I have a hard time finding the latter. I wasn't sure I you can just buy iodine or whatby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteLaDonna OK, so basically what I said was that I wasnot even familiar with the term ectopics Ectopic beats is a term that can refer to premature atrial or ventricular contractions (PAC's & PVC's). These can be isolated (meaning occurring by themselves) or they can occur in runs of 2, 3 or more. They are harmless. A more detailed explanation is here . Often you don'tby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Bettylou, I posted my plan here. It includes pieces from Dr. Brownstein. My only med, afib or otherwise, is on-demand flecainide. Fortunately, use of it is very rare. One idea, is that quercetin acts like a zinc ionophore, like chloroquine, but I'm not aware of any negative cardiac consequences. About 3 weeks ago, I came down with congestion and runny nose - things that my staby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
No opinion on shots, but this has worked well for me and a number of friends. book: . John Kirsch MD and orthopedic surgeon fixed his own shoulder and after prescribing this to others cut his shoulder surgery business dramatically.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
When you read the first paper Jackie linked One of the graphs is here: Here is a one pager for practitioners on hsCRP from Cleveland Heart Lab The last several times I've had labs run, the hsCRP has been done by Cleveland. They consider anything <1.0 as good. Mine are always <0.3. Other labs I've used in the last five years have the same limits. Several points here.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Does persistent AF also prevent hs-crp levels from going down and result in a vicious cycle for AF? Recall during my 2.5 month episode at the beginning of my afib journey, still had hsCRP of 0.5.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM