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QuoteDaisy "Finding someone locally" is often the cause of failed ablations--unless you find an EP who does hundreds per year and has been trained by the best. Ask them how many they have done, who trained them, etc. I live in a mid-sized city and I have never met anyone who has had a successful ablation here--though there are lots of EPs doing ablations. I wouldn't consider it.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecirenepurzalot These days it seems that ablations are so common that if you check the reviews of EPs you should be able to find one rather locally to do a good job. Am I wrong? Good luck.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemwcf . How on earth folks can manage to get their Vit D beyond 100 ng/dl is beyond me - short of taking 10000 iu daily indefinitely...... That would be me (both the 10,000 IU/day and 25OHD > 100 ng/dL, per my doc. It has had no impact on my afib as I've done this for years, but long after afib started. Not that I'm suggesting this for anyone else. Happened to be >150 ng/by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Quotelds001 My 3rd and last AF episode started immediately after I rolled onto my left side when trying to get to sleep. Then I read somewhere that sleeping on your left Side can be a trigger for AF. I haven’t slept on my left side since that night and I MISS sleeping on my left side. Is this a “tale” or is it true? Thanks! Left side was never a trigger for me. Then, as I've prby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecirenepurzalot In your opinion, if general cases, if ablations seem so (relatively) easy and effective, why do people battle for years trying to get strong medications correct, suffering thru side effects, messed up combinations, possibility of stroke, death or afib getting worse, burden on the liver, etc.... Why don't they just get an ablation and be done with it? I know you can'tby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack That being said, the betas won’t hurt you. Worst case is you feel like a slug. Apparently beta blockers (and other anti-hypertensives) are ototoxic to some degree or another. I learned this because I have tinnitus from a car airbag deployment and this is discussed in the tinnitus world. I've never taken a BB, so no issue for me. I would certainly do something to reduce myby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
A local friend had to go to a number of cardio's/EP's before he found one that would prescribe PIP. Years ago, my EP prescribed it right off the bat without any hospital stay. He did want an ECG the day after my first use. My son-in-law got a PIP flec prescription in mid December. The cardio also wanted an ECG after first use. Hence it is luck of the draw. In my case, the EP wasby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotekatesshadow Can't access the LivOn labs site?? Try this.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Quotesusan.d I wouldn’t be surprised if the EMF is a contributing factor. Susan, my understanding is that there are data suggesting that EMF's can activate what are called voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) at a cellular/mitochondrial level. I think there are some data suggesting calcium channel blocker meds can block this effect. There are also case reports of some individuals whoby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've taken 2-4g/day of taurine for 15+ years without any side effects. When I first developed the magnesium/potassium/taurine protocol to keep my afib in remission, I didn't bother to replace my taurine supply when it ran out. I was still working out my plan. I'd had around 4 months of no afib (this is after a 2.5 month episode in the first 4 months of afib). I then had two epby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteBarry G. This may be old news to you guys but I certainly found the articular interesting and certainly appears to support Steve's views on the connection between calcium and AF. I know George's freedom of AF follows his regimen of very high intake of magnesium which I believe may well suppress any possible calcium overload. And I also restrict calcium, though am not as fanaticby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
A comment from the peanut gallery (a non-ablatee). I commonly wake up in the wee hours and I have several routines I do to get back to sleep (I go to our basement, so I don't disturb my wife). I will usually do some yoga, breathing exercises and then meditate and will frequently go back to sleep during meditation. Many times I will put a strap on and record my heart, beat to beat (r to r).by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteBarry G. PS. Still Atrial Flutter free and solid NSR since cardioversion 6 months ago. Barry G. Great news Barry! Continued NSR to you!!!by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoterocketritch Just curious how folks here deal with stress. Rich, the first part of this podcast, Safi Bacall (Stanford physics PhD, biotech entrepreneur) describes some very interesting self hypnosis techniques. Might be useful for you.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMarkF786 Has anyone here tried Prolon or another Fasting Mimicking Diet? How was it with you afib? I'm about to start a Prolon 5 day fast, and have a mild concern about my afib. Often, when I start a keto diet, it'll trigger afib during the induction phase (and I'll increase my potassium to try avoiding it), so potentially something similar may happen with fasting - thougby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I think what works to deal with stress is very individual. I think meditation, in some form, can be helpful to some. In the last ~20 minutes of this podcast, Dawson Church gives a reasonable one to try. For some meditation, others exercise (but obviously in the right dose for some of us in the afib world), others, time in nature or Mindfulness. I view meditation as a physiologic state. Geby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey But just waiting it out at home was better than waiting it out in an ER at $3000 per visit. From 1987 till I remarried in 2015, I had very high deductible individual health insurance. In 2004, the ER trip cost over $3000, and I converted on my own without meds (was my first ever afib episode) or electro cardioversion. I learned then that an ER visit wasn't for me for afib. Iby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotelds001 George, Thanks for trying to help. I got the document to Dropbox.....but the rest is beyond my understanding. Way beyond... Linda Here is what Dropbox says to create a shareable link < Once you get a shareable link, you can paste it here after a < without any space. I've sent you a PM.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
The Kardia EKG is a PDF. You'd need to save the PDF online (upload) to something like Google Drive or Dropbox. Then set the permissions to "anyone can view" and get a share link. You can paste the link here several ways. The simple way is to paste it after < without any spaces. That will create a clickable link that will load the pdf for people. Alternatively you could cby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecirenepurzalot Yes, I have Kardia (6 lead). Those readings say 150-160, but if I take my own pulse I only count around 100 bpm (counted for 15 seconds.) Can be hard to count manually as the pulse wave amplitude varies and can be small enough that you miss those beats. QuoteYeah, my cardiologist prescribed me 25mg of metropolol, but I was scared of dependency or side effects. I also didnby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecirenepurzalot When I have afib, which could last up to 3 days, my pulse is often between 150 and 160 bpm. Is there any techniques you've used to lower your beats per minute? And is such a high bpm dangerous? I'm in my mid-40s and have no other health issues. Generally beta-blockers or calcium channel blocker meds are used for rate control. Rates over 100 BPM are considered highby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDaisy I wonder if they could convert an Afib patient (who also had an implanted defibrillator) by activating it . Not all ICDs have atrial leads. In this study of using ICDs to convert afib, conversion rates were low - like 27%. <by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteTomSeest I came across all this back when I was trying to get my cardiologist to agree to cardiovert me after 14 months of constant A-Fib. In that period, I used fasting and the ketogenic diet to reverse remodel from an LVEF of 27% to 53% in 5 months before he cardioverted me. I think Tom's reverse remodelling of his LVEF from 27% to 53% is truly the remarkable part of this thread.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe Hmm, wonder if drinking one whole lemon every morning would help in a similar way to modified citrus pectin? I've been vitamizing 1 lemon with water every morning for the last 6/8 months and drinking it. "Some experts caution that citrus pectin and all "modified" citrus pectins may not have the same effects as modified citrus pectin. Citrus pectin does not have theby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
In Tom's post, he linked this paper In it, "Studies have shown that galectin-3 levels are associated with LA fibrosis in AF (24), but whether galectin-3 (or other fibrosis markers) can help predict AF ablation success is unknown." [24] is linked here "Serum galectin-3 value was also found to be a significant predictor of left atrium fibrosis, reduced left atrial voluby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
{EDIT after Tom's post below to correct inaccuracies}I have a friend who was in persistent afib for ~14 months. The afib was precipitated initially from pneumonia, as I recall. This guy used fasting, keto & exercise and finally they cardioverted him after he reversed his LEVF from 27% to 53%. After ~22 months of NSR, he went back into afib four weeks ago. He underwent a cardioversionby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news, Liz! Best wishes for continued NSR!! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I believe that the prohibitions against eating & drinking are because of anesthesia and your safety in this regard. Your question should be directed to the anesthesiologist.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
My two cents. I've been keto adapted since Oct 2009. Keto diets can be implemented in quite a few ways. When I adapted, I used a traditional "Atkins" approach of keeping carbs <= 20g/day for several weeks. One of the things that can happen is a large electrolyte shift driven by dramatically lower insulin levels. My understanding from this book is that chronically higher leby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've taken ubiquinol (the active form of CO Q 10) for years. Can't say it makes a difference in afib one way or another, but my afib burden is very low with my previously posted remission program.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM