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As of March, Natale was also inThousand Oaks <by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Madeline, My triggers are mostly vagal. I'm 63, male, and had my first episode at 49. I was a delayed vagal response to a training run on a 14,000' mountain. I woke up with it and did no realize I had it till I took my blood pressure with a manual cuff. I didn't do this frequently, but had "white coat hypertension" for ~25 years at that point. My pulse sounded wby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
What Gordon said. Some people respond dramatically to Threonate for brain issues. You'll have to experiment. I take so much mag that the Threonate form would be very expensive if it were the only form I used compared to other forms. I took some before bed for a while, but saw no difference brain-wise. As Gordon says, for my heart/afib, any form works for me as long as I take it in suffiby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKleinkp Last long afibb episode 66hr was after bad flu vomiting and diarrhea for 12hrs. Other long episodes after over indulging on alcohol. Afibb begets afibb?? Gets worse? The flu & vomiting could cause an electrolyte imbalance leading to afib. Afib begets afib. There are both physical and electrical remodeling that occurs during afib. This remodeling makes it easier foby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
In June I posted this account of converting an episode of afib using an exhaled breath hold < I also linked this sheep paper showing how the sheep had immunity from induced afib when they were breathing an increased concentration of CO2 < Last week made connection via email with an afibber that I hadn't chatted with in a great while. I passed on the breath hold conversion post. Hby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKleinkp Last 5+ years on flec/met I have had 23hr episode, 12 hr episode, 66 hrs episode along with 12-15 very short afib episodes all spread out over the last 5+. Convert on my own everytime. Recently started supplementing taurine, mag and potassium feel great. I'd ask my doc if I could increase my flec, on demand, to convert any episode that doesn't convert on its own inby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
In my case, potassium plays second fiddle to magnesium. If I get magnesium right, potassium falls into line. Afib came to me in July 2004, a product of a (several day) delayed vagal trigger after a training run on a 14,000' peak. Within two months I progressed to a 2.5 month episode that wouldn't convert. My EP agreed to prescribe flec on demand, to be used when my electrolyte repletby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth George you said that you ate a lot of cheese, you believe it was the calcium in the cheese that caused your AF, maybe it was something else in the cheese, don't know just asking. I eat a little cheese most days and it doesn't seem to affect me, I eat Mozzarella only. Liz, It is always possible. I was going through a divorce and stress eating wheels of brie. It tookby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I concur with what Carey says. Getting a lot through food is excellent. You can, however buy potassium citrate & bicarbonate powders and get quite a bit larger dose. For example, potassium bicarb is used in home brewing and can be purchased through those channels. A large dose at once is not effective. Dissolving a set amount in a jug of water is one way to consume a relativelyby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesmackman Can anyone explain my missing A Wave or my results above from my Tee? Thanks Has to do with mitral stenosis. "An A wave on the mitral echogram (in sinus rhythm) excludes severe mitral stenosis; when an A wave is not seen, no definite statement concerning severity of mitral stenosis can be made." <by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I concur with tsco. It is interesting what Mike posted on calcium. I know that increasing calcium intake from food caused my normally good control to deteriorate and reducing it improved control. If it is relatively benign for other side effects, It might be worth experimenting with. Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I completely concur with Carey. While I maintain excellent fitness (I am not ablated), backing off endurance training (and no competition) has been an important part of my afib remission protocol. In my case it is the product of intensity times fitness that is the issue. I can do relatively low intensity activities for a long period of time. I can also do very intense activities for short perby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Shannon, hope you had a great day yesterday & have a great holiday weekend. Thanks for all you do!! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
For reference, 20 mEq of potassium is about 783 milligrams. Again for reference, the suggested daily intake of potassium from food is 4500 milligrams or 4.5 grams.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I believe Shannon said the probability of lifetime AC after LAA isolation was 58%, on the initial 6 month exam. My friend from Houston was the first person Shannon had met who had more burn time than Shannon on his index ablation. Then he got LAA isolation on #2. It took 2? years, but my friend's parameters, which were not in the good range after the ablation improved enough that heby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKleinkp Norma precautioned me depending on where and the aggressive nature of the ablation. The possibility of being on blood thinners for long term after procedure. She said unlikely in my case but non the less she put that out there, which I appreciated the candidness. If he has to isolate the left atrial appendage (LAA), which would likely be in a second procedure if needed, then yoby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
"Do people sometime come off the flecainide and stay on the Eliquis...or vice versa?" Sure. In your case, with the TIA, coming off the Eliquis is unlikely. Or at least being on some anticoagulant. The flec's purpose is to keep you in rhythm. You could take the risk of going off it and of going back into afib. With what you've described, it would likely take another eleby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
The studies I looked at, which I don't have readily at hand to cite, judged the NOAC's as "noninferior" to warfarin. Hence they were not worse. As I recall, warfarin has been shown to reduce your risk by 50% (from where you start depending on CHADs, or a variant thereof, score). Hence none of the anti-coagulants reduce your stroke/clot risk to 0. A friend's nieceby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
P 254 of this document from the FDA (bad bug book) goes into Phytohaemagglutinin (kidney bean lectin) and its toxicity <by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Liz, Are you saying you don't soak them and then boil them for 10 minutes or more? Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemwcf Would cooking with coconut fat be similarly beneficial? Or does the cooking ruin the good stuff in the coconut fat? Or is coconut fat not as good as coconut oil anyway?? Most coconut oil I've seen would be considered coconut fat as it is solid at room temperature (I think melting point is around 77F/25C). Coconut fat is very stable, because it is saturated. I don't think tby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSam My Mother had serious dementia. I recommended she be given (my sister looked after her) 3 spoonfuls of coconut oil per day (fortunately she enjoyed the taste) and 500mcg sublingual B12 twice a day. It cured the dementia quite quickly. In some people, dementia can be a cellular energy problem. The medium chain triglycerides in coconut oil (specifically C8 or caprillic acid) will be coby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe] Doesn't that also make sense why changing blood pH by breathing can influence the heart???? Maybe i'm confusing myself by looking too much In this post < I talked about my experience with increasing CO2 and converting an episode and I linked to a paper < where they tested sheep with high CO2, low O2 and normal air and their susceptibility to afib. The sheep on hby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters The other factor is missed dosages, which isn't hard to do but potentially lethal with an AC. A missed dose of coumadin will significantly lower my INR. I have a reminder app on my cellphone with alarms that go off. Assuming her out of range was a low rather than a high INR. From Shannon's comment you can't tell.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteTodd Use magnesium oil for deodorant. it not only works.. its good for you. Any of you ever heard or tried it? I use powdered magnesium hydroxide (I buy it in bulk and put in a shaker bottle). It works well.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Shannon, Sending love to you and your family. Service to others certainly runs strong in your family. You certainly have pursued that path also, to the benefit of so many in our community!! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey I need to figure out the least intrusive way to measure my HRV and will report back when I have learned something. Chest strap and the Elite HRV app. I've found the Polar H10 heart rate sensor to have much fewer artifact problems than the H7.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM