QuoteJackie Pets need taurine too. Commercial pet food is typically lacking taurine. Cats, especially, need taurine and go blind when deficient. Cats and dogs can develop cardiomyopathy when taurine deficient and it’s found this is reversible with optimal repletion. I have had experience with this with a cat in the 1980's. He was dx'd with cardiomyopathy in 1987 at age 5. It was abby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey George, you do realize that the average person cannot or will not follow regimes like you do and rigorously identify triggers, right? Ha ha ha, yes, having made my living analyzing and solving problems for ~40 years, I'm aware that I am different. A large part of my ability comes from persistence and patience. Afib is a very difficult problem. There have been some very brigby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCareySo I don't encourage people to look for triggers. I think it's largely a snipe hunt. I disagree, and I do repeat testing like you do. Never a one-off. I also found that when I was consuming too much calcium from food, as I've previously reported, I was sensitive to many more triggerst than when not consuming the Ca++. Triggers - low Ca++: not consuming enougby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Have tried CBD for insomnia, didn't make any difference for me. I'm not on meds, so no interaction to report. My wife uses it for inflammation, but she's not on meds nor an afibber. My experience likely doesn't help you any...by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike, Are you sure all your ectopics are PAC's and not PVC's? Don't know how you'd tell without a Holter (which you may have had). On the first Holter I had, the day after my first episode, I was averaging 2 PAC's and 24 PVC's per hour (the only other one I had was when I was in afib). On my old Polar beat to beat recording heart rate monitor, I could tell thby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sam, I was in your shoes in 2012. Since 2004, I had relatively few episodes, mostly kept at bay with magnesium to bowel tolerance. Then I was going through a divorce and about 9 months in, I had 4 episodes in a row. A cardiologist suggested taking the flec daily. I did and started at 300 mg (my style - start with what works - may not be optimal or safest approach in this case). It workedby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteRitva Hi, Despite increasing my Mag intake substantially, I still was experiencing occasional evening flutters, PACs and short fast run palpitations. I came across George N's account on stopping PACs with ginger. I had been adding 1/4 tsp. ginger to my morning oatmeal for a long time as it supposedly also works as a blood thinner. (I am not on blood thinners.) So I stated adding 1/3 tsby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth George: Ha, ha, ha, yep I am 40 something, I guess one could say that, its the something that is bothersome. I meant 40 degrees north latitude for UV in the winter... QuoteElizabethGeorge do you recall that Hans did a survey once asking how many had less AF in the summer months and there were a few of us. Maybe vaguely, that never applied to me, so I likely didn'tby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemwcf but as ever, it might be more about operator experience/skill than the tech per se. Yep, pick the operator, not his/her tools.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth George: Glad you are OK and didn't take too long to convert, I guess we always have to be vigilant about AF. Does DR. Gundry have any ideas in regards to AF? It seems like for me, I get more episodes in the winter months than I do in the warmer months, I am a lot more active then for one. Liz Thanks LIz!. Gundry knows about my afib and that I take lots of mag to keeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth Billy: Would the Florida dept. of Health pay for another ablation? There is a Hospital in Florida that is part of the Cleveland Clinic, a few people have gone there for their ablations and did well. Dr. Natale, who is in Texas now and a famous doctor once was with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Cleveland Clinic Florida | Highest Ranked Hospital in ... Find out moreby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
May not be exactly what you want, but: Go to here: Home > AFIBBERS FORUM > Control Center > Followed Topics Show topics with activity in the last X days You can follow a topic by clicking "Follow Topic" when reading a message. Also, if you select "Send replies to this topic to me via email" when creating a post, the message will be added to your folloby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike, EP writer, Dr John Mandrola mentioned one time that he got prone to minimize the possibility of flutter. Of course a beta blocker could do the same thing. I don't take beta blockers so I get prone. I'm not fanatic about it, but is generally what I do to minimize the flutter risk (which I've never had, touch wood). As an aside: the form of mag I've been using mosby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I concur with Carey, as long as you have good kidney function. Likewise, I've taken 8 g of potassium at a time without issue (never took the diuretic). I prefer potassium citrate powder or bicarbonate powder to chloride as the citrate will converte to bicarb in the body and I think this provides other metabolic benefits. When i used to travel with potassium chloride, It would get flaggedby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
As they just spike the juice with potassium chloride, you can purchase any low sodium juice you like and add the potassium in the quantity you want. Salt substitute that is pure KCl can be purchased at almost any grocery in the salt section - just check the label.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Liz, "And electrically isolating the LAA can often significantly reduce the contractile function of the LAA, thus making it a source of clots even when the heart is not in A-Fib. " This is true, hence the reason that ~60% of patients that have their LAA isolated need lifetime anticoagulation or to have a device like the Watchman installed. "Does using the Watchman devicesby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Certainly, rat poison has used warfarin, in toxic quantities. for a long time. The rats bleed out. Hence the reason why humans taking it have to undergo frequent INR (clotting time) testing with the objective to keep the INR level between 2 & 3. If INR is too low, then no therapeutic effect. If too high, then a very increased risk of bleeding. Just because it can be used as a poisonby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotetsco Unless you all have a more updated Kardia than me it's not a good tool for anything other than afib. In other words you can have pacs close together and it interprets that as afib. It doesn't read things like flutter or bundle blocks or Junctional. I have Junctional rythym that is steady but makes me light headed and goes from slow to normal off and on. The point is if you exby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Linda, Your BP device will average a number of beats to give you a heart rate. A hallmark of afib is an erratic pulse. I can feel the erratic nature in my radial pulse, with my fingers. I would say, "I can name that rhythm in 4 beats or less." Of course other arrhythmias can also be erratic and an ECG device, like the Kardia, will allow you to be more precise in analyzing thby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Concur with Carey, There is a guy who posts as dnvrfox who has posted once or twice a year since his successful Natale ablation. His last post was in Aug 2016 ago, which was they at 11 years < "So, I turned 76 in November.. - almost to 77. Continuing my mini sprint triathlon - 3 mile walk followed by 20 mile bike ride followed by 500 yard swim, throwing in some pushups, pulby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteBarry G. Hi George, thanks for your comment and yes touch wood I am still doing great after that last ablation in 2010. Good to see you are still supporting the BB with the knowledge of your successful fight against AF without having to go the way of ablation. I did tell some long stories back then with hopefully a bit of humour in them to help try to lift the gloom of this hideous afflictioby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Cindy, Would you be open to an antiarrhythmic on demand to cut short your episode and convert to NSR? I've done this successfully for 14 years. My episodes are now very infrequent (about 5 times in 5 years now though there was a period of time where it was more frequent and initially I had a 2.5 month episode. Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barry, I'm glad you are doing well! I clearly remember all your ablations stories as i read them at the time. Cheers, Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
As I've posted < bathing in cold water, which I do regularly, even though I have a vagal trigger. A cold shower is OK if you aren't well adapted, but don't start off doing what I do. Hypothermia can be dangerous or fatal to the unadapted. Dunking your face in ice water will also safely do this. Carotid massage, too. Again be careful not to shut off circulation.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotekong2018 Hi George, from the info you provided, I think you mean potassium really doesn’t matter, or at least it’s not an indicator of the onset of afib, right? How do I find out if I had hypoglycemia? The night and the few nights before my first afib, I did have lots of sweating while sleeping. Maybe I didn’t eat enough for those days? Have you ever had an episode while you were awake? Anotby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotekong2018 Hi George, so you don’t have episode any more? How often were they?. When afib first presented, 14 years ago, I got it every 10-14 days with 6-10 hour duration. They would come at ~3AM and I could convert them with exercise or on their own. Then, after about two months I had an episode that would not convert. It lasted 2.5 months. It was converted with 300 mg flecainide - flecby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe FWIW, i find your experience/experimenting very interesting! It doesn't mean i'll copy everything or anything you do. Instinctively i feel that going into low keton keto metabolism for a short time (days or a few weeks) is beneficial on many levels. Your feats need quite some training i suspect. Joe, I'm firmly convinced that hyperinsulinemia is a root cause of mby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
safib, I've I've said before, nothing I'm doing in this discussion has anything to do with my remission of afib. Nor am I trying to convince you or anyone else that what I do is without risk, or a good idea. I know that what I do has a complete lack of RCT's regarding efficacy (so did the successful afib remission program I concocted). I'm also well aware that Drs.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
My episodes initially occurred at 3AM. While over 14 years, I've had other episodes at other times, most occurred in the early morning while asleep. This is a fairly common vagal presentation. Several thoughts. -Night time hypoglycemia. Waking up hot or sweaty,which used to happen to me, though not since I keto adapted in 2009. Hence a lower carb diet might be helpful. -As I rby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike, I'm no expert, but, from what I've read here on those going to Natale for ablations, this seems standard. Perhaps you could travel to arrive early (though would cost more for accomodations & lost work time). Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM