Jackie: There are risks on taking Eliquis also, yet you are taking it. I take a baby aspirin everyday. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie: I had asked Dr B. about MK 7, he doesn't carry it in his vit. store, he said he hasn't found a good one. In the 5 books of his that I have there is no mention to take that vit. I quit taking it some time ago as I think it may also caused some of my Aura Migraines, knock on wood I haven't gotten any in a while. Lizby Elizabeth - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
High blood pressure can cause AF, hopefully that can be controlled. Before I go to my doctor I write down any questions that I want answered, you should do that, too bad these doctors are in such a hurry. Have you had blood work done for Magnesium,and potassium most people are low in these electrolytes which can cause many of the symptoms that you are having. Hopefully Shannon or Carey canby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Alndr01 How did you happen to come across King Mithridates, I looked him up, he also developed a universal antidote that could conter any type of poison. Too bad we don't know what it was. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
The problem with ablations there are so few doctors that are good at it, I know a couple of people that have had 3 or 4 ablations, as well as reading about them on this board. My EP never offered an ablation to me, perhaps because I didn't get a lot of AF episodes for many years and I was doing ok overall. This is a comment taken from the study: Dr. Stephen Benzian| Radiology 1by Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Rocketritch said: { Except for the fact that successful ablation has zero side effects where as meds not so much}. That isn't exactly true---What exactly is a successful ablation, is it that you no longer get AF but you may have to stay on blood thinners. There are a few people on here that have had a "successful ablation" but still need to stay on blood thinners. I aby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
"Atrial fibrillation can be present one day and absent the next, so giving someone the all-clear may be a mistake. Another possibility is that it can come back. Many people don't know when they have this condition and it can come back without them or their doctor realising. This is from that report, what doctor gives the "all-clear" when one has AF one day and not the next,by Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Well it seems that the Cabana trial doesn't seem to think that an ablation is much better than taking drugs. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie: I have read your article on Lumbrokinase, I am interested, the prices vary on this supplement which one do you buy?. Is it all made in China? It also is made from earthworm protein, sounds kind of gross. I would like to run his by doc. B. Thanks Jackieby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tracy; Did Atenolol help your migraines? I just don't see how a beta blocker helps migraines, I get oral migraines sometimes, certain supplements will cause them. I can't help you with those 2 drugs as I have never taken them, the beta blocker that you were taken no doubt calmed you. I did take Atenolol when I first got AF, for me it was an awful drug, made me very tried and I bby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Justmetoo: An EKG will dectect AF while you are pacing but many doctors can't read it. I have had two doctors (one in ER and a local doctor) that could not tell if I was in AF because I was pacing (I have a pacer). Why couldn't they read it, it may not be quite so easy, but apparently it can be done. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Alxn Are you on any blood thinners? My EP is bound and determined to get me on Eliquis, I am concerned about it, I have had episodes of AF for almost 20 years, I didn't get that many episodes for many of those years but I am getting more episodes lately so I getting more anxious about it. I too have read things about Eliquis, I read that there is about 20,000 people in the U.S. that hby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Did you read about Andexxa doesn't sound as good a reversal agent as there is for Coumadin. lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
How many have a "chicken wing" LAA? The shape of the left atrial appendage may have something to do with the risk of ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, researchers found. Of the four shapes characterized by researchers, the one called Chicken Wing carried a 79% decreased risk of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), according to Andrea Natale, MD, from theby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
My EP is very intelligent, he also teaches at U of M in Ann Arbor, he has been an EP for about 30 years. There are quite a few lawsuits against the Watchman device at Boston Scientific. I will agree with you that one needs a very competent doctor to install the Watchman, but there have been problems with it. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Went to the pacemaker clinic yesterday, talked with one of the pacer nurses, tried to explain pacing to me, lots to learn in how to read the ECG. My pacer was pacing me at a heartrate of 80, she was very agreeable to change that to 60 or even to 50, since my heartrate is usually in the 60s I said set it at 60. I don't know why it was set at 80 in the first place, she said something about Iby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Why should I have that "overdrive" on my pacer, my understanding has been that the pacer was put in because of a 1st degree heart block, which was probably caused by taking beta blockers when first diagnosed with AF by my regular doctor. The pacer was only put in to kick in when my heartrate dropped below 50. It was put in 1998 and I have had no problems until now, the last interrogatby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Spoke with a nurse at the pacer clinic, I have an appointment this Tuesday to reprogram my device. Evidently it is set at 80 to pace when it senses AF or Flutter, that's the way it works, don't exactly understand why. They will drop the rate to 60 or 70 so that I hopefully won't be feeling it as much if this happens again. This nurse believes it was flutter. Spoke to my EP,by Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Well I spoke to someone in the pacer clinic and, really hard to get more info. Finally, said that yes it could be flutter and also some AF going on during those 4 days, periods of it not constant. Said the pacer senses between beats, (something like that) that's why heartrate was in the 80s the high is set at 110 BPM, according to this guy I was having a few episodes off and on during thosby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carey: After 4 days in a Heartrate of 80 what made me stop pacing and go into my normal heartrate of 60? Hopefully the pacer lab will have some answers for me tomorrow, The pacer was put in originally because when I would go from AF to NSR my heartrate would almost flatline, the pacer is set at 50 so if I go below that the pacer kicks in, I have never had a problem before until this past Janby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
The copy of my ECG finally got to my doctors office, he left before it got there, however his nurse can read them. I spoke with her and she said there wasn't any AF or flutter because I was pacing and when your are pacing it won't show AF. That is why those other two docs said there wasn't any AF because of my pacer. They didn't say I was pacing or go any further. My pacerby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie: It is good that you can read the ECG, I can't, makes you Carey, and George a lot smarter than a couple of doctors I know. A copy of the ECG has gone to my EP, he will be in his office tomorrow so I will contact him then. I am glad I had the EKG done as today I am OK, my heartrate in back in the low 60s and it feels calm. For 4 days the rate was in the 80s constantly, I was lowby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I went to the ER in Jan. the doc. there told me the same thing, I didn't believe him, but now that this doctor said the same thing as well, I didn't know what to think, I knew you guys would know, thank you. So, If this doctor said she saw nothing wrong would that mean that there isn't any AF or flutter? My EP will be getting the EKG this week so hopefully I will get an answby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Saw the doctor today, ran an EKG, checked my heart-----doc told me that because I have a pacemaker AF or Flutter will not show on the EKG, otherwise it is OK. Heart rate in low 80s, doctor said not exactly regular, said could be some off and on AF or flutter or PVCs, said to contact my EP. The problem with my EP he is only in his office a couple of times a week, otherwise he is at the U. of M.,by Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike: Ok, have a good time and relax. I used to have a really good memory but the older I get my memory isn't as good, I remember things from a long time ago but short term memory isn't the same, just getting older. Let us know how you are doing when you get back. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carey: This happened to me in Jan., I went to the ER, they took an ECG and said no AF and everything was OK, Flutter does show on an ECG doesn't it? If I still am in this fast heartbeat tomorrow I will go to the doctor, I know something is wrong. Also when I was at the ER in Jan. they ran my thyroid test and I was hypo, perhaps I am again, however, I always thought that hyper would proby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike: When you stopped Xarelto, did you right away take Eliquis or did you wait a period of days? I have told this before but I was given Coumadin years ago, I had problems with it and was told to stop it, I coughed up some blood clots a few weeks later, I was lucky that nothing happened to me. It does seem strange that you stopped one anticoagulant for another and got a stroke. I don'by Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Anti ftib: Thanks I wondered how accurate it was. George Doesn't flutter have a faster rate? This is puzzling to me, I also don't have the energy when this is going on and it makes me kind of nervous, I am not like that as a rule. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have gone about 5 weeks without AF, but Thursday early a.m. I went into AF, sometime during the day I went into NSR. I however now have a fast heartbeat, at least for me, it is in the 80s I usually am in the low 60s, the fast heartbeat is hanging on. This has happened to me in Jan., since It was a Sat. I went to the ER to get an ECG, I thought I might have some new arrhythmia, they checked mby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike you will get a lot better, my brother had a stroke a few years ago, it affected his left arm/side as well, his strength in his arm is ok now. He did go and did exercises, he never had AF, yet he got a stroke, we all do the best we can. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM