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George: Thanks, I don't have those symptoms, I can work hard, shoveling snow yesterday, don't have shortness of breath. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
George: I don't know much about A Flutter with 4:1 conduction, I didn't take my Propafenone as yet, do you think that will help or hinder. I see my EP this Wed., what do they do about this. This isn't new, I come out of it just like AF. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I go into AF now (at least I think it is) it is hard to determine if it is AF or some other arrthythmia, my heart beat is regular but fast. My regular rate is in the 60s, when I go into this different beat it goes into the 80s, so what I feel is a fast beat but not irregular. My two blood Pressure monitors do not show that I am having AF.. I see my EP in a couple of weeks and will ask hiby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
If this is true, that is good news. Editor’s Comments: Being Female Not a Risk Factor for Stroke: Recent research and current guidelines no longer rate women at higher stroke risk simply for being a woman. See Camm Stroke Risk Guidelines Changes and Being Female Not a Risk Factor for Stroke. afib.com The moderator of this site is Steve s. Ryan PHD He speaks of EECP therapy canby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have been taking 150 mg. of Propafenone every night before bed for many years, the last couple of months I have been getting more episodes of AF, usually around 5 or 7 in the a.m. (I go to bed very late). I have read that Propafenone can become pro-arrhythmic, so I am wondering if that is happening to me. I used to go 2 months or more a lot of times without AF, this increase is causing me soby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Didn't you use to post here before your ablation and as I recall you had a health food store? I am surprised hat no one has responded to your post, I never had an ablation so I can't help you with that. If you have been reading this forum then you know that most believe in Dr. Natile in Texas. Those that have had that ablation with Dr. Natile in Texas please respond to this post forby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carey: {Calling something natural also doesn't make it not a drug. It's a drug just as much as anything Pfizer or Merck makes; it just doesn't require a prescription, isn't FDA regulated, and isn't subjected to mandatory clinical trials, safety trials, post-market monitoring, and purity standards.) Ha, ha, ha. FDA regulated--just like Aspartame-Nurta sweet, knownby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tsco: Where did you see that, I googled Zicam nasal spray and did not see that it was taken off the market. There are side affects from these sprays and cold meds that can affect some people. I never used the spray very often, just once in a great while. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
There are side affects to blood thinners as well, bleeding in the brain, bleeding as my mother had in her gut. There are side affects with most drugs you take so to say one is safer than the other is just untrue. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tsco: No, I never sprayed it in my mouth, I just did one spray in each nostril (must not be the same stuff). Maybe 4 sprays in your mouth is too much, I don't think I would do that, they have Vit. C sprays I would use that instead. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
For a number of years when I would be outside and if it was cold, some of my fingers would get numb and turn white. I would have to put them in warm water and rub them to get the blood flowing back into them. I have been outside shoveling snow and it sure is COLD, my hands are cold but that numbness hasn't happened, the only thing that I have been doing differently is taking the collagen pby Elizabeth - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
I have used Zicam a few times and never had any problems, I used it because I have allergies, it is a nasal spray. Is that what you used? Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carey: I have a book written by Hans titled "Thrombosis and Stroke Prevention", it was written in 2005. I realize more info. on the this subject is out there, but this is from his book: A group of American researchers evaluated stroke risk among 700 elderly participants (mean age of 75 years) in the farmingham Heart study and concluded that afibbers with a predicted annual strokby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Roel: The supplements that I cannot take have given me oral Migraines, CoQ10 is one of them. I believe that I can get most of my nutrients from food, I have a large garden and raise vegetables which I also can and freeze for the winter, I do all of my own cooking from scratch. I don't use chemical fertilizers on my garden, I use compost. You have to be careful with supplements, where aby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
A b Page; Gosh, it is always something, one would think that going through all that you have and also others that you wouldn't have to take any blood thinners. I remember when Hans Larsen went to France to have his ablation, I don't recall him saying that he would have to take a blood thinner afterwards for perhaps life. So having the Watchman done would alleviate the need forby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ken: During your 6 years of AF (that was known) did you take blood thinners? You had about 2 1/2 episodes of AF a month (doing my math) during those 6 years. It is a little puzzling to me that many that have ablations have to be on blood thinners and then there are also many that do not take blood thinners after their ablations. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Smackman:: I thought after LAA isolation you would not need blood thinners, didn't Shannon have that done and no longer takes blood thinners? Liz This article answers most of my questions: Compared with patients who had only the standard procedure, those who also had LAA isolation were almost twice as likely to be free of AF at 1 year: 56% vs 28% (hazard ratio 1.92; P=0.001).by Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie: Thank you for your reply--from what I have been reading problems with the LAA is because of long standing persistent AF, you didn't have that, and it seems you are on the low end of the CHAD score . It isn't just because of age but in what shape is your body in, I also have low platelets. Hope you are better that wasn't a very good Christmas present. Liz Thby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie I guess I don't understand, you had 3 ablations and your tee clearance velocity is normal you still have to be on Eliquis, you have gone through a lot and still are at risk for a stroke? Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ken: You said you did have an ablation, now what If you didn't, you might be taking some drugs or more supplements. I have had episodes of AF since 1997, since I am vagal I take 150 mg. of Propafenone every night before bed. I don't take very many supplements because many of them don't agree with me. I eat a very good diet as well, I raise my veggies, can and freeze them for tby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
No wolfpack It wasn't what you said, it was this post: Speculation on the death of a beloved celebrity resulted in the top clinical trend for early 2017. Carrie Fisher—an outspoken mental health advocate, author and actress died a few days after becoming unresponsive while on an airplane. Although nothing is certain, Dr. George Lundberg Suggested the possibility that chronic magnesiumby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great movie but Carrie Fisher was also on drugs, maybe mag. would have helped her and maybe not.by Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie: Have you stopped taking Eliquis? Seems like the docs would have said to stop, years ago when I was taking Coumadin I got bloodshot eyes and my thumb had a sack of blood, my doctor said to stop taking Coumadin. My mother was on Coumadin and after a few years she had black stools, (blood) her doc. said to stop the Coumadin. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is all great reading but doesn't always work, we on this board take magnesium yet we still have AF, most here have had an ablation because magnesium just doesn't do it. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carey: I understand what you are saying that hyperkalemia doesn't promote arrhythmogenic activity--mild hyperkalemia has a limited effect on the heart, Moderate hyperkalemia can produce EKG changes, severe hyperkalemia can cause the heart to stop beating. But hyperkalemia can lead to abnormal heart rhythms, whatever they are. I did get some abnormal heart rhythms that one time when I haby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
My mother was on a diuretic and was taking potassium as well, she then was put on a potassium sparing drug, I took care of her meds and put them in her pill box. I was going to go to Florida for a few weeks and my sister in law was to take care of my mothers' meds. I told my sister in law that my mother no longer took potassium, unfortunately she gave my mother the wrong med which was potby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carey said---I'm not going to address the myth of potassium causing arrhythmias and ectopics. Its mechanism of action does quite the opposite, even in someone with low magnesium. No myth, I had read on this site that potassium supplements were good for AF so I took potassium supplements for a few days, started getting a few min. runs of AF, I never got runs of AF in the daytime. I stoppby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Que: Glad the mag. stops your aura migraines, doesn't work for me. I had an episode of AF last night it lasted into the early afternoon of today and this morning I took some extra Propafenone I got an aura migraine a few hours later. Now is the propafenone causing them or is the AF causing them, I have in the past gotten both in the same day, I am ready to give up. Lizby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM
Well I have never seen any insects in my water--about 2 years ago I had the well guys come out and check my well as there was a lot of water around the well tank inside my house. They did find a leak and fixed it I no longer have my problem. I also have a system called "easy water" which goes through an electrical charge system so I no longer have to use salt because of the iron problby Elizabeth - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Sounds like they are on the right track. I have gone into AF many times when in the evening I am sitting on my couch and happen to press my back against the pillow, this only happens however in the evening at rest I have wondered why just doing that would throw me into AF, I probably push on that nerve. The vagus nerve, historically cited as the pneumogastric nerve, is the tenth cranial neby Elizabeth - AFIBBERS FORUM