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Sharon - there is an amino acid level test that shows AA's and would include taurine. Read here: I think as long as you feel well, have no afib, and take some taurine - don't rock the boat. If for some reason things change, then you can always try increasing the taurine. It's a very innocuous amino acid. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I worked, one of my patients was surgeon/urologist. In addition to experience, he told me, for prostate surgery, it's important to choose a surgeon who is willing to take the time to spare the nerves found in and around the prostate to avoid impotence. He commented that it's a tedious surgery to spare the nerves and many surgeons prefer just to go in and remove it all in "oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Im working with a person on natural therapies for hypertension and thought Id include these clips from the notes I was using on supplementing with magnesium, potassium and taurine since they are of interest to afibbers as well. Jackie Sources: (1) "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Hypertension" (2003) - Mark Houston, MD. Dr. Houston is an associate clinical profession of medicine, Vby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Vincent - while I believe that's not typically the case, there are some cases that do lead to cardiomyopathy and ultimately heart failure and also congestive heart failure. I believe Hans has reported that overall, it's not a common occurrence. That said, when I was in the hospital being initiated to flecanide, I shared a room with a woman who had let her afib go on for several yeaby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Joe - that's great news that you figured out what your biochemistry needed. Thanks for posting that because many others do not do well with Omega 3 fish oils either. Biochemical individuality at work. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Howie - this is just more support to what's been said all along that cholesterol is necessary in many processes and when we block it with a statin, many down-line things can and do go wrong. I may have mentioned previously that one of my patients had a naturally low cholesterol level all his life - below 150. Around age 55, he developed cancer of the colon. May have been unrelatednby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Peggy - thanks for finding that! How refreshing and a step in the right direction. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is a great explanation of the basics of hypoglycemia and the body protecting the brain - as they say, "at all costs"... it also supports the reason using ribose seems to help so much in cases with CFS/FM. The energy for the heart falls in this category as well. Thanks. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gunnar - Dr. Natale says that flecanide does not work at a high heart rate and that one must take a beta blocker first to slow the HR down so conversion can happen with flecanide. I know this to be true as it has worked very well for me when I've tried it. In the past, flecanide without a BB did not work well at all if attempting to convert once afib begins. On the other-hand, flecanidby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tish - who says yearly mammograms cause no risk? There have been some excellent articles written about yearly mammograms "causing the very disease we are trying to prevent." Check into thermography as an excellent alternative to mammograms - much earlier detection and no radiation. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Brian - This is not new news. You can read the book by neurosurgeon, Russell Blaylock, MD, "Excitotoxins - The Taste That Kills." As one resource, you can go to www.mercola.com and type in the name of the artificial sweetener - ie, NutraSweet, aspartame, Splenda, acesulfame-k, sucralose, etc and also do the same on Google so see what's written about the toxicity effects. For startersby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan - Here's the thing about 'diets'.... I prefer to call them eating plans. Since we are all biochemically unique in our needs as well as various stages of nutritional depletion and after we've lived half a century (+-), we have some intolerances to various foods, so we need to develop an eating plan that serves our needs and is still among the more accepted healthy planby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
PC - thanks for these references. The last clearly spells out why dig would not be the drug of choice. Certainly anything that inhibits the Na/K pump activity (and the prolonging of the refractory period) along with lowering of IC magnesium and increase of IC calcium for more cellular excitability would not be useful. Here's an opinion: Digoxin (digitalis glycosides) has a long and cheqby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks art for posting this important information. We also know that the chemical sweeteners in diet sodas are really bad news for afibbers. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Special prayers to you Lois on 7/25. I'm glad, too, that you didn't opt for the nodal ablation. Let's hope this will be the last of these procedures for you. Soon, you'll be posting here and helping others by sharing your experiences. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - thanks so much for your report and letting us know the details. Sounds as if you had great care and have coped well with the ordeal. Just be patient and let everything heal. It's been a long journey and I'm glad you will no longer have the afib or the worry about the valve. My best to you for a full and speedy recovery. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan - you might consider some intra-muscular injections of magnesium. I know Lynn of San Diego can't tolerate many supplements, but she is helped significantly with the IM Mg injections. At least that's an option for you to investigate. Potassium is easier to get via foods but not easy at all to get enough magnesium from foods. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jan - it is thought that going in and out of afib does increase clot risk. It's the end-phase that is the danger. So if one is in permanent, they aren't having an end-phase. The reason the clot forms is that blood collects or pools in most often the area of the Left Atrial Appendage which is a type of a pocket or recessed area. As you know, during afib, blood doesn't compleby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
JAGS - So good to hear from you and learn of your successful ablation. Thanks also for your important contribution and good advice. It's good to have another contact in CA. Enjoy your life Living with Passion in NSR! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Brian - I've posted on this previously. I had similar postural triggers - mostly bending over from the waist to put the ball on the tee but also bending over to vacuum under furniture or gardening. My holistic chiropractor said my diaphragm was displaced - it was high and after some physical manipulations along with breathing techniques, it was in the proper position and bending over wasby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan - I wish I had been offered the PIP option during my 4 years on flecanide. My history was that it really didn't prevent events from starting and in fact, they escallated the whole time I was taking it. So, remodeling was undoubtedly occurring on a regular basis. If, someone takes flecanide and it happens to work so well that it does not allow breakthrough arrhythmia, that would beby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Joyce - I think you were correct in your initial observation - one man's food can be another man's poison. So it is with biochemical individuality. The fact that soy has goitrogenic properties and because it came up as one of my allergy sensitivities, I stay away from soy, although I never have had an outward or noticeable reaction to it and over the years, I've eaten my shareby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
GH - Many of us here buy through the supplement link provided above by Hans and through iherb. Click on that and then to the left, click again on Atrial Fibrillation - it brings up the recommendations and includes taurine. I've used the Jarrow brand of taurine - 1 capsule delivers 1000 mg. and I take one with each meal. Check out the other recommendations while you're there. Alsoby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
William - I don't see that taurine deficiency comes automatically with aging unless it has to do with decreased protein intake and lack of appetite, etc that can accompany aging, illness, etc. But I do think that for therapeutic effects, one may have to supplement over an above what is a typical dietary intake. (following) After Dr. Lam's contribution on taurine, I've included some studies froby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
From the CR Session 54 on Success of Paleo Diet as it relates to eliminating gluten/gliaden in grains: OATS A NOTE OF CAUTION (Dr. OBryan) While there are many studies indicating oats are safe for gluten-sensitive patients, there is evidence indicating contamination by gluten makes it dangerous and oats should be avoided, at least in the initial healing periods, if not permanently. Oat pby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lynda - everyone is, of course, different, but if you have insulin resistance as a result of betablockers, WW won't help much because they still allow too many starchy carbs in their plan. WW works well for some individuals, but it did nothing for me. The Paleo diet that eliminates grains - especially the gluten containing grains has a better overall health effect - in addition to losing wby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lynda - the problem with beta blockers is they tend to cause insulin resistance and weight gain. I gained a significant amount of weight that was nearly impossible to budge even after I stopped the Toprol. (Not only did I have insulin resistance, I also had adrenal burnout.) The only thing that may help is to go on the Paleo diet which eliminates all grains and see if you can switch to anotherby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
George - thanks again for all the information. My fibromyalgia is mostly under control. I have a massage therapist who does trigger point therapy and deep tissue massage if I need it. It's fairly painful, but effective. Because of the protocols I've learned from Dr. T and my own FM MD - plus the ribose, I'm about 95% better than I was at the worst phase. I'm still very iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just to clarify - - if you have 'risk' factors, then you are no longer classified as LONE.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
James - at the time of my ablation (11/03), Dr. Natale was prescribing the statin, Lipitor, post-ablation because they said it reduced inflammation and helped with healing. I haven't seen anyone posting that he is are continuing that practice. At the time, I thought probably they were doing a study. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM