When I get the chance to dig out my notes on this topic, I'll quote some findings from a doctor who has examined plaques and isolated a variety of 'bugs' in them. The names and number are surprising. I can't remember if he has published studies to back it up, but I do recall that his talk was very convincing as well as enlightening. The theory of viral or bacterial involveby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jan - Special thoughts and blessings to you on July 9. We'll send in the angels. Look forward to your post once you are settled. Yu are in good hands. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Benj - congrats! Definitely, now it's your turn for onward and upward. Enjoy life! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Magnesium glycinate - is an amino acid chelate and is often identified as that. It's formulated and patented to be the most bioavailable of all magnesiums and does not rely on stomach acid to metabolize. This is important. It also does not typically induce bowel intolerance at the higher levels - minimum of 600 mg. a day and 800 mg is better if tolerated...some people manage to get in 100by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Marian - yes and they have had the smoking ban for the campus for over a year. Now the employment rules are coming up as well. It was always a weird setting. The main outside entrance to the CC had a little park-like setting with benches, trees, etc. and everyone who smoked, patients, visitors, and employees would be out there puffing up a storm. As you approached that area, you'd havby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tim - Several people have reported they were glad they stayed around the extra day or two. I can think of a couple who didn't feel at all well the next day. If you are driving, that's one thing, but if you are flying and come up with a complication, you'll have to change the ticket etc. That would be the least of your worries if you have a bleeding issue or feel terrible. Jacby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wil - sounds reasonable... this is undoubtedly one of the areas they scan when they are in there during ablation. I'm sure I was scanned originally, but then as time progresses, perhaps a degeneration or malfunction, as you say, occurs. I guess I'll find out, eventually. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello Jim - What a wonderful adventure! So glad your heart held up and that the trip was beyond your expectations. My chiropractor has been to the Amazon on similar excursions where they trecked for a couple of days way deep into the jungle - hacking the whole way with machetes and spent time with the shamans and ceremonies there. He also said it was a wild experience, although didn't eby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lois - sugar should just automatically come out of everyone's diet. With the grains - you can just eliminate the gluten type and continue on with some organic brown rice if you absolutely can't do without grains. Because dairy proteins are also often very allergenic and often go hand in hand with gluten sensitivities, it's good to try to cut down as much as you can. I personaby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans - thanks - this was on my mind as well, but I didn't want to turn a long post into a longer one to discuss why distilled water isn't a good choice. The first thing anyone needs to do with municipal tap water is determine if it is fluoridated, what form of fluoride they use as the additive. In a nearby community here, they use sodium fluoride - which while it may not be at sby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Doug - I posted a while back that apparently there was some publication - I have no idea if it was a journal article or otherwise - that indicated findings are that 56 months seems to be average for ablations to start to fail. This comment was made by a cardiologist to a patient during a consult and another poster here said her EP mentioned something similar. It could have been a surgeon promby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
The publishers of Dr. Blaylock's newsletter always send out notices which are advertisements of enticements to subscribe. They give little health clips from his newsletters. Here's the latest. This isn't the first we've heard of 'bugs' causing heart problems. I have another interview that I intend to post here eventually by a doctor who was interviewed on this saby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
One of the cardinal rules in the advice we give specifically to afibbers, but one that is also prudent advice to everyone, is be sure to hydrate adequately as dehydration is detrimental to health. We should clarify that to state hydrate adequately with pure water. We need to understand what pure water is. Many people rely on tap water from the local municipality. Others insist bottled waterby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - That's no where near enough magnesium. One capsule is 100 mg. The label is misleading. It takes 2 capsules to yield 200 mg. You need to start working up - 2 capsules at a time and try to get to at least 800 mg. I always like to suggest 2 capsules with each meal and save 2 for bedtime. If that's too much because of bowel intolerance, then skip one of the doses during theby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
To Lois and all - I'm glad you are being tested, but it really is much easier to just avoid all gluten containing products for at least two months and make daily notes of any improvements in general symptoms. Most people have significant improvements - especially GI issues. The experts are now saying that while the IgA, IgG, IgM and transglutaminase markers are very helpful in determinineby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gregg - well, in some cases - yes - bradycardia does contribute to the onset of afib. But the thing we are addressing here is once 'in' afib, the heart rate is typically fast and chaotic in rhythm. That's where the BB helps slow the heart rate to convert. Gunnar has offered excellent resources to study on the topic.... prolonging the refractory period is the goal. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Denver - great to hear all is well with you. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dave - I totally agree with you about the excellence of Dr. Natale, his team and the CCF. Just give it some time. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - Too bad afib was an unwelcome guest at the wedding. I just have the feeling from reading your many similar posts, that you are not holding up well to golfing in the heat and especially when it is humid. I'm not suggesting that you give up golf, but I do think it is time for you to pay strict attention to not only hydrating well during golf, but before and after as well and continuing onby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I first read this announcement - and Thanks Todd - for posting this, I was alarmed, but as I read more about it, what it seems to me is that there will be some measure of accountability in the supplements that are offered. Testing will be done for purity and these days with China doing so much of the cheap production of products we use, we need some safeguards...if indeed, this measure willby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gregg - while it didn't help at all with my afib when I took it daily (I was vagal), I've since found that taking it at the onset of an event to slow the heart rate down and then taking an antiarrhythmic helps to convert back to NSR very quickly. Dr. Natale told me that if the heart rate is too fast, you don't have much of a chance of self converting at the high rate. Beta bloby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tish - thanks for this piece of valuable information. The manifestations of gluten sensitivies are so wide and varied - even in those who are not true celiacs that it just makes sense to avoid all gluten containing products. I've done that for almost a year now after hearing how it brings about so much silent inflammation and has such a wide-spread range of related disease condition maby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Interesting portion of this study by Natale and group - you must read the entire publication. Quoted: Left atrial scarring may be the final link that characterizes a population at highest risk of recurrence after PVAI. Relationship of LAS to recurrence. From our data, we cannot conclude whether LAS is the direct cause of AF recurrence or whether it is an associated condition. However, ouby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Dean - It's perfectly fine to disagree. My only mission is to create awareness which is exactly my focus in that post. Whether one chooses to use soy protein or not is entirely that person's choice. I only want to let people know that there can be issues with soy - especially the hormonal influences - that need to be understood. As fo PPIs, it's the same thing. There defiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dean - everyone has the choice to eat whatever they want and when they want it. Knowing the downside of the typical food choices that lead to so many disease conditions, it just makes sense to try to make healthy choices... unless one just doesn't care about health and that's their choice, too. However, sometimes a trigger can mean an allergy-like response to a protein molecule. Inby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Oh my, David, My heartfelt condolences. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jim - Boron and strontium were mentioned by Alan R. Gaby MD a number of years back. They are typically included in a bone-supporting supplements as trace minerals. Reference: - his book, Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis. It's quite old now; probably published 15 years ago but it is still a classic and very reliable and important reference. You can probably pick up a used copy oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Brad - the most important numbers to know are your levels of homycysteine, fibrinogen, ferritin, Lipoprotein (a) and high sensitivity C-reactive protein. These are all markers of risk factors that can cause a tendency toward clotting. The basis for this high blood viscosity...or blood that is too thick. You probably already know your Prothrombin time. But any or all of the others are indicaby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jim and Ron - you both can do some research on the use of vitamin K2 ...and it has to be K2 for helping with this problem where coumadin creates weak bones. Concomitant to the bone issue is also the fact that coumadin allows for soft tissue calcification of blood vessels and main heart tissue like aortic calcification. Vitamin K2 will help direct the calcium to the bones instead of soft tisby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Typically, bread should be avoided. The wheat and gluten are high on the allergen list and 'store' bread will often contain a hydrogenated fat...plus the carb content is really mostly empty calories. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM