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Well, Heather - enjoy your new kitchen when it's complete. That's everyone's dream at some point! You should consider going gluten free as it has proved to be very successful in eliminating seizures. When you get the time, read the conference room #54 about success of the Paleo Diet and focus on the part regarding what gluten sensitivity does to the brain. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Glenn - Nice to see you posting. Sorry you are still so plagued with afib. On the low magnesium issue, one of the posters, Lynn of San Diego, had trouble getting her magnesium elevated and found that Intra-muscular injections of magnesium helped tremendously. You should consider asking one of your doctors to arrange to do that for you. It could make all the difference. Best regards, Jackby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Maureen - While I have a great deal of respect for Dr. Mercola, much of the new research and functional medicine findings are indicating that doses of vitamin D are needed in much higher doses - like minimum of 2000 IU and often much more. I take 5000 IU daily directed by my doctor but only after testing to determine what my levels are. They were low. Hans has mentioned frequently that a doseby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Here's a post on tension/stress and prevalence of afib... found when I was looking for the theanine post. Tension -- 24% more likely to develop atrial fibrillation <;by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - try L-theanine. The one on Hans site is by Jarrow. It helps reduce stress and anxiety and people who have tried it tell me it helps convert from an event. (I have no personal experience with that as I used it after ablation). It will not make you sleepy, or impaired in any way. Exeption- Gordon tells us that it puts him to sleep; typically, though, it does not. Take one in the mornby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Paris - I had catheter ablation by Andrea Natale, MD, (EP) at the Cleveland Clinic in 11/03. It is not considered 'surgery' but rather a 'procedure." I went in at 6 am. The procedure began at 7 am. I was back in the recovery area by 10 am. Stayed overnight and was released by 2 pm. Could have been sooner but the staff was slow. I felt fine by evening and was walking arby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This website is carrying the various topics of interest on AF from the Heart Rhythm Scientific Summit held in Denver, CO May 9 - 12, 2007 Denver, CO - Two new studies have provided further evidence that alcohol is linked with the risk of atrial fibrillation. While heavy drinking has previously been shown to be associated with the risk of developing atrial fibrillation, these two new studies shoby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - sorrry - I had forgotten your drug failure history. Perhaps you can still manage with the sotalol, but then, again, perhaps you are becoming sensitized to it. That's the darn part of all this. Glad you have an EP lined up just in case and it certainly is an option when the drugs lose efficacy. Good luck. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Marcus Wharton, MD, (Charleston SC) - without a doubt.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Will - Most likely, you did not eat enough protein to sustain a constant or stead level of blood glucose. Often with vegan eating, one consumes way too many simple carbohydrates which convert rapidly to glucose but then also create a magnified insulin response. When the body perceives hypoglycemia as a result of too much insulin, often the accompanying surge of adrenaline will put that personby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes - first I had all "reds" on every message - then later on, it selectively indicated reds only on the new messages as it should be. I did nothing to change anything; it just resolved on its own. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
David Ive not read this in so many words precicely, but an analogy is possibly in order. Muscle fasciculations, such as eye twitches, are known to be caused by a magnesium deficiency. Since the heart is a muscle and one that needs significant magnesium to function well, Id just make a leap of faith that you are probably low in intracellular stores of magnesium. About 80% of the populatiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hopefully, you will never have to be concerned with this, but just for your information: Under Half of Stroke Victims Get to Hospitals Within 2 Hours of Symptom Onset Just under half of stroke patients get to the hospital within 2 hours of symptom onset, according to a CDC analysis of data from four states. The report in MMWR was based on 23,000 stroke patients over 21 months in 2005 and 2006by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - Years back - one of my patients was going in for a valve replacement and he grappled with the choices - pig valve, mechanical valve etc. He was a tennis player and his groupies all got together and tried to cheer him up with pointers to ask of the surgeon - especially about the pig valve.They all agreed that a mechanical valve option was not attractive due to the noise and the need for lby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Heather - are you on a gluten-free diet? Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - the drug I was given for the first two years of afib until I changed to a cardiologist who had a specialty in rhythm and pacing was sotalol (Betapace). I think that was the worst possible drug for me and I also think it helped promote my going on to more and more events. Most people don't like changing doctors, but if I were you and your current doctor doesn't offer any otheby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wenda - check my post today to Keith about anxiety. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Keith - I do not get ectopy with stress. My ablation was 11/03. That may be because I continue to take magnesium, potassium, taurine and a whole host of other supplements targeted at general health. I know I stress easily so I also take supplements that support adrenal function (since I had adrenal burnout). And if I know I'm going to have a stressful day, or get into a stressful situatby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Now that the pharmacies are hooked up to a collective data base, it is more difficult to get the same drug by hopping doctors and pharmacies. Some years ago, we had a patient who tried that and the police department paid our office a visit for giving two prescriptions to the same person for dental pain. It was triggered in the collective data base and she had apparently hit all the dentists inby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - years back, I had a patient who had her MV repaired by a loop type arrangement that was just inserted to tighten up the valve so it didn't leak...it was a local doctor who invented the procedure. I seem to recall it was done with a 'key hole' approach rather than the whole open chest procedure. I realize your situation requires the 'grand' procedure. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sorry this is off-topic but so dramatic, I just had to post. If you still have any friends or acquaintences still living and still smoking, they need to see this: The list of 599 additives approved by the US Government for use in the manufacture of cigarettes is something every smoker should see. Submitted by the five major American cigarette companies to the Dept. of Health and Human Servicesby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Craig - Each facility undoubtedly has a different method of tracking and making results available. When one goes through the Clinic system, the appointments are scheduled so as to allow transmittal of the results. It usually is a long day - doing the diagnostics in first and then waiting around to see the cardiologist but in my case, the proximity of his office and the Echo facility are closeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Adrian- Happy Birthday to your father! If you recall, Fran had seizures. Once she adopted the Paleo eating style, her seizures stopped as did her AF. Not coincidentally, seizures are also eliminated when patients are put on a gluten-free diet (which coincides with that restriction from the 'no-grains' approach in the Paleo eating plan.) Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Rhythm vs rate control (excerpt) Approaches to restoring and maintaining normal sinus rhythm Source: Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Supplement 3 to Volume 70 July 2003 Class 1A agents: Disopryamide (Norpace and others) Procainamide (Procanbid and others) Quinidine (Quinidex and others) Class 1C Agents Flecanide (Tambocor) Propafenone (Rhythmol) Moricizine (Ethmozine) Class II agents Bby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is really true but there are several problems. Obviously, farm-raised salmon is not good for a number of reasons... the salmon are fed grains which negate the natural production of Omega 3's so eating farm-raised salmon for that purpose is pointless. They are also fed anti-biotics etc.... you know the story. On the beef issue, though, it is very difficult to get 100% totally organic,by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pam - it's good to have you helping with interpreting the language on this post. As a comment to yours regarding interpretation of the echo, my cardiologist at the CCF always got the echocardiogram and reviewed it himself before he came in to see me. Perhaps this is unique to him or the CCF, but that's what was always done for the 8 years I went there. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
A couple things come to mind when I read this and I'll be watching for a response to this announcement by some of those with infinite functional nutrition wisdom such as Alan R. Gaby, MD and the like. Since vitamin D3 deficiency is connected to various cancers including prostate: - Possibly the multi's were very low in vitamin D3 - Possibly the multi's supplied only the lessby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Heres more on the bee issue And more is reported out of Europe on the cellphone issues Scientists claim radiation from handsets are to blame for mysterious 'colony collapse' of bees Monday, April 16, 2007 By Geoffrey Lean and Harriet Shawcrossby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM