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Carol - I have answered your question by email. Sorry - I've been out trying to do some yard work while the weather is delightful and before more rain comes in. Happy Memorial Day Weekend. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom Ledkins - Hi - I'm not directly connected with metformin, but my son took it for a while before handling his glucose problems with diet.... I do remember reading one of the main concerns with it was elevated lactic acidosis which had pretty severe consequences. Possibly, that drove up the CRP, but somehow I doubt it. However, I would tend to think that once your lactic acid comes dby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol A - I just read your response and am very surprised at the Maze procedure recommendation. Open-heart surgery to correct AF? That sounds to me like an overkill.... much like the analogy you can turn off the light at the switch by using your finger - or you can turn it off by using a sledge hammer.... why use the hammer when the light touch of a finger will do the job? I realize thereby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Taith - I agree with all the tips you've received so far and would like to coment on a few possibilities: 1) Is there calcium in the multivitamin? Calcium is excitatory; most afibbers don't get along with calcium supplements. 2) Does your tap water happened to be softened - either at home or from the municipality. Softened tap water (by means of sodium) depletes magnesium and aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sherry - ringing in the ear - tinnitis - can be caused by magnesium deficiency. So is AF. Ginkgo biloba is said to be helpful in tinnitis because it increases circulation in the microblood vessels - including the ears. I had some weird ear sounds on occasion while using Flecanide....not exactly ringing but some sounds that were extremely annoying... and I very definitely felt it was causedby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - I'm sorry to learn you are still battling Candida.... Prescription drugs for Candida have side effects - do a google search on side effects diflucan liver damage I got 39,600 hits see especially: Since you have recently discovered you are especially sensitive to free glutamate, I would not be at all surprised to find you are sensitive to many other things, quite possibly thby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan - I'm pleased to learn your experience at CCF thus far was a good one. Too bad you couldn't come on June 7 - that would have shortened the wait for the ablation should you decide to go with Dr. Natale. Of course, I'm sold on Dr. Natale, but if you have any doubts at all, I urge you to get a second opinion. I'm very pleased with the results of my ablation by Dr. Natby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gregg - I was on metoprolol for years and found it made my AF much worse because I was vagal and the cardiologists didn't bother to differentiate. I stopped the beta blocker and just continued on with the antiarrhythmic..... Perhaps you could photocopy some of the pages in Hans book about why BB's are contraindicated for vagal afibbers and have your cardiologist read it. Some woby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sadja - Nice to hear from you. I've taken MSM for years and found it to have no effect one way or the other on the AF. I have a suggestion for joint pain that is truly a wonderful supplement...in fact I'd be willing to name it a "miracle"..... you can check out the properties at these web sites - be sure to check both: You can order direct from them and take advantagby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - So sorry. That is truly discouraging.... my first comment is about your cardiologist - let me tell you, he he had AF he would be "that attuned to what is going on in HIS body"...without question... so don't let him lay a paranoia guilt trip on you. What else is going on in your life? Extra stress? How much potassium are you getting in a day? Does it meet the minimuby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom - Angels to you on your special date of liberation from AF. You will do well and feel great once it's over. Be calm. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Bill - thanks for your report. Regarding the healing and leaving little scarring....that is a possibility, but more likely, the scarring wasn't deep enough...or rather the burns weren't deep enough to create a thick enough scar to stop the impulses. At least that was what was explained to me. Some people have thicker heart muscle and require the touch up as you did. Of courseby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jeanne - No. Sheer Bliss! (Oh, just the newly prescribed thyroid hormones and my natural HRT - but no heart meds) Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Glenn - it must have been a glitch in my computer.... I've never had it happen since that time.... but it surely was a treat! Sorry. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
PC - Its not that Im so anti-sodium, but more that I want people to be aware of the consequences of too much sodium that is, depletion of both magnesium and potassium because of sodium. Why set yourself up for an event when it's avoidable. I like salt. In fact, I crave salt probably the hypothyroid thing. But, I choose carefully the type of sodium I consume and the quantity. I think itby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
AJR - My heart goes out to you for all of the misery you had with both AF and PVCs. I can still sense your emotional trauma from the experience and I am so happy for you that all is well - finally. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. It is important for those who have PVCs to know these, too, can be fixed successfully and I am also interested to learn Dr. Natale was the EP to doby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Marian - Not that it matters much at this point, but I was "up and at 'em" after the PVI.... easily. I was ready to walk on my own after the 6-hour down time... by evening I had a stroll - short - and helped my new neighbor who was there with end-stage liver failure. I commented that it was incredible to me that at 7 in the morning I could have the inside of my heart burned andby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jeanne - Good news that you continue to feel better...but just accept the PACs and other beats as normal.... they all say that the heart remains in a state of irritability for 6 - 8 weeks....so don't become alarmed so early in the game. Anything seems to be possible. Look at me. 103 days after ablation with only a few and very minor skipped beats only to develop AF which had to be cardioby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
David S - Hi - you are certainly making good progress. Two things that I truly believe helped me - in addition to the extra magnesium and overcoming the deficiency - were the addition of taurine and most likely absolutely THE most important was alot more potassium than I had been getting through diet..... I know once I began to concentrate on it, the AF and the extra beats... all disappeared.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Richard let me dig out my labs of the past and see what the numbers read and if there is any correlation... I remember times when the CO2 was too low...so maybe there are other significances. I'll report back. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Marshal - so glad to learn you are nearly mended. That's the tough way to lose 30 pounds, but hey, a loss is a loss! I hope that soon, your heart calms down as well. Don't give up hope yet. Amazing things can happen once you are no longer so concerned about the hernia...but it does take time. Be well and blessings to you. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dear Marian - My - you are back in action quickly. I'm so pleased you came through it all well and are feeling well. Let that be the end of it! Just for information, in case others are reading and want to know, when I had my ablation at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland by Dr. Natale, I did not experience any of the "cold" procedures.... the procedure table was warm and comby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Brenda - I also had ablation with Dr. Natale without the use of TEE....but he does use the ICE monitor. I would think, judged by others commentary and the uncomfortable after effects of TEE, leaving it in place for the whole procedure might produce some trauma. Just a supposition. I have had a TEE and personally, had no sore throat, etc.which has been reported in previous posts. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans - thanks - I took Dr. Natale's comment to mean zero stenodis because he said: "We just don't see stenosis any more." Now, as we have talked previously, their stats lump everyone together, so he could be talking his personal stats and the report is a lumpsum total???? Anyway.... he also uses the larger cathether tips..not 4 mm. Perhaps others use the smaller. Itby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Elwood, I have a file of questions and answers I posed to Michelle, Dr. Natale's EP nurse that I will gladly share with you if you email me. My ablation with Dr. Natale was 11/03 and everything went well. I'm glad for you that your mitral valve problem has resolved. That's good news. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Kerry - I'm pretty surprised at this as well since Dr. Natale says with the use of the ICE monitor, stenosis is virtually eliminated. Something isn't adding up.... Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
PC - thanks for reporting the results of your experimentation which confirms the need to neutralize or at least lower the pH of WW. Your findings parallel just about what happened to me when WW was initially introduced and we were all experimenting with it. I was consuming a large amount - 3 - 4 liters a day and went from no AF initially, to lots of AF in a short period of time - couple of weekby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Fran - I am so very sorry for you all and especially your sister. She is fortunate to have you and your sister to give her such good care. Death from cancer is truly horrible. I hope her journey home comes peacefully. Bless you, Fran. Do take care of yourself. Love, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pam - I understand your frustration. People who have metabolic dysfunction will have a difficult time losing weight on just about any diet...and the secret is, as Fran says, listen to your body. How do you feel when you eat this food - is it sustaining? or does it trigger craves for more. The Atkins diet is not a panacea by any means but most people trying it initially have success with weighby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Here's an interview with the author of the Paleo diet and Robert Crayhon.... it's easy to read and well worth while because of the explanation on grains and why some people can't tolerate them and why we really don't need them.... Do take time to read this interview The Paleolithic Diet and Its Modern Implications An Interview with Loren Cordain, PhD (author of the Paleby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM