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Newman - I take it that Dr. Natale did not place you back on drugs after your ablation.....whereas, he did with me. Perhaps it depends on each person's history? As I recall, Jim W. was not placed on drugs after his ablation. I thought it was because they wanted the heart to stay as free of afib or any impulses that would initiate afib while the heart healed which is said to takeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dear HT - 20:20 hindsight is great but not always an accurate assessment. Years ago, the techniques and equipment of today were not in place. The risk of stenosis was much higher. It's only been in the last few years, they have come down and only very recently, with the use of the ICE monitor, are the risks of stenosis virtually eliminated. And many people having ablations some yearsby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hak - I agree with all the other comments and advice here. Don't rush into ablation. Exhaust all options that you can do yourself - read as Newman says - adjust your lifestyle as Richard says. I think it is irresponsible for any doctor to suggest an ablation with your brief history of afib. Invading your heart is very serious and can have serious complications. Do some research on tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pete - all's well that ends well. In spite of all the snafus...it would seem you are on your way to recovery. It's too bad you were subjected to so many issues and delays that caused anxiety. I wish you every success that this time you are healed. You've had a huge amount of history with which to deal and resolve. Think positive thoughts from here on out for a complete and sby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
To all - Jim, Fran, PeggyM, Hans.. etal... about this displaced cell thing... I've been thinking a lot about Dr. Natale's comment to you, Jim, and the responses to your post. Let me tell you a story about the husband of a friend who died young. He developed cancer of the throat around age 35 and the biopsy showed testicular cells in the throat tissue. The explanation was that durby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barry - I'm sorry to read of your condition; it must be frustrating to say the least. Have your doctors encouraged you to take loads of Coenzyme Q10? If not, I urge you to read all you can regarding the importance of CoQ10 and its use in cases of cardiomypathy. Steven Sinatra, MD is the cardiologist who promoted the use of Q10 in cardiomyopathy patients with a great amount of succesby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jim - Very complete assessment. This should be very helpful for anyone considering ablation. I'm not sure if we can say all the EP's at the CCF are in a class with Dr. Natale, but I'm sure they all follow the same basic technique and undoubtedly use the ICE monitor as well. I've good reports about the EPs , Walid Saliba, Nassir Maroucche and Patrick Tchou - section heby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Maurizio - welcome to the forum. I can certainly understand how your emotional disappointment has created stress to the point that it is stimulating more AF. There is no easy or quick solution to mending the heart suffering from a close personal loss. I'm sorry for your pain. I've read Richard's excellent post with his advice to you and you would do well to print it out and reby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey - Newman, Thor....let's have a party! There is also another poster who is coming for his checkback on 6/2. It would be great if the timing were such that we could all meet and spend some time together. Let's keep in touch. I'm only about 45 minutes away and was just there to meet Jim W. after his checkup. Fun times. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dean - frightening, indeed. Hopefully, your education to these people with limited education, will save them from harm...or at least some harm. There seems no easy solution to the dilemma. The fact that these chemicals are so easily absorbed through the skin and lungs, scares me even more for the workers. Once it's on the food, it becomes part of the food as well. Washing helps somby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - You are wise to warn about toxins already in the ground from lawn treatment and other land treatment. My little garden is on land previously used for nothing. Just a little patch..... but my neighbors are quickly contaminating their yards with lawn services products sprayed on at a regular interval. Roundup is a bad chemical and is used heavily in the farming industry. Especiallyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bruce - That's really wonderful. Thanks for posting your progress. It's important for more people to let us all know where ablations were performed and the actual success of posters here versus stats. Enjoy your new life. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Richard - right under our nose, most likely, but getting quality food that is not laden with pesticides etc is difficult and, for some, the cost is not practical. The discipline is an entirely different issue. The mentality of our society is a quick fix - a pill - a drug. Our medical model is drug-based. A pill for everything and a pill to correct the side effect of the first pill, etc. Ifby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jim - I found it but didn't realize yu had already typed the complete abstract....DUH. Sorry. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Jim for this report and observation. I was unable to copy and paste your web address successfully...I will continue to try. So, it is still inconclusive. I would tend to think that if some of these cells in some people are concentrated in the PV, then at some point because of oxidative stress - more in some people than others, irritation occurs that sets up the hyperirritability ofby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
G for you Pete. Glad to know so far it's going well. I, too, am curious about the no Coumadin issue. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This was posted a while back and because of the iron-overload dialog in another thread, I am bring this forward for newer BB members. Some of the information could be changed as more refinements occur in test evaluations. However, these are the basic tests everyone should be requesting of their physicians on routine physicals. PREDICTING YOUR RISK FOR HEART ATTACK OR STROKE –THE SILENT SYby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Adrian - I don't know how it will work there for you, but when I needed to donate blood because of the elevated ferritin, my doctor told me to go to the clinic and tell them I needed to get rid of the blood. They could either use it or throw it out. The American Red Cross has blood drives here and I went to one of the mobile units. I told them my story and also that I had atrial fibby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isabelle - I don't have hemochromotosis, but I know two people who do. The ferritin test is just routine with my doctor. Mine was 116 and she wanted it below 50. It only took one donation to get it there. But we will keep watching it. The puzzling thing about these and many of the other important tests that are considered markers or advanced warnings of conditions that can become lifeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
In our local paper, there was an announcement of these antiarrhythmic drugs but it stated they were for the ventricular arrhythmias. Mangesium is known to be nature's calcium channel blocker and in one of the articles I recently referenced in the recent heart articles on the CR BB, an author stated that when there is enough magnesium and the magnesium receptors on the cells are functioningby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Karin - If it is at all possible for your husband to consider an ablation with Dr. Natale at the Cleveland Clinic (or any of the other very capable and successful EP's here) I urge you to do so. Dr. Natale has done over 1,000 ablations and has the procedure down to an exact science. They have the use of the ICE monitor which allows them to virtually eliminate the risk of stenosis. Ablatiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Marshal - Love, blessings, prayers and angels coming your way. I wish you a successful surgery and a very speedy recovery. I know you have deliberated over this issue for a long time and I don't blame you for wanting it to be over. I honor your decision to go forward. I love the comment that your AF may be corrected. That would then prove to us all that the diaphragm/vagus nerve/ etby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
PJ - Dr. Natale has his patients stay on Coumadin until they come back for their 3-month checkup post ablation. Since I was not having any arrhythmia after two months, I chose to go off Coumadin because of my reactions to it. If one were to continue to have arrhythmia after ablation, they would be well-advised to stay on it. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isabelle - thanks for your post. I have posted about ferritin levels in the past and have commented that it is important to keep the levels below 50. In fact, Ferritin and other markers for heart disease and conditions was mentioned in the post I did some time ago called Red Flags to beat the odds. In that post, I listed the acceptable range to be below 100, but since then, My doctor has saby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Fran - this is true - and is also responsible for the histamine flush one gets shortly after eating a food to which they are either allergic or to which they have a sensitivity. Benedryl diminishes the wheals and takes away the itch. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
My theory - my AF caused by lifetime of stress leading to adrenal exhaustion, hypoglycemia, and overproduction of cortisol also, magnesium deficiency, hypothyroidism, and hiatal hernia not cyclical at all worsened with beta blockers corrected by PVI ablation Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Peggy - No one is old and useless unless they choose to be. No matter what the age, there is always something each of us can contribute to make the lives of others better, more pleasant, happier, etc. Don't sell yourself short. You are certainly an enthusiastic contributor on this BB and are a good researcher as well. I honor your participation here. Keep up the good work! Be well. Jby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news, Mike - keep us posted on your progress. Enjoy life! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Mike - This is strange..... I would have thought it was the serrapeptase that caused the problem. The enzymes you mention for digestion are common ones...nothing exotic. But, you could have a food allergy or sensitivity to the bromelain (pineapple) or the papain (papaya). I know we've talked from time to time about your having Candida. When your rash first began, I thought somehowby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
James - I haven't read the report....but two CCF cardiologists have explained to me that if a clot does develop, it will almost always be in the atrial appendage. This is why they developed the TEE at the CCF for that very purpose, to go down the esophagus behind the heart to view the area of the appendage. Therefore, it's standard procedure at the CCF if you have been in afib overby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM