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Hi researcher, The initial study was done in combined warfarin- Clopidegrel or aspirin anti-platelet combined 'dual therapy' but the message learned also applied to out of range warfarin use as well over an excessive time in higher and/or lower Than therapeutic INR ranges. Basically their findings suggest that it's very important to make every effort to confirm as much time sby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Let yourself heal David, it's perfectly natural to feel a bit winded when you have not exercised for over six weeks, then had an index ablation which tend to cover a good deal more ground than a follow up procedure ( assuming you're index ablation EP was decent and thus did not leave a lot needing redo work in round two). In any event, you had a good deal of inflammation in your heaby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, Yes, indeed the guidelines you quoted do refer only to Warfarin. The NOACs work via impacting very different parts of the anticoagulation cascade than does warfarin which is a direct Vitamin K antagonist drug. Hence, the caution on taking larger doses of Vitamin K in its various forms does not apply to NOACs. Any reasonably therapeutic sized dose of Vitamin K2-MK7 or MK4 that soby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Josiah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm sorry Jackie and Shannon that after raising > this issue I haven't held up my end of the debate. > I'm dealing with some family matters that have > forced me to take my eye off the ball so to speak. > I will try get back in the game (I don't know why > I'm into sports metaby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Alex and George, I own the older blue model and a friend who got one here in Sedona when she developed AFIB had trouble getting her new model to wirk properly and asked me to take a crack at it. This is the new one that Anti-AFIB and I mentioned above as well. It seems that the biosensor in this one is out of whack as it's very hard to calibrate, even though calibration isn't suppby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Seth and welcome to the forum, You definitely made it to the right place for your condition of persistent AFIB. It makes me very happy and proud to see so many great responses from many of our steady active afibbers who frequent this wonderful little corner of the online AFIB universe and you are very fortunate to have discovered this place so early after diagnosis in your young AFIB careerby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Johnny M, Good to hear from you, I believe the folks at Austin saying they dont give 'happy drugs' for the LINQ install meaning that they use only a local anesthetic only if the LINQ is a stand alone office visit install. The device these days is often installed during the last moment of an ablation as it will be in Ken's case, while he is still under the influence of generalby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
The fact that your father, bless his brave soul in WWII, enjoyed copious quantities of salt and it made him feel better is Exhibit A for adrenal insufficiency.. It is a very often overlooked condition so long as it falls just short of true Addison's disease (total adrenal failure). Salt craving is a keep sign of being starved of cortisol, our life essential stress hormone. Hearing just aby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great News Murray! Its been a long time coming ... go forth with confidence and prosper! Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Barb, you could have a bit high HR after the last ablation still but it will come down more over time ... Also, it's highly likely your HR was higher still from the 'white coat' effect of being in the Cardios office and being a bit nervous about what they might say to you or find. Even when you don't think you feel particularly nervous or concerned the white coat effecby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Would flying with a family member or friend combined with loading up on Ativan of a similar anxiolytic with your companion there to make sure they get you off the plane okay in Bordeaux possibly work? Dr Ernst in London is the closet EP that I know of whom I would trust going too. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bradycardic AFIB is the pits, I had a period of that back in 2002 due a drug-induced Tachy-Brady syndrome from a very nice and well meaning cardio (just prior to me discovering the world of EP and this website) who was giving me Toprol -XL plus Digoxin with instructions to take an extra Half dose (50mg) of Toprol every h alf hour until I converted back to NSR when an AFIB episode would hit ... Whby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Josiah, I really enjoy and respect most all of what Is have read and heard from Chris Kessler. He does a great job of debunking a lot of the acid-alkaline apparent associations that are popular on the web and that always seemed incomplete and too speculative to me. However, I have not had the opportunity to read Healing is Volttage by Dr Tennent that Jackie references and this is the oby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
I strongly recommend everyone who has active AFIB and who are taking potassium along with the necessary magnesium also buy and use a Cardymeter frequently at first until you understand how quickly and to what degree your serum/saliva potassium moves up or down and for how long on any given dietary or supplemental intake of potassium. This will help you quickly understand how your own unique physiby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Always good to hear from you Denver! Keep enjoying the good life with only NSR. Cheers! Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news David, Dr Ernst is certainly the go to EP and ablationist in the British Isles in my view. Be well and enjoy life in NSR ... Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Since you are in England Sam, can you take the chunnel ( though that might be more claustrophobic than flying through for a shorter time?) over to Belgium and then the bullet train from Brussels to Paris and via there to Bordeaux to see Professor Haissaguerre or Jais? That would be my next step, if its at all possible. Ive taken that Thayls bullet train from Amsterdam to Paris via Brussels quiby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Barb, BillK is right on the money here, staying on the drugs as it is is already one solution, but I would want to know just what my emptying velocity is. Your first TEE showed a borderline emptying velocity but we did not get a clear reading on if you maintained a consistent enough A-wave on mitral inflow from the LAA to warrant stopping the OAC. You are right the odds are not ideaby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
You are welcome Liz, Dr Brownstein is a very good doctor, I met him briefly at one of the conferences I often help Dr Thierry Hertoghe out at. Dr Brownstein also often attends these BHRT conferences and occasionally speaks at a few of them as well, though I doubt he would recall as it was only a short discussion a couple years ago. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Rick, Try George's suggestions as they can be helpful for vagal afibbers, which the triggering activities you describe certainly suggest that at least part of your triggering issue is likely vagal, if not the majority, with your prior episodes being mostly at night .. also a vagal sign ...even when better controlled But this is the nature of the beast as well, that progression tends toby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
You are welcome David, In your brief ablation report having 'no effusion on TTE' means that no pericardial effusion was seen on 'trans-thoracic echocardiography' which is a good thing The GA is 'general anesthesia' and 'TOE' is what the rest of the English speaking world call a TEE or 'trans-oesophageal echocardiography' spelling esophagusby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sounds good David, Glad you are on the other side of the fence now and just relax and enjoy the NSR ... its good to gradually resume more or less normal life, but do take to heart many of the life style modification tips shared here and dont get overly cocky and readopt any too risky activity that is not heart healthy to begin with and you may well be good to go. The Biosense Webster SmartTby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Many thanks once again to all of our friends here. Magdalena and I returned home from Houston night before last and are trying to catch up on some real R&R at home sweet home after the last seven weeks of a real roller coaster. We are very grateful for the far better than expected outcome in learning that her tumor was benign and not renal cell cancer after all as we had been given a 95by Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
tvanslooten Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @Shannon - Your responses to my posts and others > in this forum always make me feel better. Thank > you! And I especially thank you for taking time > out of your own hectic schedule during your wife's > treatment to respond. I hope she is doing well > during her treatment. You are welby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Liz if you are on a low dose ( depending on how low) making sure you have a robust level of anabolic hormones on board can easily counteract the possible catabolic effect of low dose cortisol like exogenous hormones. This is particularly the case with physiologic doses of Hydrocortisone (HC) which is 100% bio-identical cortisol hormone, precisely the same as you body should make every single momeby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Ken and Smackman, I think its a good idea to get the LINQ, especially in a case like yours and Smackman's where your AFIB was largely asymptomatic prior to ablation. It can be a bit sore under the skin for the first few weeks, but that will disappear entirely as Smackman can attest. And Smackman, its important to understand too that Dr Natales staff does not automatically read everyby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Barb, just a quick drop in after returning home from Houston with Magdalena, we are both so glad to be home at last and I'm taking a well needed couple days to unplug the world (outside of run to Whole foods and cooking) before getting back online again on Sunday. But I noticed your post on Vitamin K and Coumadin.. The key here is to get a consistent daily intake of a modest dose eachby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
LHi Peggy, Smackman is correct, the HTML5 and CSS3 is all background code that the end user need know nothing at all about. When executed well, it can make for a beautiful and very easy to navigate site where getting to all the information is as intuitive as it can be made. One minor complaint I have often heard is the difficulty some have in locating the forum ... Part of that seems to beby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Folks, it is a good question and one I will seek out the answer too in the coming weeks. I've officially just now taken reins of the site as of first of this year, though for the past year I have been editing the forum and putting together The AFIB Report with some very kind help by Judi Larsen and Hans in the actual emailing out of each issue. There are now a large list of manyby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Travis, I'm here in Magdalena's hospital room at MD Anderson Houston and saw this thread come through my email. These are the kind of typical bargaining 'what if' fears that most minds naturally engage in when approaching an ablation, or any medical procedure really. And my buddy McHale had his fair share of 'what ifs' and did his own procrastination daby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM