Posted on 11/06/2022 12:46:05 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
Not looking for medical advice, just a support group from fellow members who may be undergoing the same medical issues.
Have been physically active and always thought I was healthy until this hit me.
Don't know what to expect at this point but to say I am scared is an understatement.
If anyone here has ever gone thru this, would appreciate your accounts.....thanks
It is important to keep the heart rhythm normal to prevent clotting and ischemic stroke. An acquaintance takes amiodarone for that purpose.
Diagnosed after feeling a bit “off” and a bit of minor chest discomfort. So I decided to check my blood pressure. It was in parameters but my pulse was over 150 BPM.
Went to emergency room and they gave me the shot and my pulse dropped almost immediately into normal range. Said I have AFIB.
Since then (Early August) it corrected itself so didn’t have to shock it back into rhythm. And hasn’t been out since.
Been having test after test and everything has come back normal, for which I’m thankful.
Just wondering if/when it will happen again and what I will do at that point.
Yours is much more serious so wishing you the best.
Prayers up
They just boosted my Metoprolol dose and prescribed Eliquis (2/day, expen$ive) and another “blood pressure” med, Amlodipine.
The Eliquis is to prevent clotting. The others are to aid in keeping heart in rhythm, I think.
Same thing happened to me in August. Four days in the hospital. Atrial fibrillation. Congestive heart failure. I had the CCP/Fauci virus a year before. I think that’s when it started. I don’t care. Going to live like there is no tomorrow. I take my blood pressure three or four times a day. I only take the drugs when my blood pressure is above 130/90. So far I have been able to go weeks at a time without taking it.
The upside is I will probably drop dead someday instead of taking a long time to die of cancer or dementia. Works for me.
you are deficient in magnesium. Get on a good mag glycinate, ~800mg/day, split through the day and your heart will get back into sync
I have had AFIB and take Multaq which controls it. The other problem I don’t have and 30% pumping efficiency is definitely a problem. Ischemic I think means a narrowing of blood vessels. Have you had a catheterization to see if that can be fixed? Stent?
I’ve never worn a vest. The three months is to gather data on your particular case, then go from there.
I have in the past had fairly severe Atrial Fibrillation, 3 episodes per minute. I now have an implanted pacemaker/defibrillator, plus I take medication (Amiodarone). After that, I don’t notice is at all and the pacemaker keeps tabs on any episode, which nowadays is near zero.
With the device I normally don’t notice anything at all. The procedure to implant is easy-probably as an outpatient or perhaps an overnight stay for observation.
If you are diabetic, avoid eating foods such that it will spike your blood sugar up. Don’t eat a big bowl of ice cream for example. A little bit is OK.
If you feel your heart flopping around a bit, sit down and take it easy. I guess the vest will shock you if needed. I won’t kid you, getting shocked hurts like a sonofabitch, so follow their advice about diet and exercise as your best chance to avoid it. You’ll be fine.
Hope to be cleared from A Fib next month from January’s medical misadventure.
Been on Eliquis since last October when clots in the lungs hit me.
Am on a heart monitor for a couple more weeks then a surgeon follow up to see what the verdict is.
A coworker is a kidney transplant patient and must take many drugs which he says cause AF.
Ironically, he was also prescribed Prilosec which also causes AF (and GERD) for him with his medication.
I sent him the URL to the paper below linking AF to mRNA jabs and have periodically been checking on new studies, but have little confidence that such studies will be funded since the biased narrative is that the jabs are safe.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9175153/
Good luck.
Here is what I was told:
I cannot take a blood thinner as I have scars from bleeding ulcers & if one of them let loose while I was on a thinner, I would bleed out before I got to a hospital. And all treatments for that condition involve a blood thinner.
Mr. Hornak, you just can't have an atrial-fib attack. So I asked the following question. "Doc. What causes the Attacks?" & She answered:
"The 2 leading causes are":
1.Dehydration from Alcohol
2. Caffeine
So I gave up Alcohol & Caffeine & I haven't had an attack since.
Now I just drink plenty of water & I have a lot more money left in my pocket after going out to see or play with a band.
Mind you, once and a long while I will feel it miss a beat, but I do not have any equipment in my chest and I don't take any thinners, so I don't have any blood stain scars on my arms.
I limit any alcohol intake to champagne toasts at Weddings & New Years, with no appreciable effects.
I hope this helps, In box me if you need anything more from me.
You got this.
A daily ‘dose’ of apple cider vinegar and turmeric would not hurt either. And fish oil.
I forgot to add, I take an 81mg aspirin (baby Aspirin) everyday.
Atrial Fibrillation can be controlled and eliminated...
all good, for sure. but it is MAG that syncs us with the earth’s gravitational pull and realigns our hearts the way they’re intended.
I had a heart attack/cardiac arrest but made a relatively good recovery apparently. I was a body builder. My last work out was 4 days before my heart attack (just putting things in perspective). One bit of advise I would offer from experience, if the doctors recommend any type of therapy, do it. I did not, and I think I’ve paid for that. Good luck!
Went to the ER last April thinking I might be having a heart attack. They filled me with IVs and said it was Afib. Took hours for my blood pressure and heart rate to drop to normal. They wanted to admit me, but I signed the release and went home.
Visited my cardiologist who told me it was common and to keep them informed. He said it’s not life threatening unless it happens a lot. And even then there are meds to mitigate the threat.
In June and then July I had two minor, shorter Afib episodes. My cardiologist prescribed Metoprolol and advised I take one full dose aspirin daily.
No Afib since first week of July. I happen to have my yearly cardio visit this week and I plan to ask a lot of questions.
I had the two Pfizer jabs in August. No idea if there’s a connection.
I wonder if a home AED machine would be worth looking into?
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