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.
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
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.
Atrial Fibrillation can be controlled and eliminated...
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.
Got what I thought was the flu. It progressed over time to what I thought was double pneumonia. Couldn't lie flat to sleep - had to be elevated.
Finally went to the ER. They hooked me up to an EKG and immediately called a "Code Blue".
Ejection Fraction was at 17%. Heart couldn't keep body from water retention. My internal organs were almost shut down - estimated two days from death.
Five days in the hospital - and only an extremely powerful drug (with side affects of stroke and/or blindness) was the only thing that could knock my heart back into normal sinus.
Went from no prescription drugs to lots.
Fast forward...
3 months of cardio rehab. Went from barely walking on a treadmill to jogging almost 3 miles on it. EF was measured after that to be at 55% (normal).
They told me I would be on prescription drugs for the rest of my life. Didn't want that.
Had an ablation procedure with a 3% risk of not going well. They accidentally punched a hole in my heart, filling the pericardium up with about 1 cup of blood. Oops. They fixed it and inserted a drain.
Kept exercising and building up my endurance.
Today I'm free of all prescription drugs. Take a baby aspirin three times a week.
If I can do it, so can you.
Best
Suffered from AFIB for 10+ years, had multiple hospitalizations with drugs and/or shock treatments for cardiac conversion. In 2006 it was suggested that I consider ablation. The first procedure helped but I still had occasional AFIB. After another hospitalization I had a second ablation procedure. I have now been AFIB free for 12+ years without having to take any drugs. While it worked for me, there are some trade offs that affect mainly strenuous activity when you would want your heart rate to be elevated. That said, I am generally well pleased with my results.
I had a bad episode of Afib 2 years ago. Woke up one morning and was so dizzy I couldn’t couldn’t get out of bed without help. Took me to the hospital in an ambulance and they told me I was having Afib. It resolved itself in the ER. To my knowledge that is the only time I’ve ever had it. It left me with some dizziness and balance issues but physical therapy helps. I am on Eliquis and baby aspirin to prevent clotting in case another episode occurs. I keep a close watch on my blood pressure and use a Kardia monitor check for Afib whenever I feel “off”. Best wishes for a full recovery.
A fib can be treated with meds to slow the heart like Beta blockers and Calcium channel blockers. In the cath lab they can do an ablation to cut the electrical pathways in the left atrium which can be the problem. They will want you on some anticoagulant to keep slow moving blood from forming clots.
Look into the Watchman device in the left atrial appendage as a more permanent clot prevention therapy.
My problem was a bad valve, and my EF was down to 15% 5 1/2 years ago. I had it replaced surgically, and my EF is now up to 30%. Still working and living life, but I have slowed down. Thank heaven for good health insurance and short and long term disability policies. I took 6 months to recover.
Take a look at Strophanthus as a remedy. I think this is a metabolic problem. Change your diet to a proper human diet.
Check out Dr Tom Cowan, https://drtomcowan.com/pages/strophanthus ,
and Dr Ken Berry on YouTube.
You won’t need it while you wear a vest, but some wear devices like the Garmin Vivosmart or the Fitbit charge to monitor their heart rate. Not sure whether they will detect random fibrillations, but if you go into atrial flutter it will read as a high rate.
Devices like the EMAY Portable EKG Monitor ($99 at Amazon) will let you look at the waveform if you are feeling unwell.
I belueve its called the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association
I have a 49 year old male coworker who may have gone into AFIB twice or had a stroke? They made him wear a monitor for 4 weeks and didn’t have a second episode until a few days after his monitor was removed.
Cardiologist and neurologist visits are underway and they are trying to figure out what the hell is wrong. He is not overweight in the least. He and I have worked closely for 21 years and he is otherwise healthy… though his father was the first male to live past 65/70.
He has been vaccinated (don’t recall if it was the one or two jab) but has not had any boosters.
Side note: have an extremely health and trim 30 year old female coworker who is getting over her first bout of COVID. Heard her tell another coworker that this was a wake up call for her to get her second booster 🙄