I’m new here, and I wanted to share my odd entrance into the world of afib.
My first big episode came after a birthday party with dinner, dessert, and wine. . . And probably too much of each.
The part that intrigues me is that my afib didn’t show up alone. It came with a condition known as Notalgia Paresthetica, which also has the same triggers.
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The NP is nearly as disturbing as the afib.
When I was seen for my afib, I asked the doctor about a “creepy crawly” feeling below my left shoulder blade prior to or with the afib episode.
When no one could tell me anything, I took a wild stab and Googled “creepy crawly left shoulder blade”.
And there it was . . ,
To this day it astounds me that they seem to be twins, and again, they have the same triggers - food, exercise, etc.
I still maintain that there is some link.
Also, I wanted to add that I had noticed an increase in PACs for several years before my first afib episode, but they were dismissed as benign.
It seems to me that while I don’t seem to have afib episodes lately, the PACs may be happening more frequently.
My EP seems to think that it might be good to do a cryo ablation to hopefully stop it before it progresses.
