This past Augusti i was diagnosed with par. Afib.i had it for several years before but they never caught it till i went to er. So,doctor gave me a choice whether to go on thinner. He gave me two horrific scenarios, one with a stroke the other with bleeding. I have one point for being 68 and i guess at,that time one for being female. so i chose not to. So three weeks ago i slipped on ice and fell and cut my arm. I was glad i wasnt on thinner. Then i got flu which may have triggered a five hour afib. I came out of it after taking milk of magnesia. That might have been a coincidence. I usually have one or two a year. When my brother was ill, i had them frequently. My question is : right after and for up to a month is your risk of stroke even more than the per centages they give on charts. Is it really high and then settles back down? Thanks. Also, how do you figure out what your burden is?
