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Thanks for the input. I'm drinking two Virgin Mary cocktails with low sodium V8 every morning. Taking Potassium and Magnesium supplements daily, plus my new meds. Strange for someone who only took the occasional Motrin for low back pain. My appointment with my EP's nurse practitioner is next week. Probably to check vitals, EKG and some blood work to see how I'm doing with the Tikosyn.
Contacted Natale's office in Austin (great cycling town). Nice folks.
My local EP says he has done over a thousand ablations and is on the Cox Maze "team". That is a really scary procedure.
BTW, I guess some of this may be hereditary. My departed father had a history of arrhythmia. He was an amazing physical specimen well into his 70's.
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Thanks. My EP is an avid cyclist. I have not ridden in three months. My last ride was before the Tikosyn (a really bad ride), so I have no experience on the bike with the drug. Depending on the information I get at my upcoming appointment, I may try to do a few miles and see how I feel.
It should be funny getting on my loaded Propel and puttering along with the folks on their vintage Schwinns. I really miss the lifting but, like my riding, I have a tendency to push the limit.
My EP told me the Eliquis is recommended for cyclists because there is a lessened risk of cerebral hemorrhage should there be a crash.
If there is a better than 50/50 chance that I will ultimately need an ablation, I am inclined to get it done. Most endurance cyclists I know are type A++ and won't just sit around hoping the drugs will work long term. I just hate to have anything "intrusive" done. Don't even ask about the cardiac cath I had done in 2004, other than the results were that my arteries looked like "garden hoses".
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How are you doing with this drug? Supposedly it is one of the best drugs for athletes. I am a member of a cycling forum and we have a member who is an endurance athlete and a EP doc. He recommended this drug. But everyone reacts differently.
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but the issue of possible syncope is unnerving.
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