Hi, I am looking for recommendations on getting Eliquis from CIPA (canadian international pharmacy association) pharmacies. Who here might be doing this and has experience with recommendations for best pharmacy & price & quality/safety. One can either go generic (as Canada has it) or Brand. If going generic, preferably to have it manufactured in Canada (Apotex). Only advantby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
I ask this part of my post again. Am I understanding correctly in that big long complicated recipe is for 1 L of water and something a person has to make every single day? Also, how far away from eating a meal would be advised in taking my mag so as not to disrupt the needed acid for my meal? By the way I take 3 different good brands of magnesium myself & I don't always get aby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN That is interesting to know George, I hadn’t thought about magnesium having basic pH and i know you need stomach acid to digest your food. I take magnesium around lunch and a bit after dinner if not with it. The magnesium will burn my throat if I don’t eat something with it. The dilute magnesium bicarbonate solution (linked here) might avoid these issues. At its concentration,by Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN Because most Mg compounds have a basic pH, I take mine away from everything else so as not to compromise digestion of the other stuff. With my high Mg intake, I'm certain most of it ends up in my urine. However, backing my intake down leads to increased afib episodes for me, even though my RBC magnesium levels are always in the 7's and optimal is considered 6.5. That isby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN I keep a very high omega 3 index (always > 12 and as high as 18) and it has never been a trigger for afib. I suspect like many things - highly individual. Hi George, How does one calculate their omega 3 index?by Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Wow Madeline! I had a dx of pulmonary hypertension after my covid when I couldn’t get my 02 higher than 70. There was no follow up unfortunately. My pulmonologist ignored it. I’m happy your doctor is not ignoring it. Keep us updated. Hi Susan, My O2 sats are good. I was actually wondering if you had pulmonary hypertension since you treated with the ipratropium bromide (for youby Madeline - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
I just want to say that on my 6 wk post Watchman TEE this April, there was a dx of mild to moderate pulmonary hypertension, RVSP 50-55. No doctor commented on it to me. Then when I got my 6-mo TEE this July, there was a dx of severe pulmonary hypertension, RVSP 70-75. My cardiologist saw it & had me come in to see him. Rather than trying any little checks with a transthoracic echocardby Madeline - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hi Betty Lou, Briefly, I will say I take approximately 7000 IU ave of Vit D daily (to include Vit D3 pills & cod liver oil tsp daily) & I take K2 along with each pill dose combo. I can raise my levels this way, was 75 last April. I don't sunbathe because I don't like it & am not swimming outdoors since ages ago (like to swim, but not to sunbathe in a baking way) &by Madeline - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hi Betty Lou, Briefly, I will say I take approximately 7000 IU ave of Vit D daily (to include Vit D3 pills & cod liver oil tsp daily) & I take K2 along with each pill dose combo. I can raise my levels this way, was 75 last April. I don't sunbathe because I don't like it & am not swimming outdoors since ages ago (like to swim, but not to sunbathe in a baking way) &by Madeline - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Travis, Do you not remember? I answered this for you long ago and I had a very successful and detailed TEE in my hometown because there are many watchman providers here and they follow the watchman protocol for the TEE. As a matter fact, it was way more detailed than the reports I had an Austin. My only complaint was that they use more anesthesia than just proopofol and I didn’t know they woulby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotetvanslooten Madeline: Just curious if you had your "local TEE" yet. If so, how did it go? Were there any hiccups at all, or did everything go smoothly? I'm considering a local TEE as well but the whole process seems cumbersome. Travis Hi Travis, Yes, I got the 6-mo TEE 7/31, Monday before last. The doctor was very thorough. She also generated a report very quby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMadeline My memory might be letting me down, but isn't turmeric contraindicated if taking anti-coagulants....? Apparently not, because my cardiologist is pretty strict & he ok'd it, but not the ginkgo I had previously been taking. That said, I don't want to push it by perhaps taking too much, bec like you, I always thought it also had thinning properties. Saying thaby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotegloaming My memory might be letting me down, but isn't turmeric contraindicated if taking anti-coagulants....? Apparently not, because my cardiologist is pretty strict & he ok'd it, but not the ginkgo I had previously been taking. That said, I don't want to push it by perhaps taking too much, bec like you, I always thought it also had thinning properties. Saying that,by Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey 1. There is low normal LVEF approximately 55% with no significant wall motion abnormalities. That's perfectly normal. What's the purpose of the turmeric? Turmeric is advised by many for inflammation, joint aches/pain, an alzheimer prevention supp & a host of other things. My cardiologist said I could continue to take it whenever I asked a while back, but I nevby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Saw on report that my EF was 55% - FINDINGS: 1. There is low normal LVEF approximately 55% with no significant wall motion abnormalities. Any other contributions from you re this & also my turmeric intake now are appreciated. Thanks,by Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello, I am making some notes in my files re my Watchman and my 1st TEE post-Watchman in April. I have a copy of the TEE & I wanted to ask about this statement in their report: 1. Low normal left ventricular ejection fraction with normal cavity size. Note I had LAA ablation in August (with some pericardial effusion of ~200 mL & pericardiocentesis) & a TEE in November with aby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
And, I will add that I had my successful first TEE post-Watchman in April. Daisy & I were there at the same time the last 2 procedures, I being one procedure ahead of her each time. In April someone I knew in my hometown had sold his restaurant, Asti, in Hyde Park area & had recommended I go there for dinner. As luck would have it, my husband & I already knew the area & it wasby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you everyone. Good to know. I might never have even thought of this when my next MRI rolls around.by Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have never seen on this thread an MRI of what area? Doesn’t that matter? What about an MRI of the brain with and without contrast - would that have any effect on the watchman in the heart?by Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello, I have had a lot of success so far in facilitating my 6-mo TEE to be done in my hometown. 1. I found the Watchman placers here from the Boston Scientific list. 2. I contacted the doctors' nurses at my clinic doing the Watchmans to see who did their TEEs. 3. I was given names. 4. I saw my cardiologist (yes, not an EP bec we had a couple yrs' hx together by timeby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJayBros The hardest part of that whole rigmarole was getting a disc of the video mailed to Dr. Natale because the two facilities had different and incompatible video transmission software. JayBros, I have run into that same difficulty locally in the past. Computer softwares don't match up necessarily & can't show the images on another's computer. I am afraid of that toby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Not long ago I got a call from my Clinic here. The Watchman people here are just as specific as those at St. David's. She said the doctor I wanted to do my TEE, who does them for the EPs who place Watchmans at my clinic only did them for the Watchman providers there. So we have to figure out how to do what. She and another doctor at another location do them all day all week, as I understaby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dr. Natale has been telling me since at least August or November of 2022 that I could get a CT scan if I did not want to come back to Austin for TEE (his preferred method) after getting only the initial TEE in Austin, mainly because of the problems getting the images he wants to see from the TEE providers. On the other hand when I had a Telemed visit with Shannon, his "assistant," sheby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey Don't overcomplicate it. You have a Watchman now. It's a simple, inert device that seals off your LAA. It doesn't care about any of the supplements you take. That's not to say your supplements might not be harmful in other ways, but I don't think any of them will have any interaction with your Watchman. Thanks, Carey, but what I meant was since I was still onby Madeline - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hello, I got my Watchman 1/31/23. I am now on reduced Eliquis of 2.5 mg BID. I have been taking turmeric (a curcumin complex) of 650 mg a day. In the past my cardiologist okayed this. I am wondering about some other supps. I already take Nordic Naturals cod liver oil 1 tsp daily. I like to take some things for Alzheimer preventive such as Ginkgo biloba 120 mg a day - used to taby Madeline - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuotePavanPharter Win Hof video if anyone wants to try it. 57 million others have Do you think it more worthwhile than Patrick McKeown's? It takes a lot of time to learn & do new things, much less having so many suggestions & choices. Thanks.by Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you very much for all the info George. I guess I am more a hyperactive brain type than one in need of CPAP. I am energetic the next day, so am not suffering that way. Last night I tried the serial diverse imaging first with my seed word & then used their app to see what it offered. I like what they call the cognitive shuffle. Not sure after one try, but it seems more my need to triby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN A possible simple approach is mouth taping during sleep. Resources on why learning to breathe slowly during the day can help at night also here. I can provide other resources, if interested. GeorgeN, I am interested in how one knows they need mouth taping. For years, I am a light sleeper. Sometimes I fall asleep for 2 hr & sometimes 4 hr, I have a lot of variability, but wby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi, It has really been on the afibbers forum that I have seen over the yrs someone discussing sleep & taping the mouth, maybe George N or gloaming or Poppino. I can't remember why they need to do it. I have been a light sleeper for very long time. I tend to be able to fall asleep reading & stay asleep 2-4 hr, but then wake & usually take 5 mg zolpidem, which does the tricby Madeline - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteCarey You say to just call a large medical center & ask for a cardiologist experienced with the Watchman. How exactly do I do that? Just click this link and enter your location. This will give you a list of centers in your area that do Watchman implants. Centers that do Watchman implants will have cardiologists who do Watchman TEEs. Visit their web site and choose one yourself, oby Madeline - AFIBBERS FORUM