Very helpful, Liz. Thank you. I wasn't paying attention to the fact that I have been taking my blood pressure with my arm on the table. I will do what you suggest and see what I get. Lisaby Lisa Str - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hi Folks ~ I went to my GP on Thurs and was told my blood pressure is 138/80. This was a surprise to me because just last month at my GYN my blood pressure was fine. . .as it always has been. I exercise regularly, am not overweight, am a vegetarian and don't eat junk. I am 57. So I bought a home blood pressure machine and it shows my pressure to be even higher although if I sit for 30 secby Lisa Str - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hi Ron ~ Well, Jackie reminded me to do just that. And, in fact, I had become lazy about my magnesium supplementation but just last week I picked it up again. Already my heart has calmed down. Amazing, isn't it, that the docs don't get on board with this. Lisaby Lisa Str - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you, Jackie! You are always so good to respond. What a gift you are to this community. I have come to the conclusion that you and Larry are right. . .I need to get myself back to my cardiologist to see what is going on. Will do that as soon as I return from an upcoming trip. I hope you are very well these days, Jackie, and that you are looking forward to a lovely Thanksgiving. Lisaby Lisa Str - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks, Larry. I haven't had a workup lately but I think it is time. Nobody but you has responded to my post although many have viewed it. While I think the music analogy is clear, maybe it really is not. Perhaps I should re-post to see if others ever feel like they are experiencing an undercurrent of afib even while on the surface it seems like they are in SR. Lisaby Lisa Str - AFIBBERS FORUM
I haven't been on this forum for a while as I had a Natale ablation in Feb 2011 and have done great since then. However, in the last month or so I notice something new and disquieting going on. I don't have perfect words to describe it but to use a music metaphor it is as though the melody line is perfect sinus rhythm but that there is a subtle base beat below that of arrhythmia. In othby Lisa Str - AFIBBERS FORUM
I asked my question of my cardiologist, who is wonderful, and he recommended against anticoagulation for me because he still thinks I am at low risk for a clot because of my low CHADS2 score. He agreed that hydration was helpful in averting clots although more so in the legs than the heart. He mentioned that proof is lacking as to the benefit of low dose aspirin. He included the following from anby Lisa Str - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie ~ Thanks so much for posting! I am fine; I hope you are, too. I appreciate your comments about your regime. I, too, have been good about the Nattokinase. I also make sure to drink lots of that natural blood thinner called water. My heart is mostly very calm although I do have periods some days when something feels not quite right with my heart but taking my pulse tells me I am in NSby Lisa Str - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am interested in the thoughts of those in this wonderful community on the article published in JAMA Inter Med/Vol 173, (No 2) Jan 28, 2013 on the incidences of asymptomatic afib in those who have had otherwise successful ablations and the invited commentator's opinion that that means anticoagulation is still required for stroke reduction. Do the women in this community feel more compelledby Lisa Str - AFIBBERS FORUM