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Re: 10 years ago today... - 12 years ago

Gill, I've only been around here 8 1/2 years, but have appreciated your posts for these years and wish you continued NSR!!!! George

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Re: My experience with Ginger - 12 years ago

Sam, As digestive issue are a trigger for many, if you are sensitive to ginger it makes sense it would not be helpful for your case. Tom, While anything is possible, I very much doubt my positive experience with ginger is due to placebo effect. I look at it as treating a specific risk factor for my afib - an overly large vagal response. My experience this year has been that afib episo

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Re: Interesting Mandrola links - 12 years ago

Diane, I'm not disputing that afib is a stroke risk. However in lone (idopathic) afibbers, the risk is correlated with their other, underlying stroke risks, not the afib. That is, a lone afibber, with no other risk for stroke has the same stroke risk as a non-afibber of this age. In one long term (25-30 year), large sample size, study in Olmsted County MN, where the Mayo Clinic is loc

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Re: To ablate with Natale in Feb. or wait for tech breakthroughs - 12 years ago

Hi Shannon, I missed your question. I'm taking organic ginger powder - sold as a spice. I'm taking 1/2 tsp in the morning and 1 tsp in the evening. I don't have a gram scale, 1 tsp taurine is 4 gr. If I assume ginger powder and the taurine powder have the same density, that would mean 6 grams ginger powder/day. I started out with a heaping dinner spoon morning & eveni

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Re: Interesting Mandrola links - 12 years ago

Diane, I would tend disagree that the marathon runners with afib are at a significantly increased risk for stroke, unless they have other stroke risks. The data on lone afibbers are that their risk of stroke is correlated with their other stroke risks rather than just having afib. This does not mean I don't agree that moderating endurance training is wise, just not because of the strok

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Interesting Mandrola links - 12 years ago

Diane98683 recently posted about Dr. Mandrola's blogs and I spent a few minutes going through them. Here are some links you might find interesting. Top 10 EP stories in 2012: 10 facts about afib ablation: Lancet reviews cardiac arrhythmia: TIme to rethink the role of digioxin: Rhythm control meds: Long term endurance exercise: The most complicated disease, AF:

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Re: Detraining - 12 years ago

Hans, I can tell you what I've done. 1) I eliminated endurance training and competition 2) am still very active, but don't emphasize endurance activity. 3) training is generally strength "super slow to failure" with some high intensity intervals (i.e. Tabata) every so often. The super slow to failure is designed to activate and fail the whole range of muscle fiber

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Re: Ginger & vagal afibbers - 12 years ago

Hans, Of course, I'd be delighted to! George

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Re: New Year - Are we getting there? - 12 years ago

Hans, I have experienced the ice cold drinks bringing on ectopics and afib. I've also experienced drinking hot water immediately to settle it down. When I tried it, I just drank hot water from the tap, not wanting to wait to heat anything else. My very slow heart rate (38-40 BPM) immediately went to normal and the ectopics ceased. On previous occasions, I successfully tried various

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Re: To ablate with Natale in Feb. or wait for tech breakthroughs - 12 years ago

Shannon, Thanks! Yes that is what I was looking for. That is quite the experience. Your notes (and Steve's) about the complexity of persistent afib motivated to quickly consider an ablation slot at either Bordeaux or with Natale's team when I was having nightly afib converted with flec six weeks ago. Miraculously, ginger has worked to control this, so I'm again feeling comf

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Re: Ginger & vagal afibbers - 12 years ago

I have successfully (including mandatory morning testing) titrated down to just the evening dose of 1 tsp ginger. Given where I was 6 weeks ago, this is truly a remarkable, simple and low impact solution for vagal afib. Thanks again Hans!!!

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Re: To ablate with Natale in Feb. or wait for tech breakthroughs - 12 years ago

Hi Shannon, Would you please elaborate on your flec usage history prior to it becoming pro-arrhythmic. Also was it your habit to pre-treat with a BB when using it PIP? The time it became pro-arrhythmic, were you active after taking it? Thanks! George

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Re: Vitamin D level and afib and irregular beats - 12 years ago

Eddie, See: <; George

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Re: TESTOSTERONE AND AFIB - 12 years ago

Steve, In addition to Shannon, George Eby has posted on testosterone and afib. Here is a link to testosterone posts on this board. My post in this thread has many links to George's posts: <; George

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Re: Ginger & vagal afibbers - 12 years ago

Ian, The efficacy of the ginger continues unabated, and I continue to adhere to the morning test schedule (the interests of science have primacy!). The lack of excessive vagal response anytime as well as ectopics during morning testing give me confidence the ginger is an effective agent. For the benefit of others reading this, I want to emphasize that additionally I continue to take 2 gra

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Re: iPhone heart rate monitoring - 12 years ago

Eric, I love my Polar S810 (a prior model to the RS800CX). It has been a great tool. I recently upgraded to an Apple laptop. Haven't yet gotten the 810 to talk to the Mac, but also haven't really tried either. I still have my PC, so can use the Polar on it, if I need it. The issue was the IR interface, which has changed for the RS. My issue is using old technology on new hardwar

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Re: Ginger & vagal afibbers - 12 years ago

Hi Mike, I understand about all or nothing. I've been accused of that... I've been weight stable on my low carb plan for 3 or so years. Originally, I took off 2 1/2 stone that I'd accumulated when I played American football at university. I really enjoy having the ketones as an alternative energy source when I'm keto-adapted. I'm not always super strict diet-w

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Re: Ginger & vagal afibbers - 12 years ago

Ian, My history from 6-7 weeks ago, before I started my pre-bed flec, was no window of immunity (or perhaps 24 hours, depending upon how you look at it). I was getting afib nightly and converting with 300 mg flec. When I did a back-of-the-envelope calculations using a 12 and 24 hour half-life for the flec, I came up with an on-going serum level equivalent to 400-600 mg. Given that, and

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iPhone heart rate monitoring - 12 years ago

Recently there have been posts on a portable ECG using an iPhone <; and afib detection using an iPhone <; I've been playing around with iPhone apps from Azumio. Two have free versions, one is $4.99 US. I believe the afib detection app is based on the same or similar technology. The apps include Stress Doctor $4.99 Stress Check Instant Heart Rate They all use the camer

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Re: Ginger & vagal afibbers - 12 years ago

Jackie, Thanks! Yes, I've consumed some Waller Water as part of my Mg++ intake to help increase pH. I wish you well in the New Year, too! George

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Re: Ginger & vagal afibbers - 12 years ago

Well, the ginger did fail after I went off the wagon, diet wise, Christmas day. I normally eat a very low carb (ketogenic) diet. We went to a Christmas party starting around 1 PM Christmas day. Even before we ate dinner around 5 PM, I noticed I was getting a PAC about every sixth beat (most likely from chowing down on carby appetizers). I took some K+, Mg++, taurine and ginger. This did away

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Re: Ginger & vagal afibbers - 12 years ago

Last night we had dinner about 4:30 PM (very early for me) and then went out. I took my 1 tsp ginger then. At 10:30 PM, when I got prone in bed, my HR was very slow (didn't bother to get an actual count) but regular. I got up and took a heaping 1/2 tsp of ginger. I went back to bed and my HR rectified over a half an hour or so. Woke up early in the morning and HR was normal (60ish). S

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Re: Taurine: Importance of.... reminder - 12 years ago

So I was impatient and hit the post button twice. So double posted. I am able to edit but not delete.,

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Re: Taurine: Importance of.... reminder - 12 years ago

Early in my supplement remission program for afib, I had a 3 month afib free period (this follows a 2.5 month episode, terminated with 300 mg flec). I thought that taurine wasn't doing anything so, when I ran out, I did not replace it. I had an episode and then a second one a month later. I finally remembered I'd stopped the taurine. I restarted taking it and had two years afib free

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Re: Seasons Greetings - 12 years ago

NSR to all!!!! Thanks for everyone's contributions here! George

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Re: Editing your posts - 12 years ago

Hans, Thank you for editing my post. Point taken. I'm logged in! George

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Re: Ginger & vagal afibbers - 12 years ago

I should note that a feature of my reduced ginger intake seems to be an increased bowel tolerance for magnesium. I'm not sure how much yet.

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Re: Ginger & vagal afibbers - 12 years ago

Ian, For example, intake of something very cold might (but not always) drop my heart rate to say 38 or 40. This may or may not be accompanied by a lot of ectopic beats. I'd put frozen blueberries in a bit of almond milk and eat them, this could sometimes cause this reaction. Last summer, I helped a friend move. It was a hot day. When done, she gave me a large glass of cold water over

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