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Re: Is V8 really safe? - 5 months ago

I assume you can leave the watercress out when you make your own? I look at LS V8 as the V8 being a carrier for potassium chloride which I assume is the active ingredient for ectopic rhythm issues. Until I switched to potassium citrate, I used to travel with a container of potassium chloride powder. I soon learned to put the container out by itself, not hidden in my luggage for TSA go find.

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Re: Check Your Iron Levels! - 5 months ago

QuoteRob626 Further genetic testing verified I do carry the gene for developing Hemochromatosis. Hey Rob, here are some searches that may be useful. Former member Isabelle posted a lot about iron, afib & hemochromatosis. She never really registered after some system changes 13 or so years ago, so I searched on her name and iron in posts, so some may be others replying to a post of hers.

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Re: ARRC/AF study - 5 months ago

QuoteKindog Mortality rate seems awfully high. "Among those who underwent repeat ablations, rates of comorbidities during follow-up were highest for OSA, depression, hypertension and valvular heart disease, and event rates of comorbidities were highest for chronic kidney disease, OSA, hypertension and diabetes." There is an association between all cause mortality and having one or

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Re: Right Side to Left Side for Ablations - 5 months ago

QuoteQwackertooou I was wondering about that for sure Daisy on the urgent or more sooner than later cases vs a first come first serve method. I’ll definitely let Norma know to add me to the cancellation wait list. If you aren't currently on a blood thinner, I believe you need to be on one for 14 days prior to the ablation. Hence, once on the cancellation wait list, you need to be con

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Re: Dr. Natale - Questions - 5 months ago

QuoteQwackertoo 07/21 encounter notes Tachycardia - tachy, PVC snoring ??? I guess I did a sketchy sleep study that month also a Holter Monitor that month and nothing after 30 days If you are having some sleep apnea (and/or snoring), you could try taping your mouth at night to encourage nasal breathing. I have a post here on it. In my case it eliminates apnea. Doesn't work for every

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Re: Dr. Natale - Questions - 5 months ago

QuoteQwackertoo IF they also do a Pacemaker for the Brady, do they always destroy the AV Node? My heart loop monitor is nearing its expected battery life of 3 years and Norma said he'd just replace it or remove it then rely on Kardia testing going forward. There is no reason to destroy the AV node for a PM. IF they ablate the AV node, which is a last resort and very uncommon today (thoug

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Re: 402 Message - 5 months ago

QuoteCarey George, I'm not seeing what's broken. The pages have the new appearance and layout, but it's the same content. At the bottom of the afibbers.org main page Learn Research Help Afibber's Forum Research Report on LAF Conta

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Re: 402 Message - 5 months ago

QuoteCarey All fixed now. Thanks for catching that, Qwacker! At the bottom of the afibbers.org page, the links for the topics under the Research heading are broken. Research Research Report on LAF Resources/links Conference Proceedings The Conference Proceedings link is: This is what comes up for Research Report on LAF This is what comes up for Resources/links

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Re: Getting Healthy VS. Ablation - 5 months ago

QuoteDean Thanks Susan d, I haven’t got time at the moment to respond but I will put the whole journey down shortly. Briefly, in 2002 my smart GP, after 3 visits to the ER with afib ,sent me to a gastroenterologist and he put me through the ringer with invasive tests. Basically my whole digestive system was stuffed with numerous problems. If I have any advice for all of you it is to GO TO

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Re: 402 Message - 5 months ago

QuoteQwackertoo IF I click the afibbers Resources, Database or Afib 101. Yes, here is an example with Afib 101: Clicked on at the bottom of this page: In fact, most of the links at the bottom of the main page fail (wonder if getting rid of the other afibber URLs could be the cause?).

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Re: A Safer Sedation for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation? - 5 months ago

The actual paper has a bit more info.

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Re: Study reveals why women tend to have faster heartbeats, men more irregular rhythms - 5 months ago

QuoteDean To George and other long term posters on afibers.org I am still afib free since 2004. Fingers Crossed!!! I still follow this forum as I am under no illusions it might return. Dean Great news, Dean!! It has been a long time! In the early/mid 2000's, we had a member, Peggy Merrill, who would tag success stories. Around Dec 2007, these were compiled in a PDF in our "Conf

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Re: Heart rhythm disorder traced to bacterium lurking in gums - 5 months ago

Quotegloaming '...oil pulling.' George? I've used organic coconut oil for years 2x/day and recently (18 months) add a drop of oregano oil as well as mentioned. QuoteJoeIs it preventing caries George? I've not had any in years (with or without oil pulling). My reason for doing it is gum health. I used to have quite a few gum pockets > 3 mm. My teeth cleanings we

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Re: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM-PREDICTED BIOLOGICAL AGE GAP AND MORTALITY: CAPTURING DYNAMIC RISK WITH MULTIPLE ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS - 5 months ago

Quotegloaming I don't see why we'd need AI to tell us that, though. When I helped one of our members who had AI analysis on their overnight ECG, my opinion was the AI analysis was completely incorrect for their case (and I'm certainly not an EP).

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Re: Heart rhythm disorder traced to bacterium lurking in gums - 5 months ago

QuoteJoe Now i'd like to know if swishing Xylitol in my mouth after cleaning teeth eliminates P.gingivalis? Certainly seems to keep tooth decay at bay but then i'm just N1 My implant dentist (who is a periodontist) has me add a drop organic oil of oregano to coconut oil for oil pulling.

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Re: did I really have afib and do I need to worry about it now? - 6 months ago

Per TomR's comment, here is the recipe for "Waller Water." I have also consumed it undiluted or less diluted as I require more Mg++. The first link has a link to a huge set of posts done by the late Erling Waller on his magnesium bicarbonate water (i.e. WW). In this post by engineer ghg, the tinyurl link goes to a large document he created on magnesium acetate (which I&#

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Re: Different issues post ablation - 6 months ago

Quotembrinksoccer Anybody have any experience of these episodes or have any tips as to how to avoid/reconvert. l Maybe ask your EP if flecainide on-demand would be appropriate for you to try for conversion. Here is the original paper on the use as needed for afib:

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Re: flecanide - how to start - 6 months ago

QuoteDaisy I started Flecainide at home but was required to go into my cardiologist’s office for a 12 lead ECG a day or two later. Same here. Back when I started (20+ years ago), there were a number of members here reporting having start flec under observation, but not necessarily as a hospital inpatient.

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Re: PVCs how many is too many - 6 months ago

QuoteMikeN I went thru insane PACs when I got the Norovirus in January. I self diagnosed as PACs after getting a Kardia. I tried Taurine and it really helped. I took 2g Taurine and 2g L'Arginine a day and felt better within a half hour; placebo effect? "Elimination of cardiac arrhythmias using oral taurine with l-arginine with case histories" One of my friends had excellent

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Re: Co-Worker Ablation Death - 6 months ago

That is awful about your coworker. Around 15 years ago, Moderator Shannon's sister, Bonnie, had (I believe) a tamponade during an ablation for long standing persistent afib, in Houston, TX. This outcome caused Bonnie to be bedridden for the rest of her life (9 years). It was during a time that Shannon was living out ot the US, so he didn't know she was having the procedure till afte

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Re: Potassium deficiency - 6 months ago

QuoteTomR I like the method GeorgeN uses with dosing K in his hydration water. But I think I need to wait until I see no more improvements from the Waller water before either stopping it or creating a new water with potassium in it. My strong suggestion would be to not stop the Waller water. It is also possible to increase the Mg++ concentration in WW by changing the ratio of the undiluted WW

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Re: Different issues post ablation - 7 months ago

Quotembrinksoccer i guess one of the difficulties we all face is trying to weigh up all of the things that affect our immediate future versus doing things that our 10 year futures selves will thank us for. I can relate. I'd figured out within a month of my first episode (by finding published studies) that chronic endurance exercise was my path to afib (training for and competing in a race

by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM

Re: Different issues post ablation - 7 months ago

You might check out this thread. In my case I learned to limit my exertion for longer duration activities to only what I could do nasal breathing. Turns out, when you over breathe, you deplete CO2. Because of the Bohr Effect (which loosens the bond between hemoglobin and oxygen), you can actually create hypoxia at a cellular level. This can be a much longer discussion, but I'll limit i

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Re: How to reverse persistent AFib? - 7 months ago

Quotearleenkilo My EP told me that another ablation would more than likely be unsuccessful. He claims that people who have persistent afib will just not stay in NSR. Maybe it's time for a second opinion? Certainly yes. Read Carey's post here. Pay attention to the EP who fixed Carey - he is one I would recommend for a persistent afibber's ablation. QuotearleenkiloI would be c

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Re: Persistent A fib advice - 7 months ago

Looks like you double posted. I responded to your first post.

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Re: How to reverse persistent AFib? - 7 months ago

Quotearleenkilo Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. An MD with afib posted here a while back about using magnesium to convert his persistent afib & stay in NSR. He wrote a book about the experience. I'm not suggesting this would work for everyone, but the approach meets my criteria of low long term downside with good potential upside. My only caveat would be anyone s

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Re: University of New Mexico researchers studying the health risks posed by gadolinium, a toxic rare earth metal used in MRI scans - 7 months ago

In prior study on the topic, Dr. Wagner was one of the few people doing research on the topic. Looks like oxalic acid/oxalates may be a reason some people have issues.

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Re: Just checking - 7 months ago

I'm glad the new user registrations remain consistent I guess nobody is being bothered by their afib & that is good.

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Re: Just checking - 7 months ago

Wonder if you've implemented taking the redirect URL's offline & this impacted SEO (search engine optimization) for the site?

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Re: I'm back, lol - 7 months ago

Quote I had first afib episode in August 2017, and got 10 episodes total til September 2018, then for some reason, it all stopped for a good 4 years until I took the 2nd dose of the god damn COVID vaccine. Then the episode just got more frequent, from once a few months, everyday, and now I'm having random episodes multiple times a day. I have lost track of it. I also had an association b

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