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Re: Just checking - 7 months ago
Quotesusan.d My PVCs, in remission, returned Friday Morning. Wonderful news!! Hope it continues!by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Potassium deficiency - 7 months ago
A low serum potassium level (2.8 mEq/L, from memory) at the ER (my one and only one for afib) visit flagged low potassium as a possible actor. Two months later (9/2004), I had an intracellular ExaTest that indicated magnesium was off range low. Even back then, member Jackie (now 89 and doing well as I recently chatted with her) was posting about getting your magnesium optimized prior to workingby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Potassium deficiency - 7 months ago
Some of the links on the saliva testing are broken. Here is a conversion chart for saliva to serum potassium, courtesy of archive.org:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Atrial Flutter Ablation - 7 months ago
Quotecornerbax The only thing I'm perplexed on is now your LAA was 'closed' via an ablation? Can you Explain how this was done? I guess I mess to read A LOT more than I already do on this site... Lol. I'm also confused to how you would need a watchman if your laa is already closed. I had a robotic procedure for my mitral valve which also included suturing/closing the Lby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Potassium deficiency - 7 months ago
I agree with gloaming. Several things to note, Serum potassium can vary over the day quite a bit. Also, consuming a bolus or large amount of a potassium supplement will signal the kidneys to quickly excrete it. In my case, I put 2 tsp of food grade potassium citrate powder in a liter of water and consume over the day, my DIY version of "timed release." Anybody supplementing with elby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Premature Ventricular Contractions Could Lead to a More Serious Heart Condition - 8 months ago
Quotesusan.d I was successful with Tenormin for 6 weeks until there was a shortage of distilled water so I stopped using my cpap.. I have a distiller at home that does ~ 1 gallon at a time. Would one of these be available where you are? Mine takes about 3.5 hours to make the 1 gallon.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Wide IVC - 8 months ago
"When I sleep I am in NSR. The second I wake up and listen to fighter jets or hear about bus bombings (4 in one day) stabbings (7) , etc, my PVCs return." I don't know if this has any applicability, but I've found I sleep best partially sitting up in a recliner. I wear ear muff hearing defenders and an eye mask. This has helped my sleep. I also look a little news as I fiby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Feasibility of repeated on-demand smartphone app-based approximation of time spent with atrial fibrillation and symptoms in patients after catheter ablation: Data from the ISOLATION study - 8 months ago
Here is the full paper: More details: QuotePatients were instructed to record a 60-s PPG recording through their smartphone’s built-in camera three times daily and when experiencing symptoms. Further, after completing a recording, patients had to specify if they encountered any of the following symptoms: no symptoms, palpitations, chest pain, dyspnoea, confusion, light-headedness, fatiguby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Marijuana smoker with IST inappropriate sinus tachycardia - 8 months ago
Here are searches on our history Cannabis Marijuanaby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Any runners with a heart condition - 8 months ago
I've had afib for 20+ years. From my perspective, endurance exercise is a double edged sword. If you haven't been exercising, then getting up off the couch can be beneficial for afib. However, if you do endurance exercise chronically in high volumes with intensity, it can lead to afib and was my path to afib. This is a thread on this topic. In my case, I had my first afib episodby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Vaccine reply to a previous post - 8 months ago
I had a very strong association of C 19 vaxes and a large increase in afib episodes. In my case, the longer in time I went from a vax, the impact reduced. A friend with connections at a large EP center said the center reports this association as well, for some patients. I've sworn off those vaxes & take few others.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Heart Monitor - 8 months ago
Steve, I've had a single lead Kardia since 2014. I have broken a few while staying in accommodations with tile floors & mine break when they hit those floors. You can get new ones off eBay for under $40 US.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Kardia Mobile and Low Heart Rate - 8 months ago
{edit - Carey posted while I was composing this} I've used a Kardia since 2014 and I can have resting HR less than 50, but average afib rates are never that low and usually much higher. I assume you don't have a subscription, which will plot out a heart rate vs time graph for the reading. You can do this yourself, as afib beat to beat heart rates are normally highly variably variable.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Osteoporosis / Calcium - 8 months ago
QuoteHugging The issue with calcium is it interferes in the absorption of magnesium where both are absorbed in the small intestine . Avoiding ingestion of Mg and calcium simultaneously makes sense. It may seem reasonable to separate the two by taking Mg in the morning and calcium at night I personally discovered calcium was an issue for my afib in 2012. I was consuming 10x the RDA of magneby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Osteoporosis / Calcium - 8 months ago
Here is a review article on strontium and osteoporosis: .by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Brazilian study reveals new pathways for preventing atrial fibrillation - 8 months ago
QuoteHugging That sums my hypothesis to explain why I believe Mg replenishment can if done properly can restart SR, all described in my protocol that has reversed mycAFvto SR. I would suggest that linking your prior post (and I selected what I thought most complete) where you go into more detail would be good for people to be able to refer to without you having to repeat all the detail.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Prolonged high heart rate - 8 months ago
Maybe 10 days after my first afib episode 20+ years ago, I had another episode & decided to take a walk around downtown with a heart rate monitor record. I was walking very fast and my heart rate was about 145 BPM. I was going across the street and then I needed to sprint to get out of the way of a car. This pushed my heart rate to 230 BPM. It dropped a bit when I slowed down on the sidewby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Borderline ECG meaning - 8 months ago
Here is PamalaJean's redacted ECG.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Borderline ECG meaning - 8 months ago
I've sent a PM to you with my email address. If you want, send me the image and I'll fix it and post here in this thread for you.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Borderline ECG meaning - 8 months ago
QuotePamelaJean I don’t know how to remove my name. I did notice. If you have a physical copy, you could black out the information and take a photo and post that.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Potassium Citrate OR Gluconate? - 8 months ago
Either should be fine. I've taken citrate for many years.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Borderline ECG meaning - 8 months ago
My non-medical opinion is it looks fine. However, I'd take it down and take your name & DOB off. Edit - see my post here for the ECG.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Thoughts about preventing recurences of AF after ablations - 8 months ago
QuoteHugging Hi George N My premise for correlating unattenuated HRV with AF depends on being compulsive and record your EkGs for 30 sec every morning,noon, late afternoon ,and at bedtime. Depending on symptoms as an alert can be misleading as if one follows my routine, asymptomatic AF will be more likely detected. Doing that provides data to determine if AF correlates with unattenuated HRV, andby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Sinus Rhythm with Wide QRS - 8 months ago
QuoteNepertutto But today my Kardia EKG says that I'm in sinus rhythm with wide QRS. I checked the web for info about wide QRS and I can't tell if this is serious or not. It could be artefact in the Kardia ECG data, I can get a wide QRS reading if I'm not careful in the recording procedure. Wetting the electrodes is very useful, saliva is good as there are electrolytes in it.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: sleep apnea + Buteyko - 8 months ago
QuoteQwackertoo My brother-in-law is a huge fan of the mouth taping @ night. I've never really tried it as I've suffered from allergies, quite severe with nose congestion, thus mouth breathing @ night with dry mouth. I ordered some tape today and will give it a try in addition to the oral appliance. My breathing and O2 levels are greatly improved since this time last year when primarby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Thoughts about preventing recurences of AF after ablations - 8 months ago
QuoteHugging I agree it’s application is only.for AF based on my personal experience and the supporting articles I cited. The photos I attached are consistent for me so I am curious if anyone with AF has observed the same pattern. For me it’s the canary for recurrence of asymptomatic and symptomatic AF. I'm sure there would be a marked difference for HRV in and out of afib, for anyone. Thby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: TachyBrady vs Bigeminy or Tri or Quad - 8 months ago
QuoteCarey What is Armour? A porcine thyroid med.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Overcoming Bias Treating Atrial Fibrillation with Oral Magnesium - 8 months ago
Here is another magnesium rhythm anecdote I got last night. We are spending time in a ski condo with friends. The wife is a Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome ablatee in her 70's. Around 2010, which was post her ablation, I got her to start consuming a lot of supplemental magnesium, which has worked very well for her and she's become an advocate also. She's a volunteer ski patrby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM