QuoteGeorgeN Ps I think they might be from the same company... Ha ha! Yeah, totally. Look at the photos where they have the pills laid out in front of the cutter. Both photos use all the same pills. They're arranged differently but definitely the same collection of pills. The videos from both products say that they are made by the same company. Yes. Equadose Version 2 is the plasby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I bought my first cutter, it was from a small new company and was made in the states. The blade is extremely sharp. I liked it so much I bought a second…thinking the blade will get duller in time. It didn’t happen. Still sharp. Then this fall I visited the states and couldn’t find the cutters in my suitcase so I bought another two..thinking I lost them. I found all 4 in my suitcase when rby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dr Reddy was highly recommended to me. I heard he is good. Try biofeedback.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I’m a fan of this one. It’s perfect for my needs. Easy to quarter a tablet as well. All metal base with a plastic cover. Small to travel.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have first hand experience. I had an av node nuke ablation. I am 100% dependent on my alien (nickname) pacemaker. It stopped my uncontrollable flutter when 54 ecv and drips and pushes couldn’t help. It’s a last resort solution. My ventricles are beating at 60. My upper chambers are doing their own thing by beating at times at 350-400 according to my PM downloading reports but I’m told who caresby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gloaming: no as Carey mentioned, an ecv wasn’t suggested as a treatment for my PVCs, nor would I think it would had helped - I had over a 30% burden starting 5 weeks post index ablation. I was on multaq and was scheduled for a pvc ablation with dr N. My local EP asked if I would humor him by trying an Tenormin (atenolol)’experiment that helped his patients. Because I was on Multaq, he startedby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
You want to check below. I used to travel overseas and as a tourist I couldn’t find a policy that paid for medical coverage for pre existing conditions until I found Travelex. Pay within 15 days of getting the policy and they waived pre existing. I had afib and got all my bills paid for at the foreign doctors and hospitals. They even emergency evacuated me by paying for my and husband’s firstby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Both diltiazem and metoprolol lowers your heart rate. Multaq also does. Do you have a pacemaker to allow taking three drugs?by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
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How true George! “ Stress and Anxiety: High-intensity exercise can be mentally and physically stressful. Stress and anxiety can sometimes lead to an increase in PVCs in susceptible individuals.” I was scheduled once for a pvc ablation (33% burden) and my local EP wanted me to humor him by postponing the ablation and try an experiment. I was on multaq at the time so my EP was careful and startby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Take it with the grain of salt- I have a pacemaker so I can take more . I take 120mg time release am and pm and I allowed a 60mg fast acting PIP as long as I don’t exceed 300mg in a 24 hours. Today I took pretty close to the maximum (120mg CD@130pm and at midnight and I should not had taken the half (30mg) fast release at 5pm but I heard aircraft that raised my BP. Too close apart. I’m not goingby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNana Did you have issues with dizziness when first taking dilitazem? Did it go away? Thank you Everyone is different but dilitazem stops my dizziness. It seems to calm me and my heart. I’m sure my dizziness is linked to my BP but 10mg BID lisinopril and dilitazem BID keeps my headaches away. I doubled up with dilitazem (my EP permission) because I live (doesn’t matter where) in a war zoneby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
It only helped me with a push (iv syringe straight into my vein), instead a drip which is diluted into a bag of saline or piggy backed with a small bag of Cardizem. Everyone is different but perhaps ask for a slow push within 8 minutes. A RN disagreed that it would work so I asked him to let me bet on it. He high 5 me when it worked and I had him as my advocate afterwards whenever I went to thby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
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How many future ablations are done and needed of those 10% (using a top tier EP) that are not successful after the index before they are deemed successful and finally reach their 1 year afib free mark?by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
No complaints about eliquis.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Will do you sleep on your back? I notice it more in that position. “It sounds to me like you are hyper-aware of your heart's motions..” It’s a heightened sense some have. I can feel a PAC. I can’t hear a missile siren for the life of me but I can feel my heart when it misbehaves. Go figure. I can I recommend a sleeping aid. I slept like a baby and before I started flec back in 2004.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
If you decide to use Dr. Natale, I would suggest using his Texas location. He personally told me his state of the art equipment is better and he has multiple staff ( NPs) so you have seamless care when someone is on away on vacation.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJakeS I am allergic to the iodine in the CT contrast. Respectfully an allergy to iodine in x-ray contrast is a misapplied term and is a myth that dates back decades and unfortunately continues to be repeated by medical personnel and the public. The other myth that gets repeated is the correlation that shellfish allergy prevents having the x-ray contrast because that has iodine. It isby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am allergic to the iodine in the CT contrast. Usually I take 10-20mg steroids the night before and then ditto before the imaging. Recently I was told to take 50 plus 50mg within 13 hours. It gave me a prolonged uppder chamber hr.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isn’t it in the same family as flecainide? I had to stop flec because I went into vtach and was told both drugs share similar properties.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDaisy As others have said it is individual. Depends on how your symptoms manifest. For instance if your day requires driving and you are dizzy or some other symptom impairs your mental acuity, you’d want to give it a miss. With the dentist, watch out for injections as they contain epinephrine which can affect your heart rate. If you need an injection, ask for one without epinephrine—almost aby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Windyshores- I speculate your mother didn’t have a watchman implant. I am just curious if someone has had the watchman implant, stroke odds should be the same as a non afib person, why then am I am warned I could get a stroke if I stop 1/2 dose eliquis for two days pre colonoscopy? If I never had afib I speculate I would never be warned about a stroke risk associated with a colonoscopy. I stilby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I love diltiazem. Zero side effects and it calms my heart —better than Tenormin which I took for many decades and liked because it calmed me enough to sometimes convert. Technically I don’t need diltiazem anymore but I feel better on it. The drug, along with my pacemaker settings of burst therapy, increases my success rate of converting my annoying afib.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteTodd Here is the one i got it through. It was $149 and i got the results 1 week after the blood draw. The results were emailed to me. People with the MTHFR gene supposedly do not absorb folic acid well. Folic acid is synthetic and difficult for most livers to convert to 5-MTHF, which is the natural form of folate.. I had a major bowel resection when I was a kid and put on 1mg daiby susan.d - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Joy- do you have TMJ? I have both TMJ and Osteoporosis and because Prolia can affect one’s jaw (shatters if I recalled from my oncologist’s warning), I passed at the time. When taking chemo I was suggested to take the injections when I was diagnosed with osteopenia. Now since it has advanced to osteoporosis I need to start some treatment because I’m a fall risk now and I want to protect my hiby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bone soup: Bone marrow. You can substitute chicken bones. I buy chicken bones at my butcher. Something for taste- I save all my onion skins and freeze to be used for soup. I wash and freeze in a ziplock bag each time I use an onion. Adding skins makes the broth a golden color. 1 tablespoon vinegar if you are making a big batch or 1 teaspoon of vinegar to leach the bones for the the calcium.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I make bone broth and freeze so I can eat daily. It’s rich in calcium if you add 1 tablespoons of vinegar and cook a while (crock pot) , let cool and the next day skim or remove the fat with a nut bag you can buy on Amazon. My GP is Harvard educated and got a second degree in nutrition and gave me the recipe .by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
My favorite: For simple vitamins Lexicomp ($29.99/month) app I usually put in student as my career when subscribing to peer organizations.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM