pacs, pvcs, abcs, xyzs,eieios. PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
MERRY XMAS HAPPY WHATEVER, ALL YOU PEOPLE! PEGGYMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
The cat does not, Carey, except i need a home for her when i die, but the article does. We have been discussing the Na/K pump as it applies to afib, but its function is not limited to the heart, taking place in every cell of the body. If we understand this action better, it may help us to help ourselves . Do not underestimate the intelligence of the posters here. A lot of people here just readby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
This area where i am following old threads seems fruitful with articles that also apply to afib. I need somebody to show them to. Who other than the readers here is going to be interested? If i think i need to be ignored, i have a cat. PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
." We're working on completely revamping the site to bring it up to modern standards and that will happen soon, so stand by." More changes to figure out Peggy Mby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have never even been offered amiodarone, much less taken any of it, but there has been so much discussion of it that i thought more information might help. Medications used to treat atrial fibrillation may raise risk of falls PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
"scared and weirdly venting here makes me feel better." Yup. Does me too. Others as well, i do believe. Afib can scare the bejeebers out of you, and it does help to talk about it with people who definitely do understand what ails you. Nothing weird about that. PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
" Me, GeorgeN, and Liz." Have i completely passed from your consciousness? Never was ablated, i assure you. These days, due to a series of blunders by my doctors and myself, i am in permanent afib. i am not particularly uncomfortable, though of course i would prefer to be in NSR. PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
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Have been taking one or another of the new blood thinners for many years now, no trouble of any kind from any of them so far. PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello Liz, hope you are well. My heartfelt sympathy about your husband's death. Mine died as well, some years ago now, but of alcohol and cigarettes. But returning to the subject of aspirin, my father, had an undiagnosed and untreated shoulder injury that hurt him a lot. He would buy aspirin in megabottles and take it , so help me, by the handful. Just tip out as much as one hand wouldby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Would it help to count up how many people are posting here who have not been killed by their afib episodes? Some of us have been posting here for years and are not dead yet. Afib is a scary thing to have happen, and it makes all of us anxious not to mention terrified. You may find that after having survived a few more episodes your fear starts to diminish. Afib is never going to be any fun, butby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hear, hear. PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
No, Joe, now that you have a record of having had afib, nearly any untoward medical event will be blamed on the afib. Or at least that is how things have been with me. If i so much as stub my toe, any medic i come across blames the afib, no matter how long ago i claim to have had the last afib episode. All think it was the fault of the afib. One doctor i went to for some years, altho female, greby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
"what I understand the heart rate was fluctuating between very slow and being all over the place. All I know is they made the call to get in to visit him quick because they obviously didn't think he would survive that episode. " That is just what mine does when in afib. If that is a killer why am i alive to post to you? PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Long story, Liz. Am not feeling up to telling it just yet. PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
"irregular heartbeat linked to wider range of serious conditions than previously thought" "Irregular heartbeat stronger risk factor for heart disease and death in women than in men" "Atrial fibrillation associated with increased risk of death and cardiovascular events in women" "Rheumatoid arthritis linked to irregular heart rhythm" Allby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
And i had the all caps button pushed, too. "Atrial fibrillation patients are at increased risk of dementia, regardless of anticoagulation use" "Stroke history higher in asymptomatic versus symptomatic atrial fibrillation patients" PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
"New insights into how antiarrhythmic drugs work" PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yah, salt was what i thought too. Probably the tesco processed meats are higher in salt content than the waitrose version. Could also be higher in msg, in fact that is very likely. Combination of both, more additives in the cheaper version? PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bulldozer won't help, the vine will spring right back up from the smallest root. And incidentally the roots are as full of urushiol as any other part of the plant. Same rash from any contact. What i do about poison ivy rash at the first itching welt is to heat it up either with hot water as hot as you can stand to put your hand in, or, with body parts that cannot be immersed in near-sby peggyM - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
"Compared with men, women with AFib have more symptoms, worse quality of life, although higher survival" "Irregular heartbeat stronger risk factor for heart disease and death in women than in men" "No link between coffee consumption and common type of irregular heartbeat" "Diabetes mellitus is independent risk factor for A-fib" "Mby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
and here is yet another, this one qualifying for brain cramp status. "New insights into how antiarrhythmic drugs work" PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
You might enjoy them too, i thought. "Big women have nearly threefold greater risk of atrial fibrillation" "Atrial fibrillation patients are at increased risk of dementia, regardless of anticoagulation use" "Short episodes of abnormal heart rhythm may not increase risk of stroke" PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
ajr, get tested for sleep apnea, that can cause the fast heartbeat you describe. When the body experiences the air shortage from not breathing, the heart speeds up in an effort to distribute the little oxygen it has to work with, In a person susceptible to afib, that will usually flip right into afib.Sometimes if you get the apnea treated it kills the afib too. Good luck with it. PeggyMby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello Dean, good to hear from you as well. About the trout, that bunch of kids grew up and are now in their mid to late 20's. They have 40 hr jobs and trucks and girlfriends, and some of them have kids of their own now too. No time for fishing and they no longer hang out around the neighborhood. The current kidpack in this neighborhood is mostly girls who do not fish the way those kids did.by peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Don't know about all of you, but i always read any random pieces i happen to find that concern afib. Hope you enjoy these as well. Irregular heartbeat linked to wider range of serious conditions than previously thought Atrial fibrillation associated with higher death risk in motor vehicle accident victims Regular chocolate consumption may be linked to lower risk of heby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Forgive me for not reading as carefully as i should have done, Alice. In my own defense i can only say that i just got out of the hospital 2 days ago, pneumonia this time instead of the usual bronchitis. Sick and weak and shaky, i think i should have stayed longer in the hospital. Too late to think about that now, got to deal with what i have got and not what i wish i had. That garden businessby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello ajr, glad to meet you but sorry it had to be in these circumstances. Afib terrifies everybody at first, its not just you. Do you know how many episodes of afib you have had so far? Maybe it would help you to say to yourself that you have had this thing happen"x" number of times already and it did not kill me those times so maybe it won't kill me this time either? Alsoby peggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM