I have found Swanson's capsules containing 1/2 ginger and 1/2 turmeric to be very helpful in settling my stomach when it needs it.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Excellent points, Shannon. It can take decades for something like this to become available to average humans.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
My wrist pulse is sometimes hard to follow.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, indeed, as you may recall, I asked this board's opinion of Steven Hao, who was trained by Dr. Natale, before having the ablation. You all helped me make this important decision! Thank you, Shannon, for your invaluable advice, and thank you to all for your good wishes. I wish you all peaceful normal sinus rhythm. I'll check in here from time to time, but CROSS FINGERS, it won&by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello, all -- I had my Holter monitor for a week and then my one-year checkup -- Dr. Hao said I was in the 85% of his successful ablations and probably one-and-done. He even took me off aspirin for anticoagulation (I know, it's weak) because I think it's been causing me some sensitivity problems. (I have 5 tabs of Xarelto at home for pill-in-pocket anticoagulation should I go intoby Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Can anyone explain how to do a peripheral pulse check? I've been checking via my wrist. QuoteNote that false-positive results of peripheral pulse measurement were just 2.7%, and measurement of the peripheral pulse may be a first-step approach to detection of atrial fibrillation. QuotePeripheral pulse measurement -- performed by a healthcare professional, a patient, or a patient'by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
According to Steven Hao, his ablation successes do not change their diets or take specific supplements and do just fine.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for all the answers! I spoke to Dr. Hao's nurse, she said ANY afib whatsoever is a concern, so she sent me an event monitor to use for a month. Ironically, since I posted here -- absolute quiet! No cardiac blips, bloops, or trills at all. So go figure. PS Over the last several months, I've mysteriously developed a sensitivity to tyramine and am avoiding those foods.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello all -- I had an ablation for lone afib done by Steven Hao at CPMC last June 27. I had had monthly afib bouts lasting 10-15 hours for about 3 years, becoming more frequent a few months before the procedure. According to Dr. Hao, the procedure was uneventful. I believe my recovery was fairly normal, with a few blips and trills lasting a few seconds here and there. This activity seemedby Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
afapr14 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has anyone had the experience of having PAC's post > ablation , say for up to a year that spontaneously > resolve? I am holding out hope that they may go > away on their own so that I will not need another > ablation...and I can stop this flecanide...any > thoughts? I would also like to heaby Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
afhound99 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My own experience fwiw > ... > > "ectopics" > > Not many and decreasing with time - then mostly > due to dehydration - also ectopic beats would > often precede AF before the ablation. > .... afhound, when you say "ectopics," what is the sensation and howby Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi, Heather. Very good to hear! When you say "occasional ectopy," what are the sensations you're experiencing?by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
I stopped Xarelto cold after about 6 months, and I'm a big advocate of tapering. I had no problems at all. If you have a steady hand and a sharp Xacto knife, you could cut the tablets in half to taper for a few days before stopping completely. As Randy noted, I don't believe there's a "rebound" effect from stopping Xarelto, the increase in strokes (it was only one sby Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
I recently had a colonoscopy with no medication at all. It was no more uncomfortable than a sigmoidoscopy, no problem, really. The worst was the purging ahead of time, I don't think you can get around that.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
So, would cassia cinnamon be a good thing or a bad thing if what you wanted was anticoagulation?by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Congratulations!by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
I believe sedentary lifestyles also contribute to this trend.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
I haven't been able to find anything on the anticoagulant properties of the coumarin in cinnamon, or whether that would a be a positive for those seeking anticoagulation via aspirin or nattokinase or whatever. Thanks for that paper from Germany, Jackie. It discusses the evidence for cassia cinnamon regulating blood sugar levels (weak), but that's about it.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
There's been some publicity recently about relatively high levels of coumarin in cassia cinnamon, the common cinnamon you use in cooking -- as opposed to Ceylon or true cinnamon, a more expensive cousin. I took one capsule of cassia cinnamon a day for years to regularize blood glucose (it has this advantage as well). See If one is not taking an anticoagulant post-ablation, as I am, isby Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Eventually, I found osteopathic manipulation therapy to help the most with my achiness. Ginger has helped my digestion. Good luck.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Very good news, Nancy. I was also very achy for a couple of weeks after the procedure.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you, Shannon. Top marks for speed-talking!by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Congratulations, Nancy. Good healing to you!by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
"Resistant starch" is sounding like a rationalization to put complex carbs and legumes back into paleo. Got this e-mail announcement from Chris Kresser: QuoteAre Legumes “Paleo”? And Does It Really Matter? I recently went on the Dr. Oz show to discuss my book, Your Personal Paleo Code. The producers invited me on because I consider Paleo to be more of a template than a rigid prescrby Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
I see no reason to use coffee in an enema when the person is obviously highly sensitive to stimulants. You can do a perfectly good enema without coffee -- if you think an enema is what you need. For many alternative health practitioners, whenever they see a nail, they have to hit it with their favorite hammer. (This is true of many conventional physicians as well.) A practitioner being alternaby Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Some of those trolls are very insidious. What they all have in common is disrupting exchanges that people are having in good faith.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
What I find significant here is that ablation is moving inexorably towards being acknowledged as a first-line treatment for certain types of afib.by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Interesting comments, thanks!by Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM
Free reg required. Quote....New research is aimed at localizing the tissue source of the disorganized electrical impulses that generate AF. Our understanding of AF is evolving, and the source of AF is proving to be more focal than had been previously believed, lending itself to more precise physiological (as opposed to anatomical) mapping and consequent targeted ablation procedures.1 Reseaby Iatrogenia - AFIBBERS FORUM