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Re: Check Your Iron Levels! - 8 months ago

So after visiting the hematologist I am positive for the H63D variant. After ruling out any body inflammation, cancers etc, it appears I have a mild form of Hemochromatosis. So the treatment is I donate blood to the red cross every 52 days and check my levels. They are coming down and the last tests show me approaching high-end of normal. So just another thing to manage as I get older. I still

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Check Your Iron Levels! - 1 year ago

I have posted here before about my success in eliminating both my AFIB and Irregular Heart but never knew what the real culprit may haven been. Since I’ve been experiencing some fatigue I asked the doc to do a complete iron panel. Normally, they only look at the hemoglobin to check if your iron is low but this does not tell the whole story. So a complete iron panel will test for Ferritin, Ir

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Re: What to do about bigeminy? - 1 year ago

I corrected both my AFIB and irregular heart beat through life style changes including stress reduction. It’s been about 2 years since my AFIB went into remission and last April when I finally eliminated my irregular heart beat (primarily a bigeminy pattern). Back in April I was working to reduce glucose spikes & found oatmeal was creating a big one. I loved my oatmeal & thought how

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Re: My PAC success - 1 year ago

Although I quit alcohol, coffee, everything with added sugar, most all carbohydrates, various fruits and vegetables, reduced stress, improved sleep and exercise, the 2 most notable events occurred when 1; I quits all grains including any products that have wheat in them (basically a gluten free diet and then some) my AFIB subsided, and 2; when I quit oatmeal my PAC’s also subsided. I started o

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Re: Dr Ford Brewer’s AFIB journey - 1 year ago

I’m a believer. I was preparing to visit Dr. Natale to obtain an ablation back in Aug of 2022 when my AFIB went into remission. Following most of what Dr. Brewer’s advocates, and others, through life style changes both my AFIB and PAC’s have subsided and considered myself in remission. This has not been an easy path and took several years but I am grateful to be off all the drugs. Learning wh

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My PAC success - 1 year ago

I changed my diet and went from thousands a day to none! My cardiologist didn’t believe it until I wore a monitor for 2 weeks. Test results were impressive. Although I managed to eliminate my AFIB with life style changes these pesky PAC’s were still very bothersome and had settled into a Bigeminy Pattern. While I was trying to minimize my blood sugar spikes I found my favorite breakfast food (O

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Re: Success At Last - 2 years ago

Just to clarify I’m not stopping D3 supplementation I’m just changing the type I use. Most D3 like the gel capsules people take are produced from the oil contained in sheep wool. This oil is extracted from the wool using a petroleum product called hexane. The sheep wool is literally soak in a vat of hexane to extract the oil from it. The hexane is then boiled off (it is recaptured to be used a

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Success At Last - 2 years ago

A while back I reported success in eliminating my AFIB episodes here (Update on My Story (All Good)) over a years ago. However, I was still experiencing PAC’s in a bigeminy pattern – mostly at rest. Although these were not causing me any discomfort & my cardiologist was not that concerned I still believed there was something amiss. So having success in eliminating my AFIB through lifesty

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Re: Update on My Story (All Good) - 3 years ago

QuoteCynthiaJust for reference, how much magnesium are you taking a day? What form? I’m drinking mg bicarbonate. I buy mg hydroxide from Bulk Supplements on Amazon. It’s a powder that I mix with carbonated water to make the mg bicarbonate. I’ve been doing this for several years in 1 liter plastic bottles but just switched over to a Corny Keg & glass swing top bottles – trying to get plast

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Re: Vitamin D /Cod liver oil - 3 years ago

I take Cod Liver Oil but for other things than Vitamin D. So for the last two tests my level has been at 30 even though I upped my intake to 1000 IU, plus the 400 IU in the Cod Liver Oil. I came across this YouTube (You’re Probably Taking your Vitamin D Wrong, and it Could be Dangerous & Ineffective). So I tripled my magnesium intake & notice a big impact on several conditions I’ve bee

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Re: Magnesium supplements - 3 years ago

QuoteGeorgeN Hi Rob, when you put the powder in the chilled CO2 water, do you dissolve it in some water first or do you just put the powder directly into the carbonated water? So what is your technique? Yep, that can be a problem. I keep my ready to go water bottles in the refrigerator. When I’m ready to make a batch I place a bottle from the refrigerator into the freezer for about an hour or

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Re: Magnesium supplements - 3 years ago

I’m a fan of the mg bicarbonate and make it myself. Instead of the milk of magnesia I just buy mg hydroxide from Bulk Supplements on Amazon. Its a cheap, pure, powder form and easier to deal with. Since I already had a CO2 source out in the garage I just had to buy some plumbing to carbonate a 1 liter bottle in which to make it in. Currently I’m switching over to a Stainless Steel jug because

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Update on My Story (All Good) - 3 years ago

First let me just say this is my story and is in no way intended to offer advice. We are all different and how we ended up here varies in many ways. I was a little reluctant to write this but my excitement won out. With that out of the way I’m happy to report that for the last almost 6 moths I’ve been AFIB free and for the last month my PAC’s have been reduced significantly. Also the horrib

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Re: Home device to check for flutter - 3 years ago

I bought the 6L and didn't find it useful that purpose. You can switch between single or 6 lead modes. I mostly use mine in single lead mode. On the Kardia there is an enhance setting which applies a filter to the reading. It's used to help reduce noise but may be covering up possible flutter. I guess that's where a 10 or 12 lead come into play and then you're gonna need

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Re: EP Deadzone - 4 years ago

Well I got the ball rolling with Dr. Natale. I didn't realize that it would only take one trip so that's not a problem at all. Sounds like the waiting list is out a couple of months but that gives me plenty of time to get some local testing done. I have some friends that live in Austin so I'll be able to shack-up there for the 72 hour period they like you to hang around for. Th

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EP Deadzone - 4 years ago

My cardiologist is recommending I see an EP for oblation. Since there are none in my local area they want me to drive 150 miles to the Oklahoma Heart Institute in Tulsa. After reviewing this place I’m wondering if I should go the 581 miles to Austin and see Dr. Natale at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute. Has anyone heard of this Oklahoma Heart Institute in Tulsa? Thanks

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