Thanks everyone, I’m hoping I’m just going through a tough stretch and the weekly episodes will calm down. I have two appointments in September with new EPs that I would really like to get to before I make a decision about proceeding with the ablation. This forum has been great reassurance and mental clarity for this situation, so glad I found it!by czk - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for the response George. I have basically had 6 episodes in the past 3 months. I did have Covid during that time as well, so that might have contributed to the increase in episodes. I have tried a few supplements during the last 3 months, but have not tried organic powdered ginger so I will have to give that a try. I guess my main concern is this progressing into a more permanent diseaby czk - AFIBBERS FORUM
I wanted to follow up a post I had about a month ago. 40 year old male, had afib 5 times in the past 4 years, and have been using 50mg flecainide PIP for some of the attacks. The past 3 weeks I have had weekly episodes, all converting with flecainide, the last happened last night. My EP usually takes several days to get back with me, but I sent them a message. My question is, should I be coby czk - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for the advice Carey. I have two appointments with new EPs in September, one of them at Cleveland Clinic. My current EP does about 100 per year, and from the sounds of it this doesn’t seem like very many. I hope my frequency doesn’t continue to increase because I feel like my anxiety will take over and I will lose patience. I did have Covid the end of June, so maybe this frequency incrby czk - AFIBBERS FORUM
After reading through the 101 on this site, it sounds like I have classic Vagal type lone afib. My last two episodes I could feel beats that felt a little quivery leading up to falling asleep and waking up in afib. My EP has me very worried about this moving into persistent afib, but it sounds like this type rarely evolves into that? I would really like to interview a few more EPs before I conby czk - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just an update since my last post....Since eliminating alcohol I've had two more afib episodes, both were about 1 hour after falling asleep at night and I woke up in afib. The first one resolved rather quickly (about 5 minutes) with a vagal maneuver. The second one was a lot more difficult, after trying vagal maneuvers for about 30 minutes, I took 50mg of flecainide and it finally resolvedby czk - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you all, I appreciate the feedback. It definitely relieves my anxiety to hear of real world cases instead of worse case all the time. I am looking forward to my appointment with another EP, and will be very selective.by czk - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi all - I was first diagnosed with afib in 2018, with episodes happening twice in one month. First incident resulted in an ER visit with a chemical conversion, second converted on its own within an hour. My cardiologist I met with after the ER encounter was ready to do an ablation after the second round, I decided to wait and it was almost two years before I had another afib incident. This tiby czk - AFIBBERS FORUM