Hi Phill. I am presuming that you have Lone Atrial Fibrillation with no know cause which could mean a lack of iodine or maybe the AF has nothing to do with iodine as appears the case with Jackie. There are countless triggers of AF. I just checked out Eidon iodine and it appears what you are taking is iodine in the Iodide form which from what I have read is the form taken in by the thyroid gby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
www.drdalepeterson.com/Iodine_f979f59fd58ccdcc01303b4bf.html - copy and paste Hi all. When I have nothing to do I may check out anything regarding health issues resolved/cured by natural means, its an interest of mine. I came across the above website where a doctor himself came around to using iodine to 'çure' his own Lone Atrial Fibrillation. Very easy reading with three peoplby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jackie. I was just visiting the BB to pick up some info on Magnesium (I take Carlsons Labs Chelated Magnesium from iHerb via this site) and as always when I make these rare visits I check through some of the posts. I can report I and my family still drink only bottled (5 Litre) Natural Spring Water from named brands with a starting pH of at least 7pH and I add one level teaspoon of baking sby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Ken. I have just dropped by to see how things are progressing in the AFib world as being an 'éx-afibber' I am fully aware that this hideous affliction can return at any time. Obviously I would like to read on the BB that major strides are being made in conquering AF by whatever means which I guess will be via ablation. I have had 5 ablations and have been AF free since my lastby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Andrea. I will check out the websites later and reply if relevant, I'm at work now. Barry G.by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Gill, good to see you are still posting. I have read the artical in the Guardian and much as I expected most people are totally unaware of the requirement of iodine. Surely BIG PHARM know all about it yet nothing seems to be being done especially in the case of pregnant women. All, Taking into consideration the good advice from both Jackie and Shannon regarding people not rushing to jby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jackie /Shannon. Thanks for your information regarding over dozing on iodine but as you may know I have been in the Afib battle since being diagnosed in July 2006 so I have quite a few tee-shirts of been there done that but it is important that your points are picked up by any newcomer to the Afib world who may think there is a quick way out of this journey. As a regular poster here used toby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just dropping in to buy some Vitamin C from iHerb via this BB as I always do and good to see posters here that were helping people and myself when I went thru 4 years of struggling with this hideous affliction known as Afib. Hello Jackie, George N. Gill etc. I always check a few posts to see how things are shaping up in the Afib world with regards to better success rates 5 years after I managedby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Ron, just dropped by to get some things from the vitamin shop and saw your post. I've had 5 ablations, 1 in New Delhi and 4 in Bordeaux so I probably know a few things about AF or at least I did, not got the best memory. In two of those ablations exactly the same thing happened to me if I remember correctly i.e. as soon as I booked the ablation the AF stopped. The first time this haby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jackie, thanks for your post and also I am a bit shocked that you have had to have another ablation, hope all is going well. I knew without doubt that either you or George N would have posted about iodine previously so I was looking forward to your input. I am interested in the iodine angle with regards to Afib which I came across by chance and will be looking into it much closer by checkinby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi RonB and GeorgeN. Not wishing to high-jack Elemc’s post I will reply with this new post and as always I will throw in other stuff as well that others may find of interest. RonB. I hear what you say about test don’t guess which is a sensible way to go about these things however I am just into this iodine thing and not too worried about any re-action from taking three drops of this Sea Kelp whby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Elemc, I was told by Dr Jais after my first ablation at Bordeaux in 2007 that I was possibly one of the three most difficult cases he had ever come across and he had done 4000 so I understand your concerns. I had a further two visits to Bordeaux to rid me of Afib / Left atrial Flutter completely and I have been Afib/Flutter free since early 2010. I must note here that I was probably Afib frby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diane, I have been dropping in on the BB since around August 2006 and since then I have had 5 ablations for Atrial Fibrilliation and Left Atrial Flutter. I am constantly amazed by afibbers forever asking questions about ablations that never came into my mind, they can't have had the same condition as me. I was an AFIBBER and all I wanted was out from this hideous affliction whatever thby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes Erling, I'm fully aware of a certain Mr Rumsfled and aspartame. Barry G.by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom, I would guess that LVH is Left Ventrical Hyperthrophy a toughening/thickening of the Left Ventrical wall. One of my mates was found to have quite serious Left Ventrical Hyperthrophy at a comprehensive medical check up so following a chat with me he started taking Vitamin C, Lysine and Proline religeously every day and at the next check up 6 months later - at a different but still top nby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
afhound99 Between June 2007 and April 2010 I had 5 ablations for AF and Left Atrial Flutter, a total of 17.5 hours of 'burning time' so my heart probably looks like a baked potato now. I have been arrythmia free since the last ablation apart from a few worrying moments a few months after that last ablation i.e. a few rounds of Bigeminy, Trigminy and Quadegimy. Somewhere at the sby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gary, without realising why you will certainly have raised your bodies pH by cutting out the soft drinks etc. Raising the bodies pH ensures the body moves from an acidic enviroment towards an alkaline enviroment which will expell natural forming C02 in the tissues/blood more efficiently which is necessary for good health. Why would anyone put C02 in a drink??? A snippet below, ACIDOSIby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I was around 21 years of age one of my footballing mates went to the docs because he had been feeling rough for a while. The little old Irish doc asked what the lad drank and he said Bacardi (rum) and Coke, the 'in' drink at the time. The doc said, well cut out the coke!! We all thought the doc was mad but now over 40 years later and I having been reading up on alkalizing thby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gordon. just over a year ago I was having a bit of banter with another Brit. out here in Hong Kong and the subject came up about Afib. He was 70 at the time and he said when he was 60 he got what he now knows as Atrial Fibrillation and it devastated his quality of life. He found himself an old retired ex- British Army doctor who diagnosed the Afib and also diagnosed that the guy had lead overlby Barry G. - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hi Todd. From your posts it would appear we are on the same track i.e. I already have the Borax story archived on the computer along with Baking Soda pH cures. I notice you often mention 'Earth Clinic' on the BB and I would encourage others to check it out. While I am on I will mention two Baking Soda cures I have recently seen with my own eyes and can be easily tried by anyoneby Barry G. - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hi Erling. I more or less buy into most of you posts however everything must be open to question so I will be devils advocate here. Taken from your post is the following..... (Sodium intake was positively associated with mortality from total stroke, ischemic stroke, and total cardiovascular disease. Conclusions: A high sodium intake and a low potassium intake may increase the risk ofby Barry G. - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hi Josiah. Good to see that others are looking into alkalizing their body for improved health which can only be of help Afibbers. The obvious answer would be to stop taking either the Vit C, the Betaine? or both and see what happens, I would expect the change in pH , if any, would be apparent within two days. I have just finished alkalizing test No 3, a 12 day course of taking 1 teaspoonby Barry G. - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hi Adrian. My dad worked in exactly the same field - must be a pun there - of work as you and he lived to age 84 without any Afib whatsover even though he was retired at 62 due to massive heart attack (too many cigarettes????), so so much for fields of electrical currents flying around starting AF. BTW if the Bad Cop gets the slightest impression that he is thought of as a Good Cop he willby Barry G. - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
I used to work at Sellafield Nueclear power station and reprocessing plant in Cumbria Northern England and I was led to believe that one flight from England to the USA would give me more exposure to radiation that one years exposure to radiation at Sellafield working in the area that I was. The more theroctical radiation you may receive on the job the less time you spent in that enviroment, i.e lby Barry G. - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Liz, regarding your observation......... 'I have always thought that some people just have worse cases of AF, just like some cancers are more virulent and some cancers more benign, and so, more difficult to control' I have been reading the BB since August 2006 and long since came to the conclusion that there is afib and there is AFIB. afibbers will weigh up the possible dangby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sam, Baking soda i.e. Sodium Bicarbonate is an excellent all purpose cleaner for the laundary, kitchen or bathroom it also apparently kills cancer cells immediately without even affecting normal cells - check out Dr Simoncini on google. During my recent readings I have discovered that Borax aka washing detergent is a dead sure cure for arthritis when used in the correct doses. Apparently aby Barry G. - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hi again Heather. Sodium Bicarbonate is not Sodium Chloride (Table/Cooking Salt) and from what I have read it is the Chloride that induces the higher blood pressure. In my own experiences with Baking Soda there has been no increase in blood pressure at all and if I had anything at all wrong with me I would have no hesitation to up the dosage to three times a day. My guess is that the Bostonby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Heather, a few weeks ago I posted the results of my 10 day experiment with Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) to raise my bodies pH. Prior to that experiment I had done an earlier 14 day precautionary experiment to see how I would re-act to the Baking Soda by taking one teaspoon of Baking Soda just before bedtime. The one teaspoon gave me no negative issues at all so I proceeded to experimby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for the tip Jackie I will pass that on as and when appropiate. I gave up the golf as a bad job, can't teach an old dog new tricks ;-) Barry G.by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve, I would get a second opinion with regard to the no wine protocol of Dr Jais, this is serious business ;-) I asked Dr Haissaguerre if it was OK to have a few beers after the ablation and his answer went something like 'life without a glass of wine would not be worth living' Not being a wine drinker I had a few beers instead, I was back in Afib/Flutter anyway ;-( Barry G.by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM