Hi Folks! Apologies for the 24-hour glitch during which our two Forums were temporarily relegated to a more minimalist very old-school look and feel, even though they apparently were marginally still usable for most of you readers. This was all due to the culmination of a (for me) challenging nine-day journey through the rather inscrutable world of SSL Certificates needed to properly securby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Many thanks NLAMA for including your post about donating to our collective cause. That was very thoughtful of you to voluntarily think of us and post the message! Donations are truly our only source of income to keep it all going. And for those wishing to help out, please keep in mind that donations to: 'The AFIB Report, A Non-Profit Corporation' are formally tax-exempt by the IRS asby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
The recommendation to moderate your steroids one has on-board on the day of, just prior, and right after a vaccination for a couple days, is meant primarily for larger anti-inflammatory level steroid doses which also bring with it the likelihood of more immune system suppression from larger on-going steroid doses. The drop in dose of prednisone mentioned above from 60mg a day (that's a prby Shannon - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
The CDC requires well stocked Epi-pens at every vaccine station in a given vaccine facility. I saw a bunch of them on Tuesday when Magdalena and I got our first Moderna dose from Lot# 011L20A in Cottonwood Arizona which is about 25 miles from Sedona where we live. We got in a bit early due to a good sized snow storm from Sunday thru Wednesday dumping 10.5 inches at our home. The vaccine groupby Shannon - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hi Scribbler, vanlith and Ken, The Heart Light Laser X3 system is an evolution of its earlier iterations and has the advantage of a more compliant and flexible balloon as part of its balloon-type catheter design. It is a bit faster for doing a standard PVI, but is it not really meant for more advanced cases .. as Ken insightfully surmised above. The camera and laser system are nice additioby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
You are welcome Susan, a more recent article in 'The Hill' with the title: 'California says Moderna Vaccine is safe after brief pause.' ... is a much better and more up-to-date article on the topic in my view. I wouldn't worry too much about either of the mRNA offerings so far. I'm all set to get my initial Moderna jab on Thursday here in Arizona. Shannonby Shannon - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
This is my (Shannon's) reply to Susan's initial thread-starting post from above, regarding what was a temporary pause ... not an actual recall ... in Moderna vaccinations using only Lot # 041L20A over the last week and that has since, over the last few days, been fully lifted by California Health authorities in charge of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. The initial reporting noted thatby Shannon - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Thanks Jackie ... For letting us know. And it's at least good to hear that Erling passed away peacefully during his sleep. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
As Carey noted Kevin above ... there is zero worries about what is post ablation transient elevated HR ... even if it goes on for a year or even two, it's still benign and typically will settle back down eventually to roughly your prior normal sinus rate as your pacing cells they got a bit zapped during the ablation grow fresh cells extending out over roughly two . to 2.5 years at the veryby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Happy New Years to All of our current and former Afibbers!! And many thanks to you all for your contributions and fellowship within our popular forums! And NLAMA ... it's great to see you doing better with 8 weeks of NSR and counting, and with that big picture we have talked about during this soon to be past year, starting to come into focus! đź‘Ť Regarding sampling some New Years wineby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Aldona, I'm very sorry to hear of your prolonged shortness of breath (SOB ) usince your recent ablation that includes spiking BP. and if you haven't done so already, I too second the recommendations of Jeff W., Carey and AntiFib to seek medical attention ASAP .., starting with your EP! I just now read your post this morning. I have a few questions in light of your symptoms ...by Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Merry Christmas 🎄 to all our Afibbers! ... both current and former ... We are very grateful to all of you who form the core backbone of our wonderful resource and wish you all the very best in the coming New Year! Cheers!! Shannon and Magdalena PS ... Also, a new long-awaited treat for us all is just around the corner, as Carey and I have completed our contributions to the new redesign ofby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Excellent to hear Walt! And I'm very glad you conferred with your EP, which is our constant recommendation when making such medication/procedural decisions for your own health. It's always important to remember ... and continually emphasize ... that while a lot of interesting and often insightful information is shared from our large patient group at Afibbers.org, none of these coby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey Nlama, Great to hear your latest ECV (Electro-cardioversion) is holding you in steady NSR after two plus weeks! Confirm my following suggestion with Dr Natale's Shannon (Nlamas assigned NP at St. Davids Med Center is named Shannon too), in light of your prior persistent AFIB and your relatively short term NSR success with your previous ECVs before this latest one. I suggest you noby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great to hear Betty! So glad you got the WatchmanFLX done plus a quick minor touch up by Dr N in the same visit. Best wishes to you Betty, keep us posted going forward and enjoy! Cheers! Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Carey for reposting this notice about the upcoming StopAFib.org virtual online conference in just under two weeks from now. Mellanie True Hills and her staff put on a good conference that many of our readers will likely find interesting and informative. Best wishes All, Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
That is perfectly normal too Susan for an initially elevated heart rate post ablation to gradually reduce toward a more normal pre-ablation resting HR level fairly soon, but for their still to be a prolonged period in which your HR can jump up quickly when you go from a resting space to suddenly jumping up and/or increasing exercise .. etc. It is all just part of that gradual resetting of the Heby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes Carey, it's the Medical and Drug glossary I was thinking of. ... Let's put together an abbreviation list for the forums that can grow with demand after launching the new site. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good idea Colindo, We do have an abbreviation section within the main website, but we can add another abbreviation section as well for the forums to make these documents more accessible to both website readers and forum participants alike. We are in our final count down to launching the long awaited revamp of Afibbers.org website during this coming month of October. And we will add in an abbrby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sounds like a good plan, especially in your case and in light of your history Rocketrich. Be well, Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey Elizabeth, While this is the General Health forum, it is still off limits to initiate political discourse on any of our forums. You understand that from past years no doubt. Thank you for not initiating political comments here in the future ... and as a reminder I'm going to drop these two threads above. There is literally a tidal wave of political debate sites that anyone can seeby Shannon - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hey KenKy, Please send me your cell number and time zone (I assume it is Kentucky and thus EST time zone I believe?) and let's discuss this by phone so I'm clear whether or not Dr Natale did the LAA isolation in your index procedure and then did a touch up of the LAA in second ablation? After I have a more complete overview of exactly what was done in each of your two Natale ABLs weby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Susan, You should not need to apply any pressure to the catheter access site in the two groin areas at this stage after your LAA-iso ablation. It's not unusual to have a minor temporary 'pearl-like' lump where the groin punctures and Vascade plug were used. A mild to moderate hematoma is typically no big deal either from the two femoral vein groin sites and typically any sby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan, I strongly urge you to follow Dr. Natale’s specific instructions for you, via his Los Roblos NP Kelley, during the first few weeks post ablation. Cheers! Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Happy holiday weekend Elizabeth! ... at 80 yrs old and doing otherwise fine, I suggest to just enjoy the ride and appreciate the great good fortune of your overall good health! I see no need for you to worry much at all about specific descriptors such as 'lone AFIB' or 'atrial myopathy' at this point in your AFIB history ... especially if you have decided there is not much motby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi PoetKim, If past history of all the non-virtual StopAFIB conferences to-date, is prologue for this first virtual StopAFIB.org conference, then there should be a good selection in their video archives of the many new talks that will be held this fall at the 2020 event, Take care, Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
GM Susan, The typically mild to moderate chest pain is basic pericarditis that is fully expected, though for sure some folks feel it more than others. It's very common in any event and is simply due to the reality that you just had a branding iron tattooing very thin lesions in very specific targeted places inside your left and right atria for a few hours. If you can tolerate Motrin fby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great to hear Susan! Take 'er easy ... Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Folks, It's that time of year again for our friends at StopAFib.org to hold their always excellent annual AFIB Patient Conference ... and this year it will be a virtual conference for obvious COVID reasons. The dates are October 30th through November 1st 2020 and all the particulars are below! I hope many of you can tune in as I'm sure it will be insightful and entertaining!by Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Susan, Theoretically a clot can form in as little as 5 hours after onset of a sustained AFIB episode, though more typically such might occur in someone with elevated stroke risk. But it's not common for actual strokes or even TIA's to occur so soon. Yet even at 48 hours after start of an ongoing AFIB episode the odds are still in one's favor of not having an actual embolicby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM