Hi Steve, Im interested in what kind of testosterone you were given, by what kind of doctor and in what doses did you take it and for how long?? You can PM me if you prefer with this info. If I had a dollar for everyone I have worked with as a BHRT coach who had tried testosterone from a well-meaning, but not so well trained doc in this area, and thus never got anywhere close to an adequateby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, As I recall, from almost five years ago in Amsterdam, I was taking some Verapamil for rate control whenever I would have a fast HR or flip into AFIB prior to going persistent after that PIP Flec dose. I never took Flec consistently as a prophylactic protocol. My EP in Hawaii gave me the PIP Flec routine when I moved to Amsterdam for four years as he had visions of me trapped in myby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
You're welcome Steve, TomP and Old Henry, Steve, your total T of only 348 and Free T of only 6.3 is Very Low indeed, though all too typical for men past 50 to 55years old.. This level is associated strongly with significantly lower all cause mortality as well as muscle loss (sarcopenia), bone loss, increased foggy thinking and slowed cognitive function and increased CV disease risk acrby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yep I thought I was a goner with that initial 1 to 1 flutter episode and teh Dutch EP converted me at least with a large dose of IV Amioderone to a more normal AFIB/FLutter that was then 24/7 from that point onward until my ablation a little over two months later in Austin. And every EP who saw that ECG after the PIP Flec trigger said to me, "That's it for Flecanide for you, never riskby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi John, Flec doesnt become pro-arrhythmic for everyone by any means. For quite a few, apparently such as yourself, it can remain a good option for a long time. And among AAR drugs I consider it probably the best option overall for most people with Vagal AFIB. I don't at the moment have at my finger tips studies that indicate its pro-arrhythmic potential, but in addition to experienciby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Stevebo, For a general overview, like most critical hormones in our body, Testosterone declines at a relatively steep rate starting anywhere from the late 20s to the early 40s depending on one's genetics, diet and effective anabolic protein assimilation, stress, toxicity exposure and other illnesses etc. This is true for both men and women though the rates of decline and timing often vby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gordon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mike: You have to weigh the potential benefit of > a magic pill or procedure coming within a year to > the risk of you perhpas not being as good of a > candidate for a procedure then or whenever the new > stuff gets approved by the government. Anything > that would be approved in the next year wouldby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Sue, No I have not heard of Dr Cesario. Keep in mind that in every hospital and local community the Cardios and other EPs there will have favorite local champions they promote and recommend in what is called the 'inside the bubble' referral process that is so common and obviously a natural process due to local familiarity and trying to treat local patients. Consider all of your fby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Michael. A few thoughts to consider in your deliberation about what to do.. Firstly, it appears you have had AFIB a minimum of 12 years now since you have been on Flec that long. That's quite a while and you have gotten good use it seems out of the Flec before it either stops working or turns on you which it often does after some period of time of working well. Though some folks, suchby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Stevebo, This is an area of great interest to me and will share more of my experience in the next couple days when I have more time.. The short answer is there is little surprise your friend felt a lot better all around with a better level of testosterone. There are more testosterone receptors in the heart than any other organ in the body ... And that is by design and for good reason... Afteby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Sue, I fully concur with Hans additional suggestion too. I had forgotten about his survey of top ablationists of 2008 but that is a very good place to start your search if for any reason you can't hook up with Dr Natale who would likely be at the top if that list, particularly for persistent AFIB. But by all means I realize not everyone can make it to San Francusco or Austin, or perhapby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi TomP. Try the Meriva form of Curcumin. .it is a patently far more bioavailable form than is BCM-95 which is the patented curcumin enchanced form found in Curamin. Source Naturals, Dr.s Best and Thorne Labs all offer Meriva Curcumin and it is the form most often used now at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston in all their research to good effect. A single 500mg dose of Meriva is approximatby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
You are welcome Lou. Glad to hear you could stop Warfarin .. its no fun to take I know. I can barely tolerate the GI issues I get from it as it is, but have less than two months to go before I get the TEE to get my verdict on whether I have to deal with this anti-coag issue for life or get a reprieve? I have the same feelings as you do regarding Apixiban/Eliguis .. will be very glad when thby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jill, Gezz you really have been through the ringer!! I too second or third the recommendation to go see Dr. Natale ASAP! He deals with the most complex cases every week and he would be your very best bet to get some solid sound advice on your next best course of action. Since you are in or near south Texas, by all means he is your best choice now. Call Barbara Thomas on Monday morning atby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Sue, I’m very sorry to hear of your unfortunate experience at Kaiser. Alas, this kind of experience is all too familiar as another ‘Exhibit A’ for why many of us long-timers here so passionately plead with people who come here seeking advice on ablations to PLEASE NOT settle for the expedience and seeming convenience for a locally recommended ablationist without first doing real due diligenby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Apixiban ... marketing name 'Eliquis' .. was approved in the US yesterday Dec. 28th for non-valvular AFIB anti-coagulation! Apixiban appears to be the clear winner among the three new generation anti-coagulant drugs to replace Warfarin with. While its a good thing to have a new more effective agent available, there is still the significant issue of a readily available reversal agentby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Draino, Good to hear ... Dr. Gallinghouse is very good and a solid choice. He helped me during my stay at St. Davids after my complex persistent AFIB ablation with Dr, Natale in August 2008. Dr Gallinghouse handled my follow up care along with Dr. N. He is very skilled and has worked a long time side by side with Dr. Natale and knows all the ropes. He has a great demeanor and very easy to reby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
HI Jackie, I will try to post on my very interesting and eye-opening experience so far with Whole Blood Viscosity testing at Meridian Valley which offers the first commercially available access to the Hemathix machine that is the only way so far to accurately and consistently test whole blood viscosity in both phases of the cardiac cycle... systolic and dystolic where previous methods uses only aby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Happy Holidays Draino, I strongly suggest not to go mini-maze as a first option before at least trying the far easier and less painful and invasive catheter ablation with a top EP who has a great track record in persistent AFIB. At Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia they have the right experience and technigue for dealing with persistent AFIB so you are in the right place at least. Which EP at TCA is goby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Hans and same to you and all our friends here at afibbers ... Wishing all a new year with good rhythm all around! Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yep Erika, I agree with Researcher laser ablation has some real hurdles to overcome before the risk benefit curve comes close to that of RF ablation in the hands of a skilled operator as well. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Shannon, > > Thanks, we are back home. But I have a project > in Barcelona, so I will be back over there again > soon. 50 minute flight BDX to BCN. It wil much > easier to travel without the afib. What a relief! > > > Happy Holidays to you, > Steve Thanks Steve and sameby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Tom, Don't worry about it, just continue avoiding the known triggers for a good while yet and keep up with the minerals and supps and time will sort it all out.. No matter what the long term outcome of this first ablation you have made a huge step toward long term control and minimizing the beasts intrusion in your life. And if at some point down the road you need another touch up ablatiby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Steve, Really good news... but not surprising. You did it all the right way! Are you still in EU? Cheers and Happy Holidays! Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Tom. Am just back online after the last ten days mostly off the computer while traveling. Technically, all atrial arrhythmia's above 100bpm are classified as a kind of Supra Ventricular Tachycardia ('supra-ventricular' = originating above the ventricles or atrio-ventricular node). There are some minor differences between Atrial flutter ( whether it is typical right-sided oby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
P.S. My Trauma ER Doc niece also underscored just what Researcher also emphasized that the supposed advantage of a some what shorter half life for Pradaxa than Warfarin doesn't buy you much really in the ER setting, as by the time you get the person's Drug levels reduced with blood transfusions and/or dialysis the most significant damage (i.e. in a brain bleed or elsewhere) is often alrby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
A quick follow up to this conversation while Im still in Vegas,' I got a brief reply back from my neice who is doing the paper on the ER experience with these new anti-coag drugs and she said she and her colleagues are not seeing at all what this study on Heartwire tries to portray, and the authors declaring that their sole slice of data proves that 'Pradaxa is a safe drug' ..by Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Folks, I don;t have much time here at all to chime in as I have been working at the Annual Regenerative/BHRT medicine conference the last 4 days in Sin City but saw and read the Heartwire report just before leaving and sent it along to my neice and I'm sure will get their perspective on what it says, but from what I read of it, I completely agree with Researcher on this... it does read aby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Marg, everything you are reporting is commonly experienced. Some of us have a bit less tiredness the week or two after and some of us more... No worries, just take it easy and be kind to yourself... Ditto the high heart rate and it may well stay that way for 6 months to a year with it slowly returning closer to your prior baseline region, or pretty close, over time .. it is normal after an extby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sent a short reply on your labs Ian in the Hyper T thread. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM