QuoteGeorgeN Of course I do suppose the bottom line is that I'm screwed up, should get the ablation and hope for the best... but my science mind would like to be able to self interpret n bit as I think it would be helpful for me to self monitor... especially because I want to give up the anticoagulants if I have a successful ablation. Our Chinese friends to the rescue, through eBayby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey So things like high heart rates... if your heart rate is only high for a couple of beats, does it really matter? No, not in the least. Everyone, including people who don't have afib, will experience brief runs of tachycardia, PVCs, etc. These are meaningless, harmless and perfectly normal. I think you're reading too much into this. Trying to analyze these reports inby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
I just got back results from a 30 day monitor... I would agree the results are confusing. So things like high heart rates... if your heart rate is only high for a couple of beats, does it really matter? I was surprised that my monitor didn't report anything about PACs.... I'm pretty sure I'm having tons of them. The 48 hour holter monitor I had after my ER visit said I had PACby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters See, you ARE a wise woman. He certainly looks good to me... Probably not that wise... cuz if I was I would have tried harder to loose the extra weight I've had the that last few decades, and maybe I wouldn't have this problem. That and I wouldn't have let stress erode my exercise program this last year... it's probably not a coincidence that this problem poppedby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters See, you ARE a wise woman. He certainly looks good to me... Probably not that wise... cuz if I was I would have tried harder to loose the extra weight I've had the that last few decades, and maybe I wouldn't have this problem. That and I wouldn't have let stress erode my exercise program this last year... it's probably not a coincidence that this problem poppedby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKen During my 11 years of afib - no tinnitus. About five years after my successful ablation (11 years ago) - tinnitus. No meds other than K, Mg and Taurine in less than recommended amounts. I see no relationship. Pulsitile or regular hearing loss associated tinnitus... I've had tinnitus for quite a few years now... blaming it on two much loud music at clubs during the few years aftby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN So two Natale stories. I live in the Denver area. A friend here went to the Univ Colo Health and his EP there gave him what I thought was bad and outdated advice. I suggested Natale. When he and his wife walked in the hospital in Austin, the volunteer docent asked where they were from. When they said Denver, she replied, you must be here to see that Italian doctor, people are aby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN It seems to me like most of my 30 second scans are some other arrhythmia... sometimes with a beat or 2 or 3 that I *think* looks like it might be afib. I also get boughts of arrhythmia that seem regular like this one: That's not regular at all. That's definitely afib. This is where I am confused... as I see a pattern there.... 4 regularly spaced beats followed by a gby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
My EP is Nassir Marrouche....he seems like a big wig in the field.... Lots of current papers in the journals, runs the UofU CARMA center. He's definitely be pro ablation... Whether he's good at them or not? Not see sure how to tell. So any info would be helpful. Being new to the diagnosis and having an otherwise healthy heart hopefully makes mine is fairly easy fix that doesn'tby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters So it would be prudent for me to go ahead and try to get fixed now while all my other heart tests are so good? I can tell you're a wise man I kept pros/cons lists for the entire waiting period, but there was no doubt. It's very easy to convince yourself to wait when you're not having symptoms. Wise gal... Age 57.... so I feel like I have quite a few years lefby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters But curious... what do you mean by Afib wrecking your heart? The heart remaps and the pumping ability of the ventricals weakens, heart chambers get bloated, etc, etc. You want to catch it before you need to isolate the LAA, or you're looking at either a Watchman or thinners for life. So it would be prudent for me to go ahead and try to get fixed now while all mby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey It seems to me like most of my 30 second scans are some other arrhythmia... sometimes with a beat or 2 or 3 that I *think* looks like it might be afib. I also get boughts of arrhythmia that seem regular like this one: That's not regular at all. That's definitely afib. This is where I am confused... as I see a pattern there.... 4 regularly spaced beats followed by a gaby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters . His suggestion is ablation.. but he's an ablation guy. Nobody seems terribly concerned about my otherwise being out of rhythm... Well, if you find the afib is causing problems for you heart (which is typical) and it's progressing (which is typical), you have a window of opportunity for getting rid of it. So it's meds or ablation. If ablation, you'll needby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters . Perhaps I'm over thinking it all... I dunno... Of course if ablation fixes all these other problems that would be good too... Mostly I want a shot at getting off blood thinners. Well, find someone who can get you back in rhythm, and get on their waiting list. That should give you about three months while you figure it out. That's another thing I'm confused aboby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon I'm no expert but I'd say the 1st example is NSR with PACs. The second is more confused. I see some P waves, it looks like normal beats with successive PACs. Some of my own tracings look like this: more ectopics than normal beats. I don't know if they may be called unsustained afib. Yeah I'm pretty confused... I bought the monitor to try to figure out if I canby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
I feel like it's hard to tell other arrhythmia from Afib, and of course what I want to know is when I am in Afib Here are 2 examples of times my monitor says arrythmia, but I'm not sure it is afib. Any advice on interpretion? This is one where I do think I see Afib:by bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey Sure. It's easy and you already know how because you just told us how. Afib is irregular. Normal sinus rhythm is regular, flutter is regular, atrial tach is regular, SVT is regular. It really is that simple. Anything that's regular isn't afib, and if it's irregular it's almost certainly afib since you already know you have it. Except that when I had my 48by bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
I find reading these is really confusing. I bought an Emay monitor and am disappointed that it tells my I am having arrythmia, (no shit Sherlock, a can use my finger on my neck to tell that), but not whether it is AFib. I *thought* that when I was irregular and the base line got squiggly that was AFib.... That made sense until I let 'normal' people try my device (fun party game lol)...by bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I googled I didn't find a very strong link to pulsitile tinitus... I suspect mine is because is my small lateral dural sinus.... But since I'm 57 and I just started noticing it last year, it makes my wonder if there is another factor...and since I have this AFib problem I don't really notice, I wonder if that is the issue.by bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I googled I didn't find a very strong link to pulsitile tinitus... I suspect mine is because is my small lateral dural sinus.... But since I'm 57 and I just started noticing it last year, it makes my wonder if there is another factor...and sinceby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Weird question... Can atrial fibrilation cause blood flow issues in places other than the heart? About 18 months ago or so I started having intermittent pulsaitile tinnitus. About 5 months ago I went an ENT to get evaluated. He found nothing of note, but suggested that if I wanted to, I could get get an MRI to make sure I didn't have a vascular issue in my head, though he said it was suby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Being new to this, I've been thinking about this a lot. The score system always seems a little weird to me in that it pretty much says everyone takes a blood thinner especially if you are a gal (though I thought thinners started at 2, not 1). I seem to be plagued with arrythmia, but my 48 monitor only had me in AFib 0.03% of the time, longest for 4 minutes. Perhaps the 30 day monitor willby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
I would absolutely prefer to up my K+ with real food, not supplements. I'm not a huge believer in supplements for some of the reasons mentioned br Carey above. (Plus I live in Utah, home of plenty of slimey snake oil salesmen, who don't want their industry regulated in an way) Meanwhile my GP to thought it was reasonable to see what happens if I forgo the bp med for a few weeks..... Prby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth If you have thyroid problems, do not eat soybeans, they interfere with the uptake of the thyroid hormone. Liz What do you mean by this? Someone else mentioned soy being problematic. I eat a fair amount of bean curd and tofu... have never seen it to be problem... and it's certainly a mainstay in asian culturesby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Well, the cardiologists office called to discuss this weeks test, and the gal I spoke to agreed my K+ was on the low side, and suggested I call my GP regarding supplements. She suggest I should for a 4. not the 3.4 I am currently at. So went ahead and messages my doc and asked about potential discontinuing the chlorthalidone and/or adding a supplement. Will see what he says. Even if I end wby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack Yes, your potassium is #1 on AF's Most Wanted List. I know you said in your previous thread that you have kidney issues. Get the function tested and then discuss supplementation with your doctor. It clearly needs to be done. Don't take no for an answer, unless the kindeys preclude it. Bananas, while good, aren't something you want to eat a whole bunch of. They haveby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Since so many of you are way ahead of me on all the research and thinking about this problem... Does anyone have any idea how off one's electrolytes need to be to wack out your heart rhythm? Do you have to be clinically low on potassium to have a problem, or can low end normal be problematic? I started taking chlorthalidone fo BP late February-ish, and my potassium has dropped to low enby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wow.... I'm new to also new the AFib world... So I can't really offer advice, but wanted to say I'm really sorry you are going through so much!by bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks... In my super brief reading I've found the axis biz confusing. It's on my list by to try to figure out... But only being into this since memorial day I'm still a little overwhealmed with all the research I feel I need to do, plus for my mental health I'm trying not to obsess about this 24-7. I'd probably feel better if during my one cardiology can visit I gby bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've not gotten into the this far enough yet. What does lead 2 tell you?by bolimasa - AFIBBERS FORUM