Appreciate the guidance you guys! As can be expected their pretty scared as I'm sure we all were in the beginning. Their located 40 miles from Seattle. I told them last night they need to see an EP or 2 or 3! Regular cardiologists is fine to have but they need and expert on this. Also reiterated to not let convenience make any decisions for them in treating this.by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Have a friend who's young 18 year old daughter was diagnosed with WPWS. What's is the best line of treatment for this particular heart issue? Does Dr. Natale treat this disease? If not is there a top tier Dr who does? My advice to them was not to let convenience make any decisions for you. Thanks!!!!by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Having afibb is truly odd. Trying to pinpoint or being paranoid about anything we drink, eat, digest and do that could unleash the beast. Can leave you fed up, staying positive but protective is my way of looking at itby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
14 months post ablation. I have weeks with nothing then a few days to a week of sporadic ectopics. No meds of any kinds. I'll get runs of 3 or 4 a minute for a couple hours then quiet then it will pick back up few hundred daily during a run. Nothing compared to the 7k daily during 1st 6 months post ablation.by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Every couple weeks I get a day of 100-500 PVC/PAC post ablation 6/10/20 (totally manageable). Question is are PVC/PAC your heart trying to go into afibb but unable to because of the ablation?by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Glad your doing so well!! Good to hear!by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePoppino Nice report. Hope the pvcs say bye bye for good You using mag etc? K? Coq? I go to Austin july 5-10 with 7/7 my date Tom Supplement with mag and taurine no potassium. I consume mostly lean meats and fruit, veg and nuts probably to much fruit. Fruit consumption covers my potassium. While zero PVCs would be great I'll take what I have compared to the 7k dailyby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
1 year since Dr. Natale performed my 1st ablation 6/10/20 after dealing with afibb for 8+ years. Dr. Natale took me off all meds 3 month mark 9/10/20, then I started getting PVC/PAC at a rate 7k daily (7%) according to Zio patch. Pretty uncomfortable at that rate. Went back on metoprolol which calmed PVC/PAC down to a trickle. Stopped metoprolol again 3/15/21 for another 7 day Zio patch, whby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hope you carve some time out for some more rest. Seems to be a correlation between burning the candle at both ends and ectopics.by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just got off a 2 week road trip with family while it was amazing it was also very exhausting. Came back with a load of chores on the hobby farm and right back to day job. Very little restful sleep during that 3 week stretch, went into a a 4-5 day run of ectopics. I took it upon myself to rest up and get good sleep and it appears to have settle the ectopics to my normal few daily. (Fingers crosby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Can anyone recommend a trusted brand of Ashwaganda supplement? Can you take it with metoprolol er?by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Heart rate continues to be higher then before ablation 10+ beats. In the evenings high 80s to 90s. Few times I can reach low 100s can reduce it down by laying down in bed usually. 7 months post ablation any causes for concerns? Sent EKG with 101 heart rate to EP just in case. Might have to do with digestion after dinner and hot showers in evenings that pushes rate 6-8 beats higher??by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, Did you have sleep apnea prior to taping? Mild, moderate? Thanks QuoteGeorgeN Did a sleep study and was diagnosed with mild sleep apnea. When it comes to sleep apnea and afibb when do we or should we try and treat, mild, moderate, severe? I'm in relatively good shape(40yr old 6'4 205lbs active male). How do you know or guess sleep apnea is causing or attributinby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
So if you had a successful ablation, would/could you use marijuana for stress, anxiety etc? .by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great story!! Are you med free?by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
2 days after Natale ablation (traveled 2200 miles) ready to start normal life again, wife made me follow docs orders and wait 7 days. I experience ectopics which are annoying but don't hinder my life physically. Im 40 yr old active male in decent shape 6'4 205lbs. Carey is right, tough to wrap this afibb thing up and quit worrying over triggers, causes etc. 10+yrs of dealing Gooby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey You don't seem to have accepted the fact that you had a successful ablation and your heart is no longer capable of sustaining afib. You're not wrong. After over a decade of dealing, it's hard to fully acceptby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Was reading potential side effects of the participants of the trails, high fever, body ache, extreme head aches etc. Also that 2 doses may be necessary. Not anti vaccine but golly, last time I had high fever, body aches etc I went into 72 hour afibb episode. That spurred me into getting the ablation. I have all the Vac's, my mom had me blindly shot up with with whatever the Doc's tolby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Topic on work Facebook group today was mandatory covid vaccine for our large work force (6k). Vaccines make me really nervous about possibly triggering afibb, matter of fact any medicine or medical procedure raises concerns. With a successful ablation I don't want anything to put this in Jeopardy. Would afibb be grounds for medical exemption??by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good to hear! I know some of these meds take time to work. CPAP is a struggle, able to keep it in for about 6 hours a night, now I'm even more motivated.by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
I started taking (mid sept) metopropol few months after afibb ablation (June) to help with PVC's (7% burden). Intially it kept them under 500 or so daily. This last week PVC'S have pretty much disapeared maybe 2 that I have noticed. Question is does metopropol increase in effectiveness over time or do you think more likely PVC'S reducing on their own? Only thing that hasby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Not giving up on CPAP. My sleep Dr is worthless so I went alittle rogue. Turned Resmed 10 pressures down myself min 4 max 4. My plan is to get used to ultra low pressure and slowly increase to prescribed 5/15 pressure. So far at 4/4 pressure my AHI .3 AI .3 Central AI .1 and 13 leakage rate. Day 5 don't even notice pressure will increase alittle this evening. I thought I'd seeby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
I sleep or should say slept great, cpap has been a real struggle. I think I'm going to try oral appliance. Reading my report it said I slept majority on my back. I usually sleep on sides, when had testing equipment hooked up I slept on my back for comfort. Sleeping on sides from what I read is the best for sleep apnea, so I bet my events are not normally as high.by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Falling asleep is fine waking up to it gushing air down my throat then trying to get back to sleep is the main issueby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Any luck with oral sleep apnea appliance? This constant air getting pushed down my throat is making good sleep a thing of the past. Granted only 6 days in now but I used to wake up feeling rested and ready to go. Which is worse better sleep or suffering trying to force sleep machine to work. Prior to sleep machine I woke up rested, never sleepy during the day, never fall asleep watching tby Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Damn insurance making me use it 40% of the time to cover cost. Night I did sleep study I was having alot of ectopics not sure if that throws off study results. Either way I'm going to commit to wearing the damn thing.by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Well sounds like I'll have to deal with wearing that fighter pilot sleep helmet, so I can protect my ablation.by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Did a sleep study and was diagnosed with mild sleep apnea. When it comes to sleep apnea and afibb when do we or should we try and treat, mild, moderate, severe? I'm in relatively good shape(40yr old 6'4 205lbs active male). How do you know or guess sleep apnea is causing or attributing to your afibb? Had ablation 6/10/20 afibb free since. Thanks!by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM
Day 6 post ablation on 6/10/20 got afibb episode about 30min while on Flecaniade. Been quiet ever since besides ever annoying ectopics.by Kleinkp - AFIBBERS FORUM