Thank you all. I woke up in NSR so all is good. I used to be calm. When 18 I moved to Hawaii to attend univ of H and went to the beach daily just to relax and watch the waves. During chemo I had a choice of facilities UCLA offered but picked the furthest on the beach in Santa Monica. 4 hours in infusion on the top floor on 20th street with a complete wall of glass watching the waves made chemby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you. I am calming down now and will hope my Iatrogenesis complications are in the past. I’m so sensitive that atenolol and Prilosec doesn’t work well and I need the brand name. I can’t get brand name of Prilosec in America (I can’t take OTC). I feel better not on flecainide. I had so many side effects such as no sleep with flecainide. I would stay up until 5am unless I had a sleeping pill.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am scheduled in two weeks for an ablation. My gosh...what happened to you that made poor Lorraine's ordeal small ?by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
how often can one get converted? I usually get 50 joules. I was converted Monday and past Thursday. I am sure the ER won't do it every other day until I get my ablation. I kept asking everyone...is it safe to be converted often? I don't get any complications at my local Er...only once at Cedars when the cowboy gave me a cocktail of etomidate, fentanyl [25mg by vein!, and ondansetronby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
being off flecainide was day and night better. My major grip was not being able to sleep when on Flecainide. Now I sleep like a baby. My cardiologist took me off the water pill, lowered in half my blood pressure meds and reduced my 25mg 2/day to 12.5mg when needed each day as long as my resting HR is 60. I am more peaceful without it. I looked it up on drugs.com and a side effect is being nervousby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
If you ever asked me prior to today what odds would I ever consider an ablation, I would say negative infinity. however today I saw Dr. Natale's PA in Thousand Oaks, CA and they had an opening in 14.5 days so I am on the list. In the past my af was manageable. I was on flecainide since 2004 and for 5 years I was in NSR... and would get af about every 3 years, then once every 2 yearsby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Question is will he do it or is his setting a teaching lab where non admitting fellows or interns train? Also will burning be worst with my sensitivity than freezing? I always wanted to use him. That was always my plan but I’m told I need an ablation this upcoming week or the latest the following week so I may not have time unless I go on A different Rx until I wait if allowed, no upcoming stby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
My output exceeds input. It was monitored in icu. I won’t take Tenormin unless it’s over 60 —25mg x2/day has kept me in range since 1987. But today standing is over 70 and sitting as low as 44 so I am holding off the tenormin. I was diagnosed with mitral valve disease (now aorta too) in 1987 way before AF and took Tenormin for my valves. It’s a tough drug to go cold turkey. I had to do it in 2004by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
From experience I can add most ERs won’t convert unless you are on thinners or they admit you first for a short esophagus ultrasound to rule out Clots. Or if you can convince them you know when you are in AF and can produce a strip proving being in NSR the past 48 hours. I was lucky in 2005 being a beta tester for Afib monitors and got a few free ones from different companies to try out. Researchby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good advise. Thanks.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have Medicare and secondary insurance. I am covered. I thought Dr. Natale practices in Texas? Dr Noori does 2/week ablation and said he considers himself having good hands and is very careful and freezes. Without recommendations from patients (not mds in his practice, I don’t know who is good for my situation with high risk. I have issues with burning. Each and every lumpectomy or skin biopby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you Carey. It is much appreciated. I am just frustrated and not feeling right. I need to talk to my doctors for concerning questions until I get a follow up appointment. I received very minimal discharge instructions “resume meds” and a sheet what to do if I ever get AF. I called up my two cardiologists (one is general, one specializes in Women’s small vessel disease) today because I am stby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Flecainide since 2004. Successful with paleo diet, no alcohol, mg and coQ10 supplements no msg or caffeine with rare occasional AF. Since March 2019 frequent AF starting upon hearing the news of death of mom, threatening daily texts for 10 days of guy who cut down my tree of coming over with gun if I don’t go to the ATM. So...stress was my trigger plus since March I stopped my cpap. I regretfullyby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
That’s why I am frustrated for my bad decision and cried. Does a short run of v-tach cause permanent electrical remodeling that can come back since I stopped the flecainide induced v-tach? I’m worried my next AF it could return.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am told I need an ablation. Anyone heard of either Dr Noori at Cedar Sinai or Dr Shehata? I met them both, 1st is who I was impressed with because he didn’t rush me out during the 1st visit- 1 hour medical history and another 30 minutes chat answering my questions. He is private. The other cardiologists at the hospital clinic suggested dr Michael Shehata @ cedars who they work with.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
My HR standing is 67, sleeping 47. Much better than 23! I have ortho-statin(spelling?) in which I am very dizzy when standing with higher HR and BP than sitting or laying. They are holding my water pill because my output is much more than my input the last 3 days. It’s a continuous big pee a lot of Afib gets upon AF but I still have it. My BNP test is elevated. I’m not skinny, normal-123#. Iby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I just got home from 3 days in ICU cardio unit. I didn’t know that taking the 3rd pill during Afib (I was on 100-2/day) would lower my HR. I figured repeated cardio conversions 3 a month for 3 months followed by a 4th 12 days later caused the 44 HR that never increased. I was taking advise from my cardiologist and ER staff to increase to 300 (100-3/day), but they wanted me pass it by my EP.I callby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Since 1-1-04 I’ve had AF. I had a wonderful run of flec with almost AF free until lately with the sudden death of immediate family and the threats for 10 days of a bad person who was texting and calling he would come over with his gun unless we emptied $@ an ATM. Elder abuse. Police didn’t even drive over, begging them kept putting me in Afib...I got a steady run of AF now every 12 days and now yby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM