Hi Folks, It magnesium buying time again for me and i found this Mega-Mag on Amazon. I did a forum search with no result, but i wonder has anyone tried it? Regards Johnby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Jackie, will do some reading. I trust you are taking it easy and recovering well.by JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is from the Europace study 2011 Journal: "In AF, oral flecainide should be administered in a hospital setting with rhythm monitoring, starting at 50 mg BID and increased by 50 mg BID every 4 days until efficacy is achieved. After administration of flecainide heart rhythm should be monitored for at least 8 h but physicians should check their local guidance for mandatory hospitaliby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks, Todd, interesting post. Co-incidentally, I recently read this Book: The Electric Body book by an orthopedic surgeon who used minute currents to stimulate healing of broken bones that wouldn't set. It seems that our bodies do have the ability to regenerate tissues, and that can be stimulated by tiny electric currents. Would it be possible to dampen down unwanted electric currents inby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Also central apnea and hypopnea can contribute to the likelyhood of triggering af.by JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Sunny, I have been using simethicone with activated charcoal to settle my stomach when bloated and reflux. Here the tablets are called Bloateze, but i think in USA it is called Gas-X. Even just the charcoal tablets helps me. Hoping you get relief soonby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
@DennisC, thanks. I understood that mag oil is really a misnomer, in that it is just an aqueous solution of magnesium chloride, and therefore contains no lipids. Is that incorrect?by JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
For anyone with Sleep Apnoea using a CPAP or similar machine, i have been putting 5 or more sprays of Better You magnesium oil into the humidifier water for the last few months. Each spray is rated at 18 mg. I don't suppose that absorption via the lungs is greater than through the gut, but it would be much quicker. I imagine that it would go into the bloodstream, and also into the lung liniby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, thanks everyone. I had indeed misread the label. I shall up the dose and see how it goes. Regards, Johnby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Folks, Due to help and advice found here, my ectopics have presently reduced to nil. Many thanks. I am now taking 2 Docs Best Mg tablets (each 200 mg.) 3 times a day equal to 1200 mg/day, with no sign of bowel looseness. I have always had sluggish digestion. I also take Epsom salts bath after brisk exercise, and Mg oil spray for restless legs and sore muscles. Should i continue to push tby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Not me Robo, but i beta test the opensource Sleepyhead software that reads the data from cpap machines and displays the data in a very usable way. The chap who writes the software is an Aussie. If you get a cpap, you will find it really useful: It also allows you to connect a pulse oximeter, which you can get from ebay, which records oxygen levels, heartrate, and plethysmography (waveform of tby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Mark, Tell the doctors about your apneas and request an immediate sleep study with a view to getting a cpap machine to wear whilst you are sleeping. The newer ASV type will help you breath through both central and obstructive apneas. Can you get someone to bring you in some magnesium oil spray? I get it in the health shops. It might be a quick way to up your magnesium levels if they are lby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
@Ralph, I thought the same. After a bit of reading i tried active charcoal capsules, and then Bloateze (active charcoal and Simethicone). It does help when i am feeling full in the stomach. Best is, there don't appear to be many side effects.by JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
I came upon this explanation a while ago from: Stimpysan: why is it that every time I lay down, especially on my left side my AFIB starts. Speaker_-_Dr__Bruce_Lindsay: I have wondered about this too. Many patients have experienced the onset of atrial fibrillation in certain positions. One explanation is that the heart is suspended in the chest and it shifts when you lie on your side or beby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey Duke, for me a definite trigger is bending over whilst working. It seems that the combination of being doubled over and exertion increases pressure in the abdomen and makes me liable to ectopics. If i do it too much it might trigger af. I now use a kneeling pad and make sure i kneel and keep my back straight rather than stoop over. I am able to do a lot more that way. As well as magnesiumby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Also, on the sleep apnoea front, it seems central sleep apnoea is as bad or even worse: from "There is an association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and central sleep apnea. A study found that the prevalence of atrial fibrillation among patients with idiopathic central sleep apnea was significantly higher than the prevalence among patients with obstructive sleep apnea or no sleep apneby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
@Jackie, a big thankyou for sharing the masses of research that you have done. An excellent resource for us all. Best Wishes, Johnby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Steve for your reply. I am happy to know that it is going well for you, excellent. Knowing that i could never afford a private ablation, i am ploughing through the data from as many follow-up and meta studies that i can find. I shall post again when i have read them all, to maybe give a poor-man's view on the options. Here in Europe, particularly Ireland/Uk, we have a public healby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Shannon, It seems best then to try to avoid ablations except those performed by the elite group. I came across the Bordeau team a few years ago when i started looking for options. Are there other high volume centres in Europe that you know of? In the UK, data are collected by NICOR, but it's difficult to find much except commentary. Here is a pdf produced by the NHS, but interestinby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for your responses. I must admit that the more i read the more confused i am getting: "Arrhythmia-free survival rates after a single catheter ablation procedure were 40%, 37%, and 29% at 1, 2, and 5 years, respectively" Does that mean that more than half of ablations were unsuccessful? By this flowchart, a number of folks were getting 3 ablations: At $40,000 a pop thats goby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi, having read that outcomes are defined by nsr for a year after the ablation, what is the typical experience for those of you who have had the proceedure? Is it nsr for evermore, drug free? It seems difficult to get actual statistics for that online, as opposed to commentary.by JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thats a great deal of research, many thanks Jackie. Some i am reasonably up to speed with. I used Lugol's for a good few months last year for Iodine, and am now upping mag and potassium with seemingly good results. Should i take all 3? I have been using lo salt for years, and did Dr Lam's supplements for years, liponano and all!. Not having a bottomless pocket, i have to pick and choosby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Jackie, Shannon, George for all the info and links. I have much reading to do! 2 questions: would an upper endoscopy show up a hiatus hernia, and has anyone had experience of massage tecniques as in: Regards Johnby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
What do you think of this explanation of afib etyology? I found it here, as i am reading around the Roemheld syndrome: "arthur Jan 18, 2001 The connection between digestive disorders and arrhythmia is likely a subtle one and is likely caused by irritated pulmonary veins. The most recent research has found that the pulmonary vein ostia (openings to the atria, left and right) containby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
A hard nut to crack that, George. A hero to drink, prepared to die for the cause. Now the Irish arent like that at all at all.by JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Interesting to hear your replies, folks. It seems there can be many and varied causes of this condition. Hans Larsen has given us all a good place to come to; the advances in communication technology has given us the ability to come here from our own living rooms; advances in medical technology have given us a path to a physical cure, or at least containment. It seems we can somewhat help oursby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Everyone, From cdc.gov: "An estimated 2.66 million people will have atrial fibrillation in 2010. As many as 12 million people will have the condition by 2050". Now unless my mathematics is wrong, there is no way Dr Natale can ablate all of them. And those figures are just for the USA. I suppose the majority will have to find another way to deal with this affliction. Should we bby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks chrisdodt, i haven't felt too comfortable with the idea!by JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
What do you recommend for the vast majority of us who cannot afford, or do not have access to these elite ablationists? My cardiologist remarked that he would "soon be getting the equipment" when i asked him about the option of a PVA a few years ago. When i asked him how many proceedures he had done he replied none yet, and looked at me with a glint in his eye. Mind you he was fairlyby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Duke, i had the endoscopy a couple of years ago, he also did a colonoscopy in the same session (i'd had that before, anyway). For me it was painless; sedation kicked in and i woke up back in the room, no big deal even though i didn't like the thought of it! I had asked him to look for a hiatus hernia whilst he was there, as a trigger for me is when i am bent over working. All was okby JohnBM - AFIBBERS FORUM