Gill, I would probably not have taken the gamble at 28% success rate as well. At the time of my 'musing' the success rate is 78+% ;-) Yes, Proffessuer Haissaguerre, Dr Jais and Dr Hocini are all very charming people rather than startched white clothed doctors. Barry G.by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gill you are absolutly correct with regard to the comment by Dr Hocini. You were also correct in my view to have the ablation when things were definitely not what they are today i.e. you got your life back with a gamble, I would certainly have done the same. It was only today that whilst musing about AF that it came to me that the time to have an ablation is when you realise you should haveby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie, I believe in virtually all that you post on the BB so no issues there and also I well believe there may be merit in Dr Tennant simply because you mentioned him. I also fully understand that one of our posters thought the mans messages smacked of quackery, my own brother who comes out of hospital today a week after his bowel cancer operation considers alkalizing the body as mumbo jumboby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Erling. You always come up with the goods. I checked out your suggestion and found this one at the top of the page. Unless I am missing something and I know nothing about science it would appear the artical of yours that I used in the beginning of this post is now out of suspicion mode. Effects of bicarbonate on remineralization of enamel. Feagin FF, Thiradilok S, Aponte-Merced L, Brby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie, the artical in my last post was one suggested by Erling who I consider an excellent source of information though obviously he cannot be expected to check out every detail in his recommenced reading. The site was The Magnesium Web Site - Magnesium Library - so I guess a suppliment /alternative medicine website. Assuming you are totally correct regarding tooth enamel then it would seem tby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just read one of Erlings posts from the recent subject line 'Waller Water' by Alex and after opening the suggested link i.e. www.mgwater.com I found the following below. One or two good points in there which I will point out for easy reference first i.e. 1) A study has underlined that a dose of 6.17 g of sodium bicarbonate rapidly leaves the stomach with the liquid phase of the meal.by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Debbie, point taken about sodium, easy target, please confirm the actual sodium content of sodium in one teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate i.e. is it 33% by volume?????? ie. misicule by what people in Northern England pour on their fish and chips and have done for maybe 100 years. My grand parents in Northern England lived into their 90s without AF and loved fish & chips loaded with salt anby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi to all. I will purposely keep this as short as possible which is very difficult for me as I do tend to slide off into details and it is hard not to elaborate on the fantastic researching and analizing of this subject by Erling and Jackie via their posts. There's quite a few others things I would add but will see how this post pans out first. The recent re-visit - by the BB - and fby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy, My guess is that da dit pause is bigeminy, da dit da dit pause is trigeminy, da dit da dit da dit pause is quadgiminy all forms of arrythmia ;-). I been there got the tee-shirt and found my way of ridding myself of it was to eat very little and chew the food properly this brought very quick results. The main problem I found was these 'gimies are much like AF in that they encourageby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Francesca, I would banish those 'misgivings' immediately. As stated in my previuos post I am also doing my own alkalizing tests - baking soda protocol -which will be complete in two days time. As I don't have any arrythmia issues at the moment I cannot say the protocol is stopping any arrythmias but I too have sensed a definite 'feel good' thing about me even thoughby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans, I knew something about AF originating in Canada would not get missed by afibbers.org. Erling, how can it possibly be that dedicated 'researchers' on the BB can be so far in front of specialists in a particular field. The report from my original post - although written in 2009 - was written by a Jason D. Roberts, MD and Michael H. Gollob, MD* Arrhythmia Research Laboratory,by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Francesca. Thanks for your very informative posts which add to the recent messages on the benifits of alkalizing the body which could be important to some afibbers. Good to hear that your experiments with alkalizing are going well and that you have virtually stopped any form of arrythmias you may have been having, a tried for and got situation. I too am under going my own tests of alkby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am currently looking into alkalizing the body and the possible help it may give to some afibbers, but I, as always get side tracked. On checking out Cesium as a possible alkalizer I came across this on the internet. As my mother, my elder sister, myself and my eldest daughter has/had AF I have always naturally thought that AF was a family genetic 'weakness' for whatever reason. The coby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Erling. In your recent post"...afibbers who have run out of ideas or money..." which has been moved into the General Health Forum and which I didn't immediately know about - you give a link to a Dr Keith Brewer Phd which I actually read, apart from the highly technical stuff. Right at the end I found ..... CESIUM BIOLOGICAL USES In addition to the cancer therapy outlinedby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi to all. A few points and questions, shooting from the hip. I have been looking into the positives of alkalizing the body - when I get the time - since my original post a few weeks back and have found very little with regards to benifitting afibbers but then again most roads I have followed lead to 'baking soda cures cancer' and that diseases CANNOT? live in an alkalized body. Iby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Erling. I am enjoying your posts on these matters though much as Dean it would be all over my head without your summaries. With regards to AF have you any thoughts where you think this could be leading to. Barryby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans, point taken, however I think we drifted of course slightly. I never intended to indicate that Bordeaux shortchange their 'free' patients, my point is that local people will be being treated in the hospital training centre by new guys starting off on their own learning curve and the start point is No1. I met an English doctor there doing just that. The BB has many many refereby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans, point taken, however I think we drifted of course slightly. I never intended to indicate that Bordeaux shortchange their 'free' patients, my point is that local people will be being treated in the hospital training centre by new guys starting off on their own learning curve and the start point is No1. I met an English doctor there doing just that. The BB has many many refereby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans, I would think that having a proceedure done personally by Proffesseur Haissagurre, Dr Jais or Dr Hocini would be considered far superior than having an up and coming ablator doing the proceedure with one of the previously mentioned doctors looking over the shoulder - they may actually be 5 to 10 mtres away watching whats going on via a television screen - at least thats where other doctoby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
It goes without saying that we would all wish to see the top doc but that is not possible in many cases. Many can not afford any proceedure and I'm sure they would be happy to even be a guinnie pig given the chance. From what I believe I heard in Bordeaux the local French people getting 'free' ablations where being ablated by the doctors of tomorrow under the supervision of Proffesby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Erling, that was certainly some elephant, thanks. I'm very busy at work just lately so will read at lesuire in the next week or so. I read the Example 3 and it would appear encouraging to help clear my daughters teenage acne, can only try - nothing else has worked. I'm now on the Baking Powder route programme and I'm thinking there could be a great deal of health benifiby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Janet, 'thats why im asking your opinion, would you settle for drugs forever when a 3rd is on offer?' One offers hope the other more of the same for life and probably getting much worse. Barry G.by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've had 5 ablations and do regular hill\mountain?? hiking here in Hong Kong with a few guys in their mid 30s. I have found that as long as I keep stopping now and again to pretend I am admiriing the view they can all keep up with me ;-) There may be some merit in the brain lesions though as they all think I'm mad!!!! Barry G. 62 going on 22.by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have always equalled agressive with burning deeper and longer. After I had ablation No 2 in Bordeaux in which AF returned only an hour before leaving the hospital I was sat on the bed talking to Dr Haissaguerre about the AF returning. I asked what he had done and then I said why did you not do your full 5 step approach as I had travelled to France for a no-nonesense full slash and burn so itby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lisa, I must have selective reading habits because I have never seen any reference to baking soda on the BB before. Since I have picked up on baking soda I have cleaned my teeth with a baking soda/hydrogen peroxide solution a few times and it really does make them squeaky clean. If only one person reading this post finds their answer to AF then it has been worth it and what the BB is all abouby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Tom, a slight step back there with you mentioning no difference with you pH either when in or out of Afib but then again we are all different and theres no one size fits all with Lone Afibbers. I have noticed that some of the web sites do seem to give differing ranges etc. I knew without doubt I would get most of my answers via Hans BB and now it is up to me do do my own tests though nowby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Hans / Erling I'm chomping at the bit ;-) Barry G.by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jackie thanks for the post. I was sure this what appears to be a very important subject could not have been over looked by both you and Erling at least, maybe I just missed your earlier posts in my search for successful ablation stories. No need to spend time looking up your old posts as now I am on the case I will check out myself when I have time. I find this subject very interesting aby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for that Erling, very interesting. It is also interesting that the link given appears not to be Afibbers.org Is this the unseen elephant in the living room ;-) ???? Barry G.by Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am currently looking into how to help clear my 13 year old daughters facial 'teenage' acne which she started getting at 9 years old if that makes any sense. She is a terrible eater, eating mainly rice / noodles and just fish or meat with virtually no fruit or vegetables and I'm always reminding her to drink water. I make sure she takes her daily vitamin C though. I am now lookinby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM