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St Thomas’ appointment today

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Well a bit of a stressful journey there! Good news. I’m in sinus rhythm. I can stop Flecainide and start to decrease Bisoprolol. They hope this will sort out the breathlessness. Also a chest physician referral. They’ll see me again in 3 months.

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Congratulations, I hope you continue to recover well 👍

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Drummerswidow in reply todjbgatekeeper

Thank you. So far so good!

Fabulous news....you must be delighted 👍

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Yes I am thanks. Cautious though. You never know with AFib!

Always good to hear about progress! Congratulations on sinus rhythm and kissing flecainide goodbye🌟

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And hopefully the beta Blockers!

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Fastbeat

Good news, we like that.

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Annpatricia

Good old Tommy’s! Glad you are doing well.

I was in persistent AF for more than five years while living overseas. On returning two years ago I requested a referral to St Thomas’ and have never looked back. The care and consideration I have had there has been outstanding. Two ablations later I have now been totally AF free for 5 months. We are lucky to be able to access such a good cardiology team.

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Drummerswidow in reply toAnnpatricia

My local hospital is not too good. They were supposed to refer me for a chest referral back in May. St Thomas’ is going to get me seen there. Which I would prefer.m

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wilsond

Great news! Take care now xx

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Drummerswidow in reply towilsond

Thank you. Strange as this may sound, I’m quite nervous about stopping the drugs. Suddenly they seem like a comfort blanket. Weird!

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wilsond in reply toDrummerswidow

I get that...It'll be weird not taking what has been so important to keep us well....part of me will think...'are you sure you're ok?' Best wishes

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