Drugs then more drugs but not thoughts on causation

[Hardjuice]

After my last echo and a phone call to rythmn nurse to discuss results

He has suggested I add two more drugs to the mix I’m taking starting now or in a couple of weeks when I see my consultant

I’ve chose to wait to see consultant my extraction is down from the last time it seems but when I’ve looked into it that is a guesstimate at best and could be 5 to 10 % out

Based on how I feel and the fact the echo is taken on my left side a position I avoid As I do feel a little

Strange in that position so I guess my heart ain’t happy there anyway

So I’ll see what consultant suggests

My swollen legs wow they are like brand new why I’ve stopped eating meat and reduced dairy dropped a few pounds

Feel good most of the time too

More drugs OR

Life style changers That’s my choice

Have a good Xmas

[CDreamer]

Life style changes over drugs any day - for many reasons.

[jeanjeannie50]

I agree with CDreamer, lifestyle changes over drugs every time. Not only will your heart function improve but every other organ in your body.

[Ianc2]

Go for the lifestyle changes . The logic is easy. If the changes work your lifestyle will improve and you may not need the pills,

in the unlikely event that they don't succeed you will still have the ' take the pills' option, but you will be starting from a much healthier position.

[Ianc2]

There is a health trust in North/Mid Wales (Wrexham/Maylor ?) that has started doing pre operation rehab to get their statistics up . Early days but they think it might be working.

[Hidden]

Eating right can make a world of a difference. Give this a try and see if it helps. Does me:

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After 9 years of trying different foods and logging EVERYTHING I ate, I found sugar (and to a lesser degree, salt – i.e. dehydration) was triggering my Afib. Doctors don't want to hear this - there is no money in telling patients to eat less sugar. Each person has a different sugar threshold - and it changes as you get older, so you need to count every gram of sugar you eat every day (including natural sugars in fruits, etc.). My tolerance level was 190 grams of sugar per day 8 years ago, 85 grams a year and a half ago, and 60 grams today, so AFIB episodes are more frequent and last longer (this is why all doctors agree that afib gets worse as you get older). If you keep your intake of sugar below your threshold level your AFIB will not happen again (easier said than done of course). It's not the food - it's the sugar (or salt - see below) IN the food that's causing your problems. Try it and you will see - should only take you 1 or 2 months of trial-and-error to find your threshold level. And for the record - ALL sugars are treated the same (honey, refined, agave, natural sugars in fruits, etc.). I successfully triggered AFIB by eating a bunch of plums and peaches one day just to test it out. In addition, I have noticed that moderate (afternoon) exercise (7-mile bike ride or 5-mile hike in the park) often puts my Afib heart back in to normal rhythm a couple hours later. Don’t know why – perhaps you burn off the excess sugars in your blood/muscles or sweat out excess salt?? I also found that strenuous exercise does no good – perhaps you make yourself dehydrated??

I'm pretty sure that Afib is caused by a gland(s) - like the Pancreas or Thyroid - or an organ that, in our old age, is not working well anymore and excess sugar or dehydration is causing them to send mixed signals to the heart - for example telling the heart to beat fast and slow at the same time - which causes it to skip beats, etc. I can't prove that (and neither can my doctors), but I have a very strong suspicion that that is the root cause of our Afib problems. I am working on this with a Nutritionist and hope to get some definitive proof in a few months.

Also, in addition to sugar, if you are dehydrated - this will trigger AFIB as well. It seems (but I have no proof of this) that a little uptick of salt in your blood is being treated the same as an uptick of sugar - both cause AFIB episodes. (I’m not a doctor – it may be the sugar in your muscles/organs and not in your blood, don’t know). In any case you have to keep hydrated, and not eat too much salt. The root problem is that our bodies are not processing sugar/salt properly and no doctor knows why, but the AFIB seems to be a symptom of this and not the primary problem, but medicine is not advanced enough to know the core reason that causes AFIB at this time. You can have a healthy heart and still have Afib – something inside us is triggering it when we eat too much sugar or get (even a little) dehydrated. Find out the core reason for this and you will be a millionaire and make the cover of Time Magazine! Good luck! - Rick Hyer

PS – there is a study backing up this data you can view at:

https//cardiab.biomedcentral.com/a...