Good morning Crazy Heart Members.
I posted last week about normal service being resumed after weeks of AF nonsense. Spoke too soon,beast came back next day despite using extra flec as PIP.
Sent kardia reading to EP. Email message ,he's on leave till 1 Sept.
So...rang arrthymia nurse. Explained how long ,and how it's continous and also feels different.
She was kind enough to email Proff Osman ,and bless him ,he answered. To up flecanide to 100 mg x twice and up bisoprolol to 3.75.This was Monday.
By Wednesday no change. As luck would have it ,I was already expecting a phone appointment with the cardiologist at our local hospital for annual review of my wonky valve.
Well,what a lovely man he was. New man on the block. Half an hour on the phone. His main message , which is one of the reasons I'm posting, was;
"You are protected from stroke. Your risk is only slightly above what a non AF person has.
Think of AF as a damn nuisance and inconvenience
Ablation is now considered by many in the field to be therapeutic and reduces mortality in the AF population ,not just for QOL."
He has emailed Proff Osman with our conversation details and agreed about the dosing. He did say it may take several weeks for the meds to calm it all down again.
He was pleased my rate in AF rarely goes over 100 bpm.
He also explained about how the new anticoagulants work,and how they are more effective for most people( not all) than warfarin.New ones work directly on the clotting process,warfarin indirectly.
So I am waiting to see what happens now. Trying not to overdo things but pottering about freezing and making jam etc from allotment.
I have a clinic appointment with Proff O end of October. I expect I will be on ablation list again!
One thing to add..as I said this sensation is different to before. Every 30 seconds or so I get a whirring fast sensation ( caught on kardia ) says it's possible AF and sometimes unclassified.
Anyone else had this ?
Sorry for essay here. But it's do good to be able to share things .
I saw Petes post about the mindgames,so true and difficult to rise above. Our common sense gets a bashing when your heart is playing the Fandango,and it's hard to ignore!
I've been quietly miserable over this myself but appreciated my peptalk with cardio
Wishing you all a NSR weekend!