Have been quietly congratulating myself on my AF being reasonably settled since my third pacemaker was put in last May.
However yesterday while waiting for a lift to the hospital for tests about a problem totally unrelated, my heart went berserk, tried deep breathing and not panicking, but my chest was aching with the persistent banging of my heart, I decided to try a deep cough to no avail, now starting to panic when I suddenly bent forward with force and to my relief the heart went back to normal.
Now I know this sounds a bit daft,but it worked ,a coincidence or what!.
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Well bending forward with force certainly appeared to help your heart calm down. A nurse who used to live down the road from me once that that she had 'palpitations' and could stop them by bending down towards her feet. However, I know another person who dropped a cup of tea while taking it from her bedside table. She grabbed tissues and bent down to mop it up off the floor and had a severe stroke and is now in a wheelchair. What to do for the best - who knows!
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76 years old with A F
apixaban and hematuria 
Is this afib?
shortness of breath
