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AF and scared

Hello I'm new hear so stumbling in the dark with tablet and the dreaded AF. Why me and why now is what I want to no , just been diagnosed , and scared witless...

Hello I'm new hear so stumbling in the dark with tablet and the dreaded AF. Why ...

stevee

•8 years ago

41 Replies

Ectopics and exercise

Does anyone know if exercise is not good if you have missed pulse beats.. Ectopic beats! I'm not sure if exercise, like jogging, brings it on more?

Does anyone know if exercise is not good if you have missed pulse beats.. Ecto...

jillgloucester

•8 years ago

10 Replies

RF or CRYO ablation? What are your doctors saying

Hello everyone. Big thanks to everyone for kind and helpful replies recently that brightened my day. Here over the pond it is not necessary to have any...

Hello everyone. Big thanks to everyone for kind and helpful replies recently th...

adriatico

•8 years ago

13 Replies

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Visit to GP re sudden rise in pulse rate ( regular) for next to no reason

Occasionally have had episodes of fast (for me) pulse 100 plus sweating and overwhelming feeling of fatigue. Fairly regularly feel I MUST sit down for 20...

Occasionally have had episodes of fast (for me) pulse 100 plus sweating and over...

Bagrat

•8 years ago

12 Replies

Post Ablation AF is relentless

Only had my ablation 2 weeks ago but for the last 4 days I have been in and out of AF about 20 times a day lasting from a few minutes to a few hours. It's...

Only had my ablation 2 weeks ago but for the last 4 days I have been in and out ...

SteveA

•8 years ago

26 Replies

stress or arrhythmia

We have been asked by a journalist for a national newspaper if anybody has been diagnosed with stress or anxiety, to be later told that it is a heart rhythm...

We have been asked by a journalist for a national newspaper if anybody has been ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

4 Replies

new and confused

I am new on here, I was diagnosed with AF when I went into hospital with appendicitis in October 2014. I am also asthmatic and have type2diabetes so because of...

I am new on here, I was diagnosed with AF when I went into hospital with appendi...

horseblister

•8 years ago

13 Replies

Post ablation

I had an cryo ablation 3 days ago at Whipps Cross hospital London .Excellent team, had sedation didn't feel anything, only small bruise. I used to be in AF...

I had an cryo ablation 3 days ago at Whipps Cross hospital London .Excellent tea...

LubDub

•8 years ago

3 Replies

New boy go gentle

Hi guys I'm new to this community and I must say many of the storied I read on here are so similar to mine with how bad I've felt over the last 18 months. I...

Hi guys I'm new to this community and I must say many of the storied I read on h...

Ads7906

•8 years ago

14 Replies

2 weeks post ablation - strange feelings in chest.......advice please

Hi all, Just wondering what other folks experiences are post ablation. I had ablation on 13th June and all is well so far ( fingers crossed). I felt pretty...

Hi all, Just wondering what other folks experiences are post ablation. I had abl...

cathycon

•8 years ago

18 Replies

Antidepressants and beta blockers

I am wIting to hear the report from my last cardio clinic as to what beta blockers they propose to put me on to control all the various bangs and crashes that...

I am wIting to hear the report from my last cardio clinic as to what beta blocke...

Stephanietee

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Ectopics when stood up

Sorry for so many posts last few weeks! Quick question, I'm experiencing a strange thing today. Every time I stand up I start getting ectopic beats every 4 or...

Sorry for so many posts last few weeks! Quick question, I'm experiencing a stran...

SteveA

•8 years ago

11 Replies

visit to dentiste / some advise please

can i stop Rivaroxaban or not please need one teeth taking out / thax / hop you are ll ok thx

can i stop Rivaroxaban or not please need one teeth taking out / thax / hop yo...

karim123

•8 years ago

21 Replies

General Rant

Some of you know I have had some knee problems over the last few months very painful and on the 18th July I am going in for some surgery to hopefully correct...

Some of you know I have had some knee problems over the last few months very pai...

Beancounter

Volunteer•8 years ago

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paroxysmai atrial fibrillation

had this for 40 years started drugs some 12 years ago was on sotolol for 11 years then put on some think else for a year went in hospital given flecainide...

had this for 40 years started drugs some 12 years ago was on sotolol for 11 year...

lotusvx220

•8 years ago

5 Replies

2 Years Post 1st RF Pulmonary Vein Ablation 2nd Successfull Ablation on 27 June 2016

AS previously reported I went back into AF/Atrial Tachacardia in November 2016 at 17 months post my first successful ablation in 2014. I was disappointed to go...

AS previously reported I went back into AF/Atrial Tachacardia in November 2016 a...

Elbows

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Is NSR a bad sign?

Hi all Just read SteveA's post about runs of AF after ablation and not for the first time there are a lot of comments about this being normal and even a good...

Hi all Just read SteveA's post about runs of AF after ablation and not for the f...

Perrylees

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Wrist based continuous heart rate monitor good idea or bad

Hi I would like to ask does anyone use and found good, a wrist based heart rate monitor like Fitbit etc. I really can't make up my mind is it a worthwhile...

Hi I would like to ask does anyone use and found good, a wrist based heart rate ...

Sue1955

•8 years ago

13 Replies

Is this 'normal' AF?

Hi - I was diagnosed with AF after being taken to A&E a month ago (feeling unwell with a heart rate around 135). I have an appointment with a cardiologist...

Hi - I was diagnosed with AF after being taken to A&E a month ago (feeling unw...

heekle

•8 years ago

6 Replies

AF and Colds

Just read a post from gwyn533 entitled Verapamil 3 days ago re infection or coughing initiating AF. After Ablation no 1 in Jan 2016 I was fine for 3 weeks,...

Just read a post from gwyn533 entitled Verapamil 3 days ago re infection or coug...

checkmypulse

•8 years ago

7 Replies

AF strikes post ablation

Just when I thought my ablation had worked perfectly I've been hit with a bout of intermittent fast AF this morning. My ablation was only 10 days ago so I'm...

Just when I thought my ablation had worked perfectly I've been hit with a bout o...

SteveA

•8 years ago

18 Replies

Excellent care from GP

I have been suffering from AF since last summer,but am having superb treatment from my GP and local hospital. Am on anticoagulants and beta blockers and have...

I have been suffering from AF since last summer,but am having superb treatment f...

Solara

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Cv

Well just had 6th cv that proved more difficult they had to shock twice then I had to lie still for 1hr to make sure it hAd worked ahh the joys of AF

Well just had 6th cv that proved more difficult they had to shock twice then I ...

Mazza23

•8 years ago

34 Replies

Hello fellow sufferers

I tend to get irregular heart rhythm every 2 months lasting 5/6 hours and then have rapid heart beat and anxiety for upto 24 hrs, despite hospital visits all I...

I tend to get irregular heart rhythm every 2 months lasting 5/6 hours and then h...

Denise-

•8 years ago

42 Replies

post ablation

Ablation went ok ep found a flutter so flecainide stopped, home the next day fell asleep slow af for a few hours now in a lot of pain in my groin write more...

Ablation went ok ep found a flutter so flecainide stopped, home the next day fel...

badger03

•8 years ago

13 Replies

Bradycardia still not sure

I am a 67 year old female and have been diagnosed with AF a year ago after having a TIA which came out of the blue. I was full of energy and thought to be very...

I am a 67 year old female and have been diagnosed with AF a year ago after havin...

emsling

•8 years ago

5 Replies

AE AGAIN OH THE JOYS

Well after bein in af for 13 out of 16 days (not all time few hours of regular heart rate) and after a couple of days in York and suffering really badly with...

Well after bein in af for 13 out of 16 days (not all time few hours of regular h...

julesp

•8 years ago

8 Replies

This is ruining my life.

Sorry for the morose post, but I thought I'd share my feelings with people who may be able to relate. Today I had a near-fainting episode, the cause of which I...

Sorry for the morose post, but I thought I'd share my feelings with people who m...

micwal93

•8 years ago

18 Replies

VERAPAMIL,

Hi there .today I was taken in again with AF. But this time it was due to a bad chest infection and cough that was so wheezy that I coughed myself into AF. I...

Hi there .today I was taken in again with AF. But this time it was due to a bad ...

gwyn53

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Here we go again!

It's a palava this AF lark isn't it! I was all ok until recently when I start getting the galloping heart again. Finally got to see cardiologist who tutted...

It's a palava this AF lark isn't it! I was all ok until recently when I start g...

shirljo

•8 years ago

15 Replies

Posts - Atrial Fibrillation Support | HealthUnlocked

Atrial Fibrillation Support

All posts for June 2016

AF and scared

Ectopics and exercise

RF or CRYO ablation? What are your doctors saying

Visit to GP re sudden rise in pulse rate ( regular) for next to no reason

Post Ablation AF is relentless

stress or arrhythmia

new and confused

Post ablation

New boy go gentle

2 weeks post ablation - strange feelings in chest.......advice please

Antidepressants and beta blockers

Ectopics when stood up

visit to dentiste / some advise please

General Rant

paroxysmai atrial fibrillation

2 Years Post 1st RF Pulmonary Vein Ablation 2nd Successfull Ablation on 27 June 2016

Is NSR a bad sign?

Wrist based continuous heart rate monitor good idea or bad

Is this 'normal' AF?

AF and Colds

AF strikes post ablation

Excellent care from GP

Cv

Hello fellow sufferers

post ablation

Bradycardia still not sure

AE AGAIN OH THE JOYS

This is ruining my life.

VERAPAMIL,

Here we go again!

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