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Red pinprick spots on rivaroxiban

Hi, have been anticoagulated on rivaroxiban 20 mg nocte for 10 weeks now and over past 2 weeks since ablation have noticed tiny red spots on abdomen that are a...

Hi, have been anticoagulated on rivaroxiban 20 mg nocte for 10 weeks now and ove...

Mrip

•8 years ago

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Kardia

I received my Kardia (mobile ecg reader) a week ago and have taken several recordings of what I distinctly feel are irregular rhythms, along with ectopics and...

I received my Kardia (mobile ecg reader) a week ago and have taken several recor...

debilitated

•8 years ago

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Newbie here, asking when to call the doctor and what symptoms to just put up with. Plus slight detour for life story (Grab hankie or bucket)

Newbie here, asking when to call the doctor and what symptoms to just put up with. Plus detour for life story (Grab hankie or bucket) Hiya all, I am still...

Newbie here, asking when to call the doctor and what symptoms to just put up wit...

Boombiddy

•8 years ago

73 Replies

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After my ablation 7 days ago I now have hard lumps under the wound sites in both groins. Tell me this is ok.., they don't hurt 😊

After my ablation 7 days ago I now have hard lumps under the wound sites in both...

Lindabob

•8 years ago

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Is this normal

Hi I'm booked in for my ablation on the 13th sept, I got a phone call yesterday from the hospital and they've told me my cardiologist wants me to have a...

Hi I'm booked in for my ablation on the 13th sept, I got a phone call yesterday ...

gingerfurball

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Everything you always wanted to know about AF but were afraid to ask???!!

Regulars on here will possibly recall my attempts since October 2015, to get my GP to request a review/appt with my Cardiologist (who had discharged me in Jan...

Regulars on here will possibly recall my attempts since October 2015, to get my ...

Wightbaby

•8 years ago

23 Replies

Confused

Can anyone tell me if they suffered from gout while taking Apixaban also has anyone who suffers from AF and flutter had a problem with low kidney function . I...

Can anyone tell me if they suffered from gout while taking Apixaban also has any...

Florence-Nightingale

•8 years ago

10 Replies

AF And PMR In Cambridge

I had Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) a few years ago, which burned itself out by a couple of years ago. Was diagnosed with Paroxysmal AF a couple of months ago,...

I had Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) a few years ago, which burned itself out by a...

Hilaryjm

•8 years ago

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Mini Maze

Does anyone have any information or can point me in the right direction. I have just found out that when I had my Aortic heart valve replaced in January this...

Does anyone have any information or can point me in the right direction. I have ...

Norm

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Appalled!

Had my ablation last Tuesday, all went well, my follow up appointment with EP I was told would be in about 2 to 3 months time. Received appointment through...

Had my ablation last Tuesday, all went well, my follow up appointment with EP I ...

Lindabob

•8 years ago

14 Replies

Dental implants on warfarin

I am having two dental implants next week. The dentist knows no adrenalin and is happy with an INR of 2.0. However my range is 2.5 - 3.5, I usually jolly...

I am having two dental implants next week. The dentist knows no adrenalin and i...

Annaelizabeth

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Ablations as first line response

I first went into Afib in April 2015 and have been in it 3 times since, each time I have been cardioverted back into NSR. The last time I went into a-fib I...

I first went into Afib in April 2015 and have been in it 3 times since, each tim...

Jonathan_C

•8 years ago

12 Replies

talk on pacemakers and defibrillators

If anyone is near enough to come to Epsom (33 minutes Waterloo) you are very welcome to our meeting on Wednesday (7th) at 4.45pm in the post graduate medical...

If anyone is near enough to come to Epsom (33 minutes Waterloo) you are very wel...

rosyG

•8 years ago

4 Replies

A bit Worried

Hello all. I had a TIA 18 months ago , I was successfully ablated last Nov and have monitored my rhythm frequently and has been perfect and still is.I feel...

Hello all. I had a TIA 18 months ago , I was successfully ablated last Nov and h...

11ellis

•8 years ago

23 Replies

Just had my third ablation

Hi guys! Hope you are all doing good! I had my third ablation on Friday at the Freeman hospital. It was quite an intense one and definitely the worst one I've...

Hi guys! Hope you are all doing good! I had my third ablation on Friday at the F...

Katycottonsocks

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Dr Sanjay Gupta on "Minimising Bleeding in Afib"

https://youtu.be/t2ebeO1LMK0

Steve112

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Appointment

Ok I have received notice of my first appointment and im due to have a echocardiogram and be fitted with a portable unit for 24 hours on Sept 23rd.Feeling a...

Ok I have received notice of my first appointment and im due to have a echocardi...

Timpsonboy

•8 years ago

11 Replies

At last a date for rescheduled ablation

Good news and bad news. I had a call this morning from the admissions department at the hospital and they have given me 22nd September as a new day for my 5th...

Good news and bad news. I had a call this morning from the admissions department...

pottypete1

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Brass instrument

Is there anyone on here with AF that plays a brass instrument as I would be interested to know if it has affected you in any way to the better or worse.I play...

Is there anyone on here with AF that plays a brass instrument as I would be inte...

Timpsonboy

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Boring old bisoprolol

Here I am again, about 4 weeks in after starting this drug. It has had an effect on my palpitations, but can any one tell me if they feel completely knocked...

Here I am again, about 4 weeks in after starting this drug. It has had an effec...

Stephanietee

•8 years ago

10 Replies

Pink Carnation Supper

It is a little over a month now till Patients Day at HRC 2016 so I am taking numbers for this years Pink Carnation Supper on Saturday 8th October. I have...

It is a little over a month now till Patients Day at HRC 2016 so I am taking num...

BobD

Volunteer•8 years ago

11 Replies

Reassurance to those taking Rivaroxaban re minor cuts

A couple of days ago I had a nasty accident with our razor sharp breadknife - sliced my thumb and there was a river of blood. As we had visitors a visit to A&E...

A couple of days ago I had a nasty accident with our razor sharp breadknife - sl...

Buffafly

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Alcohol

I'm a little confused here. I was diagnosed with AF a couple of weeks ago and im refraining from alcohol till I have seen my specialist at the hospital as im...

I'm a little confused here. I was diagnosed with AF a couple of weeks ago and im...

Timpsonboy

•8 years ago

44 Replies

Information

So as some of you know, when I first came here I was a nervous wreck, the thought that at 40 my life was over with a dodgy ticker, I wallowed in self pity and...

So as some of you know, when I first came here I was a nervous wreck, the though...

Hidden

•8 years ago

22 Replies

Flecainide mood changes?

Hi all I've been on flec for a few days and am a changed person - for the worse. After a couple days I became highly emotional, bursting into tears and...

Hi all I've been on flec for a few days and am a changed person - for the worse....

scottishmuppet

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Getting blood out of a stone

I have been on Amiodarone for about six months now and the side effects I have had are an alteration to my sleep pattern and getting very hot indeed after any...

I have been on Amiodarone for about six months now and the side effects I have h...

AnneTS

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Heart Rate Part 4 Trending: The Fitbit

Generally speaking there are two forms of Atrial Fibrillation, paroxysmal and persistent. Paroxysmal is intermittent; persistent is constant. (I have...

Generally speaking there are two forms of Atrial Fibrillation, paroxysmal and pe...

afibapnea

•8 years ago

30 Replies

Amiodarone and sleep

Got A F non stop for last 5 years may be more, been on Ramipril, BIsopalol, warfarin, a bout 6 months ago changed Bisopalol to Amiodarone, feal really good...

Got A F non stop for last 5 years may be more, been on Ramipril, BIsopalol, warf...

higgy52

•8 years ago

17 Replies

Intro

Hi, my name is Jen. I'm 52 living in n.I. Been insulin dependant diabetic for 40 years. Have fibroymalgia, costocondritis, calcification in joints,...

Hi, my name is Jen. I'm 52 living in n.I. Been insulin dependant diabetic for ...

Jintyk

•8 years ago

10 Replies

Hospital appointment how long do you have to wait!

I have just been sent appointment to go to Heart hospital on 10th November, it is a ridiculous amount of time to wait prior to having surgery that might...

I have just been sent appointment to go to Heart hospital on 10th November, it ...

Suzieblue

•8 years ago

26 Replies

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Atrial Fibrillation Support

All posts for September 2016

Red pinprick spots on rivaroxiban

Kardia

Newbie here, asking when to call the doctor and what symptoms to just put up with. Plus slight detour for life story (Grab hankie or bucket)

And finally...

Is this normal

Everything you always wanted to know about AF but were afraid to ask???!!

Confused

AF And PMR In Cambridge

Mini Maze

Appalled!

Dental implants on warfarin

Ablations as first line response

talk on pacemakers and defibrillators

A bit Worried

Just had my third ablation

Dr Sanjay Gupta on "Minimising Bleeding in Afib"

Appointment

At last a date for rescheduled ablation

Brass instrument

Boring old bisoprolol

Pink Carnation Supper

Reassurance to those taking Rivaroxaban re minor cuts

Alcohol

Information

Flecainide mood changes?

Getting blood out of a stone

Heart Rate Part 4 Trending: The Fitbit

Amiodarone and sleep

Intro

Hospital appointment how long do you have to wait!

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