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Atrial Fibrillation Support

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All posts for July 2019

On dismissiveness in health care, an anniversary, and a break

What follows is a bit long. Some thoughts I'd like to share that are important to me. I discovered this forum just about a year ago and am so grateful for all...

What follows is a bit long. Some thoughts I'd like to share that are important t...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Appointment at St Barts

I had my appointment at St Barts today (the last one was about 6 months ago) and have been advised that I should have an ablation. I was reminded by the doctor...

I had my appointment at St Barts today (the last one was about 6 months ago) and...

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•5 years ago

23 Replies

Plant based diet.

Hi all hope you are all well. I don't post very often but I do read your posts daily. Do many of you eat a plant based diet ? And if so in what way has it...

Hi all hope you are all well. I don't post very often but I do read your posts ...

TommoHFC

•5 years ago

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Bisoprolol Blues

Greetings AFibbers. Diagnosed paf a few years ago after a pre op check for another procedure. Had no idea and no symptoms. Been a Runner since age 16. Have...

Greetings AFibbers. Diagnosed paf a few years ago after a pre op check for anoth...

scottyland

•5 years ago

17 Replies

Ablation

I'm having an ablation procedure next week and wondered what side effects I can expect and what the recovery time might be. I realise that it will vary from...

I'm having an ablation procedure next week and wondered what side effects I can ...

G1703

•5 years ago

16 Replies

Thank you AF Association and Healthunlocked

I just wanted to say how grateful I am to this site. I have been struggling such a lot with breathlessness following my ablation on the 1st of July, it is...

I just wanted to say how grateful I am to this site. I have been struggling such...

Tikaneko

•5 years ago

9 Replies

Ablation Questions & Issues

It is a while since I last posted and I hope I am not repeating a recent subject. My history is that I was diagnosed with AF in 2014 aged 63. Typically, at its...

It is a while since I last posted and I hope I am not repeating a recent subject...

Craggy

•5 years ago

6 Replies

Treating both AFib and Thyroiditis

Hello, I have been treated for PAF since 2014. I am taking Eliquis and Flecainide. Recently, an old condition, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis returned after being...

Hello, I have been treated for PAF since 2014. I am taking Eliquis and Flecainid...

Judyrs

•5 years ago

22 Replies

AT AND BLADDER CANCER

I haven't posted on the forum for a long while but need some reassurance from members. I have been AF free for at least 3 years following insertion of a...

I haven't posted on the forum for a long while but need some reassurance from me...

Carol70

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Feeling worse after diagnosis

I was diagnosed by my GP with atrial fibrillation 5 weeks ago and prescribed verapamil 40mg x 3 daily and riveroxaban 15mg once daily (taken with a meal). I...

I was diagnosed by my GP with atrial fibrillation 5 weeks ago and prescribed ver...

marlathome

•5 years ago

34 Replies

Pandora's box - update

I had an emergency appointment at the device clinic today with two technicians and an arrhythmia nurse. It seems that the episode I had on Saturday was AF. I...

I had an emergency appointment at the device clinic today with two technicians a...

Melleray

•5 years ago

9 Replies

Back in/out AFib 5 months post ablation

I had an ablation 2nd Feb, for May and June I was off all medication and in NSR. Suddenly I had some episodes of A Fib early July so am back on the meds and...

I had an ablation 2nd Feb, for May and June I was off all medication and in NSR....

kitenski

•5 years ago

15 Replies

Dabigatran

How often should I have my kidneys and liver checked when taking Pradaxa?

Hidden

•5 years ago

10 Replies

Infection following ablation?

I'm seriously considering an ablation (my EP says it would be a cryoballoon ablation, using the Medtronics balloon.) He would need to punch through the heart's...

I'm seriously considering an ablation (my EP says it would be a cryoballoon abla...

Geonome

•5 years ago

2 Replies

Blood results

hi all just received my blood results back and my egfr has dropped by 10 my potassium is down to 3.4 and my creatine has risen 10 ..no change in medication for...

hi all just received my blood results back and my egfr has dropped by 10 my pota...

bushy2016

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Af and lung cancer

It is in the Roy Castle magazine about a chap who had AF a few years ago and it turned out it was caused by lung cancer anyone any advise on this story it’s on...

It is in the Roy Castle magazine about a chap who had AF a few years ago and it ...

olqp

•5 years ago

2 Replies

Great T shirt.

Just seen an advert for a great T shirt. Has the alfabet on it but from O to U is replaced by a line of ECG! Love it. Hope you all understand that or it's...

Just seen an advert for a great T shirt. Has the alfabet on it but from O to U i...

BobD

Volunteer•5 years ago

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Blood pressure monitor with afib alert

I'm wondering whether to splash out and purchase a blood pressure monitor that alerts when atrial fibrillation starts up. Boots sell a couple of these one for...

I'm wondering whether to splash out and purchase a blood pressure monitor that a...

20WildRose19

•5 years ago

21 Replies

Rivaroxban (Xarelto): GOV.UK have issued a drug safety update

MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) has received a small number of reports suggesting lack of efficacy (thromboembolic events) in...

MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) has received a small ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

9 Replies

Meet-up

Just wondering if there are any plans for another meet up, last one in Exeter seems a while ago. May be in September or October. Think it was suggested about a...

Just wondering if there are any plans for another meet up, last one in Exeter se...

Norm

•5 years ago

5 Replies

Feeling Funny

Any advice please. Been a while since last post. I have Paroxysmal af. And and tonight's been crap. Although my HR has been 70-80 I've been feeling like I've...

Any advice please. Been a while since last post. I have Paroxysmal af. And and ...

Tony090575

•5 years ago

5 Replies

Endurance Athletes with AF?

Hello, I am wondering if there are endurance athletes in this community that have experience with catheter ablation surgery? I was diagnosed with paroxysmal...

Hello, I am wondering if there are endurance athletes in this community that hav...

estrennen

•5 years ago

27 Replies

Pandora's box

Well, the last post I wrote spoke of PVC's I was experiencing. I'm afraid it escalated into one horrific episode one night, when I suddenly went completely...

Well, the last post I wrote spoke of PVC's I was experiencing. I'm afraid it es...

Melleray

•5 years ago

13 Replies

A bit of amusement

As someone who has been involved in coaching sport for 20 odd years I love this little wind up from my mates.....

As someone who has been involved in coaching sport for 20 odd years I love this ...

sportscoach

•5 years ago

2 Replies

Atrial Fibrillation and competitive sport

Just wondering whether anybody here competes in any sport at a high level whilst also dealing with atrial fibrillation. I have been a competitive Powerlifter...

Just wondering whether anybody here competes in any sport at a high level whilst...

Robathan

•5 years ago

15 Replies

AF and Wind Turbines

Here's a new AF risk: wind turbines! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31344645 In a Danish study, there was a 30% increased risk of AF amongst those exposed...

Here's a new AF risk: wind turbines! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3134464...

MarkS

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Trolling and the forum

Some correspondence with another member has made me realise that some members may not know the rules of this forum and also how to deal with anything you don't...

Some correspondence with another member has made me realise that some members ma...

BobD

Volunteer•5 years ago

8 Replies

Chest discomfort with 2nd ablation.

On my 2nd ablation I have chest discomfort! Didn't have this with first ablation.?? Extreme soreness across the whole chest and midriff area. ? and between...

On my 2nd ablation I have chest discomfort! Didn't have this with first ablation...

Jlaine

•5 years ago

4 Replies

amiodarone 100mg with metoprolol 50 mg

hi everybody wishing u all better health. I've started amiodarone 100mg od, metoprolol 50mg od. my heart beat is mostly stable at 65 per minute. can anyone...

hi everybody wishing u all better health. I've started amiodarone 100mg od, meto...

mbhakta

•5 years ago

6 Replies

advice needed gastro bleed on Apixoban

My ferritin level is low and because I am on Apixoban (3 years without any problems) my GP has gone straight to investigations. Colonscopy and Endoscopy. I...

My ferritin level is low and because I am on Apixoban (3 years without any probl...

foxglove1

•5 years ago

9 Replies

Posts - Atrial Fibrillation Support | HealthUnlocked

Atrial Fibrillation Support

All posts for July 2019

On dismissiveness in health care, an anniversary, and a break

Appointment at St Barts

Plant based diet.

Bisoprolol Blues

Ablation

Thank you AF Association and Healthunlocked

Ablation Questions & Issues

Treating both AFib and Thyroiditis

AT AND BLADDER CANCER

Feeling worse after diagnosis

Pandora's box - update

Back in/out AFib 5 months post ablation

Dabigatran

Infection following ablation?

Blood results

Af and lung cancer

Great T shirt.

Blood pressure monitor with afib alert

Rivaroxban (Xarelto): GOV.UK have issued a drug safety update

Meet-up

Feeling Funny

Endurance Athletes with AF?

Pandora's box

A bit of amusement

Atrial Fibrillation and competitive sport

AF and Wind Turbines

Trolling and the forum

Chest discomfort with 2nd ablation.

amiodarone 100mg with metoprolol 50 mg

advice needed gastro bleed on Apixoban

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