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PFA Ablation next week...

Dear "colleagues"! Quick note, going for a Pulsed Field Ablation next week - you've all been so supportive in the past so I thought I'd dash off a quick one. I...

Dear "colleagues"! Quick note, going for a Pulsed Field Ablation next week - you...

•7 months ago

flecainide and shortness of breath

Would 50 mg flecainide in the am and pm cause shortness of breath when walking up the stairs? I also take 2.5 mg metoprolol succinate in the am only. I can...

Would 50 mg flecainide in the am and pm cause shortness of breath when walking u...

•7 months ago

I have just been switched from lisinopril to Amlodipine and in 2 days had several aura in my eyes episodes. Has anyone experienced this?

have just been switched from lisinopril to Amlodipine and in 2 days had several aura in my eyes episodes. Has anyone experienced this?

have just been switched from lisinopril to Amlodipine and in 2 days had several ...

•7 months ago

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anti coagulant side effects

i have been jealously reading all the 'wonderful no side effects of anti coagulants' comments when my experience has been simply dreadful. i was diagnosed with...

i have been jealously reading all the 'wonderful no side effects of anti coagula...

•7 months ago

Diltazem-low blood pressure

Looking for stories on Diltazem and low blood pressure. I have only been on it for a week and a half. My blood pressure has always been good. On this I’m...

Looking for stories on Diltazem and low blood pressure. I have only been on it ...

•7 months ago

Covid/Flu jab query

Thank you to everyone who replied to my post. Overall favourable outcomes following both jabs at same appt but one thing is certain for me, I'm immensely...

Thank you to everyone who replied to my post. Overall favourable outcomes follo...

•7 months ago

meet up at AF patient day

Morning All I’m going to the AF patient day on Sunday in B’ham , on my lonesome . If anyone fancies meeting up at first break / lunch time please message me...

Morning All I’m going to the AF patient day on Sunday in B’ham , on my lonesom...

•7 months ago

clinical trial

hi all, I have been asked to take part in a trial for new medication with Pantharaclinic by my doctors. I was told this could stop my af permanently. I have a...

hi all, I have been asked to take part in a trial for new medication with Pantha...

•7 months ago

Please take a moment to read the updated AF-A Forum guidelines and rules - September 2023

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•7 months ago

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Confused

I have large and severely large upper chambers of my heart I also have valve regurgitation in three of my valves and now AF This March I got covid and...

I have large and severely large upper chambers of my heart I also have valve re...

•7 months ago

Pesky Mosquitoes

Hi All Just come back from a week in Spain - the first holiday since I developed AFib last year and the first since I have been on Edoxaban. I do not...

Hi All Just come back from a week in Spain - the first holiday since I develope...

•7 months ago

AF and me

my heart beat is ok and BP but my ecg on my watch and BP meter tell me I’m AF This for me is every day When I look at my heart pattern it sure is crazy Still...

my heart beat is ok and BP but my ecg on my watch and BP meter tell me I’m AF Th...

•7 months ago

Deep breathing

Hi, you lot. I haven't posted much lately (a few things going on). However, I wanted to share this breathing technic. Just another way to maybe help with...

Hi, you lot. I haven't posted much lately (a few things going on). However, I ...

•7 months ago

Post ablation comfort

Had my ablation Friday afternoon, 3 days ago in Exeter. All went well and I’m enjoying a comfortable rest. No pains, no bleeding, gentle sedation that...

Had my ablation Friday afternoon, 3 days ago in Exeter. All went well and I’m en...

•7 months ago

Sotalol to Amiodarone

I am scheduled to have a Wolf Mini Maze early December. The thoracic surgeon wants me to stop taking Sotalol and start taking Amiodarone.I have conflicting...

I am scheduled to have a Wolf Mini Maze early December. The thoracic surgeon wan...

•7 months ago

AV Node Ablation Good News

After having 9 cardio versions (shock treatment) in the past two years and at the age of 77, I decided to go for quality of life and forego all the drugs that...

After having 9 cardio versions (shock treatment) in the past two years and at th...

•7 months ago

gin107

does anyone take metoprolol and have side effects

does anyone take metoprolol and have side effects

•7 months ago

gin107

does anyone take metoprolol

does anyone take metoprolol

•7 months ago

Cleopatra170710

Had all the Covid jabs available and will continue to do so. Never had any side effects apart from a sore arm for a couple of days on two occasions.

Had all the Covid jabs available and will continue to do so. Never had any side...

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•7 months ago

New to Afib- tiredness

Diagnosed a little over a week ago with Afib. On Diltazem and Eloquis. I am 58 years old and always been healthy until now. They have given me Flecainide to...

Diagnosed a little over a week ago with Afib. On Diltazem and Eloquis. I am 58...

•7 months ago

A fib and asthma inhalers

Hi everyone , For thoses of you that have a fib and asthma. Have you been able to take combined inhalers without triggering an a fib attack ? I’ve been on...

Hi everyone , For thoses of you that have a fib and asthma. Have you been able...

•7 months ago

Warfarin.

Is anyone with Coeliac taking anything other than Warfarin for AF? I manage my INR ok. I find it a problem at times. GP said it is better I take it. They...

Is anyone with Coeliac taking anything other than Warfarin for AF? I manage my I...

•7 months ago

anyone with AF also have Fibromyalgia?

looks like I am going onto the waiting list for an ablation and I wanted to explore all areas before I get to the time for making an ablation decision. The...

looks like I am going onto the waiting list for an ablation and I wanted to expl...

•7 months ago

AF and heart rate

is it normal to have a heart rate of 70 but be in AF I am on beta blockers and flecainde so would the beta blockers be keeping the heart rate in check but...

is it normal to have a heart rate of 70 but be in AF I am on beta blockers and...

•7 months ago

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