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ECG frequent self-monitoring

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masonc
masonc

I have recent AFib and now check my ECG frequently, using a PC-80B gadget. This is proving instructive.  Am I alone in doing this? Do any other AFib'ers do this? Can we share experience? I will give a detailed report if this is useful.

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  • masonc
    masonc

    Posted

    I have gained three things since frequent monitoring of my ECG.

    ( I have graphed 800 30-second scans in four months.)

    I have no AFib symptoms, so would not have known these:

    1. An abrupt disappearance of AFib's for which there is no explanation. 

    2. Two AFib incidents lasting about eight hours and coincident with 

         giant-cell arteritis (GCA) symptoms. This was weeks after the

       "disappearance".

    The frequent ECG's reveal things an occasional ECG would never discover.

     

    • afiblady
      afiblady masonc

      Posted

      i feel like the doctors dont have a clue what is going on w an occasional monitoring in the office.

      i am so glad for whatever reason your afib is gone. as a precaution are u still on a blood thinner?

      i have the heartrate app and i have monitored every two hours for 3 days and nothing except occasional pac. heartrate is 55-62. i have not felt an afib episode since May 10. cant wait to get my monitor in the mail. i ordered yesterday.

      good luck with continued absence of your afib. it sure is scary.

      carol

    • masonc
      masonc afiblady

      Posted

      I am on warfarin.   Discussed with my cardiologist. Seemed a reasonable choice. My greatest fear is a stroke. I will be considering self-testing of the warfarin. AFib seems the most complicated thing I've ever seen.  GCA, giant-cell arteritis is simple by comparison and I wrote a small book about it (it's on Amazon).
    • afiblady
      afiblady masonc

      Posted

      needless to say i am in afib this morning. an hour after i took my meds. any suggestions out there? i have tried vagel maneuver, holding my breath, ER doc said put my head in cold water?? im going for that next. i cant put up w this all day!
    • marco
      marco afiblady

      Posted

      You don't say which meds you're on but I found that my bp meds, first Ramipril and then Candesartan,triggered my af. I insisted that my GP changed my meds and I now have fewer af episodes.I'm on Bisoprolol. 
    • afiblady
      afiblady marco

      Posted

      im on aldactone, eliquis, and betapas. afib lasted 4 hours. rate not as high -from 55-60 to 90-100. going to keep appt 16th to discuss ablation.
    • masonc
      masonc afiblady

      Posted

      Do you have  AFib symptoms?  I have none and would like to know what they are -- in case I get them.  Perhaps everyone is different??
    • Hotrodda
      Hotrodda masonc

      Posted

      Yes roughly once a month.

      Very irregular heart beat, ache in chest neck and arm, light headed and breathless and very tired for at least 24 hours after. Mine last 12-16 hours can't do anything but rest.

    • afiblady
      afiblady masonc

      Posted

      mine is all in my neck feel pulse in the carotid. very irregular if u try to count. mine has gone as high as 150 w conversion of a cardizem drip. it only took a few minutes to convert. in ER 3 times because rate was so high and b/p high at same time. all other times i have converted on my own within 2-4 hours. weak, irritable, short of breath. only once i know of i was in afib and didnt know it when inwent to doctor. rate 80-90 but still in afib.
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