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longer. I had 1 Cardioversion and it did not work so now the Dr. want to do another one as soon as my INR is stable for 3 weeks it keeps going up and down . I also have Congestive Heart Disease .all the meds for Afit seam to make me sick and not feel good my med list for is afib is Warfarin ,Flecainide 200mg also did Dmiodarone 200mg I feel tired all the time
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sarah88339 Pam1948
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where are you being treated?
Pam1948 sarah88339
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suzanne48640 Pam1948
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I have a pacemaker implanted in 8/2016 for a very low heart rate and also because my heart was 'pausing'. Its doing it's job and most of the time, I forget I even have one.
Prior to being diagnosed with AFIB two years ago, I considered myself to be in excellent health. After two years and many many different meds and a successful ablation, I am off all drugs except blood thinner - Eliquis - and that has been my ultimate goal -- to get off the medications with their rotten side affects.
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terence68672 Pam1948
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I take it you're 69 Pam? How were you in your 40's and before?
Have you tried the diet approach?
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suzanne48640 Pam1948
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There is no 'cure' for afib. THe most u can hope for is for it to go into remission. The best way to attain that is with ablation surgery -- and the sooner u get it the better. I would suggest u talk to your cardio doctor about that. And if u have a cardio doc he should have discussed ablation with u by now. If he hasn't then u should probably find a new doctor. If u r not being treated by a cardiologist, u should be, so he can refer u to an EP to discuss your eligibility for ablation surgery. Good luck.
reginald86759 suzanne48640
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suzanne48640 reginald86759
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That's what I said -- no cure but remission is possible. I've had two ablations -- first one didn't work -- second on was successful. After ablation, you can be in remission one week, one month, one year, etc. Everyone is different. Success rate for ablation I was given was 70-80%. Diet change and vegus nerve were not my problems. What I have learned from reading and reading and reading and trying to educate myself as much as possible o this is that the longer you wait for ablation, the worse the a-fib becomes. But surely if you can control it with diet, that's certainly a way to go before any surgery.
reginald86759 suzanne48640
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As you say, we are told it is incurable but can be managed. Better than having invasive ablations perhaps.
ann93302 Pam1948
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I am a female, age 82 in excellent health, slender, no alcohol, no smoking, no caffeine. Ablation 4 years ago successful for 10 months. Now I'm tired all the time, afib is back, with flutter. Have been to 3 different cardiologists and each one suggested something different. One suggested that the tiredness was not because of the fib. Another suggested pace maker. A third suggested Flecainide. Then, I went to an internist, Blood work, full body cat scan and head MRI all good. When you need consensus on fixing a medical problem and there isn't one what do you do next?
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