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A fib
I started having symptoms of a fib about 4.5 years ago out of the blue. I was diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial flutter/ fib with tachycardia. I failed on 3 medications so in July of 2020 I had an ablation. I had a well respected electrophysiologist...
read morelatest replyAHAModerator, March 14, 2021 9:47pm EST
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Newly Transplanted
Hi Everyone, My name is Christina and I received a Heart Transplant on 12/14/2020. I am doing amazing on my recovery journey and life if getting back to normal. My doctors are doing routine biopys and are reporting good news each time. My 3 months...
read morelatest replyAHAModerator, March 10, 2021 4:04pm EST
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Meds and exercise
Greetings from the great white north, I am a 66 year old non smoking, healthy eating, ideal weight etc, with a wicked bicycling and hiking addiction. I have never had any health issues iother than the usual gammut of broken bones, lacerations etc....
read morelatest replyThumper2, March 14, 2021 9:04am EST
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Why am I no longer receiving daily postings
I'm sure this is not the place to post this but why am I no longer receiving daily mails from this website? TIA Helen
read morelatest replyMarieD46, March 9, 2021 9:16am EST
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Recently Diagnosed with AFIB.
Hello everyone. My name is Kyle and I live in Houston, TX area. I am 51 years old and had lost about 40lbs prior to my diagnosis. I was diagnosed with AFIB in July of 2020. As of right now my AFIB is still well controlled
read morelatest replyAHAModerator, March 2, 2021 8:48am EST
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Expectations and Tips Post-Ablation?
So, about 24 hours from now I'm having my first-ever ablation, and I'd love to hear any post-surgery tips and expectations from those of you who've had one (or more). Some background: I'm 51, very active (cycling and running mainly),...
read morelatest replyThumper2, February 25, 2021 8:39am EST
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New to Afib
Hi all! I recently had an arteriogram to clean out blockages from my left arm and when I awoke I could only take very shallow breaths and felt like I had a 50 pound weight on my chest. Sent to local hospital ER who, after running some imaging, sent me...
read morelatest replyDkinAA, February 22, 2021 12:57pm EST
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HI!
Hello. My name is Connie. New to this. I just had a heart attack on 1/26/21. Went to hospital via ambulance, had stent placed, then coded on 1/27/21. Kinda confused and scared about all this. Only 56 and still raising kids. I have started in Cardiac Rehab,...
read morelatest replyThumper2, February 17, 2021 9:11am EST
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Headache continues after month of hemorrhagic stroke
My younger sister aged 22 had a sudden hemorrhagic stroke just one month ago. She was in good health condition with no previous hypertension history except some sort of migraine in past during university exams. She had ICH with ventricular extension and...
read morelatest replyAHAModerator, February 16, 2021 5:09pm EST
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Afib Newbie
Hello, I am a 57 year old male. 6’4”, 250 lbs. my first afib episode was 3 years ago. Went on Eliquis before a cardioversion. 2 years to my next episode. Recognized it and was cardioverted right away. Same 4 months
read morelatest replyAHAModerator, February 16, 2021 10:08am EST
