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Rookie from Turkey
Hi all, I'm a 9-day old AF rookie all the way from Turkey. I'm 47 and have been exercising many kind of sports since my childhood days. Nowadays, mainly running some half and full marathons, strength & conditioning workouts plus yoga...
read morelatest replyMellanieSAF, August 21, 2019 12:37pm EST
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After Afib questions
Hi I am new here and I just want to introduce myself. --- Not really sure where I am supposed to post --- Sorry I have in a couple places A little background , I am 61 now ( 2019 ) I have had AF since 2014 Once a yr prior I went
read morelatest replyrfedd, August 4, 2019 1:21am EST
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International Travel with paroxysmal Afib?
I was diagnosed with paroxysmal AFib almost 4 months ago and have had 19 episodes since. Meds have reduced the episodes greatly, with the most recent 6 Afib episodes averaging 6 to 12 hours, once every 7 days. Over half have...
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Volunteers Needed for Cardiovascular Study
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH STUDY Hello, my name is Thomas V. Parinello, and I am a doctoral candidate in the clinical psychology program at Fielding Graduate University. I am conducting my dissertation research on cardiovascular...
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Newly Diagnosed AFib with Treatment Questions.
Hello All, Great site! Just read a lot of info that I find very helpful. I have always had the "storm in my chest" feeling as long as I can rememner (I am 61) but never came out to be AFib until today....bittersweet I guess. My Cadio mentioned...
read morelatest replyNightsky, July 1, 2019 12:48am EST
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extremely low HR since starting Sotalol
My husband was recently diagnosed with paroxysmal Afib ( March 2019) He is scheduled for ablation July 15. Husband's normal resting HR is 50-60 --highest with Afib episode was 168. His symptoms were some chest pressure, heart flip-flopping...
read morelatest replyMellanieSAF, June 2, 2019 11:53am EST
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episodes of paroxysmal AFib getting longer
My husband has been diagnosed with paroxysmal Afib last month. He has a normal low HR of 50-60 - he has slightly elevated BP ( 126/69 average) he is taking Lisinopril 20 mg 1 x day. The highest his HR has been during an episode is 168.
read morelatest replymacaodha, May 19, 2019 8:58am EST
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Trying to figure it out
Approximately 2 weeks ago, I woke up with tightness in my chest and a ~158 HR. I went to the ER and was diagnosed with Afib. It took 18 hours to come out of Afib naturally. HR climbed as high as 189 and came back down, hovering...
read morelatest replyThumper2, April 23, 2019 8:50am EST
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New to AFib, scared.
Last Wednesday I woke up and was sitting in bed. I felt my heart beating oddly and after that my chest felt uncomfortable, I told my sister how I was feeling and at that point my heart started beating really fast. I thought I was having a heart attack...
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Just diagnosed--can't wrap my head around it
I am having a hard time too. I went to bed last Friday, 3/8, and couldn't go to sleep because my heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was a drum beating on my mattress. I have never had that happen before. I had had flutters for
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