14 months post ablation, 3 months with loop recorder

[Jjda]

I'm now 14 months post ablation, and just had my 3 month loop recorder eval at the device clinic for the results. No AFib, no eptopics, no unusual rythmns! Still waiting to hear if the clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of continued DOAC is still enrolling participants. I'm still on Eliquis.

[jeanjeannie50]

Pleased to hear that all is going well for you. Long may that continue.

[CDreamer]

Ditto what Jean said.

[Turquoise19]

Yes very good news. Could u tell me what The DOAC trial is ? Assuming it's about anticoagulants ? And also what the Eluquis is for ? I am now 4 and half months post ablation

[Jjda in reply to Turquoise19]

The trial is to see if there is benefit to continuing anticoagulants after successful ablation. Eliquis is an anticoagulant and it is the one being used in this trial. The definition they use to select participants is that you must have no AFib episodes for 3 months after ablation. I am still on Eliquis, and will remain on it unless I am randomized into the group that stops the Eliquis. If I cannot get into the trial, my EP has said he would be alright with me stopping the Eliquis after 6 months with the loop recorder showing no AFib or other arrythmias. It is a risk, and I have to decide how much risk I want to take. The loop recorder will continue monitoring me for up to 3 years.

[Turquoise19 in reply to Jjda]

Ah that's interesting. So is the loop recorder fitted internally the , like a pacemaker?

And Which hospital is doing this trial?

My EP is referring me for an advisory appointment on an occlusion devise they can fit inside the atria to prevent clots if AF comes back.

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Instead of waiting and worrying to see if it comes back, go on the offensive and try this. If it works for you, you won't have to be worrying if it will ever return again - you can make it come and go on your own:

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After 9 years of trying different foods and logging EVERYTHING I ate, I found sugar (and to a lesser degree, salt – i.e. dehydration) was triggering my Afib. Doctors don't want to hear this - there is no money in telling patients to eat less sugar. Each person has a different sugar threshold - and it changes as you get older, so you need to count every gram of sugar you eat every day (including natural sugars in fruits, etc.). My tolerance level was 190 grams of sugar per day 8 years ago, 85 grams a year and a half ago, and 60 grams today, so AFIB episodes are more frequent and last longer (this is why all doctors agree that afib gets worse as you get older). If you keep your intake of sugar below your threshold level your AFIB will not happen again (easier said than done of course). It's not the food - it's the sugar (or salt - see below) IN the food that's causing your problems. Try it and you will see - should only take you 1 or 2 months of trial-and-error to find your threshold level. And for the record - ALL sugars are treated the same (honey, refined, agave, natural sugars in fruits, etc.). I successfully triggered AFIB by eating a bunch of plums and peaches one day just to test it out. In addition, I have noticed that moderate (afternoon) exercise (7-mile bike ride or 5-mile hike in the park) often puts my Afib heart back in to normal rhythm a couple hours later. Don’t know why – perhaps you burn off the excess sugars in your blood/muscles or sweat out excess salt?? I also found that strenuous exercise does no good – perhaps you make yourself dehydrated??

I'm pretty sure that Afib is caused by a gland(s) - like the Pancreas or Thyroid - or an organ that, in our old age, is not working well anymore and excess sugar or dehydration is causing them to send mixed signals to the heart - for example telling the heart to beat fast and slow at the same time - which causes it to skip beats, etc. I can't prove that (and neither can my doctors), but I have a very strong suspicion that that is the root cause of our Afib problems. I am working on this with a Nutritionist and hope to get some definitive proof in a few months.

Also, in addition to sugar, if you are dehydrated - this will trigger AFIB as well. It seems (but I have no proof of this) that a little uptick of salt in your blood is being treated the same as an uptick of sugar - both cause AFIB episodes. (I’m not a doctor – it may be the sugar in your muscles/organs and not in your blood, don’t know). In any case you have to keep hydrated, and not eat too much salt. The root problem is that our bodies are not processing sugar/salt properly and no doctor knows why, but the AFIB seems to be a symptom of this and not the primary problem, but medicine is not advanced enough to know the core reason that causes AFIB at this time. You can have a healthy heart and still have Afib – something inside us is triggering it when we eat too much sugar or get (even a little) dehydrated. Find out the core reason for this and you will be a millionaire and make the cover of Time Magazine! Good luck! - Rick Hyer

PS – there is a study backing up this data you can view at:

https//cardiab.biomedcentral.com/a...

And Oh - if you find that your sugar threshold is lower than 50 grams a day - it's nearly impossible to eat less than that each day, which will keep you in permanent Afib. If this is the case, try going to a Nutrition Response Tester. I am doing this and she has improved my gland processing such that we have increased my sugar threshold from 48 grams a day to about 75, which is high enough to stay under - and keep afib from happening (unless I indulge in a sweet something – which I do too often). Hope this helps.