Ahead of Global AF Awareness Week next month (16-22 November), we would love to hear about your AF journey.
Whether it is your diagnosis story, the experience caring and supporting a loved one, or what it is like to live with the condition, your story has the potential to educate and inspire.
If you would be interested in being featured in our upcoming awareness campaign, we'd be delighted to hear from you. Just email us at s.gavin@heartrhythmalliance.org
My Afib journey was one of ignorance...didn't know why I was having these odd episodes of rapid or uneven heartbeats, the occasional breathlessness at the top of the stairs, and though I ignored them for months, when I mentioned being out of breathe to my Dr. we went with pulmonary checkups - nothing wrong there. By the next year it was happening more often and one day as I was walking with a friend at the gym. I mentioned this odd heart rate and erratic beats. Being a nurse, she encouraged me to get it checked out, and this time I was sent to cardiologist. All seemed normal but based on my experience was sent to the EP and on the visit when I was to have EKG, arrived there in Afib...the nurse was somewhat startled when she couldn't get my BP and called in another nurse. That brought about the Holter monitor for a week during which I was in Afib 70% of the time! The ablation was scheduled for the next opening in 2 months; all went well although I did have the pericarditis tightness and had to call for Rx. Two years later just cleared for shoulder replacement; everything going well. Still taking elliquis and mtoprolol , still have a higher than normal HR of 88- 113, but no more wacky heartbeats!
Your experience of af please
My tips for reducing AF episodes, what are yours?
don’t pass on the drugs once your AF is “resolved” - an interesting study result
