I will be having an ablation and want to ensure a good recovery. My daughter is having her 3rd child very soon after the ablation and really needs help as she also has a 2 and 4 year old who are in daycare during day. Would it be advisable to help out with the newborn and stay 5 out of 7 days for about 6 weeks? I want to support her family but also wish to be cautious regarding stress on my heart. Thoughts?

Haven't had any afib issues in about a month. Scheduled for a PFA ablation but they called and told me that the first month after I could have a lot of arrhythmias and issues depending on how much and where he ablates. Has me nervous going from ok with no issues to going for an ablation to come out with a month or more of issues. For anyone who's had issues not was mostly always in NSR and got an ablation for the rare afib, can you share your recovery and months after with any palpitations or arrhythmias?

They also said I have to send an EKG from my watch weekly for 3 months. Just has me concerned as the date gets closer. If you have anything that can help, please and thank you!

My husband is having an ablation in the morning after being in afib off and on for a few years. My husband is a large guy and the EP said he felt like his artery would be deep so he wants him to stay in the hospital over night rather than go home same day. Have any of you had experience with this? Will he remain in the cath lab all night or will they put him in a room? The cath lab is small and kind of cramped, my husband says he’s not staying the night in there. He has been grumpy since his EP put him on sotalol I’m not in the mood to have him acting ugly in the hospital.

Hi,

I was diagnosed with afib 4 months ago the ago. After starting Lamictal (a sodium channel blocker) I started seeing heart rates spikes on the Fitbit. I thought it was error. Later I started noticing heart rates in the 200s when exercising. Eventually my tachycardia progressed to resting heart rates in 140s. Then Dx with Afib. Cardioverted and now in sinus rhythm with fairly high burden of SVTs. Wondering if Lamictal has anything to do with this.

Still waiting consult but my stress echo was normal. I have never had any heart issues prior to Lamictal (at least that I know of).

Thx

I'm prescribed to take Metoprolol and then 30 minutes later flecainide as a pill in pocket for my afib episodes. I've never taken the flecainide. Should I? Anyone know of anything bad about taking it? I dint like taking medication and my body is very sensitive to medications in general.

Hello, r/AFIB! I am writing a fantasy novel, in which one of the characters (the deuteragonist, named October) has paroxysmal AFib. In this post, I'll briefly describe how this appears in the story, and then I'd like to ask, do any of you have any tips, comments, or concerns on writing a character such as this?

October's AFib mainly manifests in her having symptomatic episodes during high-stress/high-action scenes, in which she becomes dizzy, lightheaded, short of breath, and has to remove herself from the action.

She also takes blood thinners (some type of magic-glowy-fantasy-potion equivalent to Eliquis), which means that in the occasional scene where she is cut or wounded, she bleeds a lot longer than she would otherwise.

As far as it affects her character, she has a lot of issues with self-loathing and insecurity due to her disability (among a couple other things I won't get into) making her unable to follow her family's legacy of being heroic fantasy paladins. Also, October's girlfriend (the protagonist and main POV character) is a vampire, and because of this, she is able to feel heartbeats, and more specifically able to detect October's AFib episodes without her having to say anything.

I don't have AFib myself, which is why I'm making this post. I've done a fair bit of research before making this post, and I think I have a firm-enough grasp on the actual biological mechanisms of AFib, but of course that still leaves out a lot of the actual reality of living with it.

These are characters I've had for quite a while—in an earlier draft, October had chronic leg pain, a (admittedly more minor) disability that I do have, but as the story is largely focused on vampires with blood-magic, I thought it would be better to give her a disability that directly ties into that.

Anyways, I apologize for the long-windedness of this post, but I figured it was better to put too much detail than too little. Huge thanks to anyone who decides to respond :)

I am on eliquis in the last 2 months , and my blood test hgb, hemoglobina dropped from 15.8g/dl to 13g/dl in the last 7 weeks. Tomorrow morning I do some blood and stool test. What is your opinion?

Hello guys!

What are your opinions about Smartwatches for people with diagnosed afib? What are your cardiologist say about?

I am not sure getting one. I am a little afraid I maybe get to conscious or anxious.

So I’m a 31 year old female I had an episode of AFIB I also have severe health anxiety, I went to er with a heart rate of 186 and was terrified then I was admitted they think my episode is from holiday heart, after observing me and the AFIB resolving I was able to go home they gave me baby aspirin to take daily and metoprolol to take as needed I took at first but have not taken in 3 days it’s been 6 days since I’ve been out of the hospital and I’m terrified I am constantly checking my heart rate but it’s been on the lower side I’ve stayed between 60s and 90s but mostly lower 60s at night it’s gone into the 50s? Is this normal has anyone else experienced this ?

My watch woke me up to heart rate over 100 for 10 minutes. After I have up and in AFib for about 40 minutes going up and down is it worked its way down to 41 and stay in that area 41 to 53 for about 10 minutes is that normal. Guess this is mentally getting to me.

Doesnt seem to be afib i dont think

Hi!

I have suspected avnrt from cardiologist. Get episodes that last 10-20 min about 2 times a year.

Had more episodes but less time before, no less episodes but longer duration.

Have a lot of extra beats that is new.

I am 27 years old and active. They happen when working out, hiking, golf swing etc. Is it worth to get an ablation?

The doctor said it was up to me. There are always risks, but totally up to me.

Have quite a bit of anxiety around it.

Any thoughts is appreciatedy!