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I have a pacemaker but I take my pulse often with just a drugstore monitor. I always need to check my Oxy too.
Try to get real information from the doctor-like beats per minute rather than “nuts”. Empower yourself with the information you need to be your best advocate.
Diagnosed with afib 2011, found when I was hospitalized for a stroke. Just this last July I was implanted with a Watchman device and just this month was taken off all blood thinners. Still taking… read more
I am scheduled for an @ablation soon. I've had no arrhythmia since taking medications (@xarelto and sotalol). I was hospitalized twice last fall, one with cardiac inversion. I've had two cardiac inversions. One over 20 years ago and the one last fall. I've experienced palpitations for many years but the heart has always corrected itself except for the three times I was in hospital through emergency. In the last 3 years I have been plagued with an continuous low frequency drone caused by… read more
I have been in heart failure. There are so many reasons why they put in a pacer .
Probably won’t pass. Why give immunity to drug makers?
I take a beta blocker (metoprolol's succinate 12.5mg) to slow down irregular heart rate. I take Chlorthalidone (12.5mg) to manage Blood Pressure. I was put on beta blocker after they found out I had… read more
Several times a night I wake up feeling like I am 'QUAKING" . Is this Afib/Aflutter? It lasts from a few seconds to a couple minutes. Per the nurse I cut out caffeine but it hasn't helped. If anything it is worse. I also have congestive heart failure. I take Plavix. I had unknown origin internal bleeding and had crit counts of 5.8 and 6.0, hospitalized twice for transfusions of blood and iron, but am still anemic. I have bi-lateral knee replacements, but due to several injuries to the right… read more
Are you on anti-arrythmia meds and blood thinners, then?
