(newbie) Where do I start ?

[Guest guest]

As I sit here writing this, I can feel that I am having an afib

attack. I need to find out more about this condition as quickly as

possible. So, I thought maybe I could ask you kind people where I

should start. I also suffer from " Restless Legs Syndrome " . This is

another progressive, mystery disease that has various causes,

various treatments, and that people struggle to control. I think

afib is probably similar. That is, different things work for

different people, and different things aggrevate it for different

people. Right?

Here is a very short biography:

(By the way, the handle " LightChucker " comes from my association

with the " CandlePowerForums.com " user group. We call

ourselves " flashaholics " , because we collect hi-tech, flashlights.)

I was born in 1946. I think I was about 12 years old when I had my

first afib attack. It always went away, so I never even told my

parents. I think it was about 1980 when I had a tachacardia event

that sent me to the hospital. I had another one around 1988. On rare

occassions, I would feel my heart skip and thump. I carried a

monitor twice. I have been on hypertensive medication since about

1980.

In 2002, I suffered a spontaneous retinal detachment in my left eye.

Over the next 5 months, I endured 11 eye surgeries that resulted in

the loss of sight in my left eye, and a kidney stone surgery. After

those surgeries, all my conditions worsened. My blood pressure

became more unstable, I contracted sleep disorders such as " Restless

Legs Syndrome " , I have severe back pain, and my afib attacks became

more frequent.

Since being officially diagnosed with afib, I am now taking 200 mg.

of Flecinide and 50-75 mg. of Topril-XL daily. Resently, I had my

first TIA, which was caused by the afib. I was imediately put on

Coumadin.

Can you please get me started with a " frequently asked questios "

page or " body of knowledge " for this group?

Thanks so much!

Chuck