Guest guest Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Hello, I am new to the afib support group, have had afib for about a year have had 4 or 5 cardio conversions which did not stick. The question I have is/does anyone ever get sensations in their chest both left and right side. I never had these type of feeling before I got afib. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 > Hello, I am new to the afib support group, have had afib for about a year have had 4 or 5 cardio conversions which did not stick. > > The question I have is/does anyone ever get sensations in their chest > both left and right side. I never had these type of feeling before I > got afib. > > Thanks Hello: Welcome to this group. Can you please sign your first name so that we may know who you are. I have had afib for about two years and on occasion will have some discomfort due to having eaten a meal of soy products or with a higher amount of fat then usual. My chest area will tingle and be somewhat sore when I drink soy milk or eat too much soy cheese. I hope you will feel better soon and that you'll be able to find out what is causing it. I have had about 4 cardioversions and they didn't work for me either. What meds are you taking and are you over 50? Regards, Isabelle Coumadin, Amiodarone Age 67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 > Hello, I am new to the afib support group, have had afib for about a > year have had 4 or 5 cardio conversions which did not stick. > > The question I have is/does anyone ever get sensations in their chest > both left and right side. I never had these type of feeling before I > got afib. Hi, When I first had afib, my chest really ached, because I had been in and out of it for several days without any medication to control the heart rate, etc. As I recall (I am hazy about this), it took a few days to a week for the aching to stop. Or, are you talking about a sensation of your heart " jumping " ? Lots of us feel those after we are diagnosed. They are probably a normal thing called an ectopic, which everyone's heart does a number of times throughout the day. For some reason we notice then more once we start to think about our hearts. Also, if you were put on a beta blocker for afib, the heart will beat more forcefully and make ectopics more noticeable. Can you tell us a bit about how you are doing? What meds are you on? Do you have a good doc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 > Hello, I am new to the afib support group, have had afib for about a > year have had 4 or 5 cardio conversions which did not stick. > > The question I have is/does anyone ever get sensations in their chest > both left and right side. I never had these type of feeling before I > got afib. Hi, When I first had afib, my chest really ached, because I had been in and out of it for several days without any medication to control the heart rate, etc. As I recall (I am hazy about this), it took a few days to a week for the aching to stop. Or, are you talking about a sensation of your heart " jumping " ? Lots of us feel those after we are diagnosed. They are probably a normal thing called an ectopic, which everyone's heart does a number of times throughout the day. For some reason we notice then more once we start to think about our hearts. Also, if you were put on a beta blocker for afib, the heart will beat more forcefully and make ectopics more noticeable. Can you tell us a bit about how you are doing? What meds are you on? Do you have a good doc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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