Re: Lew's comment about eating stupid

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In a message dated 16/11/04 15:05:03 GMT Standard Time, billy171@...

writes:

I do not want to put words in your mouth Lew but recently I read here

someones doctor said " AF was not a disorder of management "

I am not sure if that is a common medical view .It is directly

opposite to my experiance.

Hi

I wonder if that was my cardiologists quote of 'Afib is a disease of

management' ? *smile*

It meant nothing to me when he said it, but 11 months on in NSR, it sure

does!

Haze in UK (still eating organically and avoiding all usual triggers and

supplementing with Omega 3's and Magnesium)

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In a message dated 16/11/04 16:49:09 GMT Standard Time, riffers21@...

writes:

It seems to me that management

is a great way to lessen the symptoms of afib... then

again i'm not a doctor, so what would I know...

-Dan

You know what works for you Dan, and in my book, that's often a lot more

than any Doctor would know..I think it is down to each and everyone of us to

discover what works for us..we know ourselves better than any Doctor... who

only

after all, only usually sees us when we are sick! Hehe!

Haze in UK

[Guest guest]

Most canned soups contain MSG (monosodium glutamate), which for me is a

surefire trigger. I am guaranteed to go into afib if I ingest it. I found a

soup

called " Amy's " with no msg -- it's pretty good. Sandy

> I for one (as im sure it is the same with many of you)

> get the jello jiggles in my chest after a bowl of

> canned soup (aka Salt Lick Soup) so now i make my own

> lower-sodium soup and flavor it with veggies and

> garlic (mmmmm garlic). It seems to me that management

> is a great way to lessen the symptoms of afib... then

> again i'm not a doctor, so what would I know...

> -Dan

>

[Guest guest]

Hey, let me be clear. When I was referring to " eating stupid " I was

referencing my blood pressure which skyrocketed when I shoved

real salty food into my over large gut. The result was about four

minor minutes-long incidents of real high blood pressure over a 36-hour period

(which scared the hell out of me!)

..

High blood pressure in this situation (I was to learn from my

cardiologist) can also trigger very rapid heart beat (which, in my case

lasted two-three minutes) before reverting to high heart beats,

which then returned to normal. I have never characterized (nor

would I) that " AF was not a disorder of management. " I'm not even

sure what the hell that means. I had AF, drugs didn't halt it, and

drugs even seemed to make it worse, psychologically and didn't

stop the Afib medically. An ablation from Dr. Natale appears, after

almost a year, to have worked. Now all I have to do is learn to not

eat stupid.

Lew

At 06:25 PM 11/16/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>

>In a message dated 16/11/04 15:05:03 GMT Standard Time, billy171@...

>writes:

>

>I do not want to put words in your mouth Lew but recently I read here

>someones doctor said " AF was not a disorder of management "

>I am not sure if that is a common medical view .It is directly

>opposite to my experiance.

>

>

>

>Hi

>I wonder if that was my cardiologists quote of 'Afib is a disease of

>management' ? *smile*

>It meant nothing to me when he said it, but 11 months on in NSR, it sure

>does!

>

> Haze in UK (still eating organically and avoiding all usual triggers and

>supplementing with Omega 3's and Magnesium)

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

LEW:

I agree! When I eat stupid, which means too much sugar or spicy

wonderful foods, full of garlic and onions, that triggers acid

reflux, which can sometimes trigger fib attacks in me. Also chocolate

and caffeine seems to be a no no!

MandyofCA