Guest guest Posted July 18, 2001 Report Share Posted July 18, 2001 , Hi and WELCOME!! This is indeed a great source of support! Looks like you are doing GREAT so far! Keep up the wonderful work!!! Lori 266/193/185 mini goal/150 1/3/01 > Hi! > > I just joined a couple days ago and am on my 11th day of induction with an 8 > lb. loss so far. I have gone on low fat, low cal diets before, the results > never stuck. I'm really excited because I know that this is going to be a > real change of LIFE. While I know there are some foods I'll miss, I can't > think that eating them is worth being overweight and putting myself at risk > for so many health problem that are associated with it. > > Anyway, just wanted to say hi and that I'm glad to have found a group I can > learn from and hang out with! : ) > > ---------------- > > 190/182/140 (5'10 " ) > 7/7/01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2001 Report Share Posted July 18, 2001 Welcome, ! Terry168/158.75/156 (minigoal)/ ? (To be determined) Visit my web page at www.dtnorth.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Hello, My name is Nora. I am 55 years old and I live in Michigan. I had my first episode of AF in November 2003 that lasted about 2 hours. I am an RN and even though I work in the Neonatal Nursery and know very little about cardiology, I knew enough to know something was terribly wrong. I remember seeing my life pass before me on the way to the ER. At the time I had bronchitis and had just started on Allbuterol (a bronchodialator) and my doctor thought that was what caused the afib. They did a cardiac workup and found no structural problems with my heart. I was already taking an aspirin a day so he told me to continue that and they stopped one of my blood pressure medicines and put me on Cardizem instead. I was already taking Toprol 200 mg. I didn't have another episode until April of 2004. This episode lasted about 6 hours. At that time they started Coumadin. I am vegetarian so they have had some time regulating the Coumadin since I eat a lot of foods high in Vitamin K. This has been a real learning lesson for me. Then I didn't have any more episodes until about two weeks ago and I have had 3 episodes in the last two weeks. These last three episodes coming so close together have left me feeling very tired and easily depressed. They increased my daily cardizem to 240 mg and now I have a lot of edema which makes me miserable. I understand Cardizem can cause edema. They also had me take extra short acting cardizem during an episode and that slowed my heart rate to 40. I usually get light headed and short of breath when in afib but the low heart rate made those symtoms even worse. I am now trying to analyze all of these episodes. All but the first happened when I was sleep deprived (I work nights). Two happened right after I resumed taking estrogen after not taking it for 7 days. One happened when I had a GI virus and my potassium was on the low end of normal (3.5). My doctor has recommended that I work the day shift and get regular rest for a two month period to see if that helps. Does anyone know anything about afib and night shift workers? Or the relationships of low potassium or variations in estrogen level and aftib? I read with interest the post about vagal vs adrenergic causes of afib and would like more information about this. My doctor has now prescribed Digoxin and I am hesitant to take this. I think that some of my symptoms (including the ones he is wanting to treat with Digoxin) may be caused by the medications I am taking. Up until this point I have been managed by my family practice physician whom I adore and trust but I think it is time to see a cardiologist and I will be following through on a referral to one who specializes in arrhythmias. I am wondering if it wouldn't be best to put me back on my original blood pressure meds (Toprol and Cozaar) plus Coumadin and use Cardizem only when afib. Is anyone on this list on this regimine? Nora PS I found this group by searching google for atrial fib. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Hi Nora, nice to meet you and welcome to the group. I read your history of AFib and just wanted to mention that I also have had episodes triggered by hormone imbalances. I am now working with my primary care physician and a pharmacist who specializes in bio-identical hormones to try to solve my imbalances which have plagued me for years, right alongside all the afib. I experienced edema and fatigue as side effects from Cardizem, which I took for years. Now I am trying Tikosyn, and although I have had quite a few breakthrough episodes, after 5 months it would appear that perhaps it is going to help. It's really nice to be off the Cardizem, that's for sure. Sandy, nsr since Christmas Day 2004 > > My name is Nora. I am 55 years old and I live in Michigan. I had my > first episode of AF in November 2003 that lasted about 2 hours. . . Two > happened > right after I resumed taking estrogen after not taking it for 7 > days. . .Does anyone know anything about afib and night shift > workers? Or the relationships of low potassium or variations in > estrogen level and aftib? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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