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Sep 2012
4:48pm, 7 Sep 2012
16,782 posts
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macca53
they seem to perform their primary function for me (although MHR is down to about 150 now - which isn't *that* far off 220-age :-o). RHR now sub 40 and that was what I was most concerned by - cadiologist said it was OK unless I started fainting or got calf pains (guess he was concerned about DVT maybe?). No asthma or *upstairs* problems:)
However, I 've been on them for a few years now and it seems like I'm getting a bit of breakthrough lately so I'm going to push for ablation at my next appt in October.
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Sep 2012
4:58pm, 7 Sep 2012
44,401 posts
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plodding hippo
Macca, I cant recall if your AF is threre all the time or whether it comes and goes
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Sep 2012
7:00pm, 7 Sep 2012
156 posts
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exflyboy
Hi everyone, I developed an irregular heartbeat around 8 weeks ago and after having an ecg I was refer to a cardiologist. As listening to my heartbeat racing was petty scary I went to a cardiologist privately and have been proscribed beta blockers and blood thinning in preparation to a cardioversion procedure. Ive started doing a treadmill run each evening, starting from very slow and not very far, and building up now to slow and a bit further. My heartrate seems to go up to 130 whatver pace I run at, and I am sensing that my comfortable pace is around 1 mph slower than previously, although I am getting a bit more confident each time I run. I do seem to feel a bit light headed after I take them but they are doing their stuff in controlling the heart rate. However I dont intend to be on them long, it was not part of the master plan 
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Sep 2012
12:27pm, 8 Sep 2012
16,785 posts
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macca53
it's paroxsysmal Hipps - roughly one episode a month, but can go into AF quite quickly if I deviate by a few hours on taking the meds.
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Sep 2012
2:20pm, 8 Sep 2012
44,414 posts
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plodding hippo
Exfly boy, I am assuming you will hae a cardioversion
macca, Id go for that ablation Once a month is too much
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Sep 2012
10:14am, 9 Sep 2012
157 posts
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exflyboy
Hi PH, yes I am down for a cardioversion. I have to have 4 bllod tests where some measure (INR) needs to be above 2. Do you know what that is, and anything that might result in not staying above 2?
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Sep 2012
10:30pm, 10 Sep 2012
3,542 posts
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Sombrero
exflyboy, are you on warfarin or other medication?
I had to get my INR to a certain range, and they used warfarin to get it there.
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Sep 2012
8:35am, 11 Sep 2012
158 posts
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exflyboy
Sombrero, I am on an alternative to warfarin, but Im making sure I take it religously so I get the INR into the correct range.
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Sep 2012
9:01am, 11 Sep 2012
44,452 posts
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plodding hippo
exfly boy-main thing is not to change to much in your life so the dose can stay stable.Mid you it can sometimesjust be bloody awkward to stabilise
are you on pradaxa
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Sep 2012
5:01pm, 16 Sep 2012
160 posts
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exflyboy
PH yes I am on pradaxa. Ive now been told I dont need the 4 blood tests and as I have been on medication for 4 weeks I have been put on the waiting list for cardioversion. I will find out what the waiting time is, but hopefully it will only be a few weeks before we have the first shot at getting rid of the fibrilation. Im gradually increasing the pace of my treadmill runs, and now seem to be 1 min per mile slower at the same effort. However I never ran very far in a warm gym before so maybe its actually less.
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