Three and a half hours. OK, that was my shortest #atrialFibrillation experience yet. It does seem that the higher dose of Flecainide is helping a lot.
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@backupbear Still not fun ... Have they offered any other fix? (In my ignorance, I have no idea if there even are fixes?)
@caity weight loss and sleep improvement is the next thing; but eventually: catheter ablation, where they introduce scarring to disrupt errant electrical signals going into the heart.
@backupbear Aaaah, I think I remember someone else saying they had that done, and it worked well. But it sounds scary!
Although maybe the sleep improvement once you're not trying to work across intercontinental time zones might help? Fingers crossed, eh? (Edit: it was @TheBreadmonkey I think!)
Yes! It was me. Quite a few years of AFib and all the things that go with it. Really struggled. Changed my whole lifestyle and indeed life. Then, eventually - after much prevaricating to myself at why I didn't want the ablation - I eventually had it. Best thing I ever did. Took a few months, but completely sorted it. Did a 12k run Saturday, a 25k walk on Sunday, have an 8k run tonight and am putting my name in the ballot for next year's London half marathon. Crucially I can now walk up the road to the shops without collapsing - which is nice. Happy to talk about it and tell you about the process if you want. 😊 🫀
