The Watchman is only to prevent a blood clot and stroke. I will have to take Warfarin during the recovery period because I just can’t tolerate Eliquis or Xarelto. So yes, it “just “ gets me off Eliquis and Xarelto. That may seem like a lot to go through but Eliquis is is very dangerous. They are working on a replacement for it. Hopefully, they will be honest about the clinical trials with the new medication. They weren’t with Eliquis and for those of us who can’t walk very well now after only taking it for two days, The Watchman is a true blessing. Right now, I’m in a very dangerous place. My heart rate has been very difficult to control and I am in AFib a LOT. I completely cut out my green tea. That alone leaves me feeling very tired. I am going to have to have that procedure to shock my heart back into normal sinus rhythm. Neither my PCP nor I can understand why it hasn’t been done yet. It’s why I’m switching Cardiologists and Practices. Apparently, the Cardiology practice that I am switching to was started by the Cardiologists who left the place I am currently going to. I have one final appointment with them this week and then I will contact them to get my records sent over to the new practice. My PCP said that even if I don’t get assigned to the doctor that I read about, I will very happy with any of the other Cardiologists. After what happened to me with my hip replacement surgeries in NV, I just can’t believe that I didn’t listen to my voice of reason and switch Cardiologists last year. He waited until I was days away from getting my new hip and then backed me into a corner and forced me to have cardiac catheterization surgery. I was given a clean bill of heart health but the orthopedic surgeon said that he was going to wait 8 weeks post surgery. Now, I have discovered that the unnecessary surgery in December has caused permanent AFIb and the medications he has been trying are making me very sick. The latest one is just to slow my heart rate down and it’s working better than the previous ones.

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