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No appointments available at Mayo Jacksonville
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If it were me, I would make inquiries. But that aside, and I'm the type of personality where I gotta know, and then I gotta understand....if you know what I mean....so that I can stew over what might be coming or prepare to make a choice between two or more options presented for me to mull over...get my ducks in a row...I would want a useful running diagnostic to show any PROGRESSION of the disorder. So, I would purchase a smart watch, if I didn't already wear one with the capability to measure an ECG, or get a Kardia Mobile for a few bucks, and use it every time I felt off...or could tell I was in arrhythmia. You go to your next appointment waving three or six sheets of paper from a printer showing what you downloaded from either device so that your specialist can see, for him or herself, what has been going on when THEY weren't looking.
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Thank you so much for you input I really appreciate it.
I have a loop recorder implanted in my chest. It sends a report to my cardiologist every night. Because I am not privy to the content of the transmitted report, I purchased a KardiaMobile six lead. I use it one or more times a day. I also have a fitbit watch which generates a-fib warnings and real time paulse that is pretty accurate. I take BP once a day.
My problem is not lack of information. Just lack of access to a Mayo appointment.
Thanks again
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I live in SW Colorado (Mesa Verde National Park is my front yard) and it is actually easier to get to Denver than it is to get to Phoenix, so I have tied into the University of Colorado Health System. Since I am a plane ride away, UC Health has agreed to a virtual video appointment. I have a Kardia Mobile and as I acquire more information through more lab tests, I have a direct line to make sure that the information gets to UC in a timely manner. The UC Heart Health facility is certified in all of the latest ablation capabilities as well as the Watchman capability (not that I would need that). I see a cardiologist that is local (local being 40 miles) but he tends to be disposed to doing nothing and just living with Afib. So he is just another data point.
The only issue I have with the Kardia Mobile is its sensitivity to spurious electrical and electronic signals. I can get different readings as I move around my office and the rest of my house. It does tend to show a higher pulse rate then the blood pressure unit that I have.