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@ltb7 I went for 3 month check up after PFA. They took me off The Flecinide. 36 hours later I was in AFIB! when I told them this they immediately put me back on the Flecinide. My goal was to get off meds. I’m so disappointed! I guess we will see in 2 months. I’ve also never had a heart monitor. They were going to when I came off the med last week. Now cancelled it.
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@tomandpatti Aw, that's too bad. But it's not conclusive either. The blanking period is three months long for a reason, and even then people report having a lot of ectopy right through the Holter monitor session, and then the next thing they knew they had just gone several months and been clear of any arrhythmia or its familiar symptoms. Now, years later, they're still in NSR all the time. We are all different that way. The literature just covers the middle bulge under the 'standard normal distribution' bell curve, which means it misses the mark on about 33% of all patients.
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@tomandpatti I’m sorry to hear that. Are you only on Flecainide? When I first got diagnosed in Dec. I was only on Diltaizem and they gave me 150mg. Flecainide as a pill in a pocket. Then I had more episodes so they put me on 300mg. daily. I’m down to 100mg daily. I hope I don’t have the same results after the 3 months but there is no guarantee at all.. will they redo the ablation?