I am a 74 years old female. All along I had very healthy life. Being a professor at university I had hectic life style. Stating at six in morning going till late at night. I started feeling heart pulsating with higher rate around five years ago. But it did not trouble me. (I never had any other symptom ever. Neither at this time not even now which is acsurprise) Then I went for a routine yearly check up and my cardiologist got concerned with my ECG. He asked me to take a number of exams. . Then asked me to take some medicine and come back after two months.i came to USA and had my cataract surgery. I heard the doctor say that the surgery was successful and then I open my eyes in intensive care unit. They said my pulsewent to 200 and I had to be under observation. They gave me metaprolol and relived me after few hours witha warning that I should go to heart specialist as soon as possible. Next week I went to HS and he confirmed it was Afib. He put me on Eliquis and metaprolol and had cardiac procedure with electric shock after a month. For a day I was out of Afib but then it came back. For a year I took these medications. Then changed the HS. The new one after a month told my heart was getting affected so either I go for ablation ( which I did not want ) or take Tikosyn. This medicine will be given in a hospital, I will be admitted and supervised for three days but first dose it self can make my pulse rate out of control leading to death ( though they will not let it happen) I was puzelled. Why should I take a medicineto die. I said no. After rethinkingfor a month I told him I will go for it because I do not want to livewith the fear of stroke. I tool it and it brought me in sinus rhythm. It is since Nov 2018. I am out of Afib thanks to my HS at UCSF and Tikosyn (The generic name is dofetilide ) it costs me $100 .00 pm but it is keeping me out of Afib. I do not know why my other doctor did not try this?