My age is 89, I've had Afib for about 40 years. My first Doc advised taking 81mg aspirin which I did. During the preceding years I added fish oil, co-q-10 and other supplements to my diet to maintain a healthy heart. In late 2019, I experienced low energy and a low heart rate in the 40s. My cardiologist recommended a pacemaker and I did so in Feb 2020. During a pacemaker activity review, Jan. 2021, the results indicated 71 Afib incidents in 11 months. Doctor went a little crazy and demanded, yes demanded that I immediately go on Eliquis. I said I don't want to and why do I have to. His comment was you'er going to have a stroke! We argued...but did not review my history, did not discuss side effects, just made it emphatic that if I had a stroke it was my fault. Long story short because of commitments to my wife I started taking that horrible drug. On August 8, 2021, I was taken to the hospital for an emergency Burr Hole operation on my brain to relieve pressure caused by bleeding in the brain...caused by ingesting Eliquis. Now my problem, a "between a rock and a hard place" problem. I am afraid to take blood thinners of any kind (CT scans are the only way to tell if the brain bleeds) and if I don't don't take blood thinners than I am a candidate for a stroke.