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The Afibbers.org site i believe you turned me on to in the past. I always respected your holistic (or should I say Shoshin approach that I once sent a reply to you that I am aware what Shoshin is however you never responded to it😞). Regarding all the tech stuff I get it, however just having the Kardia Mobile device and walking around checking my pulse with my fingers is driving me crazy enough. Everyone tells me stop checking and live your life however I can’t and I’m drawn to the Kardia like a moth to a flame. And you know the flame kills the moth. I’m not being critical of your approach and methods many times I have complimented you on that topic. Like you my AFib is paroxysmal. However kicking and screaming I do take Eliquis to diminish stroke possibility. Whenever I go to the cardiologist or EP I always tell them if there is anyone who would like to TALK please feel free to give them my name and #. Of course it never happens. As I once suggested I’d be happy to give you my personal email and perhaps if you became comfortable we can then talk perhaps someday. And I would make the same offer to anyone on this Mayo chat site. Believe me I get it in this sick world you can’t be to careful. That’s why I push martial arts (thus my handle Krav Maga) Not to beat on people but if need be to hopefully extricate yourself out of a bad situation as well as the discipline etc. it brings in your life. I get so tired writing these long missives and so much is lost between the lines and in someone’s tone and annunciation. Let me know your thoughts. Feel Good!
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Yes, Krav, I very much appreciated your recognition of my Dharma name (which I was given when I went through a Zen lay ordination process & ceremony)!
Note: I am working (& I work long & unusual hours as I have the latitude to work flexibly, which suits asynchronous nature of the work I do, which is primarily dedicated to the oversight of biomedical R & D)...so this will be brief (even if what I usually post does not seem "brief"...it is for me (my job as a health scientist administrator is to read, think, analyse, & advise).
Didn't know you were taking Apixaban ("Eliquis"). That's a road I am thus far unwilling to travel on (all pharmaceutical anti-coagulants, including thrombolytics). Rather, I take proteolytic enzymes, namely, lumbrokinase (Boluoke, which has a published RCT behind it), nattokinase NSK-SD (which has Japanese RCTs behind it), & serrapeptase, which evince slower-acting thrombolytic effects...without the adverse side effects so characteristic of pharmaceutical anti-coagulants (of all kinds).
Dr. Sinatra pioneered the introduction of....nattokinase to the US...many years ago--& prescribed it widely.
Now, on the subject of the progression--post onset (for whatever reason) of AF: Many incident Afibbers do NOT experience disease progression after onset--which is fantastic news. Some do (& American cardiology generally promotes the inevitability of disease progression in its justification for "interventional"--medical & surgical, cardiology.
As someone who spent a fair part of his life living in Continental Europe, I may well be biased in my preference for & admiration of European (vs. American) cardiology & protocols (see the video of Dr. Mandrola--above in another of my posts, where he references differences between American & European approaches). So I look to this European study, which is only one on record to follow longitudinally--without medical or surgical intervention, a large group off confirmed Afibbers to observe whether & to what extent...disease progression occurs.
Here's the URL to the study: https://academic.oup.com/europace/article/22/8/1162/5869098
Results: "Compared to the first 6 months, 111 (62%) patients remained stable during the second 6 months, 39 (22%) showed progression to longer AF episodes, 8 (3%) developed persistent AF, and 29 (16%) patients showed AF regression."
And on the important subject of AF Burden (which only the Apple Watch measures--& why I recommend to everyone that they purchase a new Apple Watch): https://www.afburden.com/ (parameters of afib burden).
As for exercise: I am a confirmed--but now scaled-back, devotee of the following exercise programs: Insanity, TapOut XT (which is MMA-themed extreme fitness) P90X, P90X2, P90X3, & Beach Body's T-25 (25-minute high intensity, body-weight with bands work-outs).
Just read a paper indicating that...HIIT workouts can result in arterial plaque clearing!
Finishing up this missive: How shall we exchange (for starters) email addresses (while preserving privacy on this platform)?
Stay safe (Arcturus & its evolving progeny are scaling up their evolutionary progression)--& cheers 🙂