I read the same thing about Vit C and cancer. Gotta love antioxidants. Regarding water: The average adult passes 1-2 liters of urine a day. I pass 3 1/2 and I still got sediment issues.
The doc I'm currently seeing told me about 3 yrs ago that I have Afib and to get to a cardio doc. I have NOT done so. So I was 80ish when she told me. Before her, I saw another doctor and she would take EKG once a year or so and never mentioned Afib issues. Unfortunately, this doctor, who I am very fond of, is not in private practice now as I am finding. Oh, if only I could sit with her and talk about this. Now I have no issues that I've read come along with afib: chest pain, dizzy issues, fatigue and others I'm reading about The doc put fear in my mind when she blurted the afib dx. I read that many older folks end up with afib with aging. The parts are aging and not working as they did as younger parts. Doctors we see can say so much that other docs don't say. Docs are NOT my favorite anyway and I did see my share of them in my younger years. I take all the supplements that I believe are heart supports and did change my diet a lot in recent years. Anyone? My folks both lived into their 90's with no heart issues.
I have an Apple Watch that lets you check for A-fib and it did say it detected it one time. I showed the output to my cardiologist and he said it looked like a temporary issue and he isn’t concerned unless it’s something that is there consistently. Maybe your doc picked up on a transient event? I routinely see a cardiologist because I went to the emergency room one time, think I was in my mid-thirties, don’t remember why. Anyway, they did an EKG and promptly threw me into cardiac intensive care. After literally a number of years of monitoring and checking my medical records back to when I was 28, they concluded I have a “non-pathological ST depression”. They even suggested I wear a medical alert bracelet because they said most ERs would start treating me for a cardiac event if they didn’t know. Apparently ST depression is the signal they get if you have damaged or badly scarred heart tissue. I’m just weird it seems.
Oh brother I don't want to spend the rest of my life checking everything. I did BP journals years ago, I was going nuts, but I did it. I Believe I'm OK and just don't want to run to a new doc so they can give me a bag of their "goodies"..... I take my own "goodies" for heart health. Thanks.
I would run to a specialist; I don't fool around with heart issues. I understand that afib raises the chances of stroke and I'd prefer not to go there.
If I had MORE trust and faith in the docs I might think like you Beth. I get more good info from on line docs. And they don't have their pockets wide open. Magnesium is so neglected by the docs as imporant info for their heart patients. Drugs are more lucrative. And the bucks the docs and hospitals make for the ablations, so some docs could push them sooner than other docs do.
I would do both. I don't happen to have the diagnostic equipment on my desk. I believe in modern medicine and consider doctors to be valuable resources. I just don't accept whatever they say blindly.
I too would do both and I'd trust my old doc if she were back in my life, but she's changed practices I and my family have been thru too much damage from doc's drugs and then this damaged body from hip job, how can I trust the docs, I can't.
Thinking about this issue and Old Folks in my life, parents and others, so many are taking that "little heart pill" and it's like a right of passage for elders and docs. Your heart is skipping some and you got afib so time for that Pill. Pharma has more business. Personally I've been taking a heart type medicine for probably 15 yrs, BP med.
Just talked to my 96 yr old neighbor and asked her what heart supports she takes and she said she is waiting for an aorta replacement surgery... At 96 and surgeon is willing to do this? She indicated she did not take any meds. She's come across as a strong person and still does at her late age. I had a friend who had the aorta replacement in his earlyy 70's, you could hear his chest tick tick tick... Amazing so many different issues with the heart.
When they thought I had a TIA, I wore a heart monitor for 2 weeks straight, then again for 30 days straight (24 hours a day) in order to check for A-Fib. I think the theory is that one chamber of the heart does not completely empty and air gets in, potentially causing small clots to get in the bloodstream.
Exactly. I've often said that in many cases I view doctors as my gateway to tests and meds, as well as advisors, whose input I weigh heavily.
I've had 3 TIA's - one at 22, the second at 35 & the last one was 30 years ago. I had an MRI that showed no clots or any abnormalities. I'm 70 now. I don't take any thinners or medication. I haven't had another one for 30 years. A friend had a TIA last year & her doctor put her on blood thinners. She had a second one a few months later She's been having problems with dizziness - which is dangerous at her age due to fall risk.
-In July of 2019 I paid for a Vascular Screening, which showed everything was clear. -I had my [supposed] TIA in January of 2020. -When I had my [supposed] TIA, the hospital did a Doppler vascular screening, which showed everything was clear. The cardiologist doubled my Lipitor to 40mg. Apparently it is the only statin that stops platelets from sticking together. No other med was suggested. I can sort of understand the dilemma of the doctor...some number of us don't want shot-in-the-dark meds, while the majority think they need to walk out of every exam with a script. I would hope that your friend's doctor might cut back that blood thinner, but perhaps tests indicated the necessity.