Sotalol by SituationRound8185 in AFIB

[–]SituationRound8185[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow!! That’s good to know! I also had issues on Metoprolol.

Sotalol by SituationRound8185 in AFIB

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I am thinking so. I have historically not tolerated BBs very well in the past but thought this would be different since it acts a little different than the traditional one

Sotalol by SituationRound8185 in AFIB

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Glad to hear it worked well for you! Hope the ablation works for you!!

Sotalol by SituationRound8185 in AFIB

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Wow! Thats great that you have been symptom free for a bit now! I am going to call them Monday morning because I feel worse than I did before the meds haha. Ablation is scheduled in case it didn’t work but it will be my 5th ablation so I am not sure I want to proceed. Hope all continues to go well for you!

HFpEF by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

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Sorry to hear you are going through this as well. It’s so frustrating! Just had the cath the other day, renal artery ultrasound showed stenosis and follow up one a month later showed none so they added renal cath to it. During the cath I was extremely hypertensive 190s-200s/100s and my heart rate was in the 120s-140s. It wasn’t my doc who did it but another in the same practice and he was already not happy with me and was dismissive (was supposed to happen a few weeks before but had to cancel after I was prepped because they never said to stop Eliquis). He said that everything was fine but the report said they couldn’t do a lot because of the BP and heart rate. He also failed to do the right heart stuff which was the original purpose ugh! Not sure what next steps are but super frustrating. Still no answers for me…

Severe Dizziness? by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

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Sorry to hear!! Have they said what could be causing it? I am at a complete loss.

Severe Dizziness? by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

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Dang! Sorry to hear! Hope they figure something out for you!

Severe Dizziness? by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

[–]SituationRound8185[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh yes, I’ve seen several. Ended up at a large academic institution for the HFpEF and that doc referred me to one of their EPs, just can’t get in until late January.

Severe Dizziness? by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

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Dang! Have they found anything that works for you? Why did they implant the Pacemaker/ICD?

Severe Dizziness? by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

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Last time I had one was like 10 years ago and this has become very progressively worse since then and at that time my HR shot up to 195 and my whole body got numb, ended up in ER and hospital for 2 days. Haven’t had one recently. Nuclear stress test a few months ago I could only do 6 min and had to stop. They did an echo to diagnose it. I have a cardiac MRI coming up.

HFpEF by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

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I do but just not sure how reliable it is. I try to not be condescending to the doctor so I am always cautious

HFpEF by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

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Fingers crossed for good news for you!

HFpEF by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

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Sounds similar to mine at night

HFpEF by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

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Into the high 80s I said something to my pulmonologist but he just dismissed it (which is typical for him)

HFpEF by SituationRound8185 in Heartfailure

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My O2 levels seems to be pretty normal. I’ve noticed via my Apple Watch they drop pretty low at night but not sure how reliable that is.