| Name | Mark G |
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| Location | Northwich, Cheshire |
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| Age | 33 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | Diagnosed 2 - Undignosed - much longer |
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| Frequency of episodes | Dwer daily, now intermittent |
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| Duration of episodes | 5 Minutes to several hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | Was at rest before first maor AF - however pre-existing heart damage from pericarditis several years earlier. |
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| General health | Fair to good - non drinker, smoke 3-5 cigarettes a day, walk regularly |
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| Current state | Mostly controlled |
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| Triggers | Unknown - however heavy exercise, bending down too quickly / standing too quickly, stress, chinese foods (MSG) appear to have played a role
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| Preventions | Reduced caffeine intake, sensible diet, reduced high impact exercise in favour of less energetic exercise. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Sotalol 80mg x twice a day, 75mg aspirin x once a day. Sotalol appears to be managing the issue, however side effects include but aren't restricted to: fatigue which hits like a thunderbolt, coldness in the extremities, indigestion - reflux issues |
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| History of surgery | Had Type B meningitis in 99 - very serious, following this had myo-pericarditis, which was controlled with drugs....... however @ the time the doctors did not do any follow up studies and hence did not find the damage to my heart that had been caused... 5 years later when on a 999 trip to the hospital with chronic AF and subsequent proper follow ups I find that heart damaged caused at the time of the pericarditis predisposes me now to severe AF........ and I should have been on B-Blockers from then. Have had a couple of minor ops - but neither of hese I would say bore any impact to this condition. |
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| Personal comments | I have been astounded at the chronic lack of interest by doctors and specialists.......... apparently young people shouldn't have heart conditions like this. The levelling side effects of the medication appear to have numbed the annoyance of the incompetence that could have caused me to be in a much more serious situation than I am already in. It is difficult to explain to people that I am not as healthy as it would appear and that some of the things that they assume I can do are impossible.
There is a cost issue here too - I am not wealthy - yet am probably saddled with the med costs from hereonin...... and reading some of the other postings I would assume that at some point I may be having to go further with my medications. I have little faith with doctors just now and have managed to glean more information from the experiences of others than I have from doctors. |
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| Check list |  acebutolol | amiodarone (cordarone,pacerone) | anisindione (miradon) | | atenolol (tenormin) |  aspirin | azimilide | | bepridil | betaxolol | bisoprolol (monocor,emconcor) | | bretylium | bucindolol | carvedilol | | cibenzoline | dicumarol | digitoxin | | digoxin (lanoxin) | diltiazem (cardizem) | diphenylhydantoin | | disopyramide (norpace) | dofetilide (tikosyn) | dronedarone | | encainide | esmolol (brevibloc) | ersentilide | | flecainide (tambocor) | gallopamil | ibutilide (corvert) | | lidocaine | mibefradil | metoprolol (lopressor,toprol xl) | | mexiletine | moricizine | nadolol | | phenytoin | procainamide | propafanone (rythmol) | | propranolol (inderal) | quinapril (accupril) | quinidine (quinaglute) | | sotalol (betapace) | tedisamil | timolol | | tocainide | trandolapril (mavik) | valsartan (diovan) | | verapamil (calan,isoptin) | warfarin (coumadin) | asthma | | diabetes | GERD/acid reflux | hypertension | | hypotension | hyperthyroidism | hypothyroidism | | adrenergic | vagal | familial | | idiopathic/lone | paroxysmal | permanent/chronic | | atrial flutter | cardiomyopathy | CHF | | PAC | PVC | SVT | | syncope | bradycardia | tachycardia | | heart block | myocardial infarction | rheumatic heart diease | | sick sinus syndrome | stroke | WPW | | electrical cardioversion | defibrillator | pacemaker | | ablation | bypass | maze | | Male | Female | |
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