hi all,
as many of you know, joey was taking amiodarone for many years. he was on a scant dose and the doctors felt that as long as it was doing it's job (which it was), he should stay on it.
i was very unhappy and uncomfortable with that decision and kept urging joey to try other meds.
he finally gave in (tired of my nagging?) and we went to see a dr. at the arrhythmia clinic at montefiore hospital. he gave joey several options and we devised a game plan together.
joey started by stopping the amio and starting multaq a month thereafter. unfortunately, the multaq has not been doing the trick and joey has bouts of afib every few days, sometimes for a whole day, then not at all some days.
step two_ this is where those crossed fingers come in_ is stopping the multaq and going into the hospital on may 24th for two days to start taking (monitored) tikosyn. i am praying that this will do the trick and keep him out of afib (long term). if this doesn't work, he goes back on the amio for the summer so he can have a relaxed summer (out of fib) and we talk possible ablation in the fall.
although joey seems pretty relaxed about this whole thing, i am very anxious.
will let you all know how it goes.
stay well all,
sylvia
as many of you know, joey was taking amiodarone for many years. he was on a scant dose and the doctors felt that as long as it was doing it's job (which it was), he should stay on it.
i was very unhappy and uncomfortable with that decision and kept urging joey to try other meds.
he finally gave in (tired of my nagging?) and we went to see a dr. at the arrhythmia clinic at montefiore hospital. he gave joey several options and we devised a game plan together.
joey started by stopping the amio and starting multaq a month thereafter. unfortunately, the multaq has not been doing the trick and joey has bouts of afib every few days, sometimes for a whole day, then not at all some days.
step two_ this is where those crossed fingers come in_ is stopping the multaq and going into the hospital on may 24th for two days to start taking (monitored) tikosyn. i am praying that this will do the trick and keep him out of afib (long term). if this doesn't work, he goes back on the amio for the summer so he can have a relaxed summer (out of fib) and we talk possible ablation in the fall.
although joey seems pretty relaxed about this whole thing, i am very anxious.
will let you all know how it goes.
stay well all,
sylvia