Christina L
Well-known member
Hey all - again thanks very much for the encouraging words regarding my recent thread. I am so grateful for you all and this forum.
I have an echocardiogram scheduled for next Wednesday and the week after that will see my cardiologist.
I have self-diagnosed myself with PAF (paroxysmal atrial fibrillation). I will have short runs of AF that go away after say 5-10 minutes. I have had 3 of these episodes in the last 1-1/2 weeks. Of course I hope and pray that my diagnosis is not correct, but I have had experience with AF before after my surgery 6 years ago.
Wondering if any of you have PAF and how long you have had it. From what I have read, PAF seems to turn into constant atrial fibrillation eventually. Is that true? Just the short runs of PAF I have had, leave me very tired and with a dizzy feeling. My pulse is not rapid and I am one of those who can feel every single heartbeat. It feels as if my heart is fluttering albeit slowly. When I had AF 2 weeks after my surgery, they told me I was in a slow pattern of AF for which I was cardioverted (because that time the AF did not go away on its own) and never had it again until now.
P.S. I have been plagued with PACs for years and years that have come and gone and I have gotten used to.
Thanks for your help.
Christina L
I have an echocardiogram scheduled for next Wednesday and the week after that will see my cardiologist.
I have self-diagnosed myself with PAF (paroxysmal atrial fibrillation). I will have short runs of AF that go away after say 5-10 minutes. I have had 3 of these episodes in the last 1-1/2 weeks. Of course I hope and pray that my diagnosis is not correct, but I have had experience with AF before after my surgery 6 years ago.
Wondering if any of you have PAF and how long you have had it. From what I have read, PAF seems to turn into constant atrial fibrillation eventually. Is that true? Just the short runs of PAF I have had, leave me very tired and with a dizzy feeling. My pulse is not rapid and I am one of those who can feel every single heartbeat. It feels as if my heart is fluttering albeit slowly. When I had AF 2 weeks after my surgery, they told me I was in a slow pattern of AF for which I was cardioverted (because that time the AF did not go away on its own) and never had it again until now.
P.S. I have been plagued with PACs for years and years that have come and gone and I have gotten used to.
Thanks for your help.
Christina L