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Kudos to you for doing your own research and presenting that to your doctor. That's not always an easy thing to do! I can also completely understand not wanting to continue with Aspirin if it was causing bruises on your body.

It's also wonderful to hear that you were able to find a treatment plan that works for you. That must be a relief. Hope to continue seeing you around the community. It seems you have a lot of valuable experience you can share with others.

Well wishes, - Cody (Team Member)

Thank you for sharing your experience with A-Fib. As Cody mentioned above, A-Fib is a cardiovascular disease. It’s a disorder of the heart’s electrical system where multiple areas of the atria become excitable and start firing impulses, leading to an irregular heart rhythm. It’s quite common and, as you’ve experienced, can often be managed with medication.I'm not sure what medication you're taking, but it’s usually something to help regulate your heart rate or rhythm, preventing it from beating too fast or erratically. It’s good to hear that your treatment has been effective in keeping your symptoms under control. Have you noticed any changes or side effects since starting the medication? All the best. John. community moderator.

PS thank you for the article on a fib.

yes thank you for responding to me. Here’s a kind of long answer to your question of do I have a fib and the shortanswer to that is yes. Here’s the long answer: have had a fib starting The first time about 14 or 15 years ago and at the time a cardiologist recommended I take low-dose aspirin, which I did, but after a while, it was causing too much bleeding showing up my arms and that didn’t sit well with me. so I didn’t take it anymore. I also sent an article that came out at the time about aspirin not being the best way to treat a fib. My doctor agreed so I stopped taking any medication. I thought that was the end of it but then last year I had a more major a fib situation and I spent the night in the ER , had a lot of tests done, and now I’m on medication for it. I have also read that a fib can show up more often when one gets older.In between those two bouts of AFib I experienced, I had short bouts of tacbycardia which actually started before I had that first bout of a fib. This would come and go. The first time it happened I thought it was because I had been drinking as I had been working as a camp nurse and every day as they had coffee available every morning which I did not do before but started to then. When I got home, I stopped the coffee. Shortly after I had some tachyacardia which started happening more often. That’s my longer a fib story. I’ve been on medication for over a year now and have not had any more tachycardia instances. I had one short incident shortly after I started taking it, but nothing sense.

Hi , A-Fib is considered a cardiovascular disease. Check out this article for some great info about it: https://cardiovasculardisease.net/afib. Is afib something you've been diagnosed with personally? Are there any other questions we can help answer?

Best, - Cody (Team Member)