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10-22-25 | 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by philbob57

I got a Tickrfit so I could monitor my HR zones, then got a pacemaker, then got an afib diagnosis with beta blocker and anti-coagulant. Luckily, I only know I'm in afib from the HR monitor, although I'm occasionally aware while it happens.

IDK what the HRM does for me. If I'm symptomatic, I need to stop what I'm doing and start figuring out how I'm going to get help if my heart doesn't slow down. If I'm unaware it's going on, it eventually slows down, and Garmin congratulates me for getting my heart rate up.

If I don't stay asymptomatic, I'll hope ablation will work.

Ablation will probably work, but it might only be temporary as was my case. It lasted a couple of years, I had another and that lasted a few years.

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