Jiggyfly
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I was recently diagnosed with Afib, I went to the doctor for an infection and he said my pulse was very high and my heart was beating erratically.
He directed me to a specialist, when I visited the specialist he kept asking me how I was diagnosed with this and what happened, he gave me another EKG and asked if I had ever shown any symptoms of Afib before, I told him I had not.
All the while he was looking at me and the chart like why was I even there, he scheduled me for a stress test and a ecocardiogram and then told me I was a low risk for stroke and took me off the blood thinners that were prescribed by the initial doctor along with Toprol.
The doctor then asked if I would like to undergo a shock procedure to correct the condition and I was like do I have a choice? I had read that they were no guarantees to correct the condition but I thought the doctor would be the one to make that decision.
I told him that I would not if there was no guaranteed benefit.
He then said that I was showing minimal signs anyway.
I told him about some sleep issues I been having and asked was it the medication after reading that insomnia was a side effect.
He then recommended I see a specialist about sleep apnea which I had no symptoms of.
That's when it all seemed a little fishy.
Anyway long story short after all of the test and having to pay around a 1000 in copay fees I found out my heart is fine but my blood pressure is a little high.
They wanted to put me on some other medication but I balked and they said they will just continue to "monitor" and wanted to have monthly visits at 60 dollars a pop.
All of these doctors work under the same umbrella and I wonder if referring to a"specialist is a kind of a scam they use when they find out you have semi good insurance.
Could see me dropping another 500 easily if I went through with the apnea stuff.
After all of this I am only on the initial medicine my primary physician prcribed for me all for a 20 dollar copay.
At least I know am reasonably healthy and exercise will improve that.
He directed me to a specialist, when I visited the specialist he kept asking me how I was diagnosed with this and what happened, he gave me another EKG and asked if I had ever shown any symptoms of Afib before, I told him I had not.
All the while he was looking at me and the chart like why was I even there, he scheduled me for a stress test and a ecocardiogram and then told me I was a low risk for stroke and took me off the blood thinners that were prescribed by the initial doctor along with Toprol.
The doctor then asked if I would like to undergo a shock procedure to correct the condition and I was like do I have a choice? I had read that they were no guarantees to correct the condition but I thought the doctor would be the one to make that decision.
I told him that I would not if there was no guaranteed benefit.
He then said that I was showing minimal signs anyway.
I told him about some sleep issues I been having and asked was it the medication after reading that insomnia was a side effect.
He then recommended I see a specialist about sleep apnea which I had no symptoms of.
That's when it all seemed a little fishy.
Anyway long story short after all of the test and having to pay around a 1000 in copay fees I found out my heart is fine but my blood pressure is a little high.
They wanted to put me on some other medication but I balked and they said they will just continue to "monitor" and wanted to have monthly visits at 60 dollars a pop.
All of these doctors work under the same umbrella and I wonder if referring to a"specialist is a kind of a scam they use when they find out you have semi good insurance.
Could see me dropping another 500 easily if I went through with the apnea stuff.
After all of this I am only on the initial medicine my primary physician prcribed for me all for a 20 dollar copay.
At least I know am reasonably healthy and exercise will improve that.
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