You are absolutely right. Educate and advocate for yourself. I don't know why you should wait for 2 months to get converted, though. The wait is only to get your blood "thin enough" with the Warfarin to eliminate the risk of clots. They can ensure that by the TEE at the time of the cardio-version. I would ask about getting this done sooner so you can get back in rhythm ASAP and avoid suffering this AF beast for 2 months.torontoCPAPguy wrote:I know that I will be "paddled" at the beginning of February and my chances of being "convrted" are about 63 - 69% becase of what I am learning and because my cardiologist appears to know of what he doth. The next choice is a surgical procedure. Before that I am going to try and get my chances of having this go away on its own up as high as I can by self education. Same as my sleep apnea story - I am going tohave to teach my doctors of all the latest treatments and drugs and so on.
Best wishes,
Tony