Posted by Carl Plaskett on June 06, 2002 at 21:08:38:
In Reply to: Flying A Fib Free! posted by Sharee Berry on June 06, 2002 at 20:48:10:
Sharee: I'm glad to hear that you are doing well. Your recovery, albeit a little slow should encourage the few others who are having a similar experience. I would think by this time you could be off coumadin and on baby asprin, since some mazers are discharged on only those.
Update us as you reduce your flecainide so we know how you are doing. I'm confident that you are about done with it if you have gone 2 months with no errant beats.
I certainly used to have the same flying experience, and had to skip a convention in Hawaii 6 months before my maze, since I always would go into afib on a flight more than an hour and I knew the flight from Florida would be continuous afib. Since my maze, including the 3 hour trip home from the CC maze surgery, I have flown as much as 8 hours non-stop, and had NO afib. What a difference to be afib and drug free!