... I did feel I had to mention the bluntness.
My mom did OK. She made it to 91 living alone with my help, but that stroke was devastating. I hate to say it, but it's really too bad she survived the stroke itself. She had afib, on warfarin (no Eliquis at that time). Her doc took her off the blood thinner and left her on low dose aspirin b/c of fall risk. That was a tough call. She had the stroke not long after that.
As far as I'm concerned, I have a very talented EP. I think he's just on the edge of saying I could d/c Eliquis, but even though I'm asymptomatic, and home and clinic ECGs never show afib, we know that it could come back any time, since I absolutely had frequent episodes during that first month of monitoring ... then, nothing from 2019 until now. Having taken care of my mom in the nursing home every day, and having been with her when she passed, I have absolutely no interest in having a stroke ... that's my EP's feeling, too, since I don't have any bleeding probs. I do bruise easily, but I don't bleed out from cuts, etc. EP said we could do a Watchman if things got out of hand ... we'll see.
I hope my answer was helpful.
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