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Russ - I had minimally invasive surgery and had numbness, pins and needles, and intermittent sudden sharp pains near my incision and on my back for more than a year after my procedure. Numbness can be permanent, but you won't be able to determine that for sure for quite awhile. Be patient. ❤️

So as far as I know my AFIB resulted from the mitral valve surgery and was detected while I was in the hospital. My research shows that this happens about 30% of the time. I was not given any medicine for the AFIB but Apixaban aka Eliquis which is a "blood thinner" to protect against blood clots that can arise from AFIB. The Cardiologist said they would put their hands in their pockets to see what happened. My research also shows that if it is to resolve itself on its own then it typically does so within two weeks. This gives the heart, and specifically the left atrium time to heal from the surgery which causes inflammation and thus the AFIB. My cardiologist said this time can vary but it was almost exactly two weeks after surgery that the AFIB disappeared on its own. Again, my research shows this happens about half the time after someone develops AFIB from mitral valve surgery.