Well the big day draws near! I have my 2nd ablation booked for this Wednesday. I go in tomorrow afternoon after I've checked that they have a bed vacant for me. I'm quite excited about it giving me the chance to be 'normal' again and not to have to take any tablets. I felt so much better after my first ablation. My heart used to jump around in my chest and hammer away if I walked uphill, but I wasn't aware that other peoples hearts didn't do that. My first ablation cured this problem completely.
After Grandma's post on a method of breathing to relax I've been giving a lot of thought about holding tension in my heart. I think that's what I do and now if I'm aware of the tension there I do some deep breaths and drop my shoulders. I've gone two weeks now without any AF attacks, could just be a fluke but I prefer to think positive. Thank you for the tip Grandma.
I note on here that with a lot of people their blood pressure drops when they have an AF attack, well mine goes up. Does this happen to anyone else?
Keep me in your thoughts this Wednesday.
Regards
Jean
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Jean, Will be praying for your procedure on Wednesday. About your BP... I know may who have an increase in BP. Mine would do both. One minute it would be bottomed out and then 5 minutes later it hit the roof. I think, due to the irregular rhythm, it just depends on whether the heart is in or out of sync at the moment the BP is taken.
This may be all over in a few days.... Make sure you let us know how it went.
Jean, we will absolutely be holding you in our thoughts and prayers on Wednesday. We'll be anxious to hear how it all went and more importantly how well it works for you. I'm so glad you are able to find some decrease in tension from the breathing exercises. We are all here to help each other. Thinking positive is always helpful and we are sending positive energy your way. My BP also is up when I am having an episode of AF. Only once did it bottom out and that is because I took an extra beta blocker to bring down the rate.
Take care and be well. Wishing you the best possible outcome.
Good luck to you both. Like Tim my blood pressure can go upa nd down when I was having an attack, depsite the fact that I am on blood pressure pills anyway.
Regards
Eileenp
All the best for tomorrow Jean! I am now over 2months post my 3rd ablation & don't need to take any more AF drugs ( still on Warfarin of course but that's OK with me) . It's lovely to feel normal & not breathless. . My son got married on Sat. & I was dancing half the night -- my husband couldn't believe it .
By the way my blood pressure always rose when I was in AF
Glad you have no imminent trauma to go through . Will send you good vibes anyway :). I wonder why these old threads keep appearing there have been several recently
My PAF attacks were quite severe, but I wish I had tried to cure it by a healthy, more plant based diet first. I thought an ablation was a quick solution to my AF, but unfortunately it wasn't and it was my third one that helped most. I wasn't helping my AF attacks either as they made me very anxious and that anxiety t feeds AF and keeps the abnormal beat going. I'm now in constant AF but can cope with that well, heart rate is between 70-100 (I rarely check it) and I can lead a fairly normal life now. Just been told this afternoon that my heart is mildly enlarged because of AF.
Before any ablations my heart would bang in my chest if I climbed hills or mountains, but I thought everyone's did that. That went after my first ablation. After having three my EP has said no more now.
I'm sure you don't want a lifetime of pills. You could try the diet first, which I stick to now - that is don't eat anything that contains artificial additives and cut down on red meats. Also no alcohol or excessive sports. Magnesium supplements are said to help greatly too. I take magnesium glycinate, which someone on this forum recommended.
I play football twice per week and I’m into mountain biking too. I don’t want to give these up but I’ll have to monitor the situation and listen to my body.
Good advice on the diet as I’d try anything first if it avoids a medical procedure.
I used to cycle with a club, did cross country running, trained swimming at least twice a week, went horse riding, did long countryside walks. Most of my holidays were set around walking.
A lot of us on this forum believe that a very active life has caused our AF. My son in laws younger cousin dropped dead with a heart arrhythmia when playing football. A friend who belonged to a cycling club told me of the time they were out and one of the group raced them all up a long hill. They found him dead at the top of it. Just be warned, when we have a heart arrhythmia pushing ourselves too hard is not a good idea.
Not sure I agree on the active life is one of the causes to AF. I’ve not read that anywhere, unless there’s evidence from a study I can’t accept that. I’ve read that the causes are other heart problems, diabetes, asthma, copd, hypertension yes. And the triggers are smoking, overweight, alcohol, drugs, caffeine etc.
My mum has AF and is not active at all, the same as a few of my other family members who are not active. They neither smoke or drink have no other medical problems, not overweight etc etc.
Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers Jeannie . Good Luck for a successful outcome , remember to give your body proper time to heal afterwards though !
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