Hi Mick - Sorry to hear your AF has returned, looking back at your previous posts it appears your AF was back quite soon after your ablation. Will you try another ablation if it's offered?
If you do wait, the upside is that any other areas that haven't been fully dealt with may manifest themselves- appreciate it doesn't help with the symptoms in the meantime
Really sorry to hear its back Mick - hopefully a 2nd ablation touch up will sort it out though. I sympathise about the teetotal bit - I'm on the same journey and drinking lemonade with my mates on real ale in the club is pretty tough. Its worth thinking about seeing your EP privately to get things moving faster.
Whenever I hear of people who are just starting to relax, assuming that their AF is a distant memory for awhile and then it comes roaring back I really feel for them.
I have never been on Wafarin, always Pradaxa (Dabigatron) and came off it about 3 months post ablation. I was advised to restart taking them next year, when I am 65.
Hi, I am new to the group just found it by chance.
I had my first Ablation in March 2014 and came off the dreaded Warfarin 6 months later so yes it can be done, however don't rush to come off as I too began to enjoy the freedom of getting my life back but had a couple of episodes of A F then one night out of the blue BANG Heart Attack caused by a clot from A F. I am now on list for second Ablation and have felt so old and weak for ages, black and blue from anti platelet meds.
I went teetotal a few years back. Try alcohol-free beers and wines. Don't give up at the first one, they vary a lot and some are really good. I get wine from the alcohol free shop on the interweb, Merlot and it's brill. I've just got used to the beer now and it tastes like beer to me.
One great advantage is that you can swill your pills down with wine or beer Or have a beer for breakfast!
It's when you are out bars and restaurants don't really sell any, well not where we frequent anyway, asking for non alcoholic wine and you just get an odd look followed by a no sir.
One wine bar we use sold becks n/a but no longer available, golf club now has some lager I am told so may try that.
Move to Spain. It's everywhere out there and on draft. Can't tell it from the real stuff. Why on earth it hasn't arrived here I don't know. It'll come I guess/hope!
If you fancy a beer at home, I was recently introduced to Erdinger stocked at Waitrose, isotonic vitamin alcohol free. May sound weird but its better than Becks non -alco for me.
That is true. Why don't pubs stock a small selection of non alcoholic beers? I've just discovered Erdinger. It is very good. I gave it to my beer drinking son but didn't tell him and he said it was good and asked what it was. For some reason he was mortified when I told him it was not alcoholic.The best red wine for me is from waitress but can't always find it. I will try the alcohol free shop kill ( sorry, predictive text ) Mick I'm sorry to hear about the A.F. I keep waiting for the same to happen to me. If it does I will be going for the first private appointment available. Good luck. X
Think first off I am off out tonight nice meal with wife and friends and I am going to indulge in a couple of beers and wine with dinner, yep probably not a great idea but it has been nice the last few weeks having that bit of normality again.
First thing Monday will contact EP (again) for a private appointment, if the 2nd ablation is a goer then I want to get it sorted sooner rather than later.
Hope I can keep things under control going forward, off to Portugal in a couple of weeks so do not want that spoilt.
Well there is always so much here about drinking alcohol and I must say that in moderation I have never found this a problem even before progressing to persistent AF I never found it to be a trigger. I like my couple of reds of an evening and it doesn't seem to upset my INR. The EP said to me that that if I was to have a drink best to have it every night to keep it consistent re INR. Hope you manage to get sorted Mick and soon.
So sorry to hear about your relapse Mick, it's tough to take. I've had several runs of AF now, but I don't really suffer bad symptoms, but it does affect my plans. I've got my checkup in just over a week and I'd take a 2nd ablation if offered. I've read so much on here about don't do this and stay away from that, but AF affects us all differently. If you want a beer mate and it doesn't hurt, then have one.
Yep pretty much gone that route, want a beer then indulge.
TBH have pretty much gone back to normal regards diet etc, loads of golf but nothing to strenuous exercise wise regarding weights etc.
Mind you, amout of people who seem to want to comment on my weight is getting a bit of bind, must be the only bloke in his 50's who cant put on weight.
Even had my first caffiene coffee this morning for a change, but will defo stick with decaf though
Have stuck with my supplements, which I strongly believe in.
When I do find or feel AF may be about to kick in I drop my 1.25 mg Bisoprolol and all settles down, pretty much worked out (fingers x'dd) to keep things in check.
Good to hear things are settling down Mick and good to hear you're getting on with things pretty much as you used to. Checkup went OK, cheers for asking. Told the EP I've had the odd run of AF, but the tablets kick in pretty quickly. He asked if I was happy with managing it that way, which I am, so leaving it for another 6 months and if any worse we will reassess. I do feel if I had said no, then I'd be booked in for another ablation. I've no issues at all with another ablation, but I'd like to give clean and healthy-ish living a go for a while.
It's awful when things seem to be going well and that let down of your body. I'm booked in for ablation 3 shortly but waiting to hear go ahead cos nephrologist thinks my enlarged kidneys might be causing pressure on heart/vessels & hence reverting to AF. Big dilemma!
I'd go for it again if I were you! Wishing you all the best.
Mick, Haven't heard from you for a while and wondered how things are going? Have things continued to settle down or do you have a 2nd ablation lined up. I've just ramped up the alcohol a bit 14 weeks post ablation and it put me straight back into AF which is a real pain, so its good to hear how others are getting on. Nigel
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Or have a beer for breakfast!
Seems to be going well at last !
Techniques to get back to Normal Sinus Rhythm?
Well, that will teach me!
