Hi folks

[Mazza23]

I have had afib for 18 months I also have longQTS so am limited to what I can take amiodarone is a definate no I have been cardio verted twice my cardiologist wants me t try ablation iam 71 years young anon smoker non drinker any opinions thank you

[BobD Volunteer]

Ablation would be my choice but then I am biased having had three and no AF the last seven years.

[Mazza23 in reply to BobD]

Thank you

[farmerwalt]

Hi Mazza,

I'm 72 and like you, a non smoker and non drinker. I have been persistent AF for years and the cardio I saw regularly never mentioned ablation to me. By the time I found out about it, thanks to AFA patients day, and asked to be referred to an EP I was told I had been persistent AF too long and the chances of the ablation working were very low and he didn't recommend it.

If your cardiologist is recommending it and from all the posts about it here on HU, I would say go for it.

Walter

[Mazza23 in reply to farmerwalt]

Thank you

[jennydog]

I am 2 years younger than you are. I had an ablation last year. I am now 95% better than I was pre-ablation. I have cardiac fibrosis due to radiotherapy so a 2nd ablation will not be possible, it will mean a pacemaker if the AF re-establishes itself.

You need to weigh up your current quality of life. Odds are your AF will get worse. You are being offered a £15,000 procedure. There are no guarantees BUT will you live to regret not taking this opportunity? As Bob says, the ablation procedure is not as bad as root canal work at the dentist.

Good luck.

[Mazza23]

Thank you Jenny I think I had already made up my mind but just wanted some feed back the docs here have been wonderful well they saved my life as I was in ccu for 8 days very sick

Regards marie

[wendicarro]

Go for it, if you want a bash at a better quality of life you have nothing to lose.

Keep us updated on your decision.

Wendi

[SuzieA]

Do it! xx

[Rellim296]

Like Jennydog, I am 95% better off as regards AF following an ablation which was last year when I was 67. I have been able to give up taking flecainide and I wish I had not let things slide for a year or so and had had the ablation sooner.

In terms of general wellbeing I am ten thousand times better off than this time two years ago which was a real low. I felt I'd suddenly been propelled into my eighties and I'm now back to living rather than existing. Thanks to this forum and the support and knowledge I've gained from it, and from Patients' Day, the picture is much clearer and more positive.