Ablation tomorrow, eeeek!

[SteveA]

I'm having my pv isolation ablation done tomorrow at Wythenshawe under Dr Brown. I've felt alright up until now but must admit the nerves are kicking in! Any encouraging comments very much welcome 😉

[davythom]

Good luck let us know how it goes

[Hidden]

I understand how you're feeling Steve . I took ages to agree to my first one and have since had two more. I'm sure you will be taken great care of. It's not as bad as giving birth ........lol. Look forward to a full report! Sandra

[jennydog]

Steve, if it were that bad then no-one would agree to a 2nd one and as Bob always says " root canal treatment is worse."

For me, the logistics of getting from North Wales to Liverpool at 7 am was the very worst part.

Relax, go with the flow and be confident that you are doing your very best to rid yourself of the dreaded AF

Very best wishes.

[jeanjeannie50]

Hi Steve - I've had two ablations with sedation only so was awake throughout, but you're sort of a bit away with the fairies. I can honestly say both procedures didn't bother me at all.

Hope it's a success for you.

Best wishes

Jean

[PeterWh]

Good luck. Afterwards you'll wonder how come it went so quickly. My regret is that I wasn't awake for more of it as it was interesting.

[FrankC]

I know how you feel mate but try looking forward to a couple of hours doing nothing but relaxing. If you've got something on your mind it's a good time to think it through (if you're staying conscious). And you'll get a couple of weeks off work watching the football!

Good luck.

[wendicarro]

Good luck Steve ,you'll be fine, first one is always scary any that follow you will just go with it and realise it is not as scary as you thought.

Keep us up to date and make sure you rest afterwards mind!!

Take care,

Wendi

[checkmypulse]

Best wishes to you for tomorrow. Nerves are normal. I'm sure the team will put you at ease. This time tomorrow all done and dusted and hopefully that pesky AF banned from you!.

[CDreamer]

In 48 hours you will be wondering why you were feeling as you are now, however, I remember feeling exactly the same the night before!

It really is much easier than you imagine, for us the patient that is!

Best wishes and hope it works for you.

[Mazza23]

Good luck hope all goes well

[Hidden]

Hi Steve

I was worried for my first ablation, who wouldn't be??? I had it under sedation. I really mean this quite literally, it was a breeze. Time flew by thanks to the drugs they gave me. At one point I remember it hurting and I groaned; heard the word Morphine, and next thing I woke up in bed, all done.

After the procedure, I felt fantastic. Must have been the drugs I guess. Had to be careful with the groin wound for about a week, showering carefully, not lifting things etc.

Anyhow, they got my AF completely and I had zero AF and zero drugs (except anti-coags) for the next 8+ years. For the first 2-3 or so years I couldn't even feel my heart which was strange and very nice.

Have a good one 🙂.

Koll

[Beta44]

I was terrified before mine. It got a bit better when I arrived because the staff understood and were very kind. Within a minute or so of getting into the Cathlab I new nothing else until I woke up very happy that it was all over and I had pretty much missed it. A year later and still in SR my life is so much better. As we all say if we had to have another, we would not hesitate. In retrospect it does not seem to be such a big deal.

Peter

[Tessybear]

I found that thinking of my future quality of life after the ablation helped me a lot, so I just gritted my teeth and went through with it. I was very nervous and scared, which I'm sure everyone is really. You will be taken great care of, and all will be well. Positive thinking!

[Barry24]

Hi Steve,

My best wishes for a quality PVI ablation. Keep us up-to-date on how you get on.

Regards

Barry

[porridgequeen]

Had mine two and a half years ago. Lovely staff, talked me through everything, which took any worries away. No problems. No AF since.

So thankful.

Angela

[Maunei]

Hope all goes well. I had mine at Wythenshawe Hospital last week. Everyone on the team was fantastic and took very good care of me. They are a very skilled and mindful of any concerns. The after care was second to none!

A week on and I am pottering about and enjoying the rest!

MacNeil 51

[abihel]

Good Luck!! I've had two ablations....to be honest I could think of better things to be doing.....but could also think of a lot worse...you'll be fine hope it's successful for you....and a quick recovery xxx

[oltimer]

I wish you the best & hope that it is successful .

Oltimer

[oltimer]

I wish you the best & hope that it is successfjul.

[oltimer]

I wish you the best Steve.

[jayd]

Best wishes Steve. I had mine 7 weeks ago, doing fine.x

[Azbycx]

I have just read your post and as I write you are probably having your ablation ,wishing you the best of luck ,I hope all goes well for you.

[Ben166]

I had one under general 3 months ago - Took me some time to recover completely from the general, but back at work after 10 days or so, now 'cured' according to my consultant

[Annaelizabeth]

Best of luck, the procedure itself is a doodle, the crossing fingers is that it works!

[Dodie117]

I said this before to others. You would have to be an idiot not to be very anxious prior to ablation. I was contemplating doing a runner from the waiting room on the morning of mine. I went ahead in Nov 2013 and although lots of arrhythmias for the first few months they gradually died away and am AF and med free since (I am on anticoagulant). So well worth doing and I really hope it all goes well for you.

Good luck 🍀

[Perrylees]

Dr Brown did mine too. He's great and I trust him totally. You will be fine. I'm Just coming up to 3 months AF free - it's fantastic!!

Ruth

[SteveA]

Thanks for all messages, I'm back in recovery all went well, will give full update tomorrow went I'm not so drowsy!

[Janco]

Good to hear all is well!

[SteveA]

Well everyone was right, that was not scary in the slightest! I actually found it really interesting, I was awake through the whole 3 hours and was intrigued watching it all happen on the big monitors. Only had a bit of mild discomfort from the ablation catheter but it was nothing more than what I can only describe as a pinching sensation inside. I did ask for more sedation on a few occasions, but only because I heard it felt like having a few whiskeys and wanted to have a go! the doctor said afterwards he couldn't believe I didn't go to sleep as they have me enough to take out a donkey!

After the procedure he came to see me and said that it went very well, they had found plenty of electrical activity within the pv's and had successfully stopped it. They are keeping me in tonight and then will have a follow up in 8 weeks.

So far so good, I feel great other than a dull ache in my chest.

Thanks everyone for your support, I will keep you all updated!

[PeterWh in reply to SteveA]

Fantastic. Now don't do anything for the next week apart from tv remote, phone and iPad (not a PC). Then very little extra the second week apart from gentle walking. Also drink plenty of water without anything in it. Also no driving for a MINIMUM of 48 hours but not until your groin is fully healed and you could do an emergency stop. I was told no driving for 7 days. I was told all this by EP or arrythmia nurse.

[ange1960 in reply to SteveA]

glad it went ok I had mine on Tuesday at LGI. home recovering, bit sore but in Afib again. Have been since an hour of getting home. I'm trying not to be too despondent, told it can happen in the recovery phrase as heart as been irritated.....lol so resting up on sofa, reading, laptop and tv. Cant be bad. Hope you are still feeling well and taking things easy. Hoping we both have an AFib free future to look foreward to....... (oh did they tell you how many burns/freezes they did?)

[Rellim296 in reply to ange1960]

I had a few sessions of AFib immediately post ablation, ange, and it suddenly went away, so don't worry too much.

[Ajitriturado in reply to SteveA]

So SteveA, how about giving us an update? How are you doing?

[dedeottie]

So glad it went well. Hope you get a few hours sleep tonight, not easy on hospital wards. X

[PeterWh in reply to dedeottie]

When I was in for 5 days at the beginning of May I slept better than I do at home apart from last night around 12:00 midnight when they had to use defibrillator, et on one of the other patients in our 6 bed unit. I put the better sleeping down to being able to elevate the head and back portion of the bed as it was adjustable.

[millie-becca-187 in reply to PeterWh]

I too slept much better with bed head raised during a 4 day hospital stay. I wonder why this is?

[Perrylees]

Glad it went well. Hopefully AF free from now on!