Update on my Ablation

[higgy52]

Had Ablation 7 weeks ago, was in normal for 5 weeks but had heartbeat 110 to 120 a min, then one day was 140, seen Doctor he said i might be back in A F, so gave me a E C G and sent it to my Ep at Glenfield, not had a reply yet but heart rate is gone down a bit now.

Will keep you posted.

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Very early days.....try not to worry.......easy said I know!!

[BobD Volunteer]

Might be back in AF?? Can't he read an ECG?? Do you not have an arrhythmia nurse contact at the hospital you can call to discuss yourself? As John says very early days yet higgy52 so try not to worry. Raised heart rate is quite common post ablation although over 100 is unusual. It could well be atrial tachycardia and need zapping but that is an easy fix.

Try not to worry as you have loads of healing time to go yet.

[higgy52 in reply to BobD]

Yes Bob, every time you phone up they say were looking in to it, or goes to awnser phone

[Pointman]

Had my 5th ablation two months ago and Thought my Tachycardia problem had stopped. However, two days ago, my HR went to 150 , for approx 5 minutes and then went back to 137 BPM. After another 5 minutes my HR went back to 71 BPM. After another 5 minutes my HR dropped to normal, 60 BPM. I'm disappointed because this 5th ablation also caused shortness of breath. After all my ablation experiences, I can tell you this, "Ablation doesn't work."

[CDreamer in reply to Pointman]

Please add - "for you".

It worked for me but there are no guarantees and I am sorry it didn't help you.

[Peddling]

So sorry to read this pointman. What has been the time frame for all these procedures? It certainly sounds like a journey of hope over experience. Hope you are feeling a little better soon and would be interested to know more of the background to your repeated surgeries.

[Pointman in reply to Peddling]

CDreamer, My first RF ablation was done 6 years ago at UCLA. I first got Tachycardia December 2011, while working out at Gym. I've had two RF ablations at UCLA and Three RF ablations at an overseas hospital. At UCLA, one of the doctors involved in my ablation procedure, told me as I was being wheeled into the operating room, "if you came here looking for a cure, there is no cure for tachycardia." Sure enough, two months after the ablation, the Tachycardia returned. I traveled to UCLA for the first ablation because if you check on-line, UCLA claims there is over a 90% chance RF ablation works. Why a doctor involved in the ablation procedure at UCLA, would tell me there is no cure for ablation, is sort of astonishing. I'm a skydiver, so I never give up hope. The military service helped me because you meet a lot of brave people in the military and we never take anything for granted. Best of luck always!

Pointman