One week post ablation

[Nanabrodie]

Just over a week since second ablation and so far all is going well still get tired very easily but did walk to the supermarket today - only 10 mins away - am aware that my chest feels a bit tight and still getting odd little flutters and occasional little aches and pains but mostly just fleeting so fingers crossed.

[jeanjeannie50]

Hi Nanabrodie

Just a week after your ablation it sounds as though you're doing well to have walked for 10 minutes. It's all looking good! Though I hope you didn't carry a big bag of shopping back?

After my third ablation in July last year, for the first few weeks only, I found that doing anything that involved physical assertion would set my heart off on it's racing. I knew how to get it back to normal rhythm though, just by tensing my body and bearing down. I would have to do it several times a day and it was a shame that trick didn't work for very long.

I hope you are able to enjoy the lovely sunshine we are having and will get more strength with each day.

Wishing you well.

Jean

[Nanabrodie in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Hi Jeane

Doesn't take much for me to get tired but generally everything is going ok. Chest aches a bit this afternoon and a few ectopics today so other than cooking dinner later nothing much else will be done (did do a bit of ironing this morning though). I am not on any meds other than anticoagulant so 🤞Things will just get better.

Sheila

[roshrom in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Jeanne can you share with me what you mean in detail by "tending your body and bearing down" to get rid of your daily AFIB. I just completed Cardioversion 8.22 and the AFIB started back almost same day. I was so disappointed. Have not have EKG yet to confirm but I can feel ti arrythmia...

I am ready to move to get my mitral valve repaired instead of having to do repeat Cardioversions and ablations that I am reading on this blog.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to roshrom]

Hi Roshrom - What I used to do was breathe in and then tense every muscle in the top of my body especially around the heart area, hold that tension then bear down (a bit like having a bowel movement, but pushing down from the chest area). There are two schools of thought as to whether you bear down while breathing out for as long as you possibly can, or just hold your breath. I think I used to hold my tensed breath for as long as I could, then breathe out when I could hold it no more. If you attempt this I would suggest trying both to see which you feel is best. You may have to do this procedure a few times for success. As you breathe out or hold your breath it's important that you do that for as long as you possibly can.

I'm not medically qualified and other than AF have a healthy heart, the advice I give is purely what would sometimes help me to get my heart back into normal rhythm. This procedure worked particularly well in the first few weeks after having my last ablation in July 2016.

Also Google the valsalva maneuver.

Best wishes.

Jean

[roshrom in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Jean :

Thanks so very much.

As my AFIB so far seems to be caused from a weak Mitral Valve issue I have decided to do a valvuloplasty which my reading has shown is done along with a heart cath.....a relief for me---not open heart surgery minimally invasive..IF the surgeon agrees with me, as my struggle to stay off toxic beta blockers etc for arrythmia and blood thinners would be too much for me being a holistic healing person and NO traditional MD will let you use natural remedies. So vs drugs etc one must find procedures such as you are doing, or medical procedures/surgery for permanent remedies.

I think ALL of the MILLIONS of AFIB people should PUSH the FDA to FORCE these DRUG mfg to make something SAFE with FAR less side effects, as even the American Heart Association website says negative things about Beta blockers----ALL medications have side effects, natural remedies do as well, it takes careful doseage monitoring and watching either way----BUT they are saying that CARDIAC medications have the WORSE side effects of all.

Maybe this group could right to the FDA cc to the American Heart Association as a group and PUSH until results happen to get safer antiarrythima drugs to HELP AFIBBERS when it is not caused by valve issue and then for those of us who AFIB IS caused by valve problem to make sure after Cardioversion there is someting SAFE to take in the short term while the heart is forced to stay in natural rythm..

Thanks for help and thanks for listening Sherry

[meadfoot]

Sounds good. Steady does it. Looks like you are on the mend. Yay.

[Nanabrodie in reply to meadfoot]

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