1st cardioversion

[Edm174]

Hi I had my first cardio version yesterday back on nsr but still feeling tired is this normal???

[BobD Volunteer]

Yes take it easy. Drink plenty of water and enjoy NSR,

[Edm174 in reply to BobD]

Thank you !!

[jazzu]

I felt tired and weak 2 days after cardioversion

[Edm174 in reply to jazzu]

Thank you !!

[jeanjeannie50]

Yes, that's quite normal. Don't go doing anything too strenuous for a while and let your heart build up strength in it's normal rhythm

[Edm174]

Thank you for your reply will definitely take it easy for the next few days so scared in case it goes back to AF !!!

[Hidden]

Yes quite normal. As a veteran of 17 + cardioversions I found it took several days to feel normal again. I had the feeling that I was about to flip back into AF again......never did though!

[Nugger in reply to Hidden]

If you never flipped back,why 17 cardioversions ? Looking to get one myself soon

[Hidden in reply to Nugger]

Ha! I did think afterwards that I should have qualified that statement! I really meant that I did not flip back into AF in the following days....not years. My cardioversions have lasted as long as 4/5 years at one point, commonly 1 year and latterly 4/6 months but my last one was nearly 12 months ago.

[Nugger in reply to Hidden]

Sounds like me,first one lasted 3 months,stopped drinking tea & coffee,went 2.5 years but did start having a cuppa now & again & wife is blaming me for not drinking dcaff but it tastes crap lol

[Edm174]

That is good news !! That’s how I feel as though I will slip back !

[Hidden]

I was genuinely surprised how much my cardioversion took out of me. being back in NSR felt great and I was all raring to go, but my body was saying "take time" - took me about a week to feel a lot less tired. and then I went skiing....

[Edm174]

Well done 👍 hope I feel better in the coming days ! Don’t think I can ski though 😄 i will be travelling to Australia as soon as I feel better!!!!

[Sally_Scott]

Good luck hope u feel back to normal self soon. I’m having my first on 13 April and hope I feel ok after as I am flying to Portugal on 19th April

[Edm174]

Thank you !! And good luck with yours ! It’s very strange I keep thinking I will go back in af had a wobble this morning but feeling a little better now, I just hate how it takes over your life !!!’

[Spoiler]

I have had 13 in a 4 year period, I have found it also depends on how long you were in afib before cardio version. My body was more exhausted if I had been in it a while. My longest stint of time was 3 1/2 months in the beginning, they could not get meds correct and I would not convert. I immediately feel like a new person, part of it is such a happy feeling! When I had the long period it took a good while to be back to normal, but if it was a day or two of afib I bounced back quickly, 2-3 days. Hope this helps because mine varied more based of length of time in afib.

[Edm174]

How many can they do ?? I’m so glad I can ask kind people on this forum as I wouldn’t know who to ask !! I only got diagnosed in November so all this is new to me and from some one who was always healthy Never took any medication it has come as I huge shock !!!

[Spoiler in reply to Edm174]

Yes, same here, no medications, and no health issues. They have never told me about a limit of times for cardio versions, although the fact that I do go into NSR is a indication of being a candidate for a ablation from what I was told. In my particular case, I wish I had gone sooner for ablation. I had refused twice, I kept thinking I could take better care and it would be controlled, but I was wrong. At this point they found during my ablation I had excessive scarring in the Atrium from being in afib which they suspect is the reason why when I go into afib, I do convert without a DC cardioversion. I should have gone ahead and not waited, it is too soon to know how successful my partial ablation was?

[mikesr]

Yes its normal,couple daze

[ncerna]

After ablation, does the blood begin circulating better in the body? I am a 37 year old male. Once was strong and fit. Now I am skinny and weak. I am having my first ablation in a couple weeks. Hoping that soon I can go back to exercising.