Cardioversion number ......many!

[Barb1]

ECG on Thursday. Cardioversion for Friday. ECHO next Tuesday perhaps. Maybe it will work. Maybe I am on my way to Pace and Ablate?

[Hidden]

All the best Barb1, lots happening over the next few days so fingers crossed for some good results......

[Vonnieruth in reply to Hidden]

Good luck Hope all goes well

[Hidden]

Best of luck Barbara! I'm sure you don't want pace/ablate if you can avoid it although it has proved a saviour to many on here.

[jeanjeannie50]

I really hope the cardioversion works for you Barb. Don't go doing what I did the last time I had one and walk up a steep hill the next day, then slip back immediately into AF.

Best wishes

Jean

[Barb1 in reply to jeanjeannie50]

So..how long before the steep hills?!

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Barb1]

I really don't know! The hill I went up was extremely long and steep and I should have known better and not been so silly. All I can suggest to you is to just let your heart muscles gain strength by beating in the correct rhythm for a while.

Jean

[CDreamer]

Best wishes, hope it will work for you.

I had pacemaker implanted last Wednesday - seemed to go very well and I’m feeling very good. The Ablate bit happens in 6 or so weeks time. Although we all think of it as a last resort, it may well have merit to consider it as a real alternatives. I was offered another ablation - had 2 which helped for a while but I didn’t want to take the chance and for me, with other conditions, thought the pace and ablate a better option. So far, so good.

Best wishes CD.

[Hidden]

For me, after trying various dosage and medication changes to no avail and two cardioversions that only maintained my normal sinus rhythm for a short while I was ready for the 'pace and ablate'. Done in 2016 it has worked out very well for me. The difference in how I feel not having to take any cardiac meds is wonderful. And being off anticoagulants since my left atrial appendage occlusion Jan 2918 is the cherry on top of my ice cream soda.

[Annaelizabeth]

Without wishing to tempt fate, I have have av node ablation and pacemaker, with one major tweak of the pacemaker I am very well indeed. Long may it last, no ghastly meds only warfarin which I have been on for 20 odd years with no bother. I cannot help thinking that for those that the ablations do not prove successful for, if you are deemed to be a candidate, take the option - it is night and day.

[Barb1]

Well maybe pace and ablate isn't so bad after all....