Update

[Amy2805]

Hi Everyone,

So I’m 4 months post Cryoblation and other than a few eptopics I’ve been fine. Until today sat down in work and felt my heart race shot from 78bpm to 201bpm luckily I managed to get myself back into rythmm after approx 5 mins. So horrible to feel it again after so long without one in hoping it’s just a blip and I don’t need another ablation.

I’m back at the hospital on 18th March for my follow up since the operation so will ask him then.

Hope your all doing ok xx

[Hidden]

That's horrible.

Was it AF or just fast? I went through this at around the 3 month period and was convinced that my ablation had failed.

Some days I still have short runs of SVT, caught on my fitness tracker as 240 bpm, which I don't believe !

[Buffafly]

How did you measure your rate? Not doubting it was very fast but I have a fitness watch which is fairly accurate at low rates but not for fast AF. I've been having some very uneven heart rates so a more accurate device would be helpful. Hopefully it was a blip but it is a doomy feeling.....

[Amy2805]

i wear my I watch everyday and this is so accurate even the hospital said it was spot on give or take the odd beat.

I think it was more SVT than AF to be honest. I’m hoping it’s just a blip.

They did say they went ahead with the pulmonary vein ablation as they could only trigger the AF and not the SVT so maybe I will have episodes of SVT but I’d rather that that AF. Not 100% certain what it was though

[Hidden]

Whilst this could be a recurrence of your SVT, it might be atrial tachycardia as a consequence of the ablation. You have mentioned previously about starting a family, so I would expect you don’t want to be on medication. I would suggest not waiting for review in 4 weeks, but rather talk to to the arrhythmia nurse now, and email your EP with a copy of the print out from your watch, so that this does not interfere with your imminent wedding plans.

[Amy2805 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for the advice. I don’t have the facility to email my EP or contact the nurse as this was only an option in the weeks following my ablation you see. My appointment is 18.03.19. I am hoping it doesn’t happen again. Especially with all my plans coming up.

[Achant1]

Please try and relax, I had an ablation for PAF in March 2017 and it took me until November that year to come off the meds. For the first three months I felt superb, then had five really hard months of bumps and racing heart. Please don’t worry, I know it’s really hard but some of us are slower healers.

[Amy2805 in reply to Achant1]

Thankyou that makes me feel much better. I will relax and keep calm. Thanks