Good afternoon from France everyone. In my last post I told you how I discovered I was a "Afiber" and how it changed my life. Today I experienced a weird phenomenon with you, I am 5 months and 3 weeks post ablation and my recovery process is great until today. I have a physical activity (not to much) and my anxiety is gone most of the days.
Today I was in class and I was reading a text then I experienced a weird feeling, for 5 seconds I felt my heart pumping hard and then few anarchic beats. It lasts maybe 5 seconds maximum. I was calm and relaxed but I took flecaine (1 pill) because it is the first time it has occurred since my ablation.
I'm off drugs since the beginning of February and never experienced ectopic or extra beats. Maybe it is a normal situation they makes a part in the recovery process but I don't know if I made the right choice by taking flecaine at this moment.
Thank for reading everyone I wish you a good day
Julien
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Hello Lien-Ju, it’s a bit late to worry about it now, but doctors generally suggest waiting for about 20 minutes before taking a PiP to see if the pulse reverts to NSR on its own. I think almost everyone with, or without AF experience brief changes to their heart beat but it’s only because we tend to be more sensitive to any change that we react in the way that we often do, ie panic! It could just be palpitations or ectopics neither of which are unusual after an ablation so stay calm an see what happens. If it continues then speak to your Arrhythmia Nurse......
Hello Flapjack, I guess I (over)reacted as you described, I think I panicked in class and I activated my mode "oh no it can't happen again, not now". Thank for your feedback, if it tends to repeat I'll talk about it with my nurse/surgeon.
J'espère que l'expérience n'a pas été trop effrayante pour vous. J'aurais probablement attendu un peu avant de prendre mes médicaments, mais si le problème est résolu, tout se passera bien.
Ce pourrait être quelque chose de digne d'intérêt, ou de rien d'inquiétant.
Comme on l’a dit, nous pouvons être très hypersensibles aux changements subtils de notre rythme cardiaque, mais cela vaut la peine de les surveiller.
Meilleurs vœux.
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I hope the experience was not too scary for you. I would probably have waited a little before taking my medication, but if it has resolved then that has all worked out.
It could be something worth investigation, or nothing to worry about.
As has been said, we can be very hyper sensitive to subtle changes in our heart rythm anyway but it is worth keeping an eye on.
Hey Jedimasterlincoln! Thank for your message, I think I am became hyper sensitive to any "weird" feeling l can feel. Next time (if it happens again) I'll try to wait and analysis. Thank you very much!
Oh, your french is really good by the way, it is nice to read a post in French.
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Merci pour votre message je pense effectivement que je deviens plus sensible depuis mon opération, je suis davantage vigilant et à l'écoute de mon corps. La prochaine fois si cela se reproduit j'essaierai d'analyser la situation. Merci beaucoup !
I agree with Hidden . Although most recently I have been virtually free of Ectopics the experience you describe is very familiar to me.
I would only consider PIP if you clearly identify that your pulse indicates you are in AF. It is a good idea to give it a few minutes to see if your heart returns to NSR naturally.
Hello Pete, thank you for your feedback! Good to read that you are free of Ectopics for now. I was wondering, do you have a particular watch or item to recommand?
I just know when I am in AF and feel my pulse to double check. I am rarely wrong, I think this comes of nearly 3 decades of having AF and AF related issues and the fact that it seems that us AFers become extremely fine tuned to our hearts sadly.
I have found it rather eerie in the past couple of weeks because for the first time for as long as I can remember I have been free of ectopics and my heart is in perfect NSR.
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