Just a update 9 months since my last Ablation,
Things going okay so far, Heart average 60 beats a min still in NSR, But still getting Ectopic beats extra beats, they just come on at random time,
But after 9 months things still getting better, Work full time can go to top of ladder now with out breathing heavy, and run up stairs at home 2 at a time no problem, and started back at gym steady,
But after the Ablation it has took me up tp 9 months to get back to normal, By the way i am 63,
Thanks Higgy. Backs up what we say in our fact sheet that it can take nine months or more! Well done.
I get horrible ectopics but i'm only 13 weeks in
Higgy it's good to hear that you are progressing well and for that you should be really thankful.
We all heal at our own pace. It's not a race!
I would love to be able to take the stairs one at a time! And I am only 64.
Long may your recovery continue.
Thanks for that , hope things get better for you
Hi Higgy, I'm glad to hear things are going well for you. I had a second ablation back in March and I'd say pretty much exactly the same thing. My heart is in NSR at around 60 BPM and I get ectopic beats at random times. They were definitely worse in the first few months but have gradually lessened and I think continue to gradually improve. They're quite infrequent now. I'm back exercising and doing hill walking. I've been able to come off the blood thinner medication but have got to continue with a beta blocker because of the ectopic beats. I was hoping to get off all meds but you can't have everything. However I have lost the niggling undercurrent of anxiety that I used to have, constantly waiting for my heart to start misbehaving, and that is a lovely feeling. Fingers crossed it stays that way! I hope things stay good for you.
Thanks, hope it goes well for you
Good to hear, totally agree, it does take a long time and it's a constant settling period in my experience also ,I'm 7 months post ablation and much improved, glad to hear of your success 👍
I came off betas 9 days ago and my BP rose from 60 (which it had been for 6 months), to 70, which is more normal for me.. I feel more alive with a 70 rate... I get slight ectopics when I slump on the couch to watch telly every night, but drinking sports drink /water helps a lot..
Thanks for the update.
Its good to hear when things are going well.
Understandably, people are much more inclined to post when they have concerns
Hopefully your ablation severed enough circuitry in your heart that it won't return. If you ever think it is, try this:
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After 9 years of trying different foods and logging EVERYTHING I ate, I found sugar (and to a lesser degree, salt – i.e. dehydration) was triggering my Afib. Doctors don't want to hear this - there is no money in telling patients to eat less sugar. Each person has a different sugar threshold - and it changes as you get older, so you need to count every gram of sugar you eat every day (including natural sugars in fruits, etc.). My tolerance level was 190 grams of sugar per day 8 years ago, 85 grams a year and a half ago, and 60 grams today, so AFIB episodes are more frequent and last longer. If you keep your intake of sugar below your threshold level your AFIB will not happen again (easier said than done of course). It's not the food - it's the sugar (or salt - see below) IN the food that's causing your problems. Try it and you will see - should only take you 1 or 2 months of trial-and-error to find your threshold level. And for the record - ALL sugars are treated the same (honey, refined, agave, natural sugars in fruits, etc.). I successfully triggered AFIB by eating a bunch of plums and peaches one day just to test it out. In addition, I have noticed that moderate exercise (7-mile bike ride or 5-mile hike in the park) often puts my Afib heart back in to normal rhythm a couple hours later. Don’t know why – perhaps you burn off the excess sugars in your blood/muscles or sweat out excess salt?? I also found that strenuous exercise does no good – perhaps you make yourself dehydrated??
Also, in addition to sugar, if you are dehydrated - this will trigger AFIB as well. It seems (but I have no proof of this) that a little uptick of salt in your blood is being treated the same as an uptick of sugar - both cause AFIB episodes. (I’m not a doctor – it may be the sugar in your muscles/organs and not in your blood, don’t know). In any case you have to keep hydrated, and not eat too much salt. The root problem is that our bodies are not processing sugar/salt properly and no doctor knows why, but the AFIB seems to be a symptom of this and not the primary problem, but medicine is not advanced enough to know the core reason that causes AFIB at this time. You can have a healthy heart and still have Afib – something inside us is triggering it when we eat too much sugar or get (even a little) dehydrated. Find out the core reason for this and you will be a millionaire and make the cover of Time Magazine! Good luck! - Rick Hyer
PS – there is a study backing up this data you can view at:
Cardiab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2840-7-28
Good to hear from someone in recovery.
What medication were/have you been on post ablation? & do you feel it has taken a full 9months to recover? I'm 5 weeks post & hoping the frequent af bouts although short will eventually get less. I know from the af fact sheets etc & others on here it is normal
still on 20 mg of sotalol a day till next check up in Febuary
22 months after my ablation and I still get ectopics , just try to ignore them and usually succeed. I had had a very good run and hardly noticed them at all or did not have many for many months , and I crowed about this in a reply to a post a few weeks ago. Then a week last Monday I had a run which lasted until Wednesday before they reduced ! Then they disapeared last Friday and nothing this week. I think it's mental, because they went on for hours, I got back into "heart listening" mode which is clearly the opposite of ignoring them so I noticed them more. Anyway clearly back ignoring mode now! As I keep saying I probably had ectopics before I had AFIB and maybe all my life and never noticed .
Glad you are doing ok there.
Can I ask, I’ve had a one ablation but it was both an RF and Cryo. For the most part it’s been ok with ups and downs here and there, but do you know why they aren’t able to get all the hotspots the first time? I mean for a third ablation to have to happen, what did they do in the second?!
Hi,
The longer youv'e had A F the less chance of a Ablation working 1st time so i'm told, and iv'e had it for many year, with all the new mapping stuff they use hopefully they can do all the burning first time,
But i'm no expert, Bob is the man in the know
2 months post ablation, strange heart rhythm
6 Months Post Ablation
Six Months Post Ablation
6 months post ablation
