Postponing second ablation

[Tikaneko]

Decided to postpone my second ablation (December 2nd) for two reasons, one is that I don’t think i need it yet and second my granddaughter goes into hospital next Thursday to have a brain tumour removed. Seeing my GP today to talk it over with her.

[Padayn01]

When will it be postponed to? How is your granddaughter? Hope she be ok,

[Tikaneko in reply to Padayn01]

They said it will probably be January, but to be quite honest the last one was horrible and it left me traumatised so I am in no rush!!!!

My granddaughter is quite frightened as the op as it will be about 15hours long and with 2 surgeons

[Buffafly in reply to Tikaneko]

💕💕💕

[trevab40 in reply to Buffafly]

My ablation was terrible as well. Not the actual procedure, it has left me with terrible anxiety and tachycardia almost daily. I regret it so much!

[Hidden]

Probably for the best.....get you granddaughter sorted, then you can focus on what’s best for you. Every possible good wish for her speedy recovery.......

[wilsond]

Sending best wishes and support to you all xx

[Tikaneko in reply to wilsond]

Thank you so much x

[Hidden]

Best wishes for your grandaughter and the family. They say ablation is all about improving quality of life so only you can be the judge of that. I would do the same if it were my grandaughter. Just take care of yourself thru all of this, rest, eat right, hydrate💜

[Tikaneko in reply to Hidden]

Great advice, thank you x

[Hidden in reply to Tikaneko]

Keep us posted on how things go💜

[ETFCfan]

Sending best wishes for a good result for your granddaughter. I would do the same as you but agree that you must look after yourself. Hope all goes well for you both.

[reinaway]

Good luck to you both and i am sure you are making the right decision

[DueNorth]

I think you've made the right decision. Whether to have an ablation or not is rarely a clear decision anyway, and our priorities change. Sending very best wishes to both of you

[123Abc123]

Seems very sensible to me. Hope all goes well with your granddaughter.

[Tikaneko]

Thank you all so much for your support, it means such a lot. Xx

[Hidden]

While you are waiting, 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 (this is why all doctors agree that afib gets worse as you get older). 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 (afternoon) 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??

I'm pretty sure that Afib is caused by a gland(s) - like the Pancreas or Thyroid - or an organ that, in our old age, is not working well anymore and excess sugar or dehydration is causing them to send mixed signals to the heart - for example telling the heart to beat fast and slow at the same time - which causes it to skip beats, etc. I can't prove that (and neither can my doctors), but I have a very strong suspicion that that is the root cause of our Afib problems. I am working on this with a Nutritionist and hope to get some definitive proof in a few months.

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:

https//cardiab.biomedcentral.com/a...

And Oh - if you find that your sugar threshold is lower than 50 grams a day - it's nearly impossible to eat less than that each day, which will keep you in permanent Afib. If this is the case, try going to a Nutrition Response Tester. I am doing this and she has improved my gland processing such that we have increased my sugar threshold from 48 grams a day to about 75, which is high enough to stay under - and keep afib from happening (unless I indulge in a sweet something – which I do too often). Hope this helps.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

It is not difficult to eat under 50 grams of carbs per day. My wife and I do it each and every day on the Keto diet. We have totally ditched rice, pasta, bread, potatoes, fruit juices, most fruit, except for berries, and starchy vegetables. We eat quite well and my wife is adept at making special treats with Swerve. We have become fat adapted and also do intermittent fasting. Our bodies are fueled by ketones, not glucose and I find myself mentally sharper. My wife has always been the sharpest tool in the kit and now she is even better at 67.

[Raytheboxman]

Until a couple Tuesdays ago I was thinking about postponing my second ablation, scheduled for January 8th, because I felt so well following my 5th CardioVersion at the beginning of July. I am so glad I didn't because I went back into AFib two weeks ago and are really struggling at the moment. I keep moving and try to lead a 'normal' life but it's such hard work doing so. I am looking forward to the ablation because, based on my experience of the first ablation, I should get many months, or even years, relief from my AFib.

[Tikaneko]

Thank you all so much for your supportive and informative words, they really do help. Thursday will be a long day for us all. As for my second ablation I am truly in two minds I don’t feel I can go through with it again. My GP is writing to my consultant requesting another halter, just to check if I really do need one as we have realised the meds I was on was causing serious ectopics and fast heart rates. Why do they give you one with those side effects? I have stopped taking Adizem and changed to another. As soon as the meds were stopped the ectopics stopped. Of course with everything going on at the moment I think any reading/test wouldn’t be true!