is it worth it

[heartready2go]

read the af info on recovery

and info on abolation sound like a torcher chamber.

want to run.

had no attack for 6 months

controlled on meds why am I doing this.

[bantam12]

If you aren't comfortable about going ahead with your ablation you can postpone it until you feel more able to go through with it.

I was on the wait list for one but I wasn't happy about the success rates or the potential recovery problems some people experience.

[Jalia]

I do understand how you feel. However I think you may regret if you back out now.

I had my first ablation at The Heart Hospital in London in 2009 which was really necessary after 16/17 years of paroxysmal/ persistent AF. Yes, the thought was really scarey and there wasn't any where near as much info around as there is today. I was very impressed with the care given and the relief when I came through it all unscathed!!

I've had 2 more ablations since and certainly wouldn't have done if it was a torture chamber scenario.....

Of course you can cancel if it is really not for you but I suspect you will regret doing so and will not rid yourself of the constant dread of the procedure.

My advice would be to ' bite the bullet '.Let the medics know how you feel and I'm sure they will be extra reassuring with you.

Good luck and do let us know how you get on.

PS....i felt perfectly well the day after, just a little fragile. Husband went back to work and I kept the household going , NO probs

[cuore]

I think your emotions are still raw considering the tragic loss of your son and also because you live alone. 75% success rate is commendable. I had to get to the third ablation for one EP to give me 60% and another 85% ( I think the mapping tools were the reason for the considerable deviation)

Because you are 70, the chance that your arrhythmia will reoccur is quite high even though there has been a six month lapse. Recent trials have concluded that ablations are superior to meds in controlling recurrence.

I am wondering if anyone will accompany you when you go for your ablation. I do feel it would be beneficial for you to have some personal support. Also after the ablation perhaps one of your friends can stay with you for a while, and if not, at least keep visiting you in the following days.

All of us on this forum are your friends, and we are all here to support you.

[Hidden]

yes, It's worth it.

[Hidden]

Give this a try and see if it works:

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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, Thyroid (sends signals to the heart to increase speed or strength of beat), Adrenal Gland (sends signals to increase heart rate), Sympathetic Nerve (increases heart rate) or Vagus Nerve (decreases heart rate), Hypothalamus Gland or others - 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...

[heartready2go]

I have only had afib for a year never had problems wis sugar levels befor BUT have just been told my sugar is 41 very high and my colesterol 8.5 again very high all coinsiding with onset afib. just reached 70

so I am inclined to agree.

I knew alcohol afect ed my afib so I reduced to no mor than 2 glasses of wine twice a week. that was ok but if I have more I dehydrate then afib is guaranteed.

I stoped all 95 % of sugar week before going into hosp for abolation due to suger levels.

they could not find any electrical abnormality. ????

so could not do ablation.

I'm a belever.......

Only prob now is high colesterol and high sugar and af ,I will have to stay off sugar.

sugar sault bread rice potatoes fruit pasta wine red meat shel fish fats

milk tomatoes carrots tea coffee

fruit juice chocolate carbonated drinks on and on HELP.