very early days

[Kennyb1968]

I'm post cryo-ablation day 4 and am flipping between NSR and very mild AFib. Literally I can be NSR one minute and the AFib the next. My Kardia is also regularly telling me I am in NSR with superventricular ectopy or premature ventricular contractions. Any sort of exertion (going up stairs, making dinner, etc.) throws me into mild AFib or ectopics. On the plus side I feel really well and am symptom free. I have also slept through the night for 4 nights in a row - the first time that's happened in about 18 months.

My resting HR is up from 55-60 to 70-75bpm

My EP was really pleased with the Ablation and is confident it will be successful. He did warn that I may be in for a rough couple of months until the inflammation subsides and things settle. However I see posts on here where people seem to achieve NSR straight away. Has anyone had a similar experience to me and did things settle down?

Kenny

[BobD Volunteer]

Lock the Kardia away for a month and relax. You have SO MUCH recovering to do over the next six to nine months. Read and re read the fact sheet on recovery and understand that you are perfectly normal.

[Kennyb1968 in reply to BobD]

Cheers Bob

[Kennyb1968 in reply to BobD]

Given the Kardia to my lovely wife and told her not to give me it back until the end of September

[BobD Volunteer in reply to Kennyb1968]

Well done Kenny. Try not to focus on your heart and just get in with life ----- gently of course!

[Jalia in reply to Kennyb1968]

I wouldn't normally agree with Bob on locking the Kardia away but it might be a good idea fir a few weeks anyhow !

I never had a Kardia when I had my first 3 ablations.....probably just as well. I've been plagued with Supraventricular Ectopy since no 4

[MummyLuv]

Yip, I still have PVCs on and off at 4 months post procedure and had bigeminy early on. Perfectly normal while the heart heals. Well done you giving up the Kardio, hope there is no sneaky Apple Watch 😂😂. To be honest I think us afibbers can feel our different arrhythmia anyway we get so tuned in.

[MummyLuv in reply to MummyLuv]

PS PVCs are still sinus rythm 👍

[Kennyb1968 in reply to MummyLuv]

Cheers - no sneaky Apple watch - I have a Garmin but that doesn't do rhythm and it's measurement of rate isn't very accurate

[dexter8479]

Hi Kenny, best wishes for a great recovery. I'm not scheduled for an ablation (yet!), but I guess I might pluck up the courage one day. May I ask who your EP is? Is it Dr Gary Wright at Golden Jubilee? Stay well.

[Kennyb1968 in reply to dexter8479]

Yes it was Gary and his team - looked after me really well

[dexter8479 in reply to Kennyb1968]

Lovely man, so kind and caring. My fave ever medic.

[jeanjeannie50]

It's good to hear that you are feeling well Kenny.

Giving the Kardia up for a month really is the best thing you can do. I bought an oximeter a short while ago and just about every time I put it on an alarm would sound indicating my oxygen levels or pulse were abnormal. It turned me into a complete stress head - what a waste of£30 that was!

Jean

[Samazeuilh2]

AF so soon after ablation is usually associated with the inflammatory state caused by the ablation itself, i.e. it is not necessarily associated with the original AF and doesn't indicate that the procedure has failed.

One article comments, "Some people are concerned that afib during the three-month blanking period means the catheter ablation has failed; however, we often hear at medical conferences that more inflammation may be correlated with more aggressive treatment, often resulting in less afib once the inflammation has subsided and the heart has healed." So less aggressive treatment may be the reason why some others have fewer symptoms than you.

And the rapid heart rate is a good sign, not a bad one and indicates the ablation is more likely to succeed. See: link.springer.com/article/1...

So I do not think at this early stage you need to be too concerned.

[Kennyb1968 in reply to Samazeuilh2]

Thank you

[DawnTX]

Kenny I learned the word blanking. On here had never heard of it but it makes sense that while we are healing we can flip in and out and it can be rough. Evidently it’s very normal which I had not been told by my doctor. I think I have learned more on here than I did from him. His job is to fix me lol he did tell me a lot the day of my discharge however I realize I was probably quite loopy at the time. I have faith in him although I am still having problems I am fairly convinced it is not the procedure as such. I have gotten parecarditis after each procedure this made number three and I don’t think it was gone when the medication ended.

The fact that you are doing so well so soon is fantastic appreciate every time you’re feeling good because as you know they can’t Kures but they can extend our a good time without a fib acting up. I was supposed to get a cardioversion tomorrow and now there’s a problem but I was looking so forward to feeling better. Listen when you should to the people on here and ask your doctor when you should be asking him. We have awesome people here feel better and take a deep breath. I was told the particular procedure I had could be up to a year before I get full results. If that means no meds etc. I’ll wait a year 🤗

[Fullofheart]

I never achieved NSR after 1st ablation and only managed one day after 2nd ablation. Im now nearly 4 months on and have just experienced 9 full random days of NSR but now (as of 2 days ago) back in AF. 🙄

Gutted, but a little more hopeful than I was before the 9 days of blissful sinus rhythm. 🤞

Wishing you well Kenny. As you say, early days. The signs are looking pretty promising!