Hi
As you all know I had an an ablation on the 12th November for PAF I know I am in the blanking stage but have any of you gone in to tachycardia after having it done ? I saw my consultant last week and he said this can happen but has altered my medication since altering it I was doing really well then this morning it’s gone again this is the third time since having it done and usually lasts 3 days should I be worried or is it to be expected ? Also have any of you had nose bleeds after it ?
Very common as listed in the fact sheet on recovery (see link)
yes I had episodes of tachy & ectopics for about 9 months - not unusual. Just another thing the hospital fail to alert you about.
Hi Bell.
The above comments say it all - no need for me to elaborate. Hope the ablation works out well and you are soon in sinus.
Paul
Hi, your ablation is very recent and scars haven't formed yet and your heart is protesting at being invaded. Added to that your resting heart rate will be faster now (that lasts for quite a few months after or even longer) which might give you the added impression of tachycardia on top of what you are experiencing. My resting HR is now between 80 and 100 during the day ( from 60 to 75 before the ablation) . You have to wait at least 3 to 4 months before a proper assessment can be made. So take it easy and rest as much as possible 🙂
Take care and let us know how you are getting on. X
I took a full 18 months to recover.
Heart rate still higher and still the odd ectopics but no Af.
It will be worth it
Absolutely!
Thankyou all for the advice
lilypocket my resting heart rate is between 125-140 when I am in tachycardia and 59-65 when in normal sinus rhythm my husband says I am an impatient patient and it is really hard for me to just rest but that’s what I am doing as I don’t really feel like doing any thing either, I must admit I didn’t realise how tired you get that’s something the doctors don’t tell you.
While in tachycardia my heart rate stayed in the 150s. I barely felt alive all I felt was miserable. When I woke from my cardioversion my heart rate was 82 and I felt like a new person. I stayed that way for 3 1/2 weeks and it was wonderful. Now that it failed I am back to about 112 it started at 1:05 a week ago and even 105 made me exhausted. The things we take for granted. Earlier the day that it failed I had a heart rate of 70 felt like a kid. You definitely have to chill while you’re healing because even if you feel good with the heart rate down it’s not healed so you are going to have it fluctuate. That’s what’s good about this forum, we can share with each other and even though we are different as you can see there’s some things that just are when it comes to afib 😞 but we will get through it. I think we are lucky that it was diagnosed rather than just walking around not knowing why we feel the way we feel. From what I’m told it’s not deadly and maybe we paid more attention to what we do to our bodies when we do have it. Don’t focus on it all the time or you’ll make yourself crazy.
I went into tachycardia and stayed there until my cardio conversion last month. The fact that you are having a come and go it’s a good thing and having NSR is even better. My last surgery was my most aggressive and had the worst outcome it sounds like you are in the blanking period. I was told it could take up to a year to fully heal from the procedure I had. Unfortunately it never appeared for me. Try to focus on having it gone more than it’s there. Unfortunately I think we’re always going to have those periods where it pops up to remind us we still have a fib. Best of luck focus on the good stuff
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