Hubby in sinus rhythm after cardio version, so we ll see how long it lasts 🤞

[Jackiesmith7777]

Hubby heart rate at 60 for first time since we got the watch four months ago and in sinus rhythm . I have no expectations of it lasting but at least it will give his heart a rest till the next step, possibly ablation .

[Buzby62]

Good news, I was wondering, hope it lasts for him. 🤞

[Jackiesmith7777 in reply to Buzby62]

Thank you

[JaneFinn]

That’s great to hear! He must feel so different, bless him. Make sure he takes it easy for a bit to let it ‘set’ into NSR.

However long it lasts, the fact he’s gone into NSR is a positive sign for a good chance of a successful ablation. Jx

[Jackiesmith7777 in reply to JaneFinn]

Thank you

[Jackiesmith7777 in reply to JaneFinn]

thank you

[Desanthony]

Good news! Hope it lasts for him my longest lasted 15 months. Make sure he takes it easy. I put myself back into AF lifting a heavy box after first CV and the second time moving a mattress.

[Jackiesmith7777 in reply to Desanthony]

Did you revert back to sinus rhythm or did you stay in AF . I can see I’m going to have to nag him to take it easy .

[Rainfern]

Very good news Jackie. Take it easy the both of you.

[Jackiesmith7777 in reply to Rainfern]

Thank you

[doodle68]

pleased for your husband Jackie. I had cardioversion today and it failed I am very disappointed .

[Jackiesmith7777]

so sorry to hear that . How disappointing for you . Will you have another try or does the consultant have other plans for you ?

[doodle68 in reply to Jackiesmith7777]

Hi Jacki thank you I am waiting to see...

[doodle68 in reply to Jackiesmith7777]

'whispers'...... Hi Jacki 🙂 I went into normal SR last night 2 days after cardioversion and 3 weeks following an ablation which lasted 4 days . I am going to be taking things very slowly and hope your husband will too in the hope my heart can maintain the new rhythm.

I read in another post about the dose of betablockers, I take the betablocker nebivolol and will continue to do so as advised by my EP and am in no hurry to stop them . Remember betablockers help the heart by blocking the stress hormones which can be a trigger for some AFers myself included and by slowing the heart rate .

Best wishes .....

[Bodydoctor12]

make sure he takes it completely easy for at least two weeks and eases Himself back into things VERY SLOWLY! I’m 9. Months in NSR now after mine 🤞🏽

[Jackiesmith7777 in reply to Bodydoctor12]

Thank you . I’ve already caught him standing on a chair changing a lightbulb I really told him off as he only has 50 percent vision on the right side of both eyes after his stroke and could have misjudged his footing and fallen .

[Ellie-Ann]

think positive….I was in permanent AF for two years and had a CV done last December. Still in NSR. 👍 ( age 76). Good luck.

[Jackiesmith7777 in reply to Ellie-Ann]

Thank you that’s really encouraging x

[Hidden]

I’m getting my fourth cardioversion (all for AFL) next week, and in 2 months my second ablation (the first one was for AF). The second ablation will address AFL, and a Watchman device will be implanted that promises to free me from anticoagulants after a year. I am exceedingly hopeful. The statistics are on my side that a second ablation and one focused on AFL has a success rate in the 90th percentile.

Your husband is at the beginning of this journey. Tell him we all keep hanging in with optimism and are grateful for modern medical technology. To me, that a cardioversion can immediately get me back in SR is a miracle. And you can bet I feel a whole lot better immediately. If only they lasted……

My first cardioversion lasted 13 months. The next two, when AFL got persistent, lasted a little over a month each is all. This fourth one needs to last two months until the ablation, fingers crossed.

What has interested me in the replies to your post is the number of experienced patients who counsel your husband to take it easy for quite a bit afterward. I couldn’t agree more! And that’s even after being told by the attending physician at each cardioversion to “just go back to your normal life.”

I’ve come to believe that is bum advice, and advice I suspect is not well documented by research, especially given the input from experienced patients on this site to definitely take it easy. We’re the ones who’ve been there. In my case, I believe a massage was the catalyst for reverting to AFL.

It only makes sense to let one’s heart take it easy as it settles back into its natural rhythm. It’s had a Big Shock. It’s bound to be suffering from confusing signals. The body always seeks homeostasis on its own. Sometimes we just need to get out of the way. There will be time for brisk walks, lifting mattresses, running errands later.

My new post-conversion/post-ablation motto: if it’s not urgent, don’t do it; if it is urgent, do it slowly or, better yet, get someone else to do it. Eat lightly and stay hydrated. (I believe that is very important, at least from my experience.) Make sleep and rest priorities. Indulge in the opportunity to be lazy; if you don’t feel like doing something , don’t do it. Most things can wait. Welcome all TLC offered and engage the help of others. And stay positive, full of gratitude.

That’s what I’m going to practice after what I hope is my last cardioversion leading to a successful second ablation. What I’m not going to do is return right away to the same old busy days full of to-do’s that probably helped get me in this AF/AFL situation in the first place. I learn a lot from this forum.

I wish your husband good healing.

[Jackiesmith7777 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you so much for this information and everyone else’s advice . I have passed it all onto a very stubborn husband . I think it’s finally dawned on him he has to take it easy for the next couple of weeks and hopefully his heart can rest a bit after so long beating so fast . Fingers crossed it won’t revert back yet.

[JOY2THEWORLD49]

Hi

Not a BB but a CCB Diltiazem brought down my H/R day to 51 in 2 hours. Adjusted to 120mg dose AM and 2.5mg Bisoprolol at PM.

Controlled at last in December 2021. In December 2022 it went down further to 60s. Always 47avge at PM.

Just as well because my heart is structurely abnormal.

cheri JOY. 47. (NZ)