A cautionary tale...moving on

[50568789]

Following on earlier post about bronchoscopy triggering AF. Firstly, report from bronchoscopy confirmed nothing abnormal. Good news, but highly questionable if it was necessary anyway, but we tend to go along with doctors ideas. What it did do is put me back in persistent AF three months after an ablation which had been symptom free.Secondly, spoke with arrythmia nurse at Papworth, who had a sharp intake of breath when I mentioned bronchoscopy. Emailed her copies of ECGs from my stint in A&E to where I had quickly been despatched by my GP. Quick response from nurse and EP that I will need a cardioversion to put it right , now waiting for date in next few weeks. Meantime persistent AF is a real nuisance, keep getting caught out by minor exertion, stairs, walking up inclines. OK, still alive to tell the tale, but rather it hadn't happened in the first place.

[JaneFinn]

Thanks so much for the update - argh you must be so fed up, I feel for you. It’s such a shame they didn’t warn caution after the ablation or to check with them before certain procedures during this period, as from her reaction it sounds like the nurse was aware a bronchoscopy could be a risk 😕

I’m glad at least that they have a plan for you, I hope the cardioversion is soon - or ideally that you self convert sooner. And I’m glad the bronchoscopy was good news at least - not that that’s much comfort when you’re feeling so rotten due to having had it, I’m sure.

Take care and do keep us posted xx

[Ppiman]

Yes, as Jane says - fed up you must be. Keep us updated with how you go on. The doctor must have had some fear for your lungs to have asked for the test. We need a safer way to view our innards!

Steve

[50568789]

Thanks for kind words. For info, the condition they have been investigating is technically haemoptysis (coughing up blood). It only happens occasionally, and only when I clear my throat on waking, hardly coughing, and consists of a small amount of blood in sputum / catarrh. Guess what, I'm pretty sure it only started when I started on rivaroxaban, but the medics insisted on a whole programme of CT scans, gastroscopy, colonoscopy bronchoscopy to eliminate any suspicious GI bleeds or tumours. Talk about a sledgehammer to crack a nut. In the end they found nothing. I suspect if I'd just stopped rivaroxaban it would have disappeared - but then I might have had a stroke, so Lord let us be truly thankful.