AV Node ablation

[Borderterriorist]

I'm new to this forum so first of all, hello! I developed paroxysmal right sided atrial flutter in 2020, had a cardioversion in 2021 which worked well for two years. I have a stage one heart block but could only tolerate 1.25mg of bisoprolol without my HR dropping too low so I had a pacemaker fitted in May of this year and my dose increased to 5mg as I was having issues with flutter again. Unfortunately, whilst recovering from the pacemaker insertion I was admitted to A&E with a variety of arrhythmias which took 15 hours to settle. I had a pacemaker check a few weeks later and it was clear that I still had an unsafe arrhythmia despite being on 10mg of bisoprolol daily, dose changed to 7.5mg twice daily but I was still getting problems and tbh was feeling extremely tired and somewhat depressed! I saw my cardiology consultant last week and he's put me on the wait list for an AV Node ablation and changed my meds to digoxen + 5mg bisolprolol twice daily. Early days but I am feeling less tired and my resting HR is pretty settled, the pacemaker is keeping me at 61 bpm and I don't seem to be getting the chaotic rhythms that were pretty constant.

So, has anyone on the forum had an AV Node ablation to correct this sort of issue? I've always been very active and although nearly 76 I'd like to think that this procedure could be really helpful. Please share your experience if you have had this procedure. TIA