My ablations

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I am just catching up on things-The mapping and ablation was done on

November 27th-It took 9 hours and failed as I was back in affib 10 hours

later-2 days later they did a 7 hour ablation and cured me of atrial flutter

(I didn't know I had It) and they found the area in the pulmonary vein where

the affib was coming from and ablated part of it and it failed as 2 hours

later I was in affib-I was released several days later on an antiarrythmic

drug flecanide (Tambocor) and Coumadin both of which I agreed to take for

now-They feel that they are very close to getting rid of my affib and I am

going to go back for a 3rd ablation later in January- Apparently I am a very

complicated case-I have 6 pulmonary veins when normal is 4, my pulmonary

veins are very twisty and hard to get into, and i have alot of foci causing

the affib-I pray it works and that " three is a Charm "

Jerry

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In a message dated 12/15/01 3:34:29 PM Pacific Standard Time,

jerrynmn1@... writes:

> the affib-I pray it works and that " three is a Charm "

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I'll pray for that too. Don't look back, look forward.

MK in Louisiana

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My ablations

Jerry,

Now that exact problem has been located it looks like you're on the road to

a permanent cure for once and for all. I wish you the very best of luck and

hope the next time we hear from you that you'll be catagorised

" ex-afibber " . In the meantime be careful about the Tambocor. I went on it

at the beginning of last October and it send my liver enzymes sky high in no

time. Otherwise it did the job and I could have coped with the side-effects

that came with it. I am now back on old faithful Disopyramide ( sustained

release) 250 mgms twice daily, for the the last four days, and keeping

fingers crossed.

Bernie

>I am just catching up on things-The mapping and ablation was done on

>November 27th-It took 9 hours and failed as I was back in affib 10 hours

>later-2 days later they did a 7 hour ablation and cured me of atrial

flutter

>(I didn't know I had It) and they found the area in the pulmonary vein

where

>the affib was coming from and ablated part of it and it failed as 2 hours

>later I was in affib-I was released several days later on an antiarrythmic

>drug flecanide (Tambocor) and Coumadin both of which I agreed to take for

>now-They feel that they are very close to getting rid of my affib and I am

>going to go back for a 3rd ablation later in January- Apparently I am a

very

>complicated case-I have 6 pulmonary veins when normal is 4, my pulmonary

>veins are very twisty and hard to get into, and i have alot of foci causing

>the affib-I pray it works and that " three is a Charm "

>Jerry

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