Re: Reporting on my PVI on 7/28

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In a message dated 7/30/04 5:57:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

apollodorian@... writes:

>

> Any of you who have had succesful ablations and experienced

> recurrence of arrythmic events after an ablation please respond and

> reassure.

>

> Thank you with continued support blessings to all....

>

Hello ,

It sounds like all is going according to plan. My post AF events I remember

well. They had such a different feel to them. Very shallow and fluttery. They

lasted from a few minutes to an hour or so. The post AF events went on for 90

days for me, then it faded away. They didn't happen everyday. Maybe two or

three times per week. But for very short periods of time. Sometimes less than a

minute.

I was having AF events everyday pre PVA, sometimes twice a day. This evolved

over time. From twice a year, to once a month to twice a month to every ten

days to everyday. This covers a time span of ten years +/- mind you. The only

medicines I took were atenolol 50 mg and asprin 325 mg. Nothing else.

Give your heart a chance to heal. Relaxe, your over the hump. If you ever

needed another PVA, your ready. You can ask more questions of your Doctor, with

a

certain degree of confidence having been there.

Rich O

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> Any of you who have had succesful ablations and experienced

> recurrence of arrythmic events after an ablation please respond and

> reassure.

>

Hi, ,

I haven't had an ablation, but it seems commonplace for people in

here post-ablation to report their heart still acting up for a few

months. Remember, it has been zapped to destroy the bad tissue, so

it is not a happy critter right now.

As a ridiculous comparison, I had a lot of dental work a week or so

ago, and I am snarfing down Advil becaue it still really hurts.

The body needs a chance to heal.

Worst case, you may be among the folks who need a second ablation,

because the docs are conservative in the first one, but the success

rate is still very high.

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> i'm new to this AFIB just diagnosed 2 weeks ago, what

> is

> PVA?

> thanks steve

>

>

pulmonary vein ablation, I think. There is a lot of info about afib

on the web site of the afib foundation, at www.affacts.org