ablation takes time

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I had my ablation in November. I kept having episodes with what I

thought was afib. I knew it would take time for the scar tissue to

from inside my heart, so I waited it out. I charted how long I was

out of sinus and the number of days between episodes.

I went to my gp and got a rhythm strip and then went to my EP

Cardiologist one day when I was out of sinus. It took my

cardiologist a long time to get back to me, but he said what I had

was a flutter. I only went into it during stressful times.

I can eat most of the things that used to be my triggers. I am going

longer and longer in between out of sinus situations.

I wrote to Dr. Feld in San Diego, the one who did the procedure, and

told him that I thought I was almost cured.

By the way someone wrote about 50% cure. I think the clinic in St.

Lukes in Houston is doing 80% and so is DR. Feld in San Diego.

They are always getting new equipment. They had some new imaging

equipment when they did me. Dr. Feld went ahead and did it the old

way and watched on the new equipment. He went around each pulminary

vein. My cardiologist told me they found that if they go around two

of them at a time they get a better result. They also make a couple

of lines: one between the veins and the other toward the Valve.

I have been reading lately of others that take 6 or 7 months to get

over their afib after the initial ablation.

Jimbo in the Great Valley of California 400 miles long and 70 wide