Hi all,my story of being a young afibber

[Guest guest]

I am 28 yrs old,and at 24 started having parox afib.

I am new to this site,and hope to meet fllow afibbers.

I have been in and out of hospital and have had 2 ablations,but my afib

came back.

Its a juggling game betwwen the effects of afib and the medication.

I have suffered terrible side afffects from meds.

Atenalol gave me real breathing problems.

Flecainide was awful-i felt numb to life,i didnt have emotions(sounds

weird but is best that i can describe it)

Warfarin-migraines-never had migraines till warfarin

I just wanted to say dont let it beat you,your not alone.I feel your

pain also.

I am now waiting to see my cardio after afib returned after 2nd

ablation,like you,its hard to accept a lifetime of afib and meds,but we

keep going.

Feel free to contact me,its nice to know there are other afibbers,

Mimixx

[Guest guest]

Hi Mimi - I'm sorry your ablations didn't work so far.. where did you have them

done, and by whom? And how long ago was the last one?

stef

Hi all,my story of being a young afibber

I am 28 yrs old,and at 24 started having parox afib.

I am new to this site,and hope to meet fllow afibbers.

I have been in and out of hospital and have had 2 ablations,but my afib

came back.

Its a juggling game betwwen the effects of afib and the medication.

I have suffered terrible side afffects from meds.

Atenalol gave me real breathing problems.

Flecainide was awful-i felt numb to life,i didnt have emotions(sounds

weird but is best that i can describe it)

Warfarin-migraines-never had migraines till warfarin

I just wanted to say dont let it beat you,your not alone.I feel your

pain also.

I am now waiting to see my cardio after afib returned after 2nd

ablation,like you,its hard to accept a lifetime of afib and meds,but we

keep going.

Feel free to contact me,its nice to know there are other afibbers,

Mimixx

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Hi,thanks for your message.

My first ablation i was sedated and in theatre for 7 1/2 hours,but i

kept moving around a lot(i have no memory of it)so it was deemed

failture.My second one i was under GA and it lasted 6 hours,and worked,

I was afib free for about 6 months and then gradually the attacks came

back and have now returned back to being daily events.

I was in Oxford JR hospital under Dr Bashirs fantastic care.

I am seeing cardio the 15th of feb and i hope to be tested for sleep

apnea as well as my afib and forgetting to breath at night come hand in

hand,so for me i hope there is a link.

As for the afib i dont know what the next plan of action will be,if

they will try ablation again or not-all will be revealed soon,lol

[Guest guest]

--- i hope to be tested for sleep

> apnea as well as my afib and forgetting to breath at night come hand in

> hand,so for me i hope there is a link.

>

I think there is a definite link between my a fib (which always

started when I was asleep) and sleep apnea. Since starting on the

bipap machine Sept 1 I have not had a fib except when prescribed cough

syrup with hydrocodone, a big mistake that put me into long sessions

of a fib the two times I took it. I hope you find relief using the

cpap machine if you indeed have sleep apnea. My apnea (at the severe

level)is not completely controlled right yet, but is reduced in

frequency. I am hoping that has helped control fib at least for the

time being.

[Guest guest]

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> I am 28 yrs old,and at 24 started having parox afib.

> I am new to this site,and hope to meet fllow afibbers.

> I have been in and out of hospital and have had 2 ablations,but my

afib

> came back.

>

Sorry about your AF return.

I do believe I would investigate the maze procedure after 2 failed

ablations. I had the maze in 1998 and have been af and medication

free ever since. You are much to young to put up with AF for years.

I take it you are in GB, and you are on their medical system, so I

don't know much about it or what kind of options you have.

They do a lot oa maze procedures there, so it could be possible.

I wish you the best.

Jack