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failed after 3rd ablation

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steven27001
steven27001

hello all 

I am here to update my life with Afib and my 3rd ablation,,,,,

I have had 3 ablations in 2 month and dont i know it am wiped out last one

5 days ago. Where my heart was pearced and i needed a drain worse few days of my life after the 2nd ablation i swaped Afib for Aflutter never had Aflutter before. so i ended up in A&E I cant ever remember how many times ive been to hospital.. the last ablation failed yet again and yesterday laying in bed to rest my heart went back into Arial Flutter and i am so heart broken mentally and physically. I am grown Man of 46 and ive been in tears most of the day I just dont know what to do anymore feeling my life ended. I am now on more drugs then before blood thiners i am on Amiodarone that scares the life out of me i am on iron tablets because of the blood i lost. I cant do hospitals anymore, i wish i had never had an ablation but people who are waiting for ablations and read this please please dont go off my story xx    people of this forums i am lost trully lost :-(

steven

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  • steven27001
    steven27001

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    Hello all thought I would do a quick update, I am in hospital this moment in time with heart flutter of 140bpm and I am absolutely gutted, I've been free of any symptoms for 2/half years I came in yesterday and am in the CCU unit and will be having a cardio conversion Friday as all medication hasn't but me back into sinus, I really believed I was free 😥

    • simon56380
      simon56380 steven27001

      Posted

      Sorry to hear this Steven. Are they talking about a fourth ablation?

      I've only had one ablation (two and a half years ago) and have been fine since.

      Although I can notice subtle changes over the last 12 months as I have slowly but surely regained the 10kg that I lost around the time of the ablation.

      Clearly for me, carrying extra weight puts increased strain on my heart, and I fear that my issues may return if I don't lose the excess weight. Apparently the heart is able to electrically 'remodel' itself over time and can sometimes overcome the scarring that is done by abating (interesting stuff!).

      Have to get back into the diet and exercise now Spring has arrived (in Australia).

      Hope whatever happens next is successful for you.

      Kind regards,

      Simon

    • steven27001
      steven27001 simon56380

      Posted

      Hello Simon smile yes its been mentioned about a 4th but I am not sure I want to go down that road, am just hoping this episode is a one off, I've been put on sotalol today and been taken off flecainide and bisoprolol seem to be slowing my heart down 104 at the moment l, I have an appointment in November to see a leading specialist in flutter in Liverpool, I was going to cancel at I thought I didn't need the appointment glad I didn't now with having this episode yesterday, great News Simon that you are looking after yourself and you are still free from this horrible condition, hope it continues for you smile

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