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I am 55 years old at this writing. When I was 42, I had ...

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I am 55 years old at this writing. When I was 42, I had the Ablation for WPW, after suffering with it since I was 13. It affected my whole life. Many things would set it off, like heat, cold, windy days were especially bad, bending over, trying to do anything physical, eating a large meal....etc. Every attack would start with my throat feeling like it was hurting and acid would fill my stomach and my heart would hurt badly and feel like it was stopping and then it would start beating 200 to 350 per minute, and was always a trip to emergency room, where I would get oxygen and IV medication to stop it. Some times holding my breath and pushing hard would stop it. Ice baths, laying on the floor and mimiking labor pushes would work at times. As the years passed, the attacks were more frequent until I couldnt even get off of the couch. I was pregnant at this time and had a bad attack in my 9th month and my Dr. called in a heart specialist and it was decided to do a C/Section delivery because the pregnancy was causing the WPW to be uncontrllable. My baby was born not breathing and had to be rescuscitated. 3 months later, A Doctor from Scott and White clinic in Temple Texas called to inform me of the Ablation, which was a new procedure at that time,and I didnt hesitate agreeing to do it. I had to wait until my baby was finished nursing at 6 months old.

The procedure was pleasant and was finished in 5 minutes and I had to lay on the table for 8 hours to make sure everything was stable, and then I went home. I was completely cured and my life was given back to me. I have lived WPW free for 13 years. About a year ago, I started having symptoms again when I would be in the heat or was doing something strenuous, I am having sharp pains in my chest and my heart begins to race and then stops completely and I feel like I am going top pass out and then my heart will flop around and beat fast and then slow, completely out of rythym. I have been to the emergency room several times and it will quit before I get there or, they say they dont dont see anything wrong....but...after living with WPW for so many years, there is no doubt, it is trying to happen again...there is no denying the symptoms, and as I am writing this, I plan to go back to the Dr. who did the Abalation and find out what is happening. I was told that it could not come back, but I believe it is trying to.

If you have WPW, DO NOT HESITATE having the Ablation. It is a very non invasive and painless procedure that will give you your life back.

God Bless you all,

Brinda

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    An ablation is the best thing I have ever done in my entire life. I am now 23 years old, and I have been 100% for a full year. I started having attacks when I was 17, which is often quiet common in teenage girls. I would have a heart rate of 250 plus, and would need to be taken to hospital where they would give me adenosine injection, which if you could avoid do so, because they hurt like crazy. I ended up having to take medication,tiazac, to stop the attacks, because they were getting so frequent and for longer durations, and it made it so I could no longer go around my day to day things, as well as trying to go to university at the same time. I made the decission to have an ablation, which I highly suggest to everyone. It is not painful at all, a bit akward, and a tad long surgery, but i have no scaring. I thought I would share this with everyone that please do not be afraid of having an ablation it is the best thing I have done with my life, no matter what the age, I say go for it, you will feel 100 times better, and no longer be afraid of having attacks all the time. If anyone has any questions what so ever about the surgery and wish to contact me, please email me at ****

    Good luck everyone,

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    An ablation is the best thing I have ever done in my entire life. I am now 23 years old, and I have been 100% for a full year. I started having attacks when I was 17, which is often quiet common in teenage girls. I would have a heart rate of 250 plus, and would need to be taken to hospital where they would give me adenosine injection, which if you could avoid do so, because they hurt like crazy. I ended up having to take medication,tiazac, to stop the attacks, because they were getting so frequent and for longer durations, and it made it so I could no longer go around my day to day things, as well as trying to go to university at the same time. I made the decission to have an ablation, which I highly suggest to everyone. It is not painful at all, a bit akward, and a tad long surgery, but i have no scaring. I thought I would share this with everyone that please do not be afraid of having an ablation it is the best thing I have done with my life, no matter what the age, I say go for it, you will feel 100 times better, and no longer be afraid of having attacks all the time. If anyone has any questions what so ever about the surgery and wish to contact me.

    Good luck everyone,

    Amanda Potterton

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    Hello,

    I was reading your comment and I have a question for you. I am 24yo recently diagnosed with svt. I am seriously thinking about having the ablation procedure cause the medication doesn't seem to be controlling my svt episodes very well. The problem is, the procedure would take place right in the middle of my college semester. Can you tell me how long it took you to recover from this procedure? Did you feel as though you could have returned to work/school right away? Or like you would have needed a few weeks off? I just don't know what to expect "post-procedure." Any advice you could give would be very helpful! Thanks, Michelle

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    sorry it took so long to respond michelle.

    I had my proceedure done right after school was finished and I was working in a week. I was in the hospital over night, and they release you the next day, usually. I was a little tired from it all for about 2 days. the cut is very small too and heals with in the week. The medication and adrenaline wears you out, but other than that its a easy operation to recover from, and you wont miss that much time....even consider doing it over a christmas break might work. You maybe need 2 days off, after the operation.

    Good luck! I highly recomend getting it done.

    Amanda

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    hey amanda,

    my names lucy and i'm 16 i have my gcses in may/june and am going back to school tomorrow but i just found out that i have AVNRT which is a form of SVT. my doctor said that this ablation thing has a 98% success rate but i just wondered what it entails? he said that you get sedated but i just wondered if i'd find it better if i got put to sleep instead?

    thanks for any response

    lucy x

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