Skipped heartbeats
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Hello all,
I had my ablation on July 21. It was successful and my doctor said everything looked great. I had a few flutters and short-lived palpatations a few weeks after, but overall felt pretty good.
This last week I started feeling skipped heartbeats on a regular basis. I'd say every 5 minutes or so. I am also feeling dizzy/light-headed. I called my dr on Wednesday and they are supposed to be mailing a monitor out to me to wear for 48 hrs. I haven't received it yet...
Has anyone else experienced skipped beats after an ablation? It's quite unnerving and annoying too. I just don't feel that great and was hoping by now I would be. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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kristina43732 Rachnroyce
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Yes! My daughter had an ablation the end of August and a week later we sent her far away to college! I am so thankful for these forums! It's bad enough sending your kid away to college but when she calls and tells you something is wrong I've about crawled out of my skin on many occasions! Her ablation was for SVT and they seem to be very irregular now. She describes it as a long short short accompanied by a squeezing feeling and head ache that just wipes her out. I sent her a fitbit charge hr so she could monitor how high her heart rhythm was. It was super high in the 230 before ablation. The fit bit couldn't get her pulse when she had these episodes and just showed up as dashes. So the cardiologist was called and they shipped her a monitor for 30 days. She is allergic to the adhesive so she only wore it for 2 weeks. But her heart rate did go up to 190 a few times. They are putting her on a low dose beta blocker until her appt in 2 weeks. Thanks to forums like this one I could stay on top of it and still be a mom!
ciaran33745 kristina43732
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Sorry to hear about your daughter’s trouble Kristina.
My SVT was cured by an ablation at the first attempt but, unfortunately,
not everyone is so lucky.
Hopefully your daughter is just experiencing post-ablation healing issues, as others here have mentioned.
But If her ablation was not successful I understand a second
ablation has a high success rate (if the cardio specialist recommends
one).
Please reassure yourself that although SVT is very unpleasant it will
not cause a heart attack, and can usually be controlled quite well by
medication (once they get the dosage right etc.).
Please make sure your daughter avoids all caffeine (even decaff,
Lucozade etc.) as that is a common trigger. Many of us also feel
that mental or emotional stress can also be a trigger, so best to
avoid those as much as possible.
Wishing her the best