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May 2015
7:01pm, 4 May 2015
668 posts
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Da Big Guy
Hi all....since about Valentine's day I pretty much went overnight from an AF every 3 weeks to every day. I can't really do say parkrun without it kicking in and it sometimes makes me very light headed when I stand quickly (that didn't used to happen). I'm going to see about ablation on the 13th.
Thanks for note eflyboy...it's good to know it works in some cases....keep it up.
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May 2015
10:43pm, 4 May 2015
1,014 posts
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DazTheSlug
I had a cardioversion procedure just over 6 weeks ago which put my heart back into a normal rhythm (which was nice) and I've been able to start working gradually back to fitness (after 4 months out)
I still felt a bit "iffy" generally for a while, but over the last week or so I've started to feel consistently "normal"
my cardiologist said it was impossible to predict how long I'd stay back in synch - it might be several years, but if sooner ablation would be next step
however just keeping fingers crossed for the time being...
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May 2015
9:00pm, 12 May 2015
669 posts
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Da Big Guy
I'm going to the hospital tomorrow to chat to the surgeon...I think it's gonna be ablation though I did manage 3 miles tonight without incident in 20:17. Thing is, tomorrow it could be 23:17 if my heart decides to spoil things.
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Jun 2015
5:43pm, 11 Jun 2015
69 posts
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Alanj
Glad I've found this thread, I've been off Fetch for a few months and got a 'do you still want to be our friend?' reminder so I thought I'd have a look in 
I have AF (Fib & Flutter) and the most obvious manifestation (to me) is an irregular heartbeat. It started about 10 years ago, at first for a couple of days or so, and when it returned to normal I was able to run like nothing had happened. Why didnt I get it diagnosed? Well I have always had a few palps in my adult life and they have generally been food-related. Doctors pursued this line of enquiry for a few years, and because it came & went, they declared success.
Anyhow, 2014 was a bad year with 3 x bouts and by September I had an irregular heartbeat that just wouldnt revert, and I also started having the racing heart beat attacks which scared me terribly. I saw specialists, and after due testing they declared I had AF. We discussed the options and I plumped for an ablation, and they also put me down for a cardioversion in case the waiting list was long. It was fairly long, and I did indeed have a CV in April to put me into Sinus Rhythm. This was brilliant, as the irregular heartbeat had become debilitating over a period of 6 months, I certainly couldnt run, and on some days really struggled to get up the stairs.
My ablation was scheduled for May and post -CV I resolved to get as fit as I could (nothing mad, just in better shape). No running was involved but I did a few gym sessions and Bike riding. I found my max HR wouldn't go over 140 initially, but after a couple of weeks was nudging up nicely and I was feeling much more confident about the procedure. Then, disaster. One week before the ablation I fell from my bike, shattered my elbow, was rushed into hospital for reconstructive surgery. The ablation was cancelled, my warfarin stopped and I dropped down the queue. This was a bad time.
Since then, I'm in plaster, I've been back on warfarin and my INRs are surprisingly good (you need to be on the 'good' list for at least 4 weeks before they schedule you round here) and although I have to go in for another minor op on my arm in 2 weeks, they are keeping me on warfarin so as not to compromise the ablation procedure. I then hope to have that one shortly after.
I'm not on any other meds other than Ventolin inhaler (asthmatic), whether thats good or just me being bloody-minded I dont know. But hopefully I can return to something approaching running in the next few months. I dont have any level of fitness now, so I'm under no illusions it's going to be tough.
Anyway, reading your stories helps to show me that there is a chance that life may once again return to normal, so keep it up lads & ladies
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Jun 2015
6:25pm, 11 Jun 2015
9,055 posts
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Sombrero
Crikey, Alanj, that all sounds a bit traumatic. Welcome back to fetch!
I've got my ablation in a week and a half. I've been in and out of AF for around 3 and a half years now. Amiodarone seems to keep my heartbeat regular and I'm on warfarin as well.
I had 3 cardioversions that didn't work - they think it was because my resting heartrate is very low (last Wednesday it was 48bpm) but that was a couple of years ago and I actually had a year or so where I seemed to be completely sorted so came of the medication etc. It came back in January of this year, then it's been a bit on and off since.
Quick question for anyone that's had an ablation - how long is the recovery time? I've been told I can't drive for a week as they're going in through my groin. I'm guessing I won't be able to run for at least a week, probably longer?
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Jun 2015
10:23pm, 11 Jun 2015
20,817 posts
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macca 53
After mine I was allowed back to work after a week and back to exercise after two.
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Jun 2015
10:35pm, 11 Jun 2015
9,063 posts
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Sombrero
Cheers macca, I was assuming it may about that sort of timescale.
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Jun 2015
5:46am, 18 Jun 2015
670 posts
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Da Big Guy
Following Sombrero's declaration of 48 bpm resting HR, can we have a "competition" to see who has the lowest.
Mine is 45, but only because I have a pacemaker that prevents it going lower. Just before I had it fitted in 2007, I recorded a sleeping rate of 33 bpm. I wonder what it is now?
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Jun 2015
1:15pm, 18 Jun 2015
1,115 posts
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DazTheSlug
mine is 58, and I thought that was low!
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Jun 2015
2:08pm, 18 Jun 2015
20,836 posts
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macca 53
mine was mid-30s when I was on beta blockers - which is why I had to have the ablation (they would normally have treated paroxsysmal AF with a higher dose of BB) because they couldn't up the BB because of HR depression.
Now I'm medication free I seem to be stabilising around 50-52.
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