Here will be the final update. I am five months out from my TT Maze surgery (in which scar tissue is created on the outside surface of the heart, in comparison to ablation, in which the scar tissue is created inside the atria.) The outcome is better than I allowed myself to dream it would be. My episodes of atrial fibrillation, which before the surgery were happening every five days or so for several hours at a time, have ceased. I have not had any a-fib in two months. Other atrial arrhythmias (PACs, bigeminy) which used to disrupt nearly every day and night are now negligible. You would not know I had this life-changing surgery but for (six) 1/2" scars on my torso.

I am infused with new energy and confidence, and GRATITUDE for the medical professionals at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston who suggested this surgery to me and helped me through it. If there is anyone in this forum who is looking for relief from a-fib and is ready to consider this surgical alternative, feel free to reply in this conversation and I will be happy to provide more information.