I have had two ablation procedures, both RF, both with TEE. I felt like I needed to take it slow for about five or six days, and then I naturally picked up the pace as the days went on. By day Seven I was doing pretty much normally.

Both times, I was given Sucralfate syrup, a white, gritty, thick, sweet syrup that I was to ingest, 5 ml, one hour prior to eating, so three times each day, for three weeks. This was to protect the endothelium of the inner trachea from possible damage caused by any GERD or occasional reflux. In turn, this was in case there was minor burning of the esophagus caused by the RF wand. The TEE was meant to help to locate the wand more accurately relative to the esophagus in order to minimize the risk of inadvertent burning. Also, a proton pump inhibiter called Pantoprazole, one tablet each day.

I also had sleep issues. Mostly startling myself awake, ruminating. It was bad enough the before the first, or index, ablation when I had an angiography as part of the workups in the month preceding. I asked my GP about it, and he prescribed Zopiclone 5mg to be taken a few minutes prior to bed. My pharmacists knows about my sleep apnea, and mentioned that he doesn't like filling orders of Zopiclone for the dosage of 5 mg for patients with OSA (obstructive sleep apnea), and asked me to consider taking half a tablet instead. I did, and it worked very well. So well that I halved the half next time I elected to help myself with Zopiclone, and that seemed to work well enough. So, I mean 1/4 tablet. I did this every third night so as not to be habituated to the drug, and I did the same with a 3mg tablet, sub-lingual, of melatonin. The idea is to do without anything for a night or two, and then to take one or the other. I felt it was likely to get me through the rough patch, which was done inside of a month.

I hope that helps.