I had an ablation on Jan 22 2025. I am not happy with the recovery process. It’s been 2 months now and my symptoms are a complete letdown. I can’t walk in to the next room without my heart going into palpitations and going into Afib. Going downstairs and coming back up causes palpitations that last a good while it’s better that 2 weeks ago when it was in palpitations all of my waking hours and any physical exertion whatsoever put me in Afib. Just standing up caused it.
I have gone to ER once already but they could not detect AFib as long as I was lying down and wouldn’t give me a Cardioversion which has worked in the past. I showed them when I moved my legs it goes to Afib but they released me anyway.
I would not have gone to ER if I had been able to talk with my doctor. I had called 3 times with no return calls. Talked to the nurse and she kept saying she would pass the message on to my doctor. But she never called back. The last time I called before I went to ER I had been in constant Afib for 63 hours. They kept saying it was normal.
Recovery is hard and I still haven’t recovered yet although it only goes into Afib when I physically stress. My palpitations have eased off some. I only get them with.physical stress too. My doctor or his PA or nurses have still not called although another dept called and said they would send a holter monitor to wear for 1 week. I sent it back Monday after wearing it. I have been pushing myself more. Trying to do more even though it goes into Afib. It seems like I can go longer each time but without talking to my doctor I’m not sure that I’m doing the right thing. My blood pressure, which I take 2or3 times a day is always ok. Sometimes irregular sometimes not. My pulse is either high 85-90 or low 55-60. Sometimes high sometimes lows. My regular pulse used to be before the ablation 65 to 75. I am 74 years old. Never smoker. I had mitral valve repair surgery in Mar 1993. Annuloplasty ring repair. I am currently taking 25 mg Metoprolol succ. Once a day evening. At one time after my last Cardioversion the PA put me on 2 a day. I had problems with that and passed out twice in one day. My doctor said that they were giving me too much and dropped it back to one per day. I am 5’ -9” and weigh 150 lb. I exercised a good bit before my ablation. Can’t now. I think the medication is having an effect on my recovery but my normal Cardiologist ( not the surgeon) said they couldn’t take me off of it unless I was in the hospital under monitor. I have an appointment with the surgeon on April 7th and hope to continue to get better before I see him. I don’t want to undergo another ablation. Hope this helps someone that is considering getting ablation.