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Feelings of anxiety post ablation

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My husband and I went on vacation to France in June; he had a bike accident there, got a pneumothorax and spent five days in ICU. We were then forced to stay in France another two weeks after the chest tube came out before we could safely fly home. Talk about stress! Hospital stay, major communication issues, severe heat wave, finding a place to stay, finding a way to get medications refilled, laundry done, grocery store for cooking, transportation, insurance paperwork, cancelled airline tickets, small town 90 miles from Paris--the list goes on! But we made it and if that didn't trigger an attack of A-fib, I don't know what would. So stress can sometimes be a good thing because I didn't have time or energy to worry about my condition; and surprisingly I never missed a beat in all the time we were there--30 days! You will make it; try not to worry and just enjoy the your success. I am really looking forward to getting this done! I'll let you know!

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Wow! Life throws a curve! When I had my ablation scheduled for March 4th after waiting for two years - a waiting list due to funding here in Canada - in February my husband fell on black ice walking the dog and torn his knee tendon and had to have surgery - so when I got home from my surgery I had to nurse him back to health while I recuperated myself - a definite test for my heart and marriage! Ha! We made it through okay. So yes, let us know how you do after the ablation - they will tell you that there is a blanking phase after it when you can get palpitations and that this is normal as the heart is healing, etc. You’ll be just fine. xo