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@gloaming
Thank you for responding.
I'm currently wearing a 7-Day monitor, issued yesterday from my new EP. He is baffled by my symptoms, but does not deny that I am experiencing them. These symptoms are debilitating and have ruined my daily life. Per your comment, I am hoping to obtain the information regarding the kind of energy that was used and where, and if there was any damage. As well if there was a TEE performed during the procedure. The symptoms feel systemic now--with the internal tremors, internal sunburned feeling, intolerance to the slightest amount of "activity", and the feeling of inflammation body wide. There are a couple of days a week that I'm feeling as though I might feel some improvement--then I walk a bit too much (.5 mile +/-) or do a bit too much home yoga (gentle 20 minutes), and I'm thrown back into the internal tremors internal sunburned feeling, as well as heart pounding/thumping. Yesterday, after the EP appointment, I was hit with severe symptoms for hours (which happen 2-3 days a week--and last for hours). While yesterday's attack has lightened up a bit, I am currently still feeling it and being careful not to do much of anything. Since I'm wearing a 7-Day monitor, do you have any other suggestions for next steps? Possibilities? Specialities to consider? Is this a long & severe recovery to the heart tissue being burned, that will work itself out? Any thoughts on triggering dysautonomia? Your thoughts are sincerely appreciated. Thank you very much for your input~
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@kthrn1
First let me say how sorry I am that this has happened to you. It sounds as if the ablation really ruined your life.
You say you had the procedure for SVT but you haven't mentioned it again. Did it stop the palpitations? I had an ablation for the same reason and even though my palpitations are much better, I still get them occasionally. The doctor wanted me to stop the Metoprolol but I insisted on staying on it since I still have an arrhythmia . My dose is 50 mgs which I take at night because it causes fatigue.
You say it's been 3.5 months since the ablation and doctors consider that the amount of time it takes to heal and see the true results but it took me much longer than that to feel better. I have other issues with my heart though so that may have something to do with my slow recovery.
I truly hope you're able to find a solution to that internal sunburn. That sounds like inflammation. Best of luck.
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@kthrn1 '...Yesterday, after the EP appointment, I was hit with severe symptoms for hours (which happen 2-3 days a week--and last for hours). While yesterday's attack has lightened up a bit, I am currently still feeling it and being careful not to do much of anything...'
This says a lot to me. I think you have an irritated heart that is hyper-responsive to adrenalin, which we all produce in response to stress....which in turn is what we experience when consulting a physician/expert about a significant problem....which you were in the process of doing at the time. This is why metoprolol or another suitable/well-tolerated 'beta-blocker' (meaning a beta-adrenergic blocker- https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/medical/drug-cabinet/beta-blockers ) might be the ticket for you for the time being. This is something to raise with your physician as it may be needed to get you over a rough patch, and then, maybe six weeks from now, all the way up to six months, you can wean yourself off of that 'crutch' and then resume normal living.