Just had my ablation and now having terrible heartburn...Please Help!

Please call your doc. This is not something we can help with after so many other things were tried. May daughter the telemed nurse always advises "If a problem lasts for 5 days and suggested treatments aren't working go to the doctor. Be prepared to discuss all meds, supplements and your complete diet.
Sue.

@cece55 I concur with @sueinmn and would like to follow up with you to see if you have reached out for a follow up?

@cece I'm so sorry and i know what your dealing with. I have had issues like that also. Except for taking the acid reducer I can't really help a lot. Actually for me it was more of a what is this im feeling heart or stomach. But like the others said I would call you doctor and not necessarily wait for an appointment. Most of the Doctors I have had we're usually able to offer some help over the phone since your procedure was fairly recent.
Prayers for relief
Dana

Thank you everyone for your advice. I went into Afib after they took me off the flecainade just a little over one week post ablation. This ablation has not been a walk in the park...:) The doctors said this was not that unusual for the first three months so I am just praying that the ablation works for me. They put me back on flecainade this morning, and lo and behold, three hours later I was back in rhythm. They also added sucralfate to my protonics in hopes that coating my stomach will help with the heartburn. I see my doctor on Thursday, and am anxious as to what my future holds for me. Sucralfate is scripted for 4 times a day. I take so many meds that there isn't a place to take it that many times and keep it away from drugs and food. I can do 2 times a day. Hope it works. All we can do, is the best we can do...right?
I will post again to let you know how I am.

Blessings to all of you for being there for me.

CeCe55

@cece Actually, yes a bit of healing will need to take place to have everything get better. It is common to have a bit of activity for a few months after an ablation. But in most of my cases it was the worse the first few days and weeks but tapered off with full healing in 2-3 months just like the doctors said.
I'm glad to hear they did find some meds to help with the heart burn. Better days ahead
Dana

Be careful of theflecanide. I was on that medication with great results for about a year. After that time I developed tachycardia and my doctor said that flecainide can cause that so they took me off. Just be careful, everything has side effects! I can’t tell you this, meditation Has absolutely saved my life.

I am trying to learn to meditate. I surely need the skill. I am having mini panic attacks which is so unlike me. The best thing I can do for myself is slowly get back to working with my clients. It will keep my mind from doing the "what if". I have downloaded the two apps
headspace and gratitude to help me. Bless you for responding to me.

I know exactly how you feel. I had my ablation 3 weeks ago . My afib is gone thankfully but I still feel a little tightness in my chest. I know this is just healing taking place but when I am lying in bed at night I am inclined to panic '& of course my mind goes into overdrive. What if it is something else etc. So I too must learn to meditate.

Hi Ev1,

and all my other friends....It has been 1 1/2 years since my ablation. Time flies as I look back and read this post.
Unfortunately, the EP found an extremely large left scarred atrium and did not have high hopes for success. I was put on the Flecainade, Metoprolol, and Eliquis...all drugs that I was hoping to come off of. I began to tolerate the Flecainade and was in Afib control for about a year and 1/4. Then tacycardia started which would go into Afib episodes. That is where I am right now.

My EP wants to try another ablation and is waiting for me to give him the green light. I am trying to mentally get there. I know that it is right around the corner. He also wants to send me to a Thoracic Surgeon for a Left Atrium Clip and a possible new procedure for ablation called The Convergence Ablation if the second ablation is not successful. I will be starting a new post shortly asking questions about these operations.

Bless all of you and I hope everyone is doing well. I am trying to lean on my faith and give it up to the Lord. Some days are harder than others.

CeCe55

Cece55,
I am so sorry to hear this. But if it is any consolation to you this was my 3rd ablation. Some people are just so unlucky but I am praying this ablation is my last one and hopefully your next procedure will be the last for you. It is so hard to get into the right frame of mind when you are going through something as traumatic as this but you will get there.please keep us posted .