Hang in there Chris..it will get sorted eventuallyQuote:
Originally Posted by Chris K
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Hang in there Chris..it will get sorted eventuallyQuote:
Originally Posted by Chris K
AV node ablated, twin lead pacemaker now in control, but alas not in sinus rhythm. A very slight chance that one more cardioversion may just get me back to 'normal', however, it's great to able to work and play - a much better place than I was in for the bulk of 2017.
'control/alt/delete' done last week, a bit battered and bruised, but I have sinus rhythm at last. Fingers crossed that I can maintain it. Hope all my fellow AF runners are are doing well!
got my fingers crossed for you too Chris - yours seems to have been a long journey to improvement
just realised it is 2 years and a day since my ablation
I have had no issues since, although I'm sure my overall stroke-volume is down a bit which means I would have to push myself harder than I used to do to achieve same fitness (which I am reluctant to do for various reasons including laziness!)
as a result my training/racing has become a bit patchier/poorer, but I'm still getting out there and enjoying it :D
(Anni Waltz this Saturday :cool: )
Daz, so glad its working well - enjoyment is the thing! Hope your AW went well despite the heat. I've had two really good weeks in sinus rhythm, but alas then the wheels came off, so to speak, and I'm back to square one....only more out of breath and energy than I was before. This cardioversion has been confirmed as my last chance(I knew the odds were small but I thought worth the risk), looks like I'll need chemical control to regain any control. But I've had another ECG done today and hope to see another specialist, just in case there is another route to try, before I get on the chemical wagon.
All quiet on the AF front is good, I think, though for myself I'm in permanent AF, on ACE inhibitor, but happy that I can work, walk/shuffle, cycle. Now trying to find out if I can ' re-train' to get somewhere on achieving a little bit of sustained effort.
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Still all quiet on the AF front, I can get up hills slowly, make great use of 'Granny gear' on the bike, and now reasonably content with what I can do.
How’s everyone going? I’ve had two ablations for AF. It’s a lot better than it was but still go into AF now again. Trying to start running again after two years off following the death of my parents. I think I go into AF when my HR goes over 150. Going to monitor properly.
Mine comes on randomly, without any physical reasons... I have recently realised I am coeliac. One of the symptoms: AF which I have had all of my life, randomly, no doctors have ever found out why/what causes it because they were looking in the wrong place! Transpires it is gluten 😱
I read gluten can be a big trigger. Mine is alcohol (now tea total) and coffee but not tea!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
Wow! Does this mean no more AF or is it too early to tell yet?
Wish I was symptom free. 2 miles into a run last night it kicked in. The previous two runs nothing. It’s odd how it can come from nowhereQuote:
Originally Posted by dodgy
Wow!Does this mean no more AF or is it too early to tell yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
Bugger.Quote:
Originally Posted by spen
Done for another ablation in MayQuote:
Originally Posted by dodgy
Quite a while since I've been on here, hoping all AF runners are in a good phase at the moment, I'm slow but content. I have permanent flutter on one side, so unable to do any sustained effort, but now able to judge walking pace uphill, without coming to a standstill. Option of another lead from the pacemaker, but only 50% chance of improvement, so I'm staying put until battery needs to be replaced.
Evening All, looks to be an old thread this but have struggled with AFib for the last couple of years, it got to the stage where any exercise was impossible, I’m now almost 3 weeks post Ablation, at the moment all looks good, no AFib so far, I’m back to fast walking, has anyone else on here had this, how long did it take to get back to normal running? Did you see any reduction in ability post Ablation?
In general, in AF, the atria become enlarged, and this, by interfering with the speed of conduction of electrical impulses, "helps" to maintain AF. When normal sinus rhythm is restored, it takes several weeks - 6 is the figure often given - for the atria to shrink back to normal size. Before they are back to normal size, the risk of AF recurring is higher than when they have shrunk. So, for example, exercise + large atria = higher risk of recurrent AF than exercise + normal sized atria.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stanley
What did your Cardiologist say as to the timing of resuming significant exercise?
The general advice was to take things easy and listen to how I feel, my AFib was paroxysmal with attacks generally occurring 1 to 2 times a week, since the ablation I’ve had no instances of an irregular heartbeat but still feel that my heart rate is a little fast and don’t feel ready to move from the fast walking stage, it sounds like 6 weeks may be the correct timeframe although again based upon how I feel at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
My partner Steve also had paroxysmal AF which increased in frequency from once every 5 weeks or so to several times each week which was when he opted for an ablation. Since his op (which was in 2016) he has had no further instances of AF and now runs just as competitively albeit with a few more years on the clock. He did have further tests in 2018 as he would sometimes experience a flutter which he put down to rogue impulses which could no longer get through the scar tissue around his pulmonary veins. He was given the all clear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stanley
Immediately after his op he recce'd the Oldham Way Ultra with me and deliberately wore his walking boots so that he would not be tempted to run. From memory, he was back running after 5-6 weeks.
Good luck,
Thanks for this Charmian, it sounds exactly like the way that my AFib progressed from occasional to more than one attack a week, it’s a really debilitating but invisible problem, I’m glad to hear that Steve is back running, my biggest problem at present is the worry that it’ll come back if I exercise too hard, I reckon it’ll take me a few weeks is easy running to get past this, it’s funny that you talk about the flutter, since my op that’s the only thing that I have noticed, I get the occasional ‘bump’ and nothing beyond this, hopefully this is similar to Steve’s flutter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charmian
I see you are based in South Cumbria as are we (near Ulverston). If you would like to meet up with Steve to compare notes, I know he would be delighted. He used to say, " I reckon my heart will get me one day" but he has gained in confidence and now just gets on with life :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stanley
Hi Charmian, that sounds great, I’ll send you a DM :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Charmian