"tiredness" reporting again

It is now day 4 after op and I am happy to report I am feeling much better. I called the cardio and she said it was just post op reaction to drugs even although I did not have a general.
I am very relieved I feel so much better, did the washing, hanging out one arm stye. Looking forward to swimming, cycling and walking again with our beautiful warm weather in Perth.
Best wishes to the group you have been so supportive and informative. I will still follow for hints on life with a PM.
One thing I wonder and I guess will never know is did the ablation I had for AF cause my heart to stop for 4 secs on a fairly regular basis and hence the need for a PM.

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pacemaker a consequence of ablation?

by juliemartin - 2012-01-12 06:01:17

thanks Ian, you are correct I cetainly did not want to live with the AF as it was affecting my quality of life too much. I am a very sporty active person and AF just knocks you for 6. I am not sure at this stage whether I am completely cured but am certainly a lot lot better. Its interesting to hear your story.

I wonder the same thing

by IAN MC - 2012-01-12 11:01:18

Hello Julie .. you're ablated, you're paced..let's hope that you're cured !

Like you I had an ablation ( for atrial flutter) , felt great for 3 weeks and then experienced a big drop in HR and had to have a PM fitted. The immediate thought is " Did the ablation cause it, would I have never needed a PM if I hadn't had an ablation ?"

Whenever ablations are done Drs usually tell you that there's a chance that you MAY need a PM ,but that doesn't necessarily mean that the ablation causes that need. In my case the cardiologist's view was that the AF caused a higher heart rate , the ablation cured the high HR but in doing so it unmasked another condition, sick sinus syndrome which caused me to have a PM.

I guess it depends on where in the heart the ablation is done , certainly if an ablation destroys some of the cells in the sinus node it could lead to the need for a PM

It's one of those things you will never know the answer to but if the ablation sorted out your fibrillation and the PM sorted out the pauses you are now in a much better state than you were.

Best wishes

Ian

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