Ditto on the advice to have your wife sleep at the hotel, you truly won't need her to stay overnight and you can ask for a sleeping pill too if you have trouble sleeping with the occasional BP readings and nurses messing with you, but you'll be in good hands in any event and your wife will appreciate the good night sleep in the hotel. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Nancy, Dr Natale was ready to ablate a 91 year old Texas man as well, a well known writer, but he decided to just ride out the rest of his life in persistent AF after he was subsequently diagnosed with another issue that changed his decision to go for an ablation, but Natale was confident that had he remained in the pretty good health he was in at 91 he would have done well. At that geneby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
The key to a good effect from any diet, in my view, is a broad based range of nutrient sources of HIGH quality and nutritional content. The veggie only mantra is okay for a while and will bring many benefits to someone previously eating a terrible reckless version of the SAD ( standard American diet), but will not bring any addition benefit and, in fact, typically lacks beneficial features of a wby Shannon - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Same happened to me Onewaypockets, Sotalol stopped working for me 5years before my index ablation and then worked like a champ Those first 5 months I took it again post ablation at helping keep everything totally quiet. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Its definitely better all around to get there two days before your ablation Smackman. This makes it a lot easier all around as Randy noted. You and your wife have time to get your bearings around St David's and parking and such in reference to your hotel as well as locating the Whole Foods which is the largest Whole Foods in the US and likely the world from what I understand with their corpby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
H Randy, Yep your are fine with those HR numbers. Sleep well with it. Also the reason for Flec again is that very often even for AAR drugs that used to be effective but have lost their punch prior to an ablation will have their effectiveness restored by the fixes in the ablation such they the drug does work again at keeping the post ablation healing flippies to a minimum. Its not intendby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes Randy , As Jim noted, the higher post-ablation HR is perfectly normal and has been correlated in several studies as with an improved outcome. Higher HR means a more thorough ablation with a greater likelihood of more transmural lesions. And as Jim also noted it can take anywhere from a low of 6 months to 2 years for your HR to return to more or less the previous normal range, perhaps givinby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good news Smackman! You're all set and it will be over before you know it! You have done the only job you really needed to get right as good as you possibly could have so take complete comfort in that knowledge as the best anti-anxiety potion you can have. When you couldn't have made a better choice, as is the case for you, its time to relax and let it all go and realize you are inby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good to here, Randy! I was thinking of you knowing it was last week! Great to hear its going well, as expected in the early days. Don't worry much about a few spots along the ridge of the LAA mouth, those are more common with longer term AFIB and even with some shorter term cases. You may still be one and done and high odds for it, but even if down the road a touch up is needed to butby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Its technically an overnight stay in hospital, but realistically you want to get there at least a day before the procedure for any blood work pre-op with INR or other tests they need. Then after you check out of the hospital they want you to stay a minimum of two, preferably three days in the area when you are from out of town before flying home. The same is true at CC if you are from furthby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Go Feb 27 for the ablation for sure Smackman, You should easily be able to enjoy Elton John well before March 22! Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tsco, as you probably know by now, OSA is a major contributing factor toward AFIB genesis and sustaining arrhythmia over time. Hence the added wisdom of getting a solid ablation done by skilled EP and, of course, make sure he or she knows all about your OSA beforehand as it will likely have a bearing on just what they do during your ablation to perhaps help reduce the OSA to AFIB triggering conneby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Larry, This report is 'Exhibit A' why I spend so much time urging people to aim as high as they can when choosing an ablationist. The numbers are indeed improving over the years with gradually greater odds of getting a good outcome, but the gulf between not only the elite operators but then generally competent and those who really shouldn't be doing left sided ablations is stby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Larry, This report is 'Exhibit A' why I spend so much time urging people to aim as high as they can when choosing an ablationist. The numbers are indeed improving over the years with gradually greater odds of getting a good outcome, but the gulf between not only the elite operators but then generally competent and those who really shouldn't be doing left sided ablations is stby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi John, Thanks for the good report and its a perfect example of the kind of improvements that are very possible when the Strategy and other supportive dietary modifications discussed on this site are followed through with dedication and resolve and giving it the one year milestone as I often urge people to do and not give up too early. I had a similar great reprieve with a huge reduction iby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
The follow up Lynn when you have to travel is not complicated. For example with Natale and his group of EPs their nurse practioner assigned to your case will give you a heart recorder before you return home that monitors your heart rate for 4 months and reports wirelessly back to Natale's office and they stay on top of you that way and in addition work with your local EP or Cardio for any inby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Lynn, In my last longer post above I also added in the names of quite a few other EPs who you would be safe with and have very high odds of success with. will track down the list rom one of our last surveys of the 30 some odd other solid EPs who demonstrated reliable good results back in 2007 to 2009 range and can only have gotten even better since then. Making the right choice and usingby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes Smackman, Testim is very weak testosterone with a very low concentration so it requires a very large among of gel smeared on your skin. Avoid applying it under the arm pit or on other hairy areas of the body as hairy spots are not the best place for Testosterone as you want to stay away from high concentration of hair follicles with topical testosterone as applying it to these hairy areas caby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Lynn. Starting with your last question first on what your current EP and his nurse have been suggesting. Either there was some miscommunication or he is misinformed. Remodeling can take place under a variety of circumstances and it is not only when 24/7 AFIB is running non stop at a fast rate for days on end that remodeling can happen'. Most front line AFIB researchers are recognizingby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mailman52, What Dr Natale means by taking a bit more conservative approach is that he will start with a PVAI ablation and he will systematically challenge other non-PV sources to see if any other areas are triggering which is common with longer standing persistent AFIB. Its possible with Smackman's relatively young age and perhaps two year only bout with AFIB, and we don't know yet jby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Gordon, Yes I do take 3 capsules of Magnesium L-threonate at night before bed usually. I like the product and with my documented high rate of magnesium wasting I need about as much as I can get. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Lynn, You are on the right track in your inquiry and definitely found the right place here for honest and helpful feed back. Regarding doing research on the best EP's for ablation, of course everyone needs to do their own due diligence in verifying the common discovery and many confirmations here about certain EPs capabilities with AFIB ablation. Dr Natale is a very easy choice forby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
No Testim won't cause your AFIB to blow up, just use it everyday and don't be sporadic, its the relative change from being irregular with use that can make things more variable. Your heart has more testosterone receptors than any other organ in the body ... there is a reason nature made that so, in in order to support the most essential muscle in the body. For Magnesium, get a braby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Smackman. Don't worry about it, you are in the chute now and heading for an April landing soon. 80 bpm is nothing to worry about even if it was AFIB. that is a level many people with persistent AFIB aspire too as an ideal level using rate control drugs and they hope to stay there! That's not my idea of a good long term status, but still even if you were in that the next two monthsby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Smackman. I suspect Natale won't have any problem triggering your AFIB during the ablation should you not go into it after coming off Multaq in the days before the ablation. Being a persistent afibber, once you have been cardio-verted and it holds either from the shock alone or with drugs and perhaps good heart quietening mineral restoration as well, there is no guarantee you will autoby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sounds like a winner KenH! While having some activity during blanking is not a certain prediction for needing one additional touch up and many people with runs of AFIB during the first couple of months go on to being 'one and done', still, the quieter that first three months the better the odds for one and done. Shannon KenH Wrote: ---------------------------------------by Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks George For the interesting links and info. Makes plausible sense and without question gut related issues are a major factor for so many afibbers to one degree or another, not to mention impacting most other chronic conditions of aging. Will investigate further this angle with potatoe starch as a good endogenous probiotic support and stimulus. Have a good weekend, Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great stuff researcher! Love the links! And I totally agree, ICE is a fabulous asset for ablationist. I know some in Europe don't use it mostly because of the budgetary constraints of their health care systems is always putting more pressure to get by with less, but after hearing Dr Natale explain to me the advantages it provides for even a top gun like him that is fully capable of doingby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for the post RonB, very well said. And Mikej , I understand fully your question and wish for more evidence. There is loads of good research clearly identifying th benefits for helping to mitigate AFIB when there is sufficient levels of IC magnesium and sufficient or 'normokalemic' levels of serum potassium on board as well. In the upcoming AFIB Report that will be out weekby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
HI Jackie, I should clarify my comment above that mineral rebalancing for all its major benefit for myself and so many others here should not be viewed as a 'cure', which you felt isn't correct with so many that appear to have been cured by nutritional means alone. I have and continue to universally support and promote adopting the Strategy as a first line step and encourageby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM