more ablation questions for momto3

[brooklynbetsy]

hello. i finally saw my ep after a terrible case of strep throat. wow! its so much worse when you get it as an adult. anyway, apparently my pvc's are coming from the left side and this makes my ablation a lot more complicated. my ep doesnt want to do it, although he believes it should be done before i get pregnant. i am being sent to a "guru" of electrophysiology and has apparently done a lot of pvc ablations. were your pvc's coming from the left side? the ablation needs to be done bc they are all saying that my pvc's could cause cardiomyothapy and that is something they dont want to deal with while i am pregnant. didnt you make it thru pregnancy with pvc's? this i all so frustrating, my first pregnancy was  breeze and this is becoming so complicated. if they do an ablation and it makes my pvc's worse thats going to be it for me getting pregnant, right?? just would like your thoughts on my situation. hope all is well with you and yours. - betsy

[mattex810]

I just wanted to share my PVC ablation experince since I've been visiting these forums forever now but have nver contributed anything.  I've read numerous posts with people who had complications and terrrible ablation experiences and aImost backed out of having the procedure done because I was pretty scared and questioning whether it was really worth it.

Anyway I'm a 30yr old male and HAD unifocal PVC's originating from the RVOT..between 5,000 to 20,000 a day! So incredibly annoying and I just couldn't bring myself to believe that these things weren't going to slowly erode my heart function over the next 50 years.

Yesterday 7/31/2009 I had my ablation with Dr. Rinkenberger at Medical City Dallas hospital. I'm home today and feel fine except the right groin area is just slightly sore. I don't remember anything from the procedure but when I woke he came and told me how it went. When they started I was having a PVC about ever third beat and they were able to accurately map the area responsible about 4mmx4mm. He ablated that one site 2 times and that the PVC's immediately stopped.  They waited 30 minutes and I never had another one so they ended the procedure and took me to recovery. I was monitored overnight and never had one single PVC! I realize that there's always the chance that they could come back but for now it seems I'm cured. I've had these stupid things for almost 15 years and I have to tell you its almost unbelievable to me right now that they're gone.

The worst part of the procedure was the pre-surgery nervousness and the IV insertion...really no big deal!

Good luck to you all out there. I promise to post if they recur or I have some kind of complication.