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Ablation Recovery Time

After an ablation on the heart treating a-fib, how long does it take for recovery? About how long will I be off work?
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Had  cateration of heart on wednesday was walking outside and did some activity came in and checked my self had bruising  is that normal
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Update: Had my ablation done on Monday, home from hospital on Thursday, Doctor said No Work for 3 weeks. Thanks to all for your input and comments!
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I had an ablation on Thursday, July 9th, and was back at work Monday July 13 without any problems.  I was told not to lift anything heavy or do intense exercise for 1 week so that the catheter entry sites can heel properly.  I felt well enough by Friday to go for a short bike ride.  I have been increasing the intensity ever since then without any problems.

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Hi I was one of the unfortanate people that didn't feel very well after my ablation.  They used alot of medicine to keep me relaxed and I was in the lab alot longer than expected.  You can't lift anything for a while so if you do that for a living it will be longer than a sit down job.  Since it is not through an artery and it's through a vein the recovery time is less than a heart cateration.  As far as the actualy heart I think a few days is all you need.  They worry more about the groin sites.  
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Much depends on how complicated you procedure was. If typical or average I'd guess you can go back to a "desk job" in a few days and "physical job" in a few weeks.  I do not have any personal experience, but that seems to be about what I've read in the past.

We can hope someone with a direct experience can input their experience.

Again, you may have to give some idea of what took place, and how your feel in the groin area.
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