pls read. heart skipping a beats a year after ablation

Hello
I am 24 years old and had an ablation last August for RVOT. After two visitis to my doctor he said im doing fine and not to worry. However, after I had the ablation I was feeling every now and again my heart like skipping a beat. While I only had it every now and again this past month its like constant and I dont know if something is wrong. My doctor says that is propably PVC but we have to wait and see until I go to see him on Monday. Its nothing like I was feeling with the RVOT and do not have any other symptoms im generally fine!!! Im tooo worried though and I have been really stressed this past week and they seem to increase whatever it is. Do you know if its normal after an ablation or what are the chances of that being something bad??please help im in major stress and i dont seem to be able to relax!!!

[Jerry_NJ]

All I can say that might help, is calm down, take a hopeful and positive attitude and if you are successful at this I'm sure the skips will subside, decrease.  Now for the reason to be calm, hopeful, and positive:  the skip is not going to hurt you or your heart, you have time and Monday is only a few days away.  

If you, while being calm, develop other symptoms, that may be another matter.  

I do understand ablation is not a cure-all, and that it is possible that there are some remaining or new problems that can be addressed in the future.

Now, focus on something positive, happy, distracting...get your mind off of you heart beats.

[Golfteacher]

My husband had ablationcDec.8, 2009 and is still feeling pretty weak, sometimes has shortness of breath, once in a while feels faint.  At these times his pulse isusually up between 90 and 125.  Today it stayed at 125 for about 6 hours.  His ep increased his post ablation medication for the fourth time since the procedure.  He is trying to find the correct level of medication mg to give better results during this healing period.  We have been to the ER once since discharge from hospital.  My husband also developed a severe bronchial infection following the ablation procedure, most likely from having the breathing tube in this throat for six hours...a pathway for bacteria.  His coughing is very hard and frequent and we worry that this will harm the ablation healing process.  Doctor doesn't say anything about it other than to keep him supplied with heavy duty antibiotics.  He is down about the recovery as he was expecting to feel better than he is and to not be as weak as he is.  Weight loss has been a problem.    We pray he does not have to undergo a second ablation procedure.  We are trying to be hopeful and patient.  Doctor says afib episodes may continue from two to six months gradually fading.  Anyone else have similar experience?

[cindy707]

Gosh D no big deal so relax!  I had a ablation went thru the same deal and the cardiac surgeon (one of the best in the world) told me that it sometimes takes up to 6 months for our heart to re regulate back to where its now supposed to be because it wasn't doing it before.  Kind of like moving into a new house and getting used to the noises at nite.  Sounds to me you're doing what i did right after mine...panicking!!!  We're our own worst enemy at this stuff and my doc was right....it took a little over 6 months for me to get used to that "new " feeling which was actually the way our heart it supposed to beat.  Think of it as a new friend you have to get used to that all of the rest of us had to....your life will only get better after the ablation believe me and yeah when we stress we do all kinds of wonderful things to ourselves trust me i'm older than you....find something to distract yourself when it happens....take a walk, call a funny friend, anything so that you don't think about it and before you know it you won't even realize it stopped.  Very few ablations go wrong after they're done and you are one of the lucky ones you're 24!!!!