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Cryoballon ablation

Hi, would like to hear from others. I had the procedure this week, the Surgen was first class as were his team. All in all it took 4 hours, although I was given pain relief, I did have pain in the groin during the procedure. Can this be normal that some people don't or that pain killers don't work for them. I  have bruising like the sunset, otherwise, I felt no pain elsewhere. I have to return to hospital in six weeks for a cardio version.


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1423357 tn?1511085442
My mistake, sorry.  Do not did not have the cryoballoon procedure.
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1423357 tn?1511085442
Look for donna4140 on here.  She just had cryoablation on Friday and is recuperating now at home.
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1423357 tn?1511085442
Can't comment about the pain experienced during the procedure, but I would imagine that it's very possible considering the area has a nerve bundle passing close by the puncture site.

Don't be surprised if you bruise gets a lot worse before it gets better.  Look up "hematoma" in Wikipedia, and that's how mine looked except it was on my inner thigh.  It drained down into my knee joint before being absorbed of a period of 2 or 3 months.  The bruise mark made the area it was in sensitive to the touch and massaging the area was a bit painful.
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1655526 tn?1330655629
It is completely normal to feel pain in the groin area. My pain was pretty good for about a week before it started to feel better. Then it took another couple of weeks for the pain to completely go away. For the most part it wasn't that bad though. Your description of bruising like the sunset is perfect. It gets uglier for a little bit and then it quickly disappears. Google bruising. I good site I like to go to is ehow.com to find answers to many things. Congratulations on getting the ablation.
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