SVT Problems

[Bindy89]

I have a big problem.. and apparently noone has heard of this happening so i saw that a lot of people had the same problem that me so i'm wondering if anyone can help. When I was 19 I was diagnosed with SVT - apparently a lot of people have this condition but mine was severe where they thought it turned into a heart attack so i took my doctors advise and had the Av Ablation surgery (apparently a fairly simple - non invasive - non painful surgery). I was in severe pain the whole surgery and now in turn ever since have had severe chest pain. No pain killers worked - have tried every alternative therapy i could think of or been suggested to but nothing works. I have gone to a fair few cardiologists who just stick up for eachother and say i'm crazy - very professional hey!. I'm now 20  going on 21 on a pain killer similar to morphine and that is the only thing that'll help me. My Gp thinks that during the procedure they caused nerve damage but i can't find a cardiologist who will either confirm or deny this. Has anyone else has this problem if so what did you do that helped fix it??
Thanks


This discussion is related to Vagus nerve damage and heart rate.

[Bindy89]

Thanks for the comment - I haven't posted it on there but i will. I had the ablation in October 2008 so it's going on 18 months, and still having severe pain. That's what they think might've happened as during the procedure i was in excrutiating pain 90% of the time - and they told me it would be a painless procedure. Unfortunately i think if they've damage to a nerve or anything I don't think there will be much they can do to repair it but hopefully i can find some answers on this board :)

[ireneo]

Have you also posted this on the arrhythmia board? Perhaps someone there has had this experience. I've had 3 ablations, never had much pain during the procedure and only fatigue and a dull ache afterwards. How long has it been since your ablation? A year or more? Most discomfort eases off in a month. Never heard of having pain unless they had an accident during the procedure like poking a catheter through the vessel and that's very rare.