Post ablation question

[underinformed35]

I had an ablation eight days ago and I am still feeling awful from it. Yesterday and the day before I had a horrible headache. Nothing would make it go away but sleeping it off. It feels like it is coming back again today. Is this a common thing after ablation? I have not read anything about anyone getting headaches after ablation. I am still getting lightheaded and I am not able to do much yet. I hope this will get better. From what I have read on here most people start feeling better by now!

[Guanci]

I also have bad headaches before and after I had the left-sided ablation.  After the ablation, the headaches became worse.  Also I am still having the irregular heartbeat showing up on the monitor.  It seems like every time I get the headache, the monitor shows an  irregular heartbeat.  Does anyone have some advice?

[AKDozer]

How are you doing now?

[Vent_Ab]

This was my first ablation and the areas ablated were in my left ventrical.  I was experiencing bigeminy and trigeminy prior to the ablation.  Right after the ablation my heart was beating normally.  Then I went back to trigeminey I am not sure exactly when it started but showed up on an ekg.  

I ask my doc more questions to understand this issue more.   Thanks.

[mattpp]

Hi, thanks for your reply. I guess I'll have to wait for the bruising to go down!

That's a shame about your arrhythmia coming back. What was your first ablation for? Mine was AVNRT and apparently the chances of it coming back are very small. I was also told that extra beats are a normal part of the heart's healing process. Has your arrhythmia come back fully how it was pre-ablation?

[Vent_Ab]

I had ablation on April 8.  The bruising just went down the leg where the puncture was.  My leg was unconfortable but the "bruise" which seemed to keep growing freaked me out.  It finally just faded away but took a couple of weeks.  

I started having extra heartbeats again, I am not sure exactly when they started and my doc says I may have to go through ablation again soon. Its not so uncommon but I am not looking forward to it.

Has anyone had to have a second ablation?

[mattpp]

Hi, I had an ablation a week ago and it's been a complete success. My question is, did anyone else have really bad bruising that was still painful a week later? Mine currently goes half way down each of my legs and is all sorts of colours!! Is this normal?

[underinformed35]

Thank you. I am just trying to live with the breathing difficulties. It is just part of my life for now I guess. Sometimes it is so much worse than other times. Like today I have had so much trouble breathing! I try to ignore it but I can't today. I feel like I am suffocating! So today has not been a good day. I hope that it heals soon also!
I think the main thing for people to remember that if you feel like something is not right chances are you are correct. I just knew that I should not be feeling that bad from an ablation. You just have to trust your instincts!