Post-ablation

[silvertongue]

Had an ablation for two different pathways in a procedure which lasted around 3.5 hours.

Is it normal to still feel a bit tired after 10 days? Or this totally unrelated?

[tom_h]

I would think that it's borderline normal, especially if you're not an athlete.  I was unable to find your age.  It might be worth mentioning this to your physician, but I'm guess that he'd do nothing but keep an eye on it.  I hope you're doing better than when you first posted this two years ago...

[silvertongue]

I had to look up this post as I wanted to ask yet another question if I may... almost 2 years after the ablation my heart has now slowed down almost too much. Is a heart rate which is always in the 50s still considered normal (given that I was tachycardic before!) or should I flag it do you think? Thanks!

[silvertongue]

A second ablation? May I ask if this was a recurrence?

[silvertongue]

They've put me down for some tests 2 months from now, as follow up, in fact...

[silvertongue]

Thanks... no one really tells you what to expect to feel...!

[tom_h]

Katie, I answered your message to me.  Sorry for the delay'

[MichelleP_3811]

My heart rate was elevated for quite sometime.  So much so my gp tested me for thyroid issues 2 months after my ablation.  My rate was 120s while just sitting in the doctors office so she wanted to test just to be sure but I knew it was just from the ablation and all the jumpiness that was going on.  It will settle down but it just takes time with the heart.  I guess cause it has to still keep working but just take it easy and it will calm down before you know it.

[KTrunning]

Did your HR run high for a while after your ablation?  I had my 2nd one in mid-Nov and have tried to get back to running, but what should be an easy pace for me gets my HR to 190-200.

[tom_h]

That's exactly what my cardiologist did to me some time after my procedure, and I was 100%.  I was so hesitent to try it out, that he put me on the treadmill and gave me a standardized stress test,  working me until failure.  I managed a little over thirteen minutes before I "punched out" with complete exhaustion.  No SVT!  It was then I knew I had been cured.

[silvertongue]

Thanks for sharing that. From what I gather I had more than one form of tachycardia which couldn't all be addressed by the ablation, so I was assuming that that was the cause. I didn't realise it would take time to settle even in normal circumstances... :) Time to take it for a test jog, perhaps!!

[silvertongue]

Thank you :) I had an echo done as there was some fluid residue around the heart but was otherwise given the all clear. So I imagine it is just the stress it was put through or stress in general. I'm so glad to hear that your heart felt jumpy too - I thought it was because I had tried to bend the rules a little bit as regards caffeine :)!

[tom_h]

Energy-wise, I was pretty much back to normal within a week.  I had it done on a Thursday, and was back to work, driving 50 miles each way by Tuesday.  There are others on here who report feeling fatigued for some time after.  But like Michelle, my heart was jumpy for over a year folllowing.

[MichelleP_3811]

It's pretty normal.  I felt my heart was super jumpy for a good 3 months and it actually took over a year to finally feel like my heart was normal again but if you have any concerns just call the doctor and see what they have to say.  Feel better soon.