SVT - Ablation on 8th Jan....can anyone answer me questions I'm wanting to no?

[clarehudson]

Hi There
I'm just wondering if anyone can tell me what to expect with the ablation I'm having at LGI on the 8th Jan. I am really scared and the doctor told me the procedure is pretty much pain free but he has never had one done himself.
If someone could tell me what is going to happen? I'm scared about them going in my leg, how they numb it (does it hurt), what the pain (if any) feels like, how long it takes. Also did you have to have your heart rate purposely increased? I've had Adenosine to stop my heart and re-start it in Sept when I first found out and I really don't want him to do this as it was the worst feeling ever!
Please help????
Thank you
Clare (21)

[sb786]

Yes he is really good. Supposed to be one of the best. You're not being pathetic!! You should have seen me 1 week before the procedure i was soooooo scared but honestly its not that bad.
When i went for the procedure they made me sign some paper work and then he briefly discussed the procedure with me. once i was in the lab i started to cry and hyperventilate so much that my hands started to cramp up!! Dr Pepper then gave me a shot of something to help me relax and it was great stuff it calmed me down so much. I was awake for the next 5-10 mins and saw the wires inserted into my heart on the x ray machines but then i must have fallen asleep. I woke up on the ward with my family around me. Apparently they paced my heart for over an hour and injected alsorts to trigger the fast heart rate but they couldn't find an extra route for me??? But either way it wasn't anywhere near as bad as i thought it would be!
What is your ablation for? How often do you have these episodes? By the way are you from Leeds??

[clarehudson]

Hi There

Yeah I've got mine with Dr Pepper, is he any good? He seemed really nice when I had the Pre-Op with him. I am really really scared about having it done and I'm seriously contemplating not having it done. I'm scared something will go really wrong. How was yours? Did you have the same thoughts before you went and had it done or is it just me being pathetic?
Any sort of reply would be a big help!
Thank you

Clare

[sb786]

Hi there! I had an attempted ablation for svt last year at the LGI!! Honestly it was not as bad as i thought it would be!
Which doctor is performing the ablation? I had Dr Pepper and he is a really nice man you will be absolutely fine don't worry! :)

[Thinline]

Thanks for all the fun comments above.  Maria, I'm probably going home tomorrow!  Yay at long last, a light at the end of the tunnel.  I think that it is good you speak of your ablation experience, you shouldn't keep this stuff all locked up inside.  I have not right to whinge and whine just because I've been ill.  Gosh, I would send my support system running for the hills if I got all negative on them!  Sure we have those moments, but whenever you need to say something - just say it!

Pika, I also say very naughty things from the meds.  They all find it rather funny, but they have always said thay can't do ablations under GA becuase the anaesthesia changes your heart rhythm so it would not work.  Maybe they put you out becuase they already knew the exact spot which needed to be ablated.

Thanks for the hugs and I'm definitely feeling better and am probably going home tomorrow barring anything unforeseen.  Will let you know.

[PikaPika88]

OH!!!!  I wrote something very wrong there?  You all know, I'm not a dr.  I am a sufferer of "express train", "garbage truck" and "vibrate" in my chest.  I'm sure, if those things happened in their chests, they want them to go away as well.

I can't tell much about my ablation.  They put me in sleep (GA).  (Thinline, I didn't learn anything in that procedure.  Sorry, I was unable to copy and do what they did on me for you.  LOL.)  When I woke up, the tube still stick in my mouth.  That was horrible.  You all would like to know why the Dr put me in GA?  During the EP study, I was very naughty.

Mine ablation had no pain.  If you have pain, keep asking their "private life", asking for this and that....  I'm sure, they'll put you in sleep!  

I'm here to send my "HUGS" to Thinline and hope you're getting better soon.
I'm here also to send my wish to Clare, hope you have a successful ablation and all the best.  

[mommyto4]

awwww sweetie, big hugs, i feel soooo bad you are having such a hard time, you sooooooooooo need a break!!!
i pray you are resting right now and in no pain, wishing you get well thoughts!!!!!
hugs
maria
ps sorry that i still speak of my experience , thinking about what you are going through i have no right!