Back in Flutter

I've had my dual-lead pacer for a year. I was feeling pretty good up until last month. Now I'm back in A-Flutter. They tried a cardioversion, but that didn't work.
They put me on Multaq, which isn't doing much. I have never been off the coumadin since I got the pacer.
I am being referred back to the electrophysiologist, which bums me out a great deal because he will probably want to do another ablation. I do not look forward to another ablation.
I guess I'm just whining. I just hate feeling "on-edge" and exhausted.
Okay, I'm done whining.

5 Comments

Back in Flutter

by J.B. - 2010-03-02 10:03:50



Don't worry about whining here. I think we all do it from time to time. So keep coming here to take off the edge little, This bunch has had so many problems between them that who knows you may get a worth while answer to a problem.

Good luck on the visit to the EP.

A-Fib Again ~ ~

by Carolyn65 - 2010-03-03 01:03:26

I had my PM implant/ablation on 10/09 w/double leads.
Nothing was mentioned of the A-fib at my first PM Clinic trip. Just in general it was mentioned on my 2nd trip. It was mentioned by the PM Clinic person I have had A-fib since day one of my PM. I had A-fib a long time Pre-PM, also.

I will be interested to know what you find out. I do not go back to my EP/cardio. Dr. 'til April. I do not have a clue what "the" next procedure would be for me, if any. Everything else "appears" to be normal.

I will be watching for your further posts/comments.

Take Care, Carolyn G. in TEXAS ( :

Thanks for encouragement

by furnhusch - 2010-03-03 10:03:21

I've also had five ablations, one of which was for flutter, the others for fib. The last ablation was excruciating and did not succeed. That's why they put the pacer in. Now it seems I'm back to where I was 20 years ago, except now I have a pacemaker!
I guess I'll just have to see what happens and try not to take things so seriously. I've got a great life whether I'm in a good rhythm or a bad rhythm.
Again, thanks for all the positive feedback.

I'm the ablation queen, of sorts

by Angelie - 2010-03-03 10:03:57

Having had 5 ablations and 2 cardioversions, I'm pretty much maxed out on them. I never did look forward to them either.
I don't know if you've had an ablation for flutter before, but mine worked wonderfully (going on a year now with not one flutter episode- after living in continuous high rate flutter for weeks)
Atrial flutter, a distant cousin to A-fib, is easier to ablate than A-fib. Flutter is just a continuous electrical current that gets stuck and repeats itself. I like to think of it as a broken record that just skips and skips, and skips. The success rate is higher in terminating the flutter via ablation because the EP just goes in there, and after finding the circuit- ablates a line right through it and disconnects the loop. Once the electrical loop is gone- there's no current to get stuck on repeat so the flutter's gone.

I know ablations are nothing to look forward to, but for fixing flutter, I would look forward to this one and having it put out for good. I wish you all the luck, and sorry you're having problems again. Sometimes it takes a long time to get it "right", but don't stop trying. It's taken me close to 10 years.

Contact me if you have any questions.
Angelie

Medication

by dad4dds - 2010-03-09 11:03:33

I also have a A-Fib fludder which came on after the pacer was put in. actually I had an irregular heart beat before that became a fludder after. Anyway, mine is being cotrolled (so far) by a medication called Coreg.

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