# Have you had a cardiac ablation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050 "2023-06-24T15:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050/21 "2023-06-26T14:35:26Z")
Good luck to you! ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050/22 "2023-06-29T07:58:09Z")
So, it was done. I can’t tell much. I was wheeled into the operation room, talked a bit with the three nurses. Got something injected in the port and woke a bit ,three hours later, to hear someone ask me to move to a bed. I woke up again when I got into the room. No memory of going by elevator from second to fourteenth floor. I was told to stay on my back the next three hours while the holes in my groin stopped bleeding. Late in the evening I was send home. My daughter picked me up at ten PM. Next morning I was allowed to take a bath and pull the plasters off. The hole in the right side was oozing a bit but not much. In the left side it looked healed. I haven’t had any A-fib after, but the nurse said it was normal to have a few episodes in the first two months. I’m not allowed to lift more than four kg before Saturday, My cat can’t understand why I won’t lift him when he is so cute. Six kg is presumably too much. Not much to it. I’m not scared of having an ablation more, should it be neccesary. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050/23 "2023-06-29T12:52:38Z")
> [@Mikkel](#): > > I haven’t had any A-fib after, but the nurse said it was normal to have a few episodes in the first two months. I’m glad the procedure was relatively easy for you. Just an FYI: on this side of the pond, the “**[blanking period](https://academic.oup.com/europace/article/24/10/1684/6658510)**” (where arrhythmias are fairly common and _not_ considered to be indicative of the eventual outcome) is generally considered to be _three_ months, though the “best” time frame is the subject of ongoing research and discussion. Wishing you a lifetime of Normal Sinus Rhythm! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050/24 "2023-06-29T13:48:17Z")
I’m glad things went well and sympathize with the feline difficulty! ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050/25 "2023-06-29T13:49:54Z")
So happy everything went well! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050/26 "2023-06-29T14:16:19Z")
Great news. Keep up the good work. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050/27 "2023-06-30T09:42:37Z")
I developed a-fib about 15 years ago but controlled it with medication. Every couple years it would come back so the dosage of one of the meds would be increased. By 2019 The dosage had been increased to the maximum safe dosage. I went in for the ablation in September 2019. The procedure took longer than expected and I felt pretty wiped out by the anesthetic so they kept me in overnight. I’m now on reduced dosage of the meds plus a blood thinner and I still get a bout of a-fib once a month or so that lasts a few hours. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050.md?page=1)