Roger, that is really scary. Now I've got something new to worry about. The information contained in this electronic mail message is intended for the personal...
John Please don't worry for yourself based on my personal experience. We are each individually different. I guess after I got over the "shock" I came to my...
Thanks for making me feel better. My afib was never persistent. It was paroxsymal, or lone afib, and was pretty much under control before the maze. Since...
John Thanks for sharing your situation. It really sounds to me as though you are doing very well. It sounds like your experiences are within the relative ...
I got my new pacemaker implanted today and everything went smoothly. Thank all of you for your prayers. This is my fourth pacemaker in the past fifteen years....
I will be celebrating my first year anniversary of my MAZE procedure on the 8th of September. With the exception of one brief episode the day after I was...
It used to be whenever I would pop out of my "lurking" hole and post it would 'kill' the thread. Now, it looks like i killed the whole forum. Sorry, Brad...
Hi Brad, and I really am happy about your anniversary. I am several ahead of you, but that's what it is all about. It lets everyone know what is happening...
Shirley, I took a lot of heart rhythm drugs. Tikosyn had to go into the hosp. to start, and NONE of them worked! They either worked for a short while, or ...
Hi Judy, I didn't know you had a pacemaker...laine ... From: Judith B Currier To: A-fibcures@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:39 PM Subject:...
Hi Brad, your post blessed my heart..,,(my nsr heart).....yep! it takes longer than a yr. to really notice a remarkable recovery from PAC'S and all the...
Laine, I do not have a pacemaker. They have given me some drugs that put me in Bradycardia, and no matter what I did the heart rate did not go over 65. I...
Sarah Thanks for your mail. So sorry to hear that you had no luck with the heart drugs, but it sounds as though your ablations have done the trick for you,...
HEY BRAD, I know you didn't kill it, but it is suffering from lack of activity right now. I am partially responsible, as I have not been very active for some ...
Thanks Lois Your case seems to be similar to mine. I have Mitral Valve Prolapse plus have been in consistent/chronic afib for 2 years, I'm having my surgery...
Thanks Chris for letting us know about your surgery. I will try to check in with you when I get back from my trip. Best wishes and prayers Jack ... plus have...
Hi Chris: I have put your surgery date on my calendarand will be praying that all goes well for you. You are in for an extraordinary time I am about 7...
Hello Jack, and all others. Please don't disband this board and keep it going if at all possible. I for one am interested in reading others' posts from time to...
Glenn I appreciate your updates but wish you would finally achieve more success with your changes in treatment including the new pacer. I would like to see ...
Glenn: I am 61 years old (on the 21st of this month) and I have had two ablations.? I am pretty much the typical afib guy.? Lot's of exercise throughout my...
Hello Bryant. I had a Pulmonary Vein Ablation to eliminate afib and it was a total failure. I haven't had an ablation to eliminate pvc's yet. I didn't mean...
Prior to my maze at NWM in Chicago I had to have an angiogram at Minneapolis Heart Institute. The cardiologist that was in charge tried his best to talk me...
No one tried to talk me out of the maze because I had to have a valve replacment and aneurism repair. However, the local cardiologist who did my cath...
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Yes! If I had listened to the first cardiologist I went to, I would now have a pacemaker (and be taking Coumadin for the rest of my life). Instead of going...
Hi Glenn, I am still on vacation, and I stopped by the library where I am visiting. I wanted to see what is going on. I don't plan on disbanding the web site...
Glenn, Could you describe how you know it is a PVC? I am not being wise, I just don't know. I know once I was having something that felt bad but I decided it...
Hello to the Group.....I write all the time but it never comes through....I ask the other day about Carl....never saw my post....once it was several weeks and...