Dear Karen Welcome to the message board. I'll ask Jo, our Youth Board Administrator, to get in touch to explain how our Youth Board operates so that your...
Hi Karen My daughter is a bit younger, she had a pacemaker last year at only 15. Naomi has suffered for sometime with blackouts and the Dr's put it down to all...
Hi Suzanne Thanks for the lovely welcome. I've already had a couple of replies and just knowing that you are all out there has made my daughter, Kerry, much...
Hi Julie Actually my daughter Kerry is only just 14, so Naomi sounds like just the sort of contact we need! I just showed her your email and she's jumping up...
-Hi My name is Jo, and I work in the Youth and Education section. I am sorry to read of the hard time your daughter is sometimes experiencing. An affiliated...
Hello Everyone It may be June, but October will be upon us soon - which means plans for the Heart Rhythm Congress are moving on apace! We will be holding a...
Hi Karen Possible Topic for October Patient's Day I was at the AF patient day last Sunday. Identifying AF is an important first step but the availability of...
We regularly receive enquiries regarding the use of mobile telephones and pacemakers, and the latest has been on the use of The Nintendo Wii. Following...
Is anyone aware of any written guidelines as to how long you should wait after an ablation before being able to donate blood? I spoke to a Doctor at the blood...
I'm sorry I can't help with that one, all I know is my dad was a regular blood donor and he now can not give blood because he has a pacemaker, it might be...
Having suffered with attacks for the last 5 or 6 years, this weekend has been my worst experience. Having an attack on friday evening, i went to A&E as the...
Hello Amanda: As I understand it, Adenosine has a life of only a few seconds in the blood stream before it is metabolised, hence the reason why the injection...
Hi Amanda  I was admitted to hospital and given 3 loads of adenosine over a two day period.   When i got out of hospital i had the worst heartburn and...
Hello, I hope that you might be interested in helping me. Please click on this link to complete the survey. http://www.survey.leeds.ac.uk/icd_one/ I am...
Hello Everyone, Just to let you know that our server is going to be down over the weekend. I will still be moderating all messages that are posted, but please...
Please take a moment to read a very encouraging new case study - Living with SVT - Nicky's Story - which shows how positive an experience treatment through the...
Hi There, Just joined a couple of days ago but now seems an appropriate time to post my first message as I am currently having an "episode" as I type. I have...
Derek - I had similar but somewhat less severe problems a year ago and after various cardiologists mulled over medication changes, the expert and head honcho...
I have atrial fibrillation and am going into hospital fro catheter ablation on 11th september 2008 i am extremely concerned about this and would love to hear...
Dear Gillian, Try not to worry, it's nowhere near as bad as you might imagine! I have had two ablations for paroxysmal AF, one in February 2007 and another in...
WEll Hello, I'm not sure who wrote and wanted to know about the atrial fibrillation but I will write and tell you that i have had it since my heart attack in...
Dear Gillian, I had paroxismal atrial fibrillation and had a catheter ablation for this last November at Barts. I slept nearly all the way through the four...
Hi Gillian, I hope that your procedure went well today. I had a catheter ablation for SVT last year. I had some sedation but was awake throughout the...
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