WOW, I almost have the same story. Had my SECOND ablation last week.
After a three month battle with A-Fib in 2010 I elected to have my first ablation. I could go out and do a hard club ride of 50 to 70 miles on a Saturday, and two days latter I would find my self in complete A-Fib. After several cardio conversions I decided to have the surgery. Overall it was not a bad experience, but the recovery was extremely slow. It also did not help that I pushed myself to get right back to the same level of fitness within the first few months.
Fast forward ten months and I had my first taste of A-Flutter. Once again I discovered it on a ride. It is like a stabilized form of A-Fib. Had it occur a few more times and I did not hesitate to go in for "round two." Although I was not given a good diagnosis, that is they were most likely going to have to ablate my appendage, it turned out one of my pulmonary veins had regenerated. It has now been seven days since the surgery and I feel absolutley 100%. This time I am going to take a slower approach to my recovery, but I would not hesitate to have the procedure done again.
Ditto on the ALL the advice. I was lucky to have Dr. Andrea Natale both times and would not hesitate to recommend him.
After a three month battle with A-Fib in 2010 I elected to have my first ablation. I could go out and do a hard club ride of 50 to 70 miles on a Saturday, and two days latter I would find my self in complete A-Fib. After several cardio conversions I decided to have the surgery. Overall it was not a bad experience, but the recovery was extremely slow. It also did not help that I pushed myself to get right back to the same level of fitness within the first few months.
Fast forward ten months and I had my first taste of A-Flutter. Once again I discovered it on a ride. It is like a stabilized form of A-Fib. Had it occur a few more times and I did not hesitate to go in for "round two." Although I was not given a good diagnosis, that is they were most likely going to have to ablate my appendage, it turned out one of my pulmonary veins had regenerated. It has now been seven days since the surgery and I feel absolutley 100%. This time I am going to take a slower approach to my recovery, but I would not hesitate to have the procedure done again.
Ditto on the ALL the advice. I was lucky to have Dr. Andrea Natale both times and would not hesitate to recommend him.