alarmguy- good to hear it went well and you don’t have to take meds now. How old are you, if you don’t mind me asking?
Glad it went well !
We lost a family friend 1 month ago at age 59 to heart fibrillation, he died in his sleep but the doctor that made the house visit was able to determine from the Apple watch he wore what caused it and when he actually died. Too bad these things can't signal a loved one that something is happening.
Yeah, but you can handle it.I have a lot to add to this thread, and I want everyone to know I TRULY appreciate the comments and will start posting more on Monday.
To add to this whole crazy whacked out week we were in the middle of a move as we sold our house and close in two days when I had the ablation done and have not had my usual time at my computer. Talk about insane.
I have a Boston Scientific L331 Accolade pacemaker. It was implanted for symptomatic bradycardia. It works great!Great news on the ablation procedure!
Do you happen to know the manufacturer of the catheter(s) that were used? I only ask because I used to engineer in manufacturing at Boston Scientific in the Electrophysiology. We made mapping, ablation (RF and cold) catheters as well as stents and balloons.
In 2015 I was a recipient of one of our stents.
No idea of any details except I think four were used. I have 4 pencil sized tip looking punctures two on each side. Just an amazing process that 4 wires were threaded up into my heart while it was beating. I do not want to make it sound like nothing though. I was an "easy" case for them from what I understand, except for that one short circuit my heart is in great shape considering. The process was WAY less painful that a root canal on a tooth! Granted though, you only have one heart and if they screw up, well, you only have one heart so dont think I wasnt a little concerned but I wanted off that drug. Flecainide which I am now off. I take no heart medicine and trying to stay off every medicine I can.Great news on the ablation procedure!
Do you happen to know the manufacturer of the catheter(s) that were used? I only ask because I used to engineer in manufacturing at Boston Scientific in the Electrophysiology. We made mapping, ablation (RF and cold) catheters as well as stents and balloons.
In 2015 I was a recipient of one of our stents.
They can. I think, you can set it up to alert you. I have to look into it. My watch one morning did tell me about Afib Im not sure but if it cant now it will in the future. The watch can do some many things, it's hard to learn it all. Now I am going to look into this. Sorry to hear of your loss. Terrible.Glad it went well !
We lost a family friend 1 month ago at age 59 to heart fibrillation, he died in his sleep but the doctor that made the house visit was able to determine from the Apple watch he wore what caused it and when he actually died. Too bad these things can't signal a loved one that something is happening.