meds or ablation for arrthyhmia control

[lagoya]

hi
i was just wondering what people feel if they had a choice to use meds or have an ablation to help with their arrthyhmia

[tsco]

The ablation procedures are not bad at all.  Some people..it helps, Some it doesn't.  Some it assists in helping for a while.
I have tried most of the meds at one time or another.  They usually are not that bad.

Let's face it...there is no "holy grail" cure.  I am banking on some technological advance that gets rid of this for all of us so far it ha not happened.  I recently asked my EP about advances and ot the big thumbs down.

I think we all need to bond together and push someone (whoever) legislation, medical community,  I don't know and draw as much attention to this as possible.  I think our problems are considered nuicanse and doesn't get the research it deserves. We all know how disabling this is (mostly mentally) but ask a doc about disability they look at you like this isn't even a real problem.  I like the idea about a list..great idea.
Maybe if we could find all the famous people with these problems (people with money) we could get a movement going.     Ever wonder why this is such an epedemic now?
Is it what we eat?  MY grandmother claimed they rarely heard of all these missed betas and such way back when.

[lagoya]

hi
i agree i would take another ablation rather than the meds for now but my ep is resvered on the idea for the moment i hate anti arrhythmias and am trying my best to stay away from them after being on them last year .my first ablation worked to a certain degree but i am still getting svt just not as rapid but it is still high enough for the nerves,it is difficult to make choices in order to secure a better quality of life when these choices involve certain risks .................i hope u feel better soon

to betty
hi ya
delighted to see u are good hows the power walking going

[mabebesc]

I really feel for what you are going through.  I wish I had the answer for you. If I had known that ,my ablation was going to go as smoothly as it did, I never would have wasted so many years living in fear and dealing with the SVT episodes.  Life is full of unknowns and sometimes risks.  I guess each person has to decide what risks are worth taking and which are not.
For me, after 36 years of dealing with SVT, I had truly had it.  I was anxious all the time that it would start up and just couldn't enjoy life to the fullest.  I decided the ablation was a risk I had to take and I made up my mind that whatever happened, I would live with the consequences.
Good luck and I truly wish you the best.

[banglamom]

If it was simple cut and dried, I would rather have had the ablation(s) and not have to have the medications.  There is a lot less side effects to the ablation.  It wasn't terribly comfortable and there was a certain "scary" factor... but then it was done.  Unfortunately, it didn't work.  So after three ablations that were meant to be able to get me off the meds, I am on more than ever.  The effects are so much, I am now trying to determine... which would be better??? ... meds or an open heart procedure to stop the rhythms.  It would obviously be way more painful and risky, but maybe after it was done, I wouldn't feel like my life was RULED by heart medicine.

[mabebesc]

Hi everyone,
I understand where all of you are coming from.  I, like you, looked for the magic answer that would prevent my SVT from starting up.  I waited a long time to have the ablation after being on a beta blocker since 1991.  I never found the answer I was looking for after trying many different things.
I didn't like the idea of burning the area in my heart that was causing the problem , but the SVT was making me so nervous, I felt I had to so something.  My quality of life was affected by the anxiety I was feeling.
The ablation was the right decision for me.  On the 4th of this month, it will be 3 months since I've had SVT.  The ablation changed my life.
I hope all of you find the answer that will work best for you.
Betty

[ireneo]

I'm unsure about them both. Too many meds are hit and miss. They try this and that hoping it will help. Ablations are fine (I've had 3!) but I hope in time they can fine tune the diagnoses so they'll know for sure when an ablation will actually work and when it won't. At this stage I'm done with ablations, I've quit my med and will simply live with my jumps and starts and racing here and there. At least I know what to expect when it happens.