Feb.27,2014, Dr. Natale ablated me for Persistent AFIB. 1 year later, I am still AFIB free. I do have some "extra beats" especially when my Anxiety is running high but NO AFIB. A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL on this forum who steered me in the right direction. ALSO my 4th grandchild was born Feb. 17. Her name is Amelia. She is a beautiful baby. https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149809#msg-149809 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:20:42 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149899#msg-149899 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149899#msg-149899 Wish you many years of NSR ahead.

Duke]]> Anonymous User AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 03 Mar 2015 04:20:21 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149864#msg-149864 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149864#msg-149864
I'm relatively new here so I wasn't around when your ablation journey began but I'm happy to hear your success nonetheless. Congrats and I wish you continued NSR for many years to come!

Travis]]> tvanslooten AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 02 Mar 2015 03:40:16 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149842#msg-149842 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149842#msg-149842
I'm certainly hoping that with more time, your anxiety issues will fade into oblivion and your heart will become PVC free.

Best to you,
Jackie]]> Jackie AFIBBERS FORUM Sun, 01 Mar 2015 14:21:54 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149830#msg-149830 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149830#msg-149830
I'll add my congratulations as well. You and I had our ablations done on the same day. I too have been afib free this past year and ever so grateful. My HR is still high, usually around 84bpm, and I have some runs of PVC on occasion, but am so delighted to be free of the terrible afib symptoms. When I had an attack, I would be near fainting, and my arms and legs would go weak and I would have to stay on the sofa for around 12 hours before being able to get up and slowly get back to doing any activities.

Hope your anxiety settles down so you can enjoy the rest of the winter.

Many blessings to you and a prayer for your continued NSR.

Nancy M]]> Windstar AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 28 Feb 2015 18:30:22 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149826#msg-149826 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149826#msg-149826
It hardly seems like a year on one hand, and yet even longer on the other. I recall watching your procedure live at St Davids from their video conference amphitheater there during the EP Live 2014 two day training conference that a couple hundred EPs from all over flew in for and I was able to attend as well. Your's was the very first LINQ install and I got recruited to give a short Austin TV interview on the value of the device having just gotten a run down on the features about 1 minute before stepping in from of the camera and winging it :-).

In any event, your signing up for participating in that conference as one of the live patient cases being shown, allowed you to jump way ahead in the schedule and get your procedure much sooner than otherwise would have been the case, so it was a bonus for you all around.

Anyway, its great to see a year of NSR after arriving in persistent AFIB of unknown, but significant duration. its the overwhelming number of cases who visit us here, not unlike yours, that choose to go to that maestro ablationists hands and have such similar high quality results time and again that inspires such easy and enthusiastic confidence in our recommendations. Its very hard to argue with such a huge volume of success over such a long period.

Best wishes for another 10 years of freedom, even though Dr N said there could always be a chance you might need a full touch up to complete an LAA-isolation at some point. The full year now of NSR is a good sign you likely have a good long path of clear sailing ahead.

Shannon]]> Shannon AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:47:26 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149822#msg-149822 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149822#msg-149822
Best wishes.

Ken]]> kls5834 AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 28 Feb 2015 03:22:41 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149816#msg-149816 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149816#msg-149816
I called my nurse educator and she assured me that the PVC's were benign and nothing to worry about. Now that is easier said than done IMO but I have come to the realization to accept them for what they are that being benign.

IF/When I get my Anxiety "back in check" I will handle these PVC's better which I already do. When I feel one, I do not dwell on it and let it pass. I believe my PVC's are caused by my Anxiety. My Anxiety issues go back many years.]]> smackman AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:43:09 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149813#msg-149813 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149813#msg-149813
I told Shannon yesterday how thankful I am also, for first finding this Board, and then having all of the support and amazing amount of helpful knowledge on here. I can't even imagine where I would be if it weren't for this Board...it can be very lonely going through episode after episode and the people around you say things like, "well, what does it FEEL like?", "Yeah, I get some palpitations sometimes too", etc. when they really just don't realize at all how awful this can be....Having 'fellow Afibbers" who DO get it as well as brilliant posters to help us through this is a GIFT.

May you - and all of us - have many, many blissful years of NSR!


Congrats ~ Barb]]> tobherd AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:44:58 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149809#msg-149809 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149809,149809#msg-149809
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL on this forum who steered me in the right direction.

ALSO my 4th grandchild was born Feb. 17. Her name is Amelia. She is a beautiful baby.]]> smackman AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:58:04 +0000