Hello all. Thanks for your responses, as always this board is an amazing source of comfort and information.
Oh, I forgot an incidental that I found curious. I asked both of them about the effects of stress on this condition.....Dr. Tchou told me that since I exercise vigourously and don't go into afib that stress probably was not an offender for me "since stress puts the same type of strain on the heart system as exercise"... I don't know about that... Your comments... Anyway, Dr. Jones, seemed to be less convinced about that statement....FWIW....
To answer some of the questions.....
I didn't mean to say that there was no carto mapping in the first procedure, their answer seemed to say is was not an extensive mapping. I cannot answer as to why this is....The did say that it was absolutely necessary to find the offendind foci, the 2nd time through a more comprehensive mapping....
I know he told me the procedure would take from 3-6 hours. I would be active the next day, could to light moving around the next day. In three days I would be free to do normal duty things. In 1 week, I could resume light exercise above and beyond the day to day....
Carol,
I used to take higher doses of calcium, but I found it caused me a perceived problem with the arrythmia.... I have just started (1 week ago) taking about an extra 500 mg now.
I drink at least 8-10, ounce glasses of water per day....
I do believe I have some reactive problem with sugar...however I have noticed that their are times when my blood sugar is low.... <70 and also high >200. I can't seem to quantify this..... Most of the time it is regular.....
One thing I have noticed for sure is this, no matter what I do the lower the amount of carbohydrate I have, the more sick, (HOT, sweaty, agitated, flu like) I become....Perhaps this is an offset of two much protein? Which led to think I had kidney problems..(I don't...... but this is a vicous cycle, one thing leading to the next...It's hard to not come off as a hypocondriac sp?....)
Any thoughts on that? The only way I found to loose weight (I'm 190 pounds, 5'9") is to stay on a lower carb diet (no, not a NO carb diet). I just can't seem to figure out why I get this way.............
I am leaning toward the ablation at this point. I am going to have my internist get me on the list... so at least I'm on it.