Sorry for late reply...no sedatives for cardioversion. My choice, my bad I guess. I thought I understood from the nurse I would get some light pacing or shocks or such. So I begged off the sedation. Oops, 100J. Felt like a pro football player hit me from behind with a 20 yard start. Only lasted a fraction of a second, really not that bad. For a life saver, I'd do it again...in a heartby denverbiker - AFIBBERS FORUM
I wanted to share my recent experience of a ventricular tachycardia (VT) episode and some learnings I gained from it. Late June I was out on a bike ride, 35 miles around a park nearby, a ride I have done many times before. I'm a 60 year old male, and consider myself in good health. I had never been in a hospital prior. On that day after the bike ride, my head felt very groggy. The grogby denverbiker - AFIBBERS FORUM