Atrial Fibrillation
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Imasurv said:
That’s how I found out about mine, the watch told me. Started very infrequently but became more frequent over time. I went private and the consultant wrote to my gp to receive copies of my medical records and they also informed my gp of the treatment I was receiving. All seemed to happen pretty seamlessly from my perspective. Had an ablation privately at the age of 49 two years ago. It meant I could control the treatment provided and not be restricted by the nhs to their preferred treatment and waiting list and would do the same again given the choice.
What was the approximate cost of the ablation privately??? I’m expecting 10k plus, which should be doable with a bit of juggling around…. I’d rather not be waiting around for a year or so waiting for the NHS. Ceeejay said:
Imasurv said:
That’s how I found out about mine, the watch told me. Started very infrequently but became more frequent over time. I went private and the consultant wrote to my gp to receive copies of my medical records and they also informed my gp of the treatment I was receiving. All seemed to happen pretty seamlessly from my perspective. Had an ablation privately at the age of 49 two years ago. It meant I could control the treatment provided and not be restricted by the nhs to their preferred treatment and waiting list and would do the same again given the choice.
What was the approximate cost of the ablation privately??? I’m expecting 10k plus, which should be doable with a bit of juggling around…. I’d rather not be waiting around for a year or so waiting for the NHS. Imasurv said:
The ablation itself was around £16k and involved an overnight stay at Spire Manchester. It was a very impressive experience all things considered. I had additional costs with four consultations and an ultrasound ecg which added up to around £1k, hotel stay the night before (had to report to the hospital at 7am) and my wife stayed the second night at the hotel so she could take me home the following day.
That's seem pretty reasonable given the kit and experience/skills needed to carry out an ablation, given some private companies seem to be charging £100 for 10p blood tests. Probably the most frustrating thing is NHS waiting lists for ablation could be halved if Urgent and Emergency Care didn't compromise procedure beds - IE, Ambulances queuing up outside the hospital, so any empty bed gets used, but it means you have to take down a whole ablation list because there is no bed for the patients coming in 
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Ceeejay said:
Imasurv said:
That’s how I found out about mine, the watch told me. Started very infrequently but became more frequent over time. I went private and the consultant wrote to my gp to receive copies of my medical records and they also informed my gp of the treatment I was receiving. All seemed to happen pretty seamlessly from my perspective. Had an ablation privately at the age of 49 two years ago. It meant I could control the treatment provided and not be restricted by the nhs to their preferred treatment and waiting list and would do the same again given the choice.
What was the approximate cost of the ablation privately??? I’m expecting 10k plus, which should be doable with a bit of juggling around…. I’d rather not be waiting around for a year or so waiting for the NHS. I was diagnosed with AF last year at the ripe old age of 36. Mines permanent, rather than comes and goes. I have what we've dubbed "episodes", big spike in heart rate, trouble breathing, which leads to hyperventilating etc. These last 10-15mins, then all is back to normal. I first experienced one of these back in 2019 during a viral infection, so we put it down to that & didn't investigate further, but then it happened again during a spout of covid last year.
I've had 2 rounds of cardioversion now, first time it lasted around 24hrs, the 2nd time about 2hrs, then straight back into AF. I've since spoken to a specialist from Nottinghams Queens medical centre about ablation, but as I don't experience symptoms on a daily basis he almost advised against it.
The problem for me is I've got no idea how long I've had AF, it could have been since 2019, it could have been years before that, so I've not got a baseline of how I 'should' feel day to day.
I've had 2 rounds of cardioversion now, first time it lasted around 24hrs, the 2nd time about 2hrs, then straight back into AF. I've since spoken to a specialist from Nottinghams Queens medical centre about ablation, but as I don't experience symptoms on a daily basis he almost advised against it.
The problem for me is I've got no idea how long I've had AF, it could have been since 2019, it could have been years before that, so I've not got a baseline of how I 'should' feel day to day.
Back in A&E…. Walked the dogs at lunchtime, and looked at my watch at the end and it said my heart rate was at 140. This didn’t change for half an hour so drove down to the hospital.
Been given some beta blockers which I’m told will bring my heart rate down. Booked in to see a specialist on Monday at the Alexandra hospital in Manchester. It’s getting annoying now, as there’s no bloody root cause for this…
Here’s my ECG as I got admitted…. Doesn’t look very stable!!
Been given some beta blockers which I’m told will bring my heart rate down. Booked in to see a specialist on Monday at the Alexandra hospital in Manchester. It’s getting annoying now, as there’s no bloody root cause for this…
Here’s my ECG as I got admitted…. Doesn’t look very stable!!
Ceeejay said:
Back in A&E…. Walked the dogs at lunchtime, and looked at my watch at the end and it said my heart rate was at 140. This didn’t change for half an hour so drove down to the hospital.
Been given some beta blockers which I’m told will bring my heart rate down. Booked in to see a specialist on Monday at the Alexandra hospital in Manchester. It’s getting annoying now, as there’s no bloody root cause for this…
Here’s my ECG as I got admitted…. Doesn’t look very stable!!
Hope it gets sorted soon, it’s not fun. There appeared no root cause for mine until I linked it to exercise.Been given some beta blockers which I’m told will bring my heart rate down. Booked in to see a specialist on Monday at the Alexandra hospital in Manchester. It’s getting annoying now, as there’s no bloody root cause for this…
Here’s my ECG as I got admitted…. Doesn’t look very stable!!
Mines been stable since my ablation in Nov 22 fortunately.
Well, £12.5k shelled out and yesterday I had an ablation at the Spire in Manchester. Anaesthetist sat me on a bed surrounded by machines and tv’s and god knows what else… I was covered in pads and sensors, laid down, air gas over my face, and a cool feeling running through my arm, then bang… I’m coming round, feels like my chest is on fire and I’m shaking… within 5 minutes I’ve calmed down and morphine is kicking in.
6 hours after the op, the pressure device over the entry point for the catheter is removed, and I can stand up and go for a slash.
Sent home today at lunchtime, and just feel tired. Got a really sore throat from where they’ve had some devices down there but no other pain. Heart rate at 80bpm now while resting, but variability is the lowest ive ever seen.
Few days of bed rest now to let the hole in my groin heal up, and then gradually build up to normal over the next few weeks. Hopefully it’s done trick and I can get back to some running in a few months time.
6 hours after the op, the pressure device over the entry point for the catheter is removed, and I can stand up and go for a slash.
Sent home today at lunchtime, and just feel tired. Got a really sore throat from where they’ve had some devices down there but no other pain. Heart rate at 80bpm now while resting, but variability is the lowest ive ever seen.
Few days of bed rest now to let the hole in my groin heal up, and then gradually build up to normal over the next few weeks. Hopefully it’s done trick and I can get back to some running in a few months time.
2 days since the operation now and I feel pretty good.
Was slightly concerned this morning that I had some sort of infection as my hand had swollen up, where they had tried to get an IV in but couldn’t get into the vein. They ended up using the other hand. That’s gone down this morning though.
Puncture wound doesn’t appear to be bleeding under the dressing, but still taking it very easy, resting in bed most of the time.
Heart rate appears a pretty solid 80 now while resting, compared to high fifties before the op, so whatever they’ve done it’s certainly had an effect. Hopefully that will begin to drop over the next few weeks as the heart heals and relaxes.
Got to stay on blood thinners, beta blockers and anti arythmyics for six weeks, then gradually get weened off them and hopefully things go back to normal again after that. Don’t think I’ll be running any marathons soon, but I would be nice to at least get running again this year
Was slightly concerned this morning that I had some sort of infection as my hand had swollen up, where they had tried to get an IV in but couldn’t get into the vein. They ended up using the other hand. That’s gone down this morning though.
Puncture wound doesn’t appear to be bleeding under the dressing, but still taking it very easy, resting in bed most of the time.
Heart rate appears a pretty solid 80 now while resting, compared to high fifties before the op, so whatever they’ve done it’s certainly had an effect. Hopefully that will begin to drop over the next few weeks as the heart heals and relaxes.
Got to stay on blood thinners, beta blockers and anti arythmyics for six weeks, then gradually get weened off them and hopefully things go back to normal again after that. Don’t think I’ll be running any marathons soon, but I would be nice to at least get running again this year
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