I started a thread in 2020, with Merry Go Round in the title.
I meant Roller Coaster - ups and downs, sharp turns, etc.
At first, it documented my nearly three months in the hospital with rhythm issues.
I documented tests and procedures after this.
Here's a sort of update:
Late last year, my heart rate jumped to 130 and above after minimal exertion, I didn't feel right. The jump made little sense.
My electrocardiologist said that it was aortic fibrillation. He defibrillated me in the office, then said that I need a node ablation. He suggested that once the node was non-functional, my aortic fibrillation would stop -- there wouldn't be anything to cause it to return.
Fast forward to yesterday. Although I'm not really feeling it (I was even having it while he was monitoring my pacemaker's signal), I was having it while the doctor was looking at the pacemaker's real time reports.
Now what?
Wasn't the ablation supposed to stop these from happening?
The ventricle was also fibrillating, but adjustment to my pacemaker stopped it.
I wasn't defibrillated to stop the aortic fibrillation.
I take warfarin, so the risk of plaque forming in my aorta and causing a stroke is very slight, if at all.
The doctor implied that I wouldn't be able to exert myself too much.
I'll do what I can.
None of this is any fun. I didn't tell my wife about the aortic fibrillation - she has enough to worry about. One more thing that isn't resolved won't help at all.
I'm having a PET scan next month. I haven't checked out what kind of diagnostic information this will provide.
I see the doctor again in four months.
I'll be doing a bit of online research about aortic fibrillation and see if I can find anything that will help provide more info.
Have any of YOU run into the same thing? (Aortic fibrillation). If you're still alive (and, perhaps, even if you're not), I'd certainly like to see your comments.
Update (sort of) - I checked Dr. Internet, and there was one poster who said that there is no such thing as aortic fibrillation. I think my electrocardiologist defined AFIB more clearly than general 'AFIB' by pinpointing the actual location - which atrium was actually fibrillating.
This made a difference, because my doctor also made changes to my pacemaker that adjusted the signal to the ventricle that was also fibrillating along with the aorta.
I meant Roller Coaster - ups and downs, sharp turns, etc.
At first, it documented my nearly three months in the hospital with rhythm issues.
I documented tests and procedures after this.
Here's a sort of update:
Late last year, my heart rate jumped to 130 and above after minimal exertion, I didn't feel right. The jump made little sense.
My electrocardiologist said that it was aortic fibrillation. He defibrillated me in the office, then said that I need a node ablation. He suggested that once the node was non-functional, my aortic fibrillation would stop -- there wouldn't be anything to cause it to return.
Fast forward to yesterday. Although I'm not really feeling it (I was even having it while he was monitoring my pacemaker's signal), I was having it while the doctor was looking at the pacemaker's real time reports.
Now what?
Wasn't the ablation supposed to stop these from happening?
The ventricle was also fibrillating, but adjustment to my pacemaker stopped it.
I wasn't defibrillated to stop the aortic fibrillation.
I take warfarin, so the risk of plaque forming in my aorta and causing a stroke is very slight, if at all.
The doctor implied that I wouldn't be able to exert myself too much.
I'll do what I can.
None of this is any fun. I didn't tell my wife about the aortic fibrillation - she has enough to worry about. One more thing that isn't resolved won't help at all.
I'm having a PET scan next month. I haven't checked out what kind of diagnostic information this will provide.
I see the doctor again in four months.
I'll be doing a bit of online research about aortic fibrillation and see if I can find anything that will help provide more info.
Have any of YOU run into the same thing? (Aortic fibrillation). If you're still alive (and, perhaps, even if you're not), I'd certainly like to see your comments.
Update (sort of) - I checked Dr. Internet, and there was one poster who said that there is no such thing as aortic fibrillation. I think my electrocardiologist defined AFIB more clearly than general 'AFIB' by pinpointing the actual location - which atrium was actually fibrillating.
This made a difference, because my doctor also made changes to my pacemaker that adjusted the signal to the ventricle that was also fibrillating along with the aorta.
