does anyone else suffer with SVT????
#1
it is supraventricular tachycardia....not life threatening but very unpredictable...I was on betapace pill that caused Ashma and not am on something else but get "break throughs" all the time...how do you live with it.
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I had it get really out of control about 6 years ago, the doc did a cardiac ablation on it and it is gone :lol:
The meds did not control mine . The ablation was fairly painless , out patient. they go up thru the groin , find the area that is triggering the episodes and zap it :thumbup: I don't regret it .
The meds did not control mine . The ablation was fairly painless , out patient. they go up thru the groin , find the area that is triggering the episodes and zap it :thumbup: I don't regret it .
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Originally Posted by sharon b
I had it get really out of control about 6 years ago, the doc did a cardiac ablation on it and it is gone :lol:
The meds did not control mine . The ablation was fairly painless , out patient. they go up thru the groin , find the area that is triggering the episodes and zap it :thumbup: I don't regret it .
The meds did not control mine . The ablation was fairly painless , out patient. they go up thru the groin , find the area that is triggering the episodes and zap it :thumbup: I don't regret it .
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For me the surgery was the only real solution and I don't regret it :thumbup: I know of another person who had to have it done twice , so it is not perfect, but definitely worth a try. Like you I hated having to take meds and the meds never stopped mine .
The surgery is scary ( I mean they are playing with your heart after all :shock: LOL) but afterward you are sore for a couple of days and then you are fine . No meds , no problems. Mine started in my 20s got worse in my 30s , had it done when I was 38. Never looked back
The surgery is scary ( I mean they are playing with your heart after all :shock: LOL) but afterward you are sore for a couple of days and then you are fine . No meds , no problems. Mine started in my 20s got worse in my 30s , had it done when I was 38. Never looked back
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Originally Posted by LindaR
it is supraventricular tachycardia....not life threatening but very unpredictable...I was on betapace pill that caused Ashma and not am on something else but get "break throughs" all the time...how do you live with it.
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Originally Posted by katiebear1
Originally Posted by LindaR
it is supraventricular tachycardia....not life threatening but very unpredictable...I was on betapace pill that caused Ashma and not am on something else but get "break throughs" all the time...how do you live with it.
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Wow did not realize so many on the board had this. I had SVT and had the ablation, best thing I ever did. But now I have atrial fib. I was meds free for about 3 years before the atrial fib came about. I take Tambacore (sp) twice a day and it stays under control for the most part. WHen I had the SVT it took awhile to find a medication that worked for me. In the end I was on Rythmol and that worked the best. When I got atrial fib. they put me back on that but when I asked if there was something I could take that would not make me so tired he switched me to tambacore.
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Originally Posted by LindaR
it is supraventricular tachycardia....not life threatening but very unpredictable...I was on betapace pill that caused Ashma and not am on something else but get "break throughs" all the time...how do you live with it.
I would ask dr about having the ablation. You wont regret it. I had break thrus all the time and had to be hospitalized about 4 times for it. If you are having break thru's may need another kind of medication or if you have the ablation no more meds.
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thanks everyone, nice to know I'm not alone. LOL, Doctor did not recommend ablation as he had a patient that had it done twice...scary. He called my heart doc and he said try another med and if that doesn't work, need to reconsider. The one thing I notice with the meds is periods of extreme weakness...H...L to get old, but not choice
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