So sorry to hear you are experiencing difficulties. Hopefully they can find a fix, otherwise are you going to go thru with another ablation? Was the first cryo or RF? Good luck!

Your bit about static electricity is very very interesting to me, it's something I've never thought about. I do create static quite a bit especially when getting out of cars although thinking about it now it hasn't happened for a while. I'm definitely going to keep check.

Are you the same as me and know that your body has static and get that feeling that you are going to get a "boot" before you even touch the door handle?

Thanks for bringing it up.

DeTalentedOne - I am heading for my third ablation next Wednesday. Trying a different doctor and a different hospital. I also do give off a lot of static electricity - very interesting. Maybe we are just sparky! I am so sorry you are still having problems. My episodes did change in nature after my second ablations and I have only had one terrible experience with a heart rate of 220 since November of 2012 (my second ablation date). Hopefully 3rd time is the charm. I wish you luck.

Hope all goes well for you Pat!

Thanks eveyone. I had radio frequency ablation. I'll find out in a coupl of weeks what type of nethod he would using. As far as static electricity go my worst episode to date I reached up to turn on the lightof my cceiling fan and even before I could pull the string the light bulb lite up for a second. I couldnt believe it. I think my heart rate was in 220's. The shocking myself on my car doesnt happen all of the time.I haven't had it recently. I thought the static electricity was in my head until it started happening in the summer too.

Hi DeTalentedOne,

Sorry to hear about the return of your afib. I still believe candy bars, nuts, cheese are the cause of your afib. Just stop eating them for a week and see if you get better. It is a veeeeeeery simple test, which might solve your problem.

As far as static electricity, I do NOT believe it has anything to do with your afib. It is physics 101. It gets generated in your body when you walk on a carpet or move on the seat in your car (the rubbing action generates it). Then, it discharges when you come in contact with another object which is at a different potential than your body. When the air is dry (low humidity), the static electricity is worse. For example, Phx is really bad since it is very dry (10% humidity). We always shock ourselves. Even my cats get zap on their noses when they run on the carpet and get close to a window frame, which is metal. I can see the spark between their nose and the window frame. Of course, just like us, they do NOT like it at all because it is painful. I don't think my cats have afib :-) They run around and climb trees without any problem, LOL.

Warning, Warning, Please read the following:
When you want to get gas, please MAKE SURE you touch the body of your car before opening your gas tank. Otherwise, your gas tank might blow up if there is a static electricity discharge between you and your car after you open your gas tank. You get charged with static electricity when you slide out of your seat. Also, a lot of gas fumes (very flammable) come out when you open up the cap on the gas tank. So, if you open the gas tank and you have not already discharged yourself, there will be a spark if you touch your car, which will ignite the gas fumes from the gas tank. This has happened in Phx and other places in the country. So, I thought I should mention it here. Please ignore it if you already know about this.

By the way, static electricity is a very big deal in electronic labs and manufacturing facilities. Companies spend lots of money to make sure the workers are totally discharged before touching any electrical components. Static electricity destroys electronic components if they are not protected. Static electricity is a fact of life. It gets generated just by walking or touching other objects. It is not because of afib. Trust me :-)

Good luck,
Scott

Thanks for response Scott. I only mention the static electricity because I hardly had it before the who heart out whack problem. After I started having heart problems it became very common. I always touch my car since I had static electricity shock that actually hurt when I reached for my fuel door on my car. Since I enjoy eating nuts and cheese I much rather have surgery. This is just an annoying condition that I want gone!

You are welcome DeTalentedOne. In most cars, you can open the fuel door from the inside and worse, the gas cap is plastic, which is an insulator. So, in most cars, people can NOT get discharged unless they touch the body of the car after getting out of the car.

It sounds like you are good and you should not have any spark problem after opening your gas tank cap :-)

By the way, answering a cell phone call, can be another source for spark. So, to be 100% safe, do not answer your cell phone while fueling.

As far as eating cheese and nuts, I am with you and I hear you. I love them too. But, I don't believe a procedure like ablation can correct the nut/cheese sensitivity. I hope you are correct. I am going to be right behind you if it works out for you :-) I am dead serious. I know petey will call me a "fool" for saying this, LOL But, it is getting harder just to look at a cheesecake and not to dive in and eat it like everybody else :-) Talking about torture, LOL

I wish you lots of luck and I send you good thoughts. The Girl Power be with you :-)

Scott