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- Hey guys. I just thought I'd poke my head in here and give everyone an update. I'm about 14 weeks out from my first ever ablation with Dr. Natale. During the 3-month blanking period I didn't have a single palpitation or afib episode. Now that I'm a...
- Hey gang. I'm writing to you from Austin, TX where I am 3 days post my ablation with Dr. Natale. I'll be down here until Wednesday morning. Our family decided to rent a town home down here for a week so that I could properly recover.The ablation on...
- Hey gang. I've been hanging low the past few weeks. I'm just one week out from my ablation! This past 3 months has zoomed by. I can't believe it's here already.At any rate, I just posted something on my blog that some of you younger folks with afib...
- As many of you know, I have my first ablation scheduled for March 5th (was originally Feb. 2nd but I had to move it back). Until the past four months or so, I would only have one episode a year. Now I get them every one to two weeks. Fortunately, I...
- If any of you have been following my blog, you've noticed that my afib has completely spun out of control. I'm getting a couple episodes a week now. Just six months ago I was getting one per YEAR!The only thing that has changed in the past six...
- I have my first ever ablation scheduled with Dr. Natale on February 2nd, which is a Monday. Since I'm flying in for this procedure they told me I would only need to "stick around town" for a couple days "just in case." I interpreted that as...
- I don't know if you guys caught it, but our very own Doug has commented a few times in this forum how he has successfully managed his afib with an unique therapy called chelation therapy. I had never heard of it before so I bugged Doug and asked him...
- I'm a relative new member here so I don't know who all the members are. I ran across this article tonight about Brian Richardson and how he was successfully treated with an ablation. He said he was an active member here. I'm just curious how he's...
- Well contrary to recent studies that weight loss can help afib, it has done exactly the opposite for me. Just my luck too...lol.I'm 5'11" and I peaked at 218 pounds about 3 months ago. Since I was a kid my diet has consisted mainly of fast food and...
- Well my afib has officially spun out of control. After 9 years of only having an episode every 1-3 years, I'm having them weekly now. Up until now, I've been doing the PIP approach (300mg of flec), however the EPs I'm talking to here locally are...
- I have an appointment with the great Dr. Natale down in Austin, TX in mid November. I live in Minneapolis, MN. After doing more research on ablations, there are various appointments that need to be made prior to the procedure and after the...
- What's the deal with all these lawsuits against Pradaxa and Xarelto? Are these new blood thinners really that dangerous? I stumbled upon this article tonight and the author claims Xarelto is worse than...
- I am currently seeing two EPs. It's a long story:)At any rate, I am not afraid to grill the doctors for answers. I essentially interview my doctors when I meet with them. To that end, I spent over an hour with both EPs recently asking them numerous...
- One topic I never see discussed here or any forum is the issue of health insurance and the resulting medical options you have. While we'd all love to be treated by Dr. Natale or some other "super doctor," the reality is, our insurance policies will...
- The only thing I can find is that the success rate for catheter ablations is around 70% after TWO procedures and that success is defined as going one year after the blanking period without an episode. Does that sound about right?I'd like to know...