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The Minimaze appointment in Sheffield

  THE TRIP TO SHEFFIELD 24 September 2025 Omg! Omg! OMG! This was surreal. To recap.   My four ablations in five years had all failed and amiodarone had stopped working properly.   Pace & Ablate would seem to be unsuitable both for my lifestyle and age.   This left me with the option to explore the MiniMaze (hybrid) surgical ablation.   So, I had contacted Mr Hunter at Sheffield via his secretary and he agreed to see me if my GP would do a referral which he duly did.  It was supposed to be three hours to Sheffield from home so obviously we left five hours, just in case.   Naturally, the traffic flowed beautifully and we found a (FREE) parking space in the street straight away.   It then took us about a mile of walking round an enormous sprawl of buildings before we found the Chesterman Outpatient Dept.   It was still only 0830 so we made our arrival known and was a bit surprised to be sent straight to Xray.   We had a cuppa in ...