The HHT and Afib Athlete

    RECOVERY FROM CARDIAC ABLATION - this is long, so get yourself comfortable! I wanted to write at length about this topic as when I had my very first ablation, I thought there was really something very wrong with me as it took me so many months to recovery.   There is always a professional cyclist you hear about who had an ablation but was back on their bike within a week!!     All I managed was some slow, short walking (ie ten minutes) and very gentle yoga/stretching after a few weeks, but then found I was very fatigued.   Posting on a so-called support forum I was then told that I was “undoing all your Electrocardiologist’s good work” and was absolutely devastated (It was never explained how someone could “undo” a burn scar – perhaps this guy should go and share his wisdom with one of the burns units…).   A phone call to the marvellous Arrhythmia nurses reassured me that the person that said that was talking out of their ******** (ins...

  MINIMAZE RECOVERY – WEEKS 4 – 5 AND HINTS/INFO ON RECOVERY TOO! Week 4 Now this week felt like progress! My blood pressure improved though it was still a bit low for me, plus I expect my thyroid was back to normal following the missed thyroxine doses (see last post) I was also less tired and cold and sleeping better although still getting nightmares and horrible dreams. This was the week I finally got some gumption and started doing THINGS! Nothing too exciting, mind, but just doing stuff! It’s all excruciatingly boring (apologies, this is my life!) but I wanted you to get an idea of what I was able to do after the Mini-maze…   And I didn’t do all this EVERY day – just bits and bobs!! ·          I finally started revising my German, French and Italian – one day a week each for about 1.25 – 1.5 hours.   Did the Best for Puzzles Easy Cryptic Crossword – it is advertised as “quick enough to do in your coffee break” – to...