Re: Six Month Follow-up

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Posted by Ed Wehan on July 28, 2001 at 00:49:06:

In Reply to: Re: Six Month Follow-up posted by Anders Kingstedt on July 27, 2001 at 13:55:35:

The important point I hoped to make with my post is that the maze procedure can provide a complete cure for AFib. The results of my running should only reinforce the fact that the heart can be pushed to a significant extreme and still beat in a normal, orderly manner, exactly as it was designed to do. I am a runner and outdoor type of individual and my surgery has provided me the means with which to return to those aspects of life that I really enjoy. Many on this board have also been as fortunate and their success is what gave me the courage to pursue all of this myself.

I have to forever thank individuals like Anders, Steve Giddings and Jack Drum for their input and constant encouragement. This is in addition to each of you who before me have had the maze surgery and posted on this or another site. There are so many names but if you posted, I read it and I often wrote you and each of you very nicely responded.

As each of you did for me, I want to encourage others to look at the maze procedure as a very viable option. Non-invasive ablation technology has not yet solved the problem for many types of AFib. I was told several times prior to my maze to wait because the cure was just around the corner. Well, it is still just around the corner and I now have six months of AFib free living.

AFib is a serious debilitating affliction. Yet, the physician community has yet to accept this and would rather put an individual on drugs that have serious side effects, on coumidin with its risks of hemmorage and need for monthly pro-times, cardioversions with their expense and limited results or most serious of all, have the individual live with the risk of stoke.

The maze is a serious surgery and it may not be for everyone. But, recognize that AFib is a serious disease and treat it accordingly.

By the way, I agree with Anders on resting heart rates. Mine is still higher than it was many years ago but I can also get my running heart rate higher. Also, at six months, I still don't have speed like Anders or Steve but as they suggest, this will come after a year or so.

Finally, I will say that the beer or glass of wine in the evening sure is nice as is the cup of coffee in the morning.


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