LisaGHUser Since: Sep 2014Posts: 30 | Hi Eric ~
Thanks for sharing your email.
Bummer on having to wait until mid-May for the ablation. But like you said, having to wait 4 months to go to the dentist just isn't feasible right now. Interesting about the vagal A-Fib diagnosis. Just makes me believe even more that the vagus nerve can absolutely play a role in arrhymias.
I must be a big chicken because I am afraid to go under anesthesia right now because I have pvcs. I guess I'm just concerned that i'll have a cardiac episode while under anesthesia and/or caused by the anesthesia. I raised that question on this website, and a few people told me that they've had surgeries and the like while having pvcs, and all was well. I'm due to go to the dentist, and I'm also supposed to have foot surgery for a bunion, but I've been putting both off...at least for now. I'm putting off the dentist due to the fact that novocaine acts like adernaline and I've read that adrenaline can also cause pvc's.
To answer your question, yes, I did have a 24 hour holter monitor. It showed roughly 1700 in a 24 hour period, which was 2% of my total beats per day. I was feeling a lot of them that day, but was shocked to hear 1700. I was figuring it would be in the low hundreds. So obviously i don't feel all of them (THANK GOODNESS) and I also learned that I have them in my sleep (which concerned me a little). My doctor's all stated that 2% is a very low percentage, and they start to become concerned at around 10% or higher.
Regarding the stress, most of the research I did also stated that stress is usually a factor in bringing on the pvcs. I'm not convinced of this, at least for me. The reason being -- about four years ago I went through a really difficult divorce, and my stress was at an all time high. Through all that, I never had pvc's. My pvc's started a year ago this month. I would have thought that all that stress would have brought them on four years ago.
Good luck with your dental procedure and keep in touch.
Warm Regards, Lisa
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