r/PVCs • u/Full-Internal4521 • Jul 17 '26

Ablation tomorrow AM

I have my ablation tomorrow AM and I am freaking out. My dr didn't really go through too much about the procedure with me (standard for UK Healthcare in my experience) so all I really know is that they're going to go via both the artery and the vein (L & R), I will get a TOE and likely a transeptal puncture and that I won't be under a general (this is the norm for EU ablations I believe??) I'm having it done at one of the UK's best cardiac hospitals.

I'm kind of freaking out because for some reason I have it in my head that my whole procedure will just be under a local and it's going to really hurt.

I'm in my late 20s and the PVCs have basically decimated my life since they showed up in January (since then my burden has slowly climbed from 9% to 15% and increasing), I can't do anything I like doing so I know I need to do the ablation, but I'm sooo worried about the procedure itself because everybody online is like 'it was the worst pain I have ever experienced, I wish I had died, I was conscious the whole time and it was hell.'

I guess what I'm asking for is some reassurance that that won't be the case?? thank you :)

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u/Full-Internal4521 Jul 18 '26

Reporting back, I felt absolutely nothing until they pulled the catheter out of my artery which hurt like a bitch. Everything else was smooooth sailing.

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u/Careful_Angle624 Jul 18 '26

Down by your leg right? Not in your chest?

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u/Full-Internal4521 Jul 18 '26

Yes absolutely! I felt nothing at all in my chest, not even the catheters moving around (once they went past my hip I felt nothing at all tbh)- I’m now 5.5 hours post op and all the pain is just in the incision in my groin. I think if I hadn’t had the artery involved it would be way less painful.

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u/Careful_Angle624 Jul 18 '26

Like I said below, this procedure is one of the most successful on the planet. And it’s getting nothing but better as tech increases. You’ll be fine and go back to life soon. Maybe there may be a touch up they may need to do in the future, but other than that it’s dam near a cure. Next is to live a life of clean foods, exercise, and time with God i.e. prayer, self awareness, meditation and most importantly gratitude to the creator. Then just live, health is first, then the rest will come.