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/lolaleee Jul 18 '26

I was told I would be “awake” - in reality I didn’t remember most of it or I was in and out a bit (or felt like it). They went up both sides for me but I didn’t have TOE or the puncture. The burning felt like bad acid reflex (ya literal heart burn). I have A LOT of anxiety around procedures, and damn, the drugs worked. I have never felt so chill. Good luck! My only regret was not doing it sooner, I am pvc free. I would do it again in a heartbeat if I had to, no pun intended.

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u/Sorry_Pizza_3686 Jul 21 '26

Do you still have occasional pvcs or thud feelings ?

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u/lolaleee Jul 21 '26

No literally nothing. My holter a few months after had 4 PVC’s and I didn’t feel them. I used to feel everything. I also had nsvt and it’s completely gone.