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I had it for a couple months at least, and right side heart failure during that time. Now I get a lot of PVCs that they are still calling benign, at least for now. My cardiologist said my heart was damaged during the second, emergency, surgery. And that is causing the PVC problem. So ablation could be in my future...who knows. I am getting more used to the PVCs. They used to go away after a week, but this run is sticking around longer.

Oh Alex, I'm sorry you are experiencing this. I hated having AFib as it was very symptomatic for me. I had few longer attacks before surgery (24-48h) which resolved spontausly. And after the surgery I had only short episodes not longer than a minute which also resolved spontausly. I am on bisoprolol 2,5mg. I am now 6 months post-op and they seem to be more rare. I must stress that I almost always have some trigger like sleepless night, coffee, tiny bit of alcohol, big emotional stress or big physical strain (especially heavy lifting or short sudden anaerobic activity). Good luck

I'm sorry you had to have another cardioversion I had all kinds of side effects with Amiodarone and couldn't wait to get off it. The biggest thing that happened was my eyesight was affected. My nearsightedness got much worse. I couldn't wait to get off of it and after my 4th re-hospitalization, I flat out refused to take it. They put me on Multaq (very expensive but my insurance paid well for it). It has less side effects but interact ls with a lot of meds.

I was on amiodarone before and after my cardioversion ( six weeks total ) and the only effect I had was at the 4 week mark. I woke up one morning and my right eye was seeing very blurry and no drops or wash could clear it. It was a cataract and happened overnight - so strange. The ophthalmologist thought it strange as well because my lens was clear, not cloudy but thickened. I researched and it didn't take me long to find an exact case like mine, female, same age. The ophthalmologist, my Primary care and cardiologist didn't think it was from being on Amio for such a short time but I'm convinced it was. I feel for you having to go through this again but I know you'll get through this and I hope the time passes quickly for you to push through this post op time and be smooth sailing. 💞

Hey Alex. I’m on Amiodarone also with some other meds. My head feels weird and my legs feel like rubber. I have what looks like a stye on the inside bottom of my left eyelid that won’t go away. Not sure if it’s connected but didn’t have it before. I’ve had spells that make me think I’m having a stroke. Talked to the doctor about it. He says it’s the meds I’m on. This heart stuff is for the birds! Best of luck to you. Hope you get straightened out soon.

Hey Alex! Praying for your cardioversion to work. Been there, and I know how nerve racking it is! Can't recall if Amiodorone caused those side effects. What else are you on? Drink a ton of water. Every day. It helps everything sooo much! Including rhythm. But I can tell you, that Amiodorone can cause toxicity, and send your thyroid for a loop! This can give you rhythm problems. It happened to me. Ask your doctor about it. Praying for you!! PS..my cousin had cardioversion that wouldn't stick, so he had ablasion done. That Fixed it.

Hi Alex, I had a cardioversion done at the same time you had your first outpatient cardioversion. I went into cardiac arrest for 20 seconds during the procedure but came out of it with chest compressions and atropine. I'm still on amiodarone and fortunately haven't had many side effects. I lost my sense of taste after my surgery and I think it was exacerbated by the stroke I had a few weeks after surgery and it has never returned, so I can't blame it on the amiodarone. Similar to Rex, I periodically get the rubbery legs thing but I'm still in sinus rhythm, at least as of yesterday, and I was able to start cardiac rehab on Thursday. I just finished a seven day cardiac monitoring period and am anxious to see if I'm in sinus rhythm all of the time. I hope you feel better soon, I've heard so much about bad side effects from amiodarone. I know you're so ready to get back to normal,