One year Mini Maze anniversary – flutter?
All has been going very well, my AF burden has reduced from around 30-35% to less than 2%. I’ve been slowly building up my exercise, I did manage to return to hockey which was most enjoyable. I also got out…
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4 month update post mini maze heart surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
So I’m just about 4 months post surgery so posting an update. Everything was going well, I came off most of the drugs and just stayed on bisoprolol 2.5mg twice a day. I started walking on the 23rd June, two…
Exercising with a beta blocker
So after stopping flecaininde as detailed in part 3 I continued to enjoy sport. I ran, did some parkruns, used TrainerRoad and Zwift for cycling as well as the “fine weather” cycling outdoors. I continued to play hockey and was…
Now the drugs don’t work, they just make you worse
Since my ablation in 2019 I stopped competing and training for triathlon and knocked everything back loads. Please note that what I say in this article is not medical advice on reducing or stopping any drugs you have been prescribed.…
Atrial Fibrillation – The Good Years
Post my 2nd ablation in September 2019 I weaned off the drugs by the end of Oct 2019 and slowly built-up exercising. My first activity 3 weeks post ablation was a 30 minute Zwift gentle spin, my HR max was…
Overcoming Atrial Fibrillation: Mini Maze Procedure and Recovery
Atrial Fibrillation and Endurance Athletes This is a major update since my first post here, I’ll backfill the years in between and update the links. At the end of 2024 and into 2025 I was getting more and more episodes…
Atrial Fibrillation and Endurance athletes
I’ve been on the Atrial fibrillation journey since 2018, and have learnt a lot so thought I’d best start writing some things down to try and help anyone else. It’s often quite a frightening thing to discover when first diagnosed.…
Apple Watch Marathon and Long distance walking battery life
I recently walked the Yorkshire 3 peaks, running the Workoutdoors app to provide the route. I was very pleasantly surprised to end the walk with 37% battery left after being out in the Dales for 10hrs and 20 minutes! I…
Apple Watch 5 Heart Rate in cold weather
I’ve been using the Apple Watch series 5 now for a few months and heart accuracy has definitely dipped during colder runs. Sadly I no longer trust it during the winter. The picture below shows the first 7km of a…
Skiing with the Apple Watch 5
Another tick in the box for the Apple Watch 5 after moving away from a Garmin 945 as it performed very well whilst skiing over the past 2 days. Battery usage for 6 hours skiing was only 40%, using the…