Maybe one or two skipped beats if I overdue caffeine. Lifestyle is typical mid 50s, dealing with some kids in college, coaching soccer for youngest, dealing with taking care of aging parents yards and homes along with mine. Walking, biking, and some lifting if time permits. Diet is varied, 80% of time is like dash and Mediterranean. Other 20% is SAD; bbq, pizza and bacon still find their way in.

It has been 15 years since the ablation and have not had any issues since.

I would definitely do cryoablation again.

The surgery was done with a catheter, through the femoral artery. I think at the time it took three hours. From what I was told with cryoablation, they mapped the electrical pathway that caused the afib. Then position ballon and cool area to make sure it is in right place. Test to see if blocked current. If right spot, then freeze. To be honest the worst part for me was waking up feeling great (like ten years younger) and having to stay in bed. Other thing that for me was weird is that I always felt my heart beating growing up, after ablation I no longer feel my heart except if I do major exercise or it skips a beat.

At first once a month, usually converted back in 72 hours. Was on Cardizem to limit heartrate. But also worked my way through all the drugs over the 15 years. Right before I had the ablation I was going into afib multiple times a week and wouldn't self convert. So had to do the paddle reset a couple times over last month before surgery. Found out over the course of treatment that beta blockers turn me off( hr in 20s and 30s), the azt.....drug cause a light show when I tried to sleep, and something cause me to have muscle spasms periodically.

Yes, had periodic afib for 15 years. When I got to the point the drugs no longer worked they did cryoablation. No drugs and no afib for the last 15 years. Would have preferred surgery first instead of drug side effects and feeling like sh_t while waiting to self convert. Raising kids with afib was not fun.