Ablation: My Heart’s New Groove

Life-Saving Ablation Surgery: Battling My Irregular Heartbeat

Heartbeats and Healing: My Journey Through Ablation Surgery

I was having a good hair day

I woke up feeling twisting and pulling on either side of my groin. Then, the nurse injected something over my right shoulder that sped up my heart. THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP as it raced faster and faster as if I was sprinting in a marathon while my body lay utterly still. Then I lost consciousness.

This past week, I had ablation surgery to correct my sporadic dying episodes. The first time was in 2011. I met God. Then God kept taking my life and dropping me back off for your entertainment.

If you want to read about what I learned after my first trip to the afterlife, you can read it here: I Was Angry and Terrified When I Died.

Doctors don’t know why my heart randomly switches on and off. There’s no family history. Nothing shows up on MRIs, CAT scans, or PET scans. My bloodwork is near perfect. So, what gives?

The latest idea is to stick two catheters up each side of my groin, go up to my heart, and use the catheters like magic wands to map the electrical infrastructure of my heart. The doctors would see every highway, byway, and country road that electricity uses to…