After I had a second cardiac incident involving an arrhythmia, ventricular tacycardia, I had a cardiac ablation but they were unable to resolve the issue so I ended up with an ICD and prescribed beta blockers. They totally sapped my energy and I felt like I was stuck in second gear. My cardiologist finally got sick of my complaining and took me off them. Then the ICD fired so it was something that had to be delt with. The cardiologist refered me to a specialist in Electro Physiology, ablation, who performed a second ablation. He seems to feel that he found the source of the v-tach and resolved it. That was two months ago and so far so good. He put me on an ace inhibitor, Lisinopril 10mg, not for BP - mine isn't high- but to strengthen the ventricle. I have none of the side effects with the ace inhibitor that the beta blockers caused.
I did a 50 miler on Sat. and 32 on Sun. without any issues. Jury is still out but so far so good. My feeling is I'll do almost anything to avoid taking meds but when all else fails so be it.
Aside from the Lisinopril I don't take any other meds.
Last edited by TCR Rider; 03-16-15 at 03:59 PM.