Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

Heart Surgery at 23 | My Scary, Awake Ablation

24 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Mona Sharma. This content was uploaded by Mona Sharma. This is a YouTube video titled "Heart Surgery at 23 | My Scary, Awake Ablation" where Mona Sharma shares her personal experience of undergoing heart surgery at the age of 23, describing the procedure and her feelings during the process.

Questions this video answers

23 years old.

Two ablations.

Yes — she was awake for the whole procedure.

Through the groin and through the neck.

Adrenaline and caffeine (described as "uppers").

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And so they said, well, hey, we can go in for surgery. And I said, okay, let's do it. So I went in for my first heart surgery. I was 23 years old. Oh, my gosh. They go through an ablation. So through your groin and through your neck, you're awake for the whole thing. Your heart's on this massive monitor, and they induce you with, you know, adrenaline and caffeine and all these uppers to try to induce these palpitations that I knew would only happen if I was moving my body. Right. And so they found a place where they could do an ablation, where they burn off a portion of your heart on this electrical note. They say they ended up doing two ablations in that surgery. But the next morning, I woke up in the hospital, and my heart was still pounding.