Hey. I had a gastric pacemaker put in 2 months ago and ever since I've felt the shocks. I have to have surgery on Sept 30 to replace the entire device. Has anybody else had/have the same problem? I just wanna know if anybody has had better results after the replacement surgery or if the new one is just as faulty as the first... I'm nervous because there are so few of us that have these and the surgeons don't have very much information to go on. So I have to take a chance with surgery, which scary and dangerous and can be life threatening, as you all know. Please help.

~Mara

 

 

Hi Mara
Welcome.
I am sorry I can not be much help but I wanted to say hi anyway. I do not have any experience of gastric pacemakers other than I swim with a guy who had one fitted many years ago. He is healthy and active so I know there can be a positive outcome. As you say they are not as common as heart pacemakers so you obviously feel very alone. I am sure others here will agree; even if we can not help you with answers we can be here for you anyway.
Take care and I wish you well with the surgery.
Chrissie

 

G'day Mara,
I don't have a gastric pacemaker either, but I do have a lead that needs to be extracted, and which should have been extracted when it was first noticed that it had moved.

As I understand it, 2 months isn't long enough for scar tissue to have grown over the lead and created a difficult extraction circumstance, so it's probably better to get it over and done with.

I certainly wish you well and heaps of good luck!

Trish