My mother has her PM surgery 5 days ago, and her arm and all the area arround the stitches are swollen, and she's feeling so much pain that she can not even sleep... is this normal? Her Dr send her some NSAIDs painkiller that are not working

 

Hi guys! I feel like this is the place to turn to for support. I'm 3 weeks post op from my dual chamber buddy. Recovery has been rough for me. I was told in the hospital I have mitral valve regurgitation but its mild and well have to watch it.

My dad has heart disease, multiple heart attacks and had a quadruple bypass 3yrs ago. He saw his cardio this morning and was told he has a severe leak in his mitral valve and will need to have open heart again.

He started having his heart problems in his 40's. I'm only 26 and mine seem to be progressing quickly. I started having symptoms in Sept and had my pacer put in Dec 7th. They say my heart looks like a 50yr olds. My heart walls and valves are thickened and they don't kno...

 

Hi Everybody,

Just wanted to ask if anyone knows about whether the pacemaker (on my left side) would possibly affect the lymph nodes' efficiency to my left arm. I had my arm swell up moderately after a relatively hot day and then once again took myself off to hospital. I ended up having tests for a dvt etc, all was clear. This was on Christmas day so no one really wanted to investigate further and I am now wondering what it could be ? I am thinking it may be a mild case of lymphedema (as I have previously had surgery to my armpit in 2007 - nothing serious though, but I may have had some nodes removed but I am not sure). This has never been a problem before and this is the first year (and summer) with my pacemaker. So I was thi...

 

Been a year since my PM was installed for bradycardia. Five years prior to that I had an ablation for A flutter. After 2 trips to the emergency room over the weekend with a HR in the 130-135 range I find out that my PM is pacing that high because I'm having A flutter issues again. Too fast, too slow and back to too fast again. Talking about another ablation for the flutter and while in will deal with any possible future A fib issues. Anyone else have this much fun?

 

Has anyone experienced the following?
I got first PM in 2000 and the second one in October 2010. All fall I started experiencing periodic pain listed below. However, it has begun to intensify and last longer. It feels like it is a combination of severe acid reflux and the deepest of nerve pain. My symptoms: fiery pain in my chest predominantly in my left side and breast. My second one is that pain shoots up my shoulder and down my arm just below my elbow, deeper than muscle or bone. Sometimes I feel the acid come up to my throat and jaw. The pain eventually goes away, however, my last one lasted over an hour. When the pain subsides I feel like I want a neck and shoulder massage. And I feel tension at the back of my left shoulder.

 

Hi All. Merry Christmas Eve. I posted a couple of evenings ago that I am a new PM wearer having the device (a Medtronic) implanted last Monday (today is 24th). Here's where I'm having problems. I have had for years chronic lower hip and back problems due to improper alignment, therefore I'm very familiar with all symptoms and pain sources. When I was released from hospital on the 20th I had lower back/hip pain and severe stiffness which I attributed to lying flat on my back for so long. The pain continued once home and every day, even when I walk my dog, I have pain. However, the pain is now increasing and whenever I stand or move about I'm in a great deal of pain. I have never experienced this level of back pain. It was suggested...

 

Im 21 and have had my pacemaker for almost a year and a half, this morning I woke up and passed out woke up on the ground just like before my pacemaker. I did call it in but was wondering if this has happened to anyone else post pacemaker?

 

My mom just flew for the first time after having a pacemaker put in in August. She feels dizzy, nauseous and was vommiting and can barely walk without assistance because of these symptoms.

Has anyone experienced this? Is it the pacemaker or related to the pacemaker?

She is 75.

 

Roemheld Syndrome Symptoms

Symptoms are periodic, and occur only during an "episode" usually after eating.
Sinus bradycardia
Difficulty inhaling
Angina pectoris
Left ventricular discomfort
Fatigue
Anxiety
Uncomfortable breathing
Poor perfusion
Muscle pain (crampiness)
Burst or sustained vertigo or dizziness
Sleep disturbance (particularly when sleeping within a few hours of eating, or laying on the left side)
Extrasystoles
Hot flashes

 

Roemheld syndrome

RS also known as Roemheld-Techlenburg-Ceconi-Syndrome or Gastric-cardia, is acomplex of gastro cardiac symptoms first described by Ludwig Roemheld (1871 – 1938).

It is a syndrome where maladies in the gastrointestinal tract or abdomen trigger/cause cardiac symptoms. There is rarely a traceable cardiac source to the symptoms which may lead to a lengthy period of misdiagnosis.
Epidemology Roemheld syndrome is characterized strictly by abdominal maladies triggering reflexes in the heart. There are a number of pathways through which cardiac reflexes can occur: hormones, mechanical, neurological and immunological.
Mechanical
Mechanically induced RS is characterized by pressure in the epi...

 

Hi, my name is Lee and I had a double wire pacemaker fitted in 2008, and ever since then I have become very sensitive to temperature. It's like my internal thermostat has been wound up about 5 degrees, I hate summer now. Anyone else have side affect.

 

Hi guys,

I have had my pacemaker for about 5 months. Its doing great, heart rate is 60 with 120 max and I’m 31 years old. In the last 3 months I have had 4 times where I get a little cloudy vision and can’t see well (like you have been staring at a light). It wears off after 30 mins or so and doesn’t hurt, etc.

After some research, I found this is a symptom of migraines called photophobia. I noticed that I’ve only got this issue since my PM so I googled photophobia and pacermaker and presto, a few books have been written about them being linked.....GREAT ! not.

Has anyone else had this annoying problem?  Gonna see the doc this week. 

lee

 

Just wanted to say a big thank you to all you guys out in the WWW, you are a real help to me. I have had my PM 6 months now and its been quite a rollercoaster ride. I collapsed with a suspected TIA exactly one year ago tomorrow (aged 41) and the problem was eventually put down to Wenckeback's glorious heart block !!! Since having the PM I have had lots of pain around the site and worryingly sharp (jagged) type pains in the heart area / centre of my chest. Each time I'm checked I am told 'everything normal'. Good eh ! I am visiting my consultant in Jan and hoping for some answers . . .

 

Since getting a really bad flue about four days ago, I can feel my heart beating irregularly and experiencing dizziness when sitting...not when lying down or moving around, just sitting-and it happens about every 30 seconds. I had my pacemaker put in at the end of August 2011 and experienced this to a lesser degree at the time for about a month. October and November have been great, with me feeling perfectly normal, and now this. I don't have a family doc, well I just got registered with one staring in January so would have to go to Emerge..
Could this just be from being dehydrated, coughing and sneezing? I know if someone is having a heart attack they say to cough, so wondering if my horrible coughing spasms could be affecting my hea...

 

http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8391090
Sprint Fidelis lead complications for some Medtronic ICD patients.

 

i am so glad to have found this site. I am a 70 yr old who had a pacemaker placed in 2006 after a 5 way bypass and aortic valve replacement. I have finally gotten past several stents but continue having pain over the site of the pacemaker and have intermittent severe chest pain (like heart attack pain) at the area of the site. After many tests and hospital visits they said it is not heart related but have no clue what it is. so now i am thinking it is scar tissue and nerve related as cathryn had mentioned in her post. thanks for the info. frank g

 

Guys I have posted about the above before on the forum, I am looking for any information on the above condition.
I have been attending the PM Clinic since having my PM implanted in early 2010, the problem that I have is that I am still experiencing dizzy spells. The Pm tech has check & changed my setting, to no avail.
I had a further meeting today with the Pm tech and he has now suggested that I may have the wrong PM for my condition! What he did mention was that there is a St Jude PM that has an additional function that boosts you HR by approx 30 beats when you get to your lower limits, thus preventing low BP.
Just wondering if anyone has the above condition or further information on the PM mentioned.
Thanks

 

heey pacemaker friends
how is everyone ?
well heres my update last friday my defib went off , i was just walking back no fast from the store . Im not quite sure why i went too the hospital an the doctor that did my surgery looked me over an said my medcine i was on call metoprolol only lasted me 6 or 8 hours so now im on this new medcine called bisoprolol he said this should help. But my concern is im having lots of trouble coping with it im still very sore an weak .
I need too know the symtoms im suppose too feel after it make me feel alot better reading that someone too went through it an what type of symtoms they had so i know if its normal so please comment im 17 with sevre anexiety which doesnt help .
thank you for...

 

Hi I am 4 weeks post op for my dual chamber PPM insertion. Its been really good, starting to get a bit sore around the incision yesterday and now is slightly red around the edges and a bit warm.

I feel fine in my self, no fever, but i am a little tired. Should I be concerned?

 

I have had my pacemaker for one year and have just developed a CRVO (central retinal vein occlusion) has anyone else gone down this path I thought I had enough on my plate.