Has anyone had a lot of sweating from the head and face. Shortness of breath all from a little physical work and some times at night I wake up all wet and quite hot. And have you been cured of this problem. I have done lots of searching on here and cant find some one who found out why. I have a dual lead and SSS
2 years now with the pacer
Thank you guys love this site

 

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I had an appointment with my EP on Monday, and we also discussed the possibility of checking on my reconstructed vena cava superior. My EP totally agreed that ten years after the surgery, it's time to take a look at the vein and right atrium. Now comes the interesting part: he's in favour of me having an MRI! I told him that I have always been told that this is a no go for pacemaker patients, unless they have one of those new MRI-safe devices & leads. EP said that's nonsense, and that he doesn't really understand all this discussion and fearmongering. He said, there are even large studies out there indicating that even patients with "old" pacemaker can safely undergo an MRI, if certain precautions are taken. At the heart cen...

 

Hi everyone,
I'm singing. I'm 49. I'm glad to be here and it was really interesting to see so many young and middle aged folks here. I've been feeling sort of odd and even as a nurse I have never met anyone my age with a pacemaker.

My diagnosis is severe deglutition syncope, which is rare. Basically, I fall out when I eat/swallow. I had my pacemaker placed just a few days short of one month ago. Life has been so much better since then.

At any rate, it's nice to see I'm in fine company.

singing

 

I am being sent back to the dr that put my PM in for consultation to receive a ablation. The question I have is since I have the PM will it still be left in the heart after the ablation? I hope so since it has helped me so much.

Thanks
Shari

 

I have a dual lead Medtronic MRI compatible pacemaker of which I am 100% dependent. Placed in Aug of 12. Recently in the afternoon and especially evenings my BP has been in the 90/52, then 76/53 range with pulse rates of 87 & 86 respectively. I'm feeling real faint some of the time and can't figure out what is going on. At what point is the bp too low and pulse too high? Two days ago my VA Doctor took me off NORVASC and left the other two meds in place (Metoprolol and Lisinopril). These low bp readings and high pulse readings were there before and that's why I went in. Only been off the Norvasc about 24 hours. Guess I should give my body a chance to adjust.

 

I am 57 yo male, 3 mos post Pm implant (at the same time that I had a total knee replacement)(Biotronic Evia DR-T dual chamber.), taking Diltiazem 180 mg 1x/day Sotalol 120 mg 2x/day and Xarelto 20 mg 1x/day. I have had 3 episodes of AFsince implant, one for 14 hours and the other two for 3 days duration. Now I am scheduled for Nuclear stress test and they plan on using LexiscanI. I have heard bad reviews on Lexiscan and I am wondering if they are going that route because of the recent total knee replacement , cause they think I can't get my heart rate high enough on a tred mill? Or if that is protocol with a PM. I exercise at the gym on a tred mill daily but I usually only see a max of 120bpm and that goes down shortly after a few minut...

 

Atrial fib, have had it for several years. Tried an oblation but the lead did not go to the right part of the heart. Suggested to have a minimally invasive procedure done to the back of the heart, called an oblation done surgically. Atrial fib lasts 4 to 12 hours each occasion and is every three days. Pacer check this AM REVEALED THE SAME OCCURENCES. ANY ONE HAD THESE EXPERIENCES!

 

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I've had my PM since August 2012 and today I was required to have an MRI of my brain. I must admitt despite lots of assurances I was quite apprehensive. This was not helped by watching and listening to the woman ahead of me who was having her arm MRIed break into panic and bolt out the door before they'd finished. I had my PM put into a safe mode beating at 100bpm and in I went. I was a bit jumpy at first, but used deep breathing to calm myself. Yes I was waiting for something to happen, but 20 minutes later I was done, my PM reset and on my way. It's been 3 hours now and I'm still on alert. I guess that might last a couple of days, though I imagine if anything was to go wrong it would of happened during the MRI. I hope!

 

my mother is experiencing a complete body weakness, what do i do?

 

hi everyone not been on for a while ,my husband has a pm and a merchanical mitral verve ,he had a hospitall appiontment 7 weeks ago and they noticed he has a perminante irreguler heart beat witch i was under the impresion the pm controled ,noe he has had a echocardiogram scan of heart and been told that he has heart failure it says this
severly impared left ventricular systolic function
with regional wall abnormality
the septum is hypokinetic and dyskinetic and basal region is hypokineticas well the lateral wall is severly hypokinetic at the mid apical region can any one tell me in plain words what all this means we are waiting for a appiontment with clinic

 

I am now 24 days post pacer fitting. No brusing, no pain, very mild discomfort.
Walking between 4 and 7 miles a day at 3.9mph average with heart rate arond 93 bpm on flat. Going up to 133 on a little hill nearbye.

I have developed a dry cough the last few days. Is it connected ?

Feel a little tight in the chest and at around 102bpm feel slightly breathless, this passes at 105 plus.

Any input welcome or is this dry cough and tightness just coindicence and I have just picked up a bug

 

Anyone had multiple Afiib episodes after their PM and meds? I went for first PM interrogation and setting adjustment in cardio office. While there I was told that I had an Afib episode on March 30 that lasted more than 14 hours. That office visit was on 4 /26. I never was aware of the episode til told on 4/26 Now I have been feeling a little weird palpitations flutter etc earlier this week so I call the cardio and ask of they can tell if I have had any episodes since last visit from the wifi box history. They don't call me back til end of day and then the PA says she will check in the am and call me back They never call me back so I call in to inquire again at 2pm today. Guess what I had another Afib episode and I'm not sure if I ...

 

Pacemaker in January of this year. Worked great at first then lost energy and got chest pains as the meds came in.
Been on Metoprolol since 02/13. Can't seem to get back to riding the bike. (lack of energy, chest pain) Tapering Metoprolol down with Dr.'s concent to 12.5 mg 2 times per day from 25mg 2x per day. BP 123/70 at 62 bpm. Stopped altogether today and could hardly make it walking around the block but no chest pain. On CCB Norvasc 5 mg, Imdur 30 mg, Cozaar 100 mg.
Does anyone have any comments or ideas.?

 

Hello, I am hoping some one, somewhere, might have an answer:) I recieved my pacemaker April 15th for mild yacht/Brady and pots, and being unable to take any medications for my svt maybe/ atrial tachycardia lol. I apologize for the maybes in my fast heart rate, just a difference upon two different doctors on what my fast rate is:) anyways I have a problem. I am completely beta blocker intolerant, and the calcium channel blocker I am on is making me horribly depressed. I don't even know if that's a possibility, but I have done nothing but cry for the week I've been on it, so I tapered down as stopped. And massive anxiety. Is there anyone who has any idea of any medicines that can be used to control a fast rate, besides those two categories?

 

Thank to those who have helped with some advice;
Wonder If I can ask a question; do any of you or have had any weird feelings in head sort of between eyse around forehead, wouldnt really say headaches but numb sort of fuzzy feelings that come and go, sometimes with fast heart beat that subsides after a while and goes back to normal.

Wondering if settings are right on my pacemaker or is something more sinister... am not taking anything for fast A/F or palps/flutter only cartia to help with clotts, reason being the meds they ( Dr`s and cadioligists) kept trying were giving me so bad reactions, eg sick, halucinations, etc etc. and so did not want to take or do anymore but wonder if now am paying the price a bit and my body not...

 

Does anyone else out there have a pacemaker due to multiple ablations of sinus node and have an underlying condition of EDS type 3 and POTS as a result of the EDS? I have a friend who was going through all the same surgeries as me but once she got her pacemaker she can bend over and use her arms (she does not have EDS or POTS) and I still am short of breath if I try any those things and even worse if I go outside in the high heat/humidity. I cant increase salt due to the massive swelling I already have from too much fluid.(on lasix daily but still bad).. so how do I balance being a multi faceted patient? Looking for anyone who has already mastered all 3 issues.

 

Has anyone taken the medication Zoloft for anxiety I just wanted to know about side affects I read about them and kind of scared to try it I was having alot of PVCs so the doc gave me new beta blocker and Zoloft

 

Hi, I had a Lexiscan today ... Oh My! I had Every Side Effect they named off the list Its was awful. To give you alittle info about myself. I am 55 yrs old. I have had a pacemake/debrillator installed 11 years ago. My injection fraction then was only 24% ... My heart now is at 47% ... My heart is totally battery operated (heart dependent on it). I have been having chest pain which only lasts a few seconds so my cardiologist ordered an echo and a nuclear stress test. The last time i had a nuclear stress test was 11 yrs ago with no side effects. Today .. As soon as they were shooting that dye in me i immediately had a hard time breathing, became faint, nausea, throbbing headache, bad stomach ache and lightheaded. Dr told me would only last ...

 

Hi everybody, another quick question. my left arm is sore, is that the side effect of having pacemaker?

 

I have been on this drug since the mid 90's, have never had any problems, and I very sensitive to most meds.
I guess I am surprised to see so many with side affects. It was the only drug found to bring my HIGH BP down. Are you all sure it is Metoprolol causing your problems?
Just something to think about...
Good Mornig, Kreth