All,

You helped me in my crises and now its time for us to pull together. There is a young lady out there who is need of all of our support. Here name on the site is Brooklyn. She has posted a few times and could use if nothing else good whises
for better times. Her life like many over ours has changed dramaticly with her instalation and she is having a very hard time of it right now so if any and all of use could simply say we are here for here and she knows that that there are people out there that do care and will lend an ear it might just make her feel a little better. I suppose this is a type of pay ahead.

Thank You my freinds

Greg

 

Hi:
I am a new member & would like to know if someone has some answers. I had the device put in 4 weeks ago, but seem to have the same problems. Shortness of breath, dizzy & very tired, headache all the time. I feel worse than I did before I went in. Wanted to add that I was told that I would have a defib. only put in, when I came out I had a pacer/def. and so big. they put athe device right on my collar bone, hurts all the time, especially when sealt belt is on, bend over feels like it will fall out. They can't get my heart beat from the chest area because the device is right there, now I have have another surgery on the 24th of this month,to correct the problem, have a funny feeling about it.I also was told the defb. would be small...

 

I have just had some guy called Martin who works at the western general in Edinburgh
who was my ep technician at my last visit refuse for me to be seen as he feels as i have visited clinic 5 times since last October and that there is nothing wrong with my pacemaker that I should be better going to my doctor.I am horrified to think that I have a device inside my body that I cannot get checked until a year from now.Especially as it is a good way of reassuring me when I visit the clinic to check my afib percentage.The guy was patronising and rude and made me fl like a hypocondriac ansd spoke to like i was a child.Surley it is a persons right to be able to have there pacemaker checked .Is there a private way of doing this as i hate to ...

 

I know not to smoke weed or drink alcohol and never would because I have a pacemaker. I was wondering if cigars would be detrimental in anyway. I have complete heartblock and tranverse position. Any advice.


thanks

 

I am new to this site, and wanted to explain what is going on with my pacemaker and make somebody else can help me understand what is going on.

I had my first pacemaker for 5 years and it had to be replaced because a lead broken and was on the recall list by Guidant. My second pacemaker has been in now for just over a year. The new pacemaker is a Biotronic. I currantly have another broken A lead. My current doctor ran some tests on me and said he does not understand why I ever needed a pacemaker, my heart rate is normal.

The doctor is wanting to take the pacemaker out the first week of August.

I guess what I am asking is why would a doctor put a pacemaker in if I did not need one.

Clarence

 

My name is Chris. I am 50 years old and was first diagnosed with mitral value prolapsed when I was just 8, so I have been "dealing with" my heart for most of my life. I've had two mitral value repairs, and about a year prior to the last one seven years ago, I developed chronic Afib, which after a year of drug therapy, resulted getting an ablation that, while unsuccessful in curing the afib, did eliminate my AV node altogether, so I have been pacemaker dependent since. Four years ago my ventricles became dysynchronis when the rate went up over 120, so I was given a bi-ventricular pacemaker with an ICD. It eliminated the problem and I have been feeling great

Have had not problems since until a few weeks ago when I had a run of Vta...

 

I am looking for a bit of support. Sorry if I drone on.

I have just gotten divorced. It was not something I wanted, but, due to the circumstances, it had to happen. I can't say that "I am already looking for someone" I know there is a lot of healing to be done before I can even think about that.

However, my question is this. Is it fair for me to start a new relationship with someone since I have a serious heart condition? Also, I am 42, does anyone even want that type of hassle? I am kind of afraid I am not "marketable" any more. My husband and I had been married for a long time when I was diagnosed, you know that "for better or worse" I took my vowes more seriously that he did and now it has come to this. ...

 

i had my icd implanted may of 07...aside from the lil bump i feel in my chest i dont even realize its there...until THURSDAY June 26, 2008 at 10:42 pm...i got a major reminder and thank GOD too. Looking thru the net..i came across an article that described my feelings almost to a T. Since that shock was delivered ( a warning ..then 2 shocks one behind the other)...ive been in a basic panic high anxiety state. Spent the night in the hosipital to await for the doctor to do a reading on my icd...i was up alllll night..every time i tried to close my eyes..i jumped up in a state of panic...fearing this icd is gonna jolt me again. This article i read states how....the fear can set in...and that every sensation that you used to take as normal....

 

I'm a 41 year old woman, with angina and I woke up one day and I felt sick so I went to a doctor and after checking my vital signs he said my pulse is only 30 and I need a pacemaker,is this normal?

 

I am 58 years old and got a PM put in last years after about two episodes of dizzy spells and the pulse dropping to under 40.I am also on blood pressure medicine HCZ 25 mg.recently my blood pressure readings have been low, specillly i am talking about the lower no. it used to be 115/75 or so like normal but for the last month it has been 112/58,112/62,115/59 etc. I am worried about the lower no;how come it went down from the mid seventies to below 60 now or some times it is in mid sixties.I was on the med. even before the PM.my doctor says it is ok,can anyone share any info with me? Dorothy

 

is there any one out there that are friends of Bill W? if so how do you deal with this also? i'm 52 yo have been in recovery for 7 plus years. since in recovery i have lost about 40 lbs, lift weights 4 days a week, run 4 or 5 days, just ran the Nashville 1/2 back in April of 2008 and now this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whats next?

 

I just had an icd implanted jun of 08. The most worrisom part of it is the fact that I am no longer able to return to my job as a mechanic in a school corp. The job requires a cdl and ability to do heavy work. This is the same type of work I have done for thirty seven years, After the placement of my device I have to surrender my cdl and return to a regular license. Has anyone else had to work thru the same problems.

 

I am struggling with the decision to have a pm implanted now or wait for a while. I have some questions for my doctor but thought maybe some of you would have some suggestions on what I should be asking.

First let me give you a little back ground. I am a few years away from 40. I have been having chest discomfort for the past 6 years. About 5 years ago I had my gallbladder removed and that seemed to help a little but the chest discomfort never went away but I had shoulder pain as well and that did not return. I was put on blood pressure (beta blockers) medicine as I did have high blood pressure about 4 years ago. In the past two years I lost a little weight and started running. About a year ago and a half ago I passed out...

 

I just wanted to express gratitude to all those who read my depression message. I went to a therapist who put me on a mood stabilizer that actually appears to be working! I guess geting heart disease, a defibrilllator implant, getting dumped by an abusive boyfriend and recovering from alcoholism in the matter of months registers as "a major issue" LOL=) Thank you people for all your wonderful support..I am so greatful today=)

 

Thanks for responding to my question about being tried. It helped a lot. Now I will give into the afternoon nap more often when I feel the need and consider it a blessing. This site is so helpful and by reading other members comments and reponses has help to reassure me that the future is even better now with my new PM. I also have been blessed with a wonderful husband who has been by my side the whole time. And has given me wonderful care at home. He is my guardian angle and watches over me everyday.

 

Hello friends... I've noticed that there are some new people and have been some depressed members in the past. Here's something that I thought was inspirational...

Do Not Quit
When things wrong as they sometimes will;
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;
When the funds are low, and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh;
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but do not quit.

Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit-

 

Hi, everyone.
I share your anxiety about getting an ICD implant.
I had mine two weeks ago and am happy to say all my anxiety has gone away. My incision is almost healed and I have never had a moment when I felt any different.
However, I googled the subject to death. I suggest you do the same. Some great sites are Cleveland Clinic, American Heart Association and Medtronics. (the manufacturer of my device.
I talked to people with this device and am fully aware of the "kick" one feels when the device goes off. However, I am self talking myself into the fact that , IF it goes off, it means I have successfully thwarted a heart attack. Also,I am hoping that , when I take my next echocardiogram , it will show that my ejectio...

 

I went to the Pacemaker Clinic for a checkup yesterday. I'm a 36 year old woman and I've had my pacemaker since 1995. I was sitting in the waiting area and 2 older gentlemen sat down beside me and were waiting for their check ups as well. The started talking with each other, they though I was waiting for someone, about how they are too young to have a pacemaker and how it's a sign of getting older and they just seemed so down trodden and negative and depressed. One was 79 and the other was in his late 80's. They've both had a pacemaker for a couple of years. They continued talking about how awful their life is with a pacemaker and how limiting it is. I turned to them and sais, excuse me for interrupting but I'm 36 and have had a pac...

 

I was reading an article about depression and people with either ICD's or Pacemeakers. It said after the implant an astounding eighty something percent were permanently off their medication! I have battled depression for years and was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I am wondering if any of you have found any correlation betweeen the two. My ICD was only put in a month ago and I think I have gotten more depresses! LOL=) Anyways just curious.....any feedback would be great thanks!!

 

i really hate my pacemaker! i tell my mom that i wish i could go back before i had it but she tells me to remember how bad i felt before this! i feel so much better but my whole lofe has changed and i hate it. i feel no one can relate (considereing i no noone with a pacemaker at my age) everyone treats me differnet like im going to break. man this is so much harder for kids to get one. i almost wish i had not gotten it. anyone no how i feel please someone respond!!!!!!!