My interrogation had shown a battery life of 8 to 10 (9). This seems a like too much life since I'm Pacino 90.3% of the time. With requiring that much pacing, doesn't that mean I am dependent. On it?

 

& I'm dreading it! I always thought they would use the same scar but apparently they don't :-( and not sure if leads need changing either. Anyone else had there battery & or leads changed & have any words of wisdom? Thanks :-)

 

Just an update to those who commented/read my decreased EF post. A lot has happened in the last week! I am now scheduled for surgery this Thursday for a new generator and a lead extraction and replacement..eek! Long story short, my doc was fine with just monitoring the EF since he was not entirely confident that it is really decreased, could have just been the radiologist that read it, so he was having another one take a look at it. Battery still had 7 months left.

As I was leaving the appointment I happened to mention the way that my pacer 'paces' my arm when in a certain position (I had made a post about that a while back)...well that stopped him in his tracks. He wanted me to show him immediately, got the tech back in th...

 

had my lead change on may 7 they cut me onecm down from where they put the pace maker in I am so sore and I think it hurt more than when I got my pace maker has any on had ther lead change?

 

I will need new leads soon since they are 28 years old. Who would be the best doc in Oklahoma to do this? I here Reynolds is the best but who else?

 

New here checking in on behalf of wife. Currently has two leads thank to two differant mistakes. First lead didn't embed, put in second (this goes back 10 or 15 years. Subsequent battery replacement physician nicked the lead. Patched with super glue, looked horrible.
Recent battery done using same lead by a great physician, did a nice job to undue the ratnest created by another, made a nice pocket and looked great.
Any now the battery is only three years old and will wear out in a year of so due to bad lead capture.
Not sure if she will make it to the latest no lead pacer that will be available per our doctor down the road.
Anyway she might be facing a lead extraction, but we would like to avoid that if possible. Our c...

 

Anyone able to give an idea of how long before someone with a total PM and both lead change should be able to resume working. Both PM and leads will likely be moved to opposite side of body (have lead fracture (18 year old leads)

 

I had my pacemaker installed in late Nov of 2004 - I have since stopped having check ups with both the cardiologist and Medtronics. I am low income and have no insurance so I can't afford to do the call ins or visit the dr. for check ups - it's been just over 8 years and I'm wondering if my batteries are still working and if I'll have any shocks or pains or anything like that when the batteries do go out - I just turned 59, am in great health, resting heartbeat is about 72 , blood pressure tends to be around 110/70, have low cholesterol and never believed that I needed a pacemaker and the doctors could find NO medical reasons for it but because of the liability/ malpractice issues, I think that's why they insisted I have one installed - wh...

 

went to the doctor today for my pm ck didn't come out good go to go back in hospital Tuesday because one of my lead shifted got to get new lead has any one had this problem

 

Hi again everyone. Mermaidjan here again...
The anxious RN who was having surgery
April 29. Well a 'fluke' happened. I had been exposed
To my granddaughter (age3) several days before
Hospitalized with a severe case of 'rotavirus'
(Vomiting and diarrhea). You guessed it -
I developed severe diarrhea during the night
before my surgery so it was postponed for 2
weeks! I couldn't stop smiling! The best thing
that happened was that I spoke to an excellent
EP who explained everything to me and really
reassured me answering all my questions (unlike
my first experience at the preop session. Now
I feel so much more positive about this whole
procedure Everything happens ...

 

Hello! I am new to the club. I am not a PM user, but my mother is and since she is not a computer 'user', I am doing some research for her. She is 75 years old, has had a St.Jude's pacemaker since August 2006, and during her last checkup the doc said she has maximum 2 months left. In a few days she will have her Pacemaker replaced. Since her heart is not helping along AT ALL, the doc said that they would connect a temporary pacemaker on her leg while they replaced the current pacemaker. Sounds a bit freaky to me. Anyone had that experience? I assume that is the normal procedure?
Thanks!

 

Last appointment I went 1% using the pacemaker to being completely dependent on the pacemaker. He said I am in sinus Rythm in the ventricals but not in the atrium or lower chambers. He said its not firing all the way down. I confused about it. What would cause the drastic change like that.
Thanks Karen

 

I don't need a pacemaker change for another 4years yet but have had a box change already but no lead extraction so I have had my pacemaker 10 years already has anyone else have there leads a long time and had any extractions I heard its a complicated surgery and is the recovery time the same as the original implant I am just curios?

 

What are the leads made of , can they endure using the left arm as before having the PM ?

they say 6 weeks is prohibited to lift the left arm up, I can't do it after six month, I see my PM going with the muscle up when I try , I'm afraid i might broke the leads, my left arm is used only for daily activities

 

I have had my ICD for 3 years, in 2011 a fracture in one of the leads was found when I pressed my hands together during a routine check-up, i was assured that particular lead was not an absolute necessity for my contrition and it was deactivated and to be replaced when my battery ran down, last Thursday while rough housing with my dogs my defib went off, the hospital called the next morning and told me I needed to come in fast because I have another fractured lead and they ned to disable the ICD, now I'm wearing a life vest, surgery scheduled for the end of May to replace both leads... I've done some research on the leads and found a recall on the brand (Guidant) leads in 2006. My question is has anyone experienced or even heard of any...

 

I was implanted in 2004. Multiple shocks from multiple devices. Have come to know true fear for the first time in life.

Experiencing a ragged, raspy feeling above my heart when I lean, stretch, reach with my left arm. Sensation has been manifest for 6-8 months and is getting progressively worse. The ICD is apparently not the issue but instead, the integrity of the lead is the problem.

Information from DOCS and VA is sparse at best. When I requested more info, I was told to read the New York Times article because the writer apparently had more information than the medical community.

I have learned that removal is risky and otherwise, not too much welcome news.

Crime that ICD implantees must g...

 

Hi everyone.....this is my first post.
I am scheduled Apr 29 for pacemaker and Leads extraction and am very anxious about the procedure and possible complications
My pacer was first installed in 1998 for sinus node dysfunction (no heart attack) so my wires are 15 years old. My Cardio changed the pacer in June /12 and a bacteria entered my system at that time....only recently cultured in my blood. This bacteria lives on the wires so i have been told the only way to get rid of it is extraction. Currently I am on a massive dose of IV cloxacillin at home and my blood cultures are negative. Still they say the bacteria will still be alive on my wires. They will have to use a laser machine to help loosen my wires from my heart and t...

 

Hi
I am posted for a battery change coming Monday, it is my first after eight years, in which my Biotronik device has functioned without any problems- a marvelous piece of work I believe.
Some of you guys have explained the procedure to me and I am quite relaxed, but there are still two questions which bother me and I would like answered if possible:
I believe that the leads will not have be changed with the new device, can it be that this was established during the last check up when I was told that the batteries have to be exchanged?
Also, I do not quite know if my PM is working full time ( I did not ask) so if it does so, what happens during the procedure when the old device is disconnected until the new one is att...

 

I have a Boston Scientific pacer, its 3 years old, early on one of the leads wasn't transmitting properly - after a recent pacer check my doctor ordered a Holter test 48 hours and heart is pausing 8 seconds....since I do have a CPAP machine I have make sure I'm using it for second Holter test, didn't wear first test. My question is has anyone heard of apnea causing heart to pause for 8 seconds repeatedly ? I exercise a lot.....running, martial arts and strength training should I worry about the bottom chamber lead not transmitting properly while exercising, I have felt an increase in flutter lately.

 

I'm having my old St Jude Pacemaker replaced next monday, it's 9 years old, with a new Wi-fi version with a modem under the bed to record everything and send it to the doctors office, anyone else had this sort of PM..