Hbecause of my submitted exercise resultsad dual lead PM fitted a year ago for SSS. Was told it was fitted purely because of slow HR. A year later I found out the rate response was switched (have no idea why).

Returned to gym a year after implant and found HR very quickly went up to 160bpm without much effort. Had Rate response turned off and doing the same exercise my HR crept up more slowly to about 140bpm for the same activity. No problems at all and have no idea why my rate response was on.

I asked when I had my rate response switched off whether my upper limit 130bpm should be lowered/highered because of my results from exercise. The technician said it depended on other factors.

Is it better to hav...

 

Hello PM club ... I just had my PM implanted on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. The first couple of days were rough ... soreness in my left arm, weird feeling in my chest ... and of course soreness at the incision. This is day 5 and I feel pretty good ... still a little nervous as what to look forward to but I feel pretty good. I plan on getting back to my daily walks of 2 - 3 miles and hope for the best. Is there anyone out there that has recently had the PM surgery and have started back to exercising without problems ... and can anyone tell me what to look forward to???? Very nervous ... but I want to get back to living!

 

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I was doing my daily review of recent messages via my iPhone when I decided to use the search function to look up entries on PVC's. However, without enlarging to print I simply input PVC into the text box I could see on the small screen thinking it was the search function. Silly me has now deleted Electric Franks shout in error for which I apologise. Wrote this on my iPhone also so hope it comes through making sense.

 

Hi All,

I was fitted with a pacemaker about 7 weeks ago, I am now looking to get back into it and am looking to purchase an exercise bike.

I am interested in the model York c302 Diamond Exercise Bike.

However I am a little concerned that the electromagnetic drive system for pedalling may affect my pacemaker.

Can anyone provide any info or guidance on this.

Thankyou

 

Just got my first PM 3 days ago. I am in a sling now so the leads can heal. How lon before i can go for long walks? Also, how long before I can lift weights again?

Thanks!

 

I had my impant in december of 2009 and had a lead line replacement in Feb of 2010, I am now looking to get back in the gym to get all of this extra weight that I put on off of me, I wanted to know if I am going to be able to bench press without worrying about running the risk of my lead line/wire snapping. Is there anyone out there that can shed a bit of insight please????

Thanks!

Dennard

 

Got on my bike for the first time since the accident. 8 weeks and 3 days. Leg is still broke, still has a big gap in it on film (going to get a second opinion) and knee is still all messed up but I can ride. The riding motion is about the only one that doesn't give my leg pain, although I won't mention the climbing or the bumps which send shock waves up the leg and needless to say, through the rest of my nervous system. Felt great to get real exercise again and be outdoors. Was going to take a nice little ride down a bike path with some friends for my first ride but decided I needed to ride harder than that, I needed to ride past where I was hit and I needed to ride just me and my own thoughts. Put in just over 30 (felt I could do an...

 

I am looking for suggestions for a hr
monitor I can wear while swimming with or without a strap. I have tried several but no success. The ones I have found will not work until I take a break for several min. Hard to do when you are doing sets (on a Masters swim team). I am looking for one that will give me accurate reads within seconds. Need to be able to monitor my rate before it goes too high and my PM pushes me back down. Not fun!

 

It is the 7th month of my pm ,still I feel some symptoms as pre pm (light headed and dizz. ) the low limited value of my pm is 72bpm I have no idea about the max. value (is it limited or not?) .My only exe. is using treadmill for 30 min. daily on the speed of 7km/hr. some times I feel that the pulse is dropped down from 130 to 100 on the treadmill and a day later I feel more dizzy and light headed . Anyone has idea about using the treadmill and is it normal to use it in my case? also i ask about the drop of the pulse while trying exe.
Thanks in advance

 

Hi,
I recently started going back to the gym after a year or more of absence. I have been doing some cycling for the last month. When I go on the cross trainer machine, it gives my HR as 150bpm when I am not working very hard.
I looked on the chart and my maximum HR is given as about 170bpm. There is a fat burning range and a cardio range (the higher of the two). 150bpm is in the cardio range. I would have thought you would have to be working really hard to be in this range. I am 48 years old with a Dual lead on demand PM.

Does 150bpm seem reasonable or should I be concerned?

Many thanks,


Ronaldo

 

Have just been told that I need a pacemaker by two different cardiologist. However I have not been tested for a thyroid problem. Guess that is next. I am a triathlete and have a resting hr of 35. I do have an irregular heartbeat at times off and on and am beginning to have near syncope episodes. I have had a doppler,echo and stress thallium treadmill test and passed with flying colors. I had an event monitor for 30 days and had one 4 second pause with my heart. I have lots of energy,exercise 2 hours per day. No shortness of breath, no wheezing. The irregular heartbeat does not bother me only the near syncope when I am driving. Is there is test out there that will eliminate the heart being the problem? BTW I am a 67 year female.

 

New Pm Guy here. Waiting on my Doctor's OK to return to full speed and duty in a few weeks. I am 68 and also have a spinal arthritis issue with my facet joints in the L-4 and L-5 area of my spine.

Prior to my PM implant I purchased an incline inversion table to use to stretch my spine and hopefully relieve some of the joint pain I experience daily.

My question for the PM experts here is: Is there any danger to the heart and implant leads by hanging upside down to stretch my spine and relieve some discomfort.

If anyone reading this that has a PM and uses an inclined inversion table please let me know if there are risks in doing so or if it creates any problems? I am also not planning on doing any bungee jum...

 

does anybody play the wii how do you get on with it if you do

 

with 350 feet elevation gain. Not anything extra-athletic, but I am building stamina.

Tomorrow I harvest a bunch of wild plums. See photo at:
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I am looking for recommendations for gizmo that can do a good job of both tasks.

Tried an inexpensive one and the step counter came out eay low. The heart rate didn't measure anything. Is it true that a chest strap measure of heart beat can interfere with my implant unit?

TIA

 

I know there have been several posts about this topic but I am still a little unsure about which works best rate response on or off. PM since 2/10. Just released last month for exercise. Started on a masters swim program 2 weeks ago. I was having a hard time after warm up and blamed it on being out of shape until today.

I was working out at home today and found that as soon as my heart rate reached 135 my HR went down to 70 and my blood pressure went sky high 180/110. So I then tested it. I slowed down, my blood pressure came down and my heart rate started to come up slowly. Then again, over 135, HR went back down to 70 and feel the same way I do when swimming.

So, I know my settings are off. I am going to a...

 

I have my pacemaker for 17 days. I can walk alright, ride bicycle, dance, but as soon I walk using stairs, something goes wrong. My heart goes like bum, bum - stop, bum, bum - stop. I feel discomfort all over. Any ideas why?

 

Hi! All: I was a triathlete until age 65 then A- fib sidelined me since 2007 to now. Just received a St Jude 2210 Pacer and hope to get back doing Sprint Tri's soon.

Any recommendations for this new old jock with a pacer on how to start a training program?

I have been on the sideline for 3 years! Walk bike and swim casually daily?

It is now 29 July 2010 and I received my pacer implant yesterday.

I am a retired Navy Diver of 33 years among other retired occupations as well.

I would love to hear from someone as I just joined the website today. With Regards, Jim Malloch E-mail malltura@earthlink.net

 

I have a Boston Scientific Guidant unit that was implanted almost 2 years ago. I'm an avid cyclist and just can't seem to get my heartrate high enough. When cycling, my upper body moves very little.

I've been back to the EP's office numerous times to see if anything could be adjusted. One time it was set way too fast and I'd get to maximum heartrate just slowly walking around. Right now it's still a tad fast for walking but too slow for cycling.

Any suggestions???