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question about batteries
- by parla16715
- 2012-01-16 11:01:59
- Batteries & Leads
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i have had my pacemaker just over a year now. my heart rate was in the mid 30's......so i felt better in the recovery room
my question is......i had my pacer (st. jude) checked today and noticed the spare battery i have in my kit. when do i know to change it?
i have a leaky heart valve, but no other heart problems. i'm a 65 year old female.
priscilla clark
Replacement
- by ettmayr
- 2012-01-16 02:01:36
- Batteries & Leads
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- 6 comments
Hi. My dual pacemaker battery is due for renewal. i assume it's a simple operation without anaesthetic. Or? Do I have to spend a night in hospital?
Have any of you elected NOT to have your battery replaced and what then happened to your health?
Thanks
New PM
- by beautiful diaster
- 2012-01-15 10:01:33
- Batteries & Leads
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- 8 comments
Hello I just got my pacemaker (St Jude PM3210) installed Thursday and I was just wondering how easy it is to dislodge the leads. I was told not to raise my left arm above my head or behind my back. Since I have not been in any pain, I have found it difficult to remember that I just had the surgery. Therefore, more than once, I have done exactly that. Left arm up or behind my back. I have tried very hard to follow doctor's instructions, but I am worried that I will dislodge one of the three....
3 wire life
- by wtrandum
- 2012-01-15 05:01:55
- Batteries & Leads
- 1519 views
- 1 comments
I am sporting a 3wire model that was installed April 2010.
At a check up a couple weeks ago I asked the doctor what the life expectancy was. He said 4 years. My first one a 2 wire lasted 8 years. I also found out I have an interim model that can not be checked by phone. Anybody have any ideas of where this old man is going?
broken lead
- by manaman
- 2012-01-14 06:01:14
- Batteries & Leads
- 1336 views
- 1 comments
Just got pacer changed from bipolar to un ipolar and back to bipolar. Too much chest discomfort on unipolar. After putting back to bipolar paramaters were changed and now I feel GREAT. Found out pacing is arterial with broken lead in ventrical. Now I'm wondering if I need pM at all (only had one for 19 years now with second device having 1 1/2 years to replacement. Anhyone ever improved to point the PM was not needed anymore? Mine was placed because of 2nd degree heat block and a pulse rat...
Pacemaker replacement in Kansas City Area
- by luckypm
- 2012-01-09 12:01:27
- Batteries & Leads
- 1241 views
- 2 comments
Any suggestions for a hospital in the Kansas City are where I could have my pacemaker replaced
I'm reluctant to use St Josephs because of previous experience with $ charges
thanks
movement...
- by Sociald13
- 2012-01-09 06:01:00
- Batteries & Leads
- 1418 views
- 4 comments
does anyone feel a palpitation of the wires tapping on your heart sometimes? i feel it when i exercise or sometimes just sitting and relaxing. is this normal to feel. is this when your heart stops and the pacemaker kicks in...?
kappa 900 seris
- by majellasharkey
- 2012-01-08 05:01:26
- Batteries & Leads
- 1658 views
- 2 comments
Hi, just wondering if anyone has had a problem with their pacemaker, model kappa 900 series? I would appreciate any feedback.
thanks.:)
Would you know if your lead came out ?
- by Duke Heart Patient
- 2012-01-07 01:01:22
- Batteries & Leads
- 2633 views
- 4 comments
If the lead that is screwed into your heart came lose or out could you tell or how would you know ?
neurotic 32 yo?
- by melissa_g
- 2012-01-05 01:01:10
- Batteries & Leads
- 1315 views
- 4 comments
I love this place, I really do for some reason this is sometimes more comforting...
So my surgery was December 2, today while I was at work, I was reaching and stretching with that side - now my chest is a little achy on the other side (does this make sense)...
My question, I didn't do a boo boo did I? I figure my time was done, went today for my "interrogation" and everything went well being used 15% of the time and go again in 3 months for next one. I just want to make...
Pain in left arm and chest
- by Sharibee
- 2012-01-03 10:01:57
- Batteries & Leads
- 1713 views
- 4 comments
I hA
ad a dual pm put in 2 weeks ago, I have heard the leads can dislodge. I am still having some pain in my shoulder and below where the incision is. Has anyone else experienced this? I know I may be worrying for no reason but I sure do not want anything to go wrong now
PLUG ME IN
- by plugmein
- 2012-01-03 06:01:50
- Batteries & Leads
- 1201 views
- 2 comments
I often tell those I work with that if you see me leaning against a wall with my eyes closed do one important thing: plug me into a light socket. (pacemaker run since 1990
pin broke but left in place
- by luckybutterflycandy
- 2012-01-02 11:01:41
- Batteries & Leads
- 1281 views
- 4 comments
When I got my last defib and pacemaker change, the surgeon broke the pin joining one of my leads to the device. When trying to extract it or pull it out from the device, he couldn't. So he left it in place. I guess now I will have to go to Boston when I get my next battery change and have a lead revision to take out the old leads, and have new ones put in. I heard this surgery is risky and I am honestly tired of surgery. Can I just have them take the battery out and leave the leads. I just don't...
best place to go for pm lead removal?
- by eidona
- 2012-01-02 05:01:38
- Batteries & Leads
- 1750 views
- 5 comments
My husband has had a PM for 33 years and has leads in both sides of his chest. For past year, progressive intermittent swelling of face & neck only. Doc is doing CT to check for superior vena cava syndrome. May need to remove leads to allow better circulation back to heart. We are in Buffalo, NY, but don't know if we would be better off to go to Cleveland Clinic if he needs the leads removed (?laser). Has anyone done this? Sure would be nice to know safest place to go.
Lead on outside of heart?
- by TalkinCardio
- 2012-01-01 01:01:30
- Batteries & Leads
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- 4 comments
I went in on 12/22, to have my PM removed and replaced with a CRT-D. As I woke up the EP doc told me that I am missing the vessels or viens?? in my heart that one of the leads was supposed to go in so he was unable to put that lead in. It's the lead that is supposed to syncronize the ventricles. My cardiologist wants me to have another surgery to place that lead on the outside of my heart. I have an appt in 2 wks with both my EP and Cardiologist to learn more, but I was wondering if anyone h...
Houston I have a problem
- by majellasharkey
- 2011-12-30 10:12:35
- Batteries & Leads
- 1479 views
- 5 comments
I had an atrial lead revision in 2009 due to lead fracture. Since the beginning of December I have been having intermittent heart palpitation problems, eg on moving my left arm toward the right or lifting or pretty much doing anything apart from least strenuous(I express strenuous in lower case! very little) I feel it, as we know we all do, but I also feel it race into my neck. I really don;t want to have anything done again but maybe can someone tell me that this is a programming problem and a...
Worried
- by MrsH04
- 2011-12-27 11:12:42
- Batteries & Leads
- 1653 views
- 7 comments
Hi, my name is Amanda and this is my first post. I am in search of some help in getting some answers. My 83/84 yr old grandfather has had a pm for several years. He is at the end of battery life of his second one and has been waiting for replacement. He did his regular call-in checkup, was told to come in and was told that the bottom half of his heart is pretty much dead and the top half is 95% reliant on his pm and that they want to add a 3rd lead and that it would be an extremely tricky pr...
Theme Park
- by lvrace
- 2011-12-27 06:12:01
- Batteries & Leads
- 2416 views
- 4 comments
Hi All,
I am new to this site and not sure how it all works but.... here goes.
I was wondering if anyone could help.... I am only 23 and know very little about the Pace maker I have had fitted because well to be honest I didnt want it... but now its in i have questions and it seems noone can help.
A huge part of my life was having fun with friends and going to theme parks a few times a year however I am not sure if I am aloud on the rides and the theme parks and...
More Info on FDA Recall
- by janetinak
- 2011-12-22 12:12:50
- Batteries & Leads
- 1791 views
- 0 comments
ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals of a Class I Recall of the St. Jude Medical Riata and Riata ST Silicone Endocardial Defibrillation Leads. The silicone insulation covering these defibrillation leads is at risk of premature abrasion. When abrasion occurs, the conductors inside the leads can come out (externalized) of the insulation. Leads with externalized conductors may develop electrical dysfunction and not work as intended. In the event the device does not work as intended, should...
looking at another surgery- merry fn Christmas!
- by bloc_de_branche
- 2011-12-22 02:12:07
- Batteries & Leads
- 1333 views
- 2 comments
just came back from the pacemaker clinic,
seems my lead might have moved as it is drawing increasingly higher amounts of current from the pacemaker. it was .85 in Oct 2010, then 1.85 in January 2011, 2.25 in July and now it was 3.85 but needed to be bumped to 4.50 to maintain the 2:1 safety ratio they insist on at the hospital.
If this doesnt make sense to anyone- my lead has moved, its sucking the battery of the pacemaker- so they are looking to do a lead replacement surgery. Anothe...
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