Most Recent Messages in Batteries & Leads
battery lasted less than 2 years
- by clemsongirl
- 2009-09-09 12:09:39
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Haven't posted in a while because my rhythym problems were "cured" by an av node ablation last year. I've been doing great ever since (at least on the pacemaker side - my CHF is another issue)
At my PM check a couple of weeks ago the tech asked me why one of the leads was turned up so high. Turns out nobody knows why, but it's been that way since January (when I had a right heart cath- which shouldn't have impacted my pm). She turned it back down and hoped that the battery would...
Leads became Disconnected
- by Irishone
- 2009-09-09 02:09:01
- Batteries & Leads
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I had my first pacemaker surgery on 7/23/09 and everything seemed to be going well until 8/09/09 when leads apparently became disconnected and the pacemaker began "firing" constantly instead of when my heart rate drop. The lead was apparently stimulating my diaphram. I was taken back into the hospital to have new leads attached. Has anyone ever hhad this happen to them? The second surgeon explained that it was nothing that I had done and said that he was putting in longer leads. In the mean...
Lead replacement for my daughter (7) first time...
- by monique2001
- 2009-09-06 12:09:56
- Batteries & Leads
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- 3 comments
Hi evryone, I have been a member for a while but it is the first time i post. Thank you in advance for your comments!!
My daughter is 7 years old she was born with many CHD 's she had a full repair when she was 5 months old but her heart can't beat fast enough 34 bpm so in 2007 they put in a pacemaker and she has been doing well ever since but recently she has been complaining about a sore by her pacemaker. It is in her right brest muscel. Today I checked her over and found i could fe...
Lead removal
- by spearhead9399
- 2009-08-27 05:08:20
- Batteries & Leads
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I recently had my 3rd PM surgery during the last 15 months due to a fractured lead. Naturally, my regular surgeon was on vacation and his backup did the surgery, but was unable to remove the old lead. Then during my last checkup my EP said I might want to think about having the old lead removed due to my age(37). Is it possible to run out of areas to implant the leads.
Thank
You
tim
St Jude replacement question
- by relax221
- 2009-08-26 05:08:20
- Batteries & Leads
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- 3 comments
My pacemaker/defibulator battery is at 2.6 . At what level does it go into ERI ? I'm being checked monthly and holding at 2.6 for a couple of months now .
Replacement time
- by baseballdude
- 2009-08-23 10:08:03
- Batteries & Leads
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I had a difibulator-pacemaker implant about eight years ago. The first battery was replaced after five years, right on schedule.
The second battery was put in three years ago. So I go to have it checked last week and the technician says, "Well, we'll schedule you for another battery in 3-5 weeks.''
I was so surprised I was speechless. Last time I had months of advance notice and they drop this on me out of the blue on a battery I thought would easily last for another two years (what d...
Battery end of Life
- by sailor
- 2009-08-18 06:08:40
- Batteries & Leads
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- 10 comments
I have had 2 dual chamber pacemakers that the battery has run down and had new pacemakers implanted. I have a 3rd degree AV block and when the pacemaker switch mode to end of life mode, I really suffer badly. The last time i fainted and fell on the floor. They took me to the emergency room at the hospital and implanted the new pacer. My question is why do they make you wait until the pacer changes mode before replacing them.
Lead extractions and replacement
- by patpeter
- 2009-08-12 07:08:22
- Batteries & Leads
- 1738 views
- 5 comments
Hey to all, have not posted in awhile so glad to be back. I am having lead extraction surgery 8/27/09. I presently have 3 leads, 1 has been capped off since a generator change in 2006, and now another one is cracked and I have 1 lead that is working. The surgeon estimated 3 hours for the surgery and if no complications you're d/c'd the next day. I was wondering if anyone has had this done and what to expect. I usually get a pneumothorax whenever leads are put in so I'm expecting to get on...
Very Scared and Confused
- by fgal001
- 2009-08-10 09:08:32
- Batteries & Leads
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- 5 comments
Hi All,
I am a 34 year old female that has had a pacemaker since 16. I have had 2 replacements since then and have the original leads I had in 1991. My Dr. told me today during a routine check up that one of my leads is not functioning as it should and as a result the pacemaker has to work extra hard. She said there is "information" interferring at the tip and there is no explanation for it - the interrogation showed no trauma or slippage - again she said there is no explanation....
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- by SianXx
- 2009-08-08 07:08:42
- Batteries & Leads
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- 4 comments
Hi, i have had my pacemaker for nearly 6 months now. I was 14 when i had it fitted, and I'm now 15.
Up until a couple of weeks ago, i used to be able to feel the actual battery through my skin, underneath my arm, which my consultant said was perfectly normal considering the place where he installed it. I can now no longer feel it. Is it possible for them to move? Can anyone else feel their PM?
Thanks, Sian
x
when do I know it's time for a new one?
- by ellen495
- 2009-08-05 07:08:30
- Batteries & Leads
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- 7 comments
HI All - Just found you. My name is Ellen. I'm 50. I was born with a hole in my heart - ASD fixed at age 9. Symptoms started around age 30 - heart rate was 29. It went lower and lower until I was fainting regularly. Turned out the SA? node was probably hit during the heart surgery at age 9. I had a pacemaker inserted which paces almost all of the time. I am set at 60 bpm.
Lately I have been feeling rather ill. I feel my heart beating and generally feel awful. I had it checked by the d...
Excess L:ead
- by sewatkins
- 2009-07-30 08:07:55
- Batteries & Leads
- 1884 views
- 3 comments
Hi,
After I had my pacemaker installed (May 4) I noticed that to the left of the pacemaker there was excess lead wire on the shoulder area. After a few weeks of being able to move my arm around more I noticed that I don't feel the excess lead wires there anymore. Are those wires put there so you have the extra length for when you start using your arm again?
Thanks
Stacey
"ticking"
- by jeanhowser
- 2009-07-19 12:07:22
- Batteries & Leads
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- 7 comments
I'm flummoxed! I have an intermittent "ticking" like a watch or clock. Just in very unusual hot weather, when I go to bed at night. Three nights in a row now. Not painful but drives me nuts! I assumed it was tachycardia but took my BP/pulse and it was normal. Is my battery dying? Or am I going crazy? Should I call my pacemaker tech?
~Jean
Pacemakers: Problems with......
- by buttercupad65
- 2009-07-18 11:07:58
- Batteries & Leads
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- 9 comments
Hi, new to board, I have had my pacemaker for about 10 yrs now, it is due to be changed. It will be my first time having it changed. I have been for the last 3-4 days been having increasing episodes of feeling funny, like when they do the test on your pacemaker where they run down to the lowest heart rate, (mine is 35 beats/per min) and you feel like you are going to pass out. Does it feel that way when your pacemaker is getting very low on battery power and needs changed?? ...or is there someth...
Yeh. Keep on going!
- by Lotti
- 2009-07-16 02:07:24
- Batteries & Leads
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Just had my third annual PM check up.
Still paced 100%, but then that's no surprise as I have no electrical pathway between my atrium and ventrical!
Good news is I have 146 months of battery life left. Thats just over 12 years!
Good ole ELA!
Lotti
ICD still at 2.6 and 91%pacing
- by relax221
- 2009-07-15 06:07:05
- Batteries & Leads
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Nurse put me at ease and answered some questions I had !
They usually change it when the battery is at 2.45 and usually one day in hospital because they just slide out the old and plug in the new ICD. The wires are already in place. A longer stay may be required if you're on coumadin.
This may go on for a year at 2.6 or next month. They just dont know ...so the battery gets checked monthly.
The nurse then gave me a thump......yes a thump not a h___p :) just a lit...
Array
- by Rattle Box
- 2009-07-14 06:07:58
- Batteries & Leads
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Hey guys. Had my pacemaker replaced Monday after 2 1/2 years. Failed nip test twice Monday and again on Tuesday. Defib does not have enough power. They will be adding a 4th lead called an array tomorrow morning. This goes under the arm and around the heart front & back. Does anyone have this array and can give me any information? I am 48 yr old, high school teacher. 100% pace on bottom and 37% on top.
New generator
- by RonArmstrong
- 2009-07-13 07:07:08
- Batteries & Leads
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- 6 comments
On Friday, 7/10/9, I got a replacement generator. Before this they said my old generator was working fine; however, I was having all kinds of physical problems such as - hyperventilation, chest pains, nada energy. They kept saying- "Your pacemaker is working fine." Over and over I heard that crap. I thought, well, if it isn't my pacemaker then my heart must be failing because I have a major problem. I couldn't go up the stairs without gasping for air. To make a long story short- replaced generat...
Low Battery
- by relax221
- 2009-07-12 08:07:15
- Batteries & Leads
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. I GO WEDNESDAY TO HAVE IT CHECKED AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED
ICD
- by relax221
- 2009-07-12 04:07:00
- Batteries & Leads
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i was told low battery and replace soon ! I think the reading was 2.6 St Jude ! What is the reading for replacement ? Any help ?
You know you're wired when...
You can hear your heartbeat in your cell phone.
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It may be the first time we've felt a normal heart rhythm in a long time, so of course it seems too fast and too strong.