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WPW has come back

Hello everyone. I haven't posted in a while. I was wondering if anyone here has had an experience like I am having right now. I had to have AV Node ablation in 2001 that left me with complete heart block and a dual chamber pacemaker. I had my new generator put in in 2006. When I had to go in to see the tech for an interrogation the last few times, she told me that I have been having episodes when my heart rate would reach anywhere up to 180 BPM. Some of them would last up to 1 1/2 minutes to 3 m...

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Pacemaker Surgery 12/10/08

Hello,

I had a dual chamber St Jude device installed on 12/10/08.
The surgery and recovery have been extremley easy, 10x better than I thought it would be! Anyway, I had a follow-up appointment today. My Doc stated that upper chamber was being paced 38%, lower 1%, My question is, 38% seems high, will it kill my battery working so much? I mean, the surgery went great, but I don't want to have it too often...

Thanks,
Steve

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worried

gday everyone ive just had an on demand dual chambered pm implanted and i would like to know if i can ever return to wieghts or highly strenuose activity again . i am 34 years old with a young family i am a contracted construcion worker and need to be physically fit. if anyone could help answer this questions that would be great

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Suspender Pads

My Father-In-Law had a pacemaker implanted in October. He cannot wear his suspenders because it irritates his skin over the implant. I have read on ALL the sites that "You can wear protective pads under straps, suspenders or seat belts."
Has anyone used something that would work. I can't seem to find anything that wouldn't be super bulky and nothing intended specifically for suspenders other than what Fireman wear.
Any ideas are appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your time.

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excersing

hello and i have a pacemaker/dibfillbator i was 22 when i got it and now im getting weight what kind of excersing can i do and not get shocked

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12 year old son

Hi,
I just signed on. I was a little nervous about signing up for this support group. Never done anything like this but have been reading postings for a while. I have a twelve you old boy and it was also a world wind. He went to the hospital for what they thought was an asthma attack. I was then told his EKG looked like that of an 80 year old man. Anyway. He had a pacemaker put in October 30. They are telling me that the wire they left in the socket for growth has dropped and is laying on h...

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Dental Work

I had a PM implanted about a month ago and I'm wondering if there is a waiting period for dental work.
cd

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Freak Out

please help i've had this 13 days, trying to be very CAREFUL not to lift my left arm, everything else, ok, back to walking dogs, treadmill, and am so thankful not to be "dizzy" anymore (bradycardia) BUT I CAN'T STAND HAVING IT UNDER MY COLLARBONE!!! JUST THE THOUGHT MAKES ME SICK!!
the bandaide came off last night, healing well, but it's sooo big!

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first checkup tomorrow

Well, tomorrow is my first checkup with my Dr. since getting my PM. I assume he will do some adjustments on this hunk of Titanium in my chest. I don’t know how they do the adjustment but I’m kind of looking forward to it. Hopefully I won’t be as tired after he makes the changes. I’ve found that I have more energy when I get home from work since the PM. But I also find that I feel like taking a nap more often than I used to, since getting the PM. I don’t know of it is because of the PM or maybe d...

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hurting shoulder

hi, had my icd a few months now all was well until lately i have an aching pain in my shoulder is this normal?

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Frequency of PM checks

I had my pm "installed" in 2005.
During my last office PM check, I was told my insurance will no longer cover my PM checks at the same frequency I have had so far.
So, my question to you all is, what is the typical frequency for a PM check (both office and phone) ?

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Does anyone else not feel the flutter/fib?

I don't have a PM yet (I have to call the doctor to schedule the procedure), but have had attrial fib and/or flutter for at least two years. I am a relatively active person and know that my heart sometimes goes crazy while working out because I see it in my heart rate monitor (prior to being diagnosed I attributed the fluctuations in the monitor to "interference"). I have to admit that I do not feel, at all, when my heart rate goes from 70 to 150 and back. I do not feel when my heart rate dro...

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Will be getting my first PM

Hello, I am new to the group. I am 39 years old and will be getting a PM in the next few weeks. I gave birth to my first child 12 weeks ago and, during my time in the hospital, my heart rate averaged 30 bpm (I did not feel dizzy, light headed or anything out of the ordinary).

I have known that I have a low heart rate for about 2 years, when my irregular heart beat was discovered/diagnosed. At the time I had an ablation and was told that there are several areas of my heart with cr...

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new member with q's

HI I am48 yrs old and scheduled for my 2nd pm surgery in 3 yrs. I was diagnosed w/complete LBBB in feb 05. my cardiologist was pretty non chalant and basically siad to go home and deal... I changed Drs pretty qiuck. By Oct 05 I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and scheduled for my pm nov 4 2005. felt much better and got on with mylife for a while ... thenlast year I was told I have one of the recalled leads from medtronics, MY dr who is a great surgeon, not so good at bedside manners.. T...

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JUST WHAT I DID NOT WANT FOR CHRISTMAS !


Hi all on the 23 of oct 2008 I was told that had Av heart block first degree second degree AV heart block -wennckbach Ventticular standstil Nocturnal Bradycardia got my pm on the 17 Dec 2008 .I am now 10 days after getting it implanted and feel worse than I did before.

For the last 2 years I've been a gym freak and to be I told needed a pm was like no not me but here I am............

JUST WHAT I DID NOT WANT FOR CHRISTMAS !

Will I ever fell like me aga...

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New to site

Hello Everyone my name is Lisa and i am 29 years old. I am new to the site and wanted to introduce myself and had a couple questions for anyone out there who can answer them. I had my pacemaker put in about 3 & 1/2 years ago because my second ablation got to close to my natural pacemaker is my understanding from what the doc told me. My tachycardia came back after my second ablation and now i am scheduled for my 3rd ablation on jan 5th but i am terrified because of the last ablation. Im worried...

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Hate

Hi I am a 37 year old fem got a pm on 18 of dec and i hate it i feel bad since i got it .

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Pacemaker Settings

Does anybody know what settings can be set? I am a software engineer and would like to learn what can be configured and what can not .. I have a dual chamber Medtronic - Thx in advance :-)

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Warning this jacket contains magnets

The following message was emailed to the Club for posting.

We purchased a winter snow mobile jacket for Derek and didn’t notice the tag stated:

"Warning this jacket contains neodynium magnets that may cause interference with artificial pacemaker devices"

Apparently there are many jackets now that are using magnets to close over the zippers. Please forward this message to all of the pacemaker people, kids and families.

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Previous Post-Awake During Surgery?

Thank you everyone who has posted!

It is 3:40 a.m and I am still wide awake. I will see the nurse on Monday for the 10 day follow up. I will tell her about the insomnia and how I felt during surgery.

Anxiety could be a problem, I have said I did not want to go through this surgery ever again.

The Medtronics person did change the PM settings the morning after the surgery, that could be preventing me from getting sleep.

Thank you all for the great i...

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Today I explained everything to my doctor, he set my lower rate back to 80 and I felt an immediate improvement.