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Pulled muscle?

Hey guys, this morning I was stretching at a weird angle and felt an extremly sharp pain like the PM was coming off the muscle! It only lasted 30 seconds, but it hurt sooo bad! Does anyone know what happened?

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Weird feelings explained

Hi,

I'm two weeks into my second PM and lead replacement. Since the replacement, I've had some strange feelings that concerned me. One was a sudden warmness that came all over my body when I was on the phone. I didn't get tingly like I was about to pass out, but it was similar in the way that the feeling spread. The other was a slowing of my HR while I was watching TV on the couch. It felt similar to an office PM check where they slow your pacing to test the threshold of the leads...

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I am glad I am here for Valentine day

HAPPY HEART DAY TO EVERYONE
Today is the 6th month anniversay of the installation of my PM,
what an approiate day to celebrate.It's amazing when I look back and realize that I may not have been here today....Boy was I lucky.
Thank you to everyone who posts on this site,I only wish I had found it sooner.

Love Ya
Kaka

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moral support

hi
myfarher is 60 years old now;he has been implanted pm3 years before
just last week he had 4 BLAST. first blast came when he was just watching tv but then after he get nervous and get second
then after we take him to hospital and there he HAD THIRD AND FORTH.he got panic
i wouldlike to know is there any danger to his life or what he can do to avoid this blast
i would like to know how many years he can live with pm

regards to all

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WHAT IS SAFE IN MY WORKPACE

I AM RECOVERING FROM THE IMPLANTATION OF MY DEVICE
YESTERDAY AND WAS SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION
ABOUT THE EFFECTS UPON ME FROM MACHINERY THAT I
HAVE BEEN INSTALLING, TROUBLE SHOOTING AND
MAINTAINING AT MY WORKPLACE FOR, GOING ON 36 YEARS. WHAT I HAVE GLEANED THUS FAR IS THAT I AM
STILL ALIVE, FEELING MUCH BETTER AND WONDERING IF
I WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO MY WORK WHICH INCLUDES RATHER HIGH POWER INDUCTION HEATING GENERATORS, INDUCTION WELDERS, HIGH POWER AC AND DC W...

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Happy Valentine Day to all

Happy Valentine Day to all
shahrzad

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Happy Valentine's Day


Happy Valentine's Day to all my pacemaker friends!

"MY HEART BEATS FOR YOU"

Thank you to every single one of you who have been so supportive and become great friends. Wish I could send you all a dozen roses! God bless.

Sharon

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skydiving

Hi, I am fairly new to this site. I had my pacemaker implanted on the 4th of December afte I collapsed at work. I've been doing fairly well and was back at work a week after I collapsed.

I had so many plans in life but now I'm wondering if some of things that I wanted to do would be possible with a pacemaker.

The one thing I've always wanted to do is go skydiving. Does anyone know if this is allowed?

Thank you,
Beverley

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tell me it gets better?

greetings all:
i am now 9 weeks post implant with a medtronics adapta for treatment of sick sinus syndrome characterized by bradycardia and irregular heart beat. i know i am early in the process but this PM is hard to deal with. i am thinner and the PM which is located on left upper chest is very visible (not an issue) but seems to protrude much more at the top than at the bottom. is this normal? it also seems to want to "burst though my skin when i move my arm in a reaching motion and is u...

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I guess

no one missed me. I left a message why I've been mia lately. Karen

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Seem to be stressssssssed lately!

Hi, I have had my pacemaker for 3 years this month! I have had many good days with the pacer.

I have reduced the stress in my life by changing jobs 2 times. I have a very good job now and I like what I do. My heart had settled down after the PM implant and overall I have felt that I have adjusted quite well.

Here is the problem... lately I have been very stressed. It is effecting my heart and how the pacer works. I feel these large heavy beats and I feel my chest...

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I t worked - I think

A few months ago I posted about a devise called a remote assistant which I was told to use any time that I got that weird dizzy feeling. No one seemed to understand what I was talking about. Anyway, every couple of months I have a bad day with 5-6 "events" and I was supposed to carry this devise around and press a button on it and hold it against the PM so that it would keep a record of heart tracings for 3 minutes around the time of the event. Well last week I had one of those days. The first 2...

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Newbe

I will have my first pm 'installed' this Friday. Just wanted to ask a question of anyone which may have info about. My bp is around 45 and lower and I have experienced a shortness of breath since the low bp (too much medicine?) anyway, has anyone else experienced this and if so, did it subside once the pm was put in?
Thanks, Doug

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Copy Machines

HI Everyone,

I have had to be on light duty at work because of what the Drs. think might be a torn rotator cuff. Since I am on light duty ( I am a Preschool teacher) I do things like paper work.

My question is...will doing a lot of coping at one time affect my PM? I know there are certain things we are supposed to stay away from but...wasn't sure about a coping machine.

God Knows...I don't want to find out the hard way.

Any help will be appreciated.

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Im back!!

Well I go back on the 22nd to get somethings changed around for the first time...............THANK GOD!!

I know you all told me it would be kinda hard getting used to it and that it would take me a while to get back to my old self. And I said okay. WELL easy to say! hehe I have felt like crap all over again and its so stinking easy to give up. I got a bad cold and that took me down. Since that its been one thing after another. My heart rate feels bad again. My head hurts, im getting d...

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Blood pressure spikes - nocturnal

I've had my PM since August. For a couple months I'm having nocturnal blood pressure spikes, one to four times a week. Last night was the first night I had two awakenings in one night. My doc doesn't have an answer - doesn't know if it's related to the PM or not. Anyone else had this problem? I wake up with heart beating faster and harder than usual, and feeling trembly all over, and if I get up and check my BP it is indeed high (e.g., 180/95). I feel great during the day!

~Je...

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New PM recipient needs advice please

I had a PM implanted November 2007 and am told I am doing fine, a diagnosis that I generally accept. However, I do have the usual recipient's insecurities about this new device in my body. If you can help me with information about the following, I'd be grateful. (1) I know that blood pressure meds can make one lightheaded if one rises or stands quickly, but will the PM increase the dizziness? (2) Is there a momentary lag between the time one rises and the tiem the PM PM adjusts to the body's n...

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They Can't figure it out.

So I got my pace maker in May 2007 after 5 years of passing out with Vasovagal syncope. (Took them so long because they thought it was just because I was young women, then they thought it was allergies.) Anyways I am still taking many drugs and have my pace maker, and I am still passing out. Im not talking just once or twice I have passed out every day in the 23 days most days more then once. I was put in the hospital and I still passed out there to. Anyways I was wondering if anyone else still...

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Feb. 7-14!

It is Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week! Tell all your friends, it is February 7-14! WHOOO

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TV sensor

Hey again. I just read the post about lightening, and I can sort of sense it. What a weird sensation! Anyway, I was wondering if anyone can sense TVs? It feels so weird... the hairs on my neck stand up and my skull feels like it's buzzing. I usually roll my shoulder so when there is someone nearby they ask what is wrong. It's kind of embarrassing.

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You know you're wired when...

You play MP3 files on your pacer.

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