Whats the general age range?

I’m 22 now and I had my Pacemaker/Defibulator put in about a year ago and I was just curious if there were other people in a similar age range?

12 Comments

Young!

by scadnama - 2009-06-07 03:06:09

Hi there! You will find people of all ages here!

I am 25, and I got my pacemaker when I was 23.

Welcome to the club!

Amanda

On pm #1

by ela-girl - 2009-06-07 07:06:31

I was 29 when I had my pm implanted via emergency surgery. I'll be 32 in another month!

ela-girl

close

by gargoyle725 - 2009-06-07 07:06:38

I am 36 there seems to be more people under 40 than you would think.

agreed

by DC Pacer - 2009-06-07 07:06:49

I am 35 and have been surprised at the number of people I have met under 40, heck, under 30 in the last 2 months.

The youngest implant my cardiologist/EP has done was a 21 year old athlete.

Hi

by Gellia2 - 2009-06-07 09:06:51

Hi, All,
I got my pacemaker at age 26 and have had it for nearly 34 years now. It's been interesting to watch pacemakers evolve.
Gellia

age

by Tracey_E - 2009-06-07 10:06:01

I got my first one when I was 27, I'm 42 now. One of the best things about hanging out here is not being the only one with a pm who's not retired. My doctor doesn't have any other young patients, hasn't in the 15 yrs I've been seeing him.

There are quite a few teens and 20-somethings here. I don't know that any one age is dominant, we have a wide range of ages. Very different from what you see in the waiting room when it's time for an interrogation!

me too...

by brokenheart - 2009-06-07 10:06:33

Yeap...there are a lot of young people needing pacemakers. I got mine when i turned 23 and now i am 26. Welcome to the club!

Wow

by de-blessed - 2009-06-08 02:06:47

I'm 25 as of june 7, 2009 and I got mine 3 months ago when i got it i thought i was alone because all the docs and nurses at the hospital we're like what are u doing with a pm you're to young. Then I went on the internet and found out i'm not alone and neither are you... welcome

Frank

by Tracey_E - 2009-06-08 06:06:02

I think the increased number of babies getting them is from the improvement of ultrasound technology. Most of us weren't diagnosed until we had symptoms or got an ekg for another reason and they happen to catch it. That's how I was diagnosed when I was 5, the pediatrician ordered an ekg when he thought he heard a murmur. I think it's the same number as always, they're just catching it now on routine prenatal checks.

I also think that the better the technology is on pm's, and the more malpractice cases there are which send insurance rates through the roof, the more doctors put them in on borderline cases, cases where before they'd just sit back and watch. When I was 5 they wanted to watch and see how I did. A 5 yr old now diagnosed with CCHB would be in surgery as fast as mom and dad could sign the releases.

And the third thing is the internet, it allows us all to come together making it seem like there are more of us than there are. I'm still the only pm patient under 70 at my dr's fairly busy practice. My rep covers several counties, he now has 3 young patients out of hundreds that he sees. Overall the percentage is probably still pretty low.

Age range

by ElectricFrank - 2009-06-08 12:06:42

The range seems to run from shortly after birth to up into the 90's.

One thing I've wondered about is what seems to be an increasing number of young people getting pacers. Is it because more are being diagnosed that would have been missed before or is there an increasing amount of cardiac problems.

frank

you betcha

by sereimund - 2009-06-09 11:06:05

I'm 20 almost 21 and my older sister is 26 she's had a pm since she was 12 and I've had once since not too long after I was born.

wow

by Hannah2001 - 2015-01-22 12:01:45

I was 9 when I had my pacemaker implanted

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