Sacodosis Anyone?

• by HH
• 2009-06-15 01:06:54
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Hi -
I've had my St. Jude's Pacer since 2004. I'm a woman who was of menopausal age, so everytime I went to the doctor to "complain" of being tired I was just given the diagnosis of "...it's just menopause....". One day I passed out at work and then the next day a pacer was implanted. Only theories were given for what was happening to me - maybe sick sinus syndrrome or a virus, etc.

Now, five years later, I've been passing out again and once again in the ER. I had a bad CT scan revealing enlarged lymph nodes in the mediastinal area. I am having a biopsy in two days.

I may have sarcodosis and, hence, my PCP, suggests that may have been the real reason for the pacer. Anyone out there have a pacer because of this disease - sarcodosis and if so, how are you doing? Have you had other eruptions in your body?

Concerned and confused,
HH