New to the Club

• by DawnLock
• 2010-03-25 02:03:16
• Conditions, Meds & Tests
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• 1 comments

Hi Everyone,

I am new to the Pacemaker Club. I am 55 years old and received my pacemaker 11/19/09 after being diagnosed with bradycardia. I do not know my "official" diagnosis, i.e. sick sinus, etc. I just know I was fine most of the time but began experiencing palps with passing out beginning in February 09. After many trips to the ER and my physician, who told me everything looked fine, my boss finally put me in touch with his cardiologist after an episode here at work, and after being checked out, the "plumbing" was good, the "electrical" was not.

I am doing okay with the pacemaker, but I am still not feeling that great. I went back to the doctor 1 month ago for my first checkup, and he told me that my heart is now racing. Again, I did not ask the proper questions (I've got to start!), but he was not concerned enough to do anything immediately. He said he wanted to give me 3 more months and reevaluate.

I am aware of the racing but it is not so bad that it causes me issues with carrying out my daily activities. I have noted a resting heart rate of 110 to 120 at times, but most of the time 80s-90s, which is standard for me. I have no idea whether the racing gets any higher than that, but I would assume so given the fact that he mentioned it.

I also noticed that I am beginning to wake up in the morning breathless again (like I did before the pacemaker) and it makes me wonder if my HR is hovering on the low end while I am sleeping.

Has anyone else experienced this? Racing after the initial diagnosis of bradycardia or the continued breathlessness after pacemaker insertion?