pinching between shoulder and pacemaker

• by kathykat11
• 2010-11-06 09:11:45
• Complications
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Does anyone else have pinching between the shoulder and their pacemaker. I know that sounds like I am some kind of contorsionist but I have rheumatoid arthritis and any swelling of my shoulder causes some nerve or my meat to become pinched between the shoulder swelling and the pacemaker which in turn causes enough pain to cause me to vomit. I have lost 6 pounds since I returned to work on the 25th. I need to lose weight but this is not the way I want to do it. Is there anything I should be doing that I am not? I have an appointment with the rheumatologist on the 17th but in the meantime I am really hurting here. My doctors knew that I use my arms and hands for a living, the failed pacer site was in a totally different position a lot farther away from my shoulder joint. I think as close as this is to my shoulder, that it would hit with pulling a shirt off with the old cross arm technique, but since I have been being careful since implantation, I don't know. I have to earn a living. I don't want to have more work done but I need not to have pain this bad. Any Ideas?