25 year old recovering from Medtronic Azure dual chamber ppm insertion for junctional rhythm. Sharing my journey.

Hi everyone! I'm a cardiothoracic critcal care nurse, I like to call myself recently nurse turned patient. I am 25 years old. Over the past year I have had some road bumps. I had arthoscopic hip surgery leading to a DVT/Bilateral PE's. Sometime after I developed junctional rhythm. Had an episode of pulmnonary edema leading to respiratory failure. I had Medtronic Azure dual chamber pacemaker inserted sub-pectoral on 02/05/2019 with a loop recorder removal. Previously I had a loop recorder inserted in December 2015, being diaganosed with inappropriate sinus tachycardia. In July 2016 I had an abaltion, SA node modification. I am currently post op day 12 and doing really well. The first week was very rough, the sub-pectroal approach caused some pain but I am healing very well and so happy with incision. I would love to share my journey with everyone. I also have a website I will be posting more detail on following my journey, life, etc. https://nurse-katie.com/

 

I do have one concern, developing a clot. I have a clotting disorder called prothrombin gene mutation (my body favors clotting) and considering i have the DVT/PE history it scares me. That event was consdiered a provoked event due to the hip surgery so I am only on Asprin 81mg at the moment. Having an artifical device inside of me now worries me for a potential clot. 

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How are you now?

by BigTex08 - 2020-03-04 23:33:26

I searched for pacemaker by name and your story came up with you having the same pacemaker I am getting placed in 3 weeks. How are you now almost a year later??

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I just want to share about the quality of life after my pacemaker, and hopefully increase awareness that lifestyles do not have to be drastically modified just because we are pacemaker recipients.