Work didnt Work

Hi all Dave here again, well didnt fair well going back to work. First few days didnt do alot so wasnt real bad, 3rd day tried to push myself a little bit and got short of breath, and a little dizzy. 4th day did the same thing and thought i was going to pass out, called cardioligist at lunch and told what was happpening, she made an appointment for the following tuesday for adjustment with a factory rep doc. Noticed also that my blood pressure had went up a little higer than it had been running and started to cough not alot but hadnt coughed since surgery back in aug. Had adjustment and no i forgot to get a read out and dont know all the number things they did like all of you, but i do know i have a double lead and cadio had the lower and upper firing at different times to help my damaged heart beat, whatever that means, the factory rep doctor turned off the bottom lead. Went back to work the next day. Started to get short of breath again, lightheaded, a little dizzy, and sharp pains at where i think my heart is located. well scared the crap out of me as i dont want to have a heart attack or worse. Guess doc was right he said he didnt want me around the extreme heat and smoke. Well they took me back off of work. I go back to his office next week. they want to see if i get any better not being at work. The first day off i decided to go for a walk, I had been walking three miles a day before i went back to work,not all at once about a mile three times a day, I think I walked about 300 feet and started to get tired,short of breath, and chest felt wierd. went back to house and felt bad all day. the next day felt better went for another walk and walked about three quaters of a mile twice, got a little winded but no pain in chest. What is going on. wish i had 100000 dollars i would go to bankok and have the stem cell injections.

2 Comments

well, darn

by Tracey_E - 2008-10-18 07:10:16

Not what we were hoping to hear about your returning to work!!! I'm so sorry it didn't go well and you still aren't feeling well.

I had something similar...

by afibber - 2008-10-20 11:10:57

Hi Dave,
After reading your post, I thought that I might write about what happened to me last year, when my pacer interrogater had the bright idea to turn off my atrial pacing lead-to save battery life. In less than 24 hours I felt like crap. After seeing my cardiologist the next day, he told me that it should have not made a difference, and that I should not have felt any different, but I did. It wasn't immediate, it took less than 24 hours, but felt like I had just been run over by a steamroller. I insisted that my pacemaker be set back to the previous setting, and I immediately felt better. The cardiologist just scratched his head, saying that it "should not make a difference."

I have chronic a-fib and have had a pacemaker for 10 years. I just had a 3 lead pacemaker inserted last tuesday. My heart was "out of sync" and that is why my pacemaker was changed. After having my new pacemaker for 24 hours, the rep wanted to turn off my atrial pacing and I flatly told him "NO" and the reason why. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, because of my past experience of "saving battery life". Pacemaker generator changes are inevitable, so what's the difference of a year or 6 months going to do? It has to be changed anyway.

Perhaps you need to have your pacemaker interrogated again, because that little miracle wonder can make all the difference in the world, but it has to be programmed right. Everyone is different. I always get a read out after I have been interrogated. I also do not know what everything means, but I use it as a comparison. Bring paper and pen with you, write down any questions you may have, and be sure that you understand the answers. If you are not getting answers that are helping you, get a 2nd opinion. That is what I did. Too bad it took a year out of my productive life.

I too have a weakened heart, that is out of sync. I was short of breath for over a year and finally got a pacemaker change. I have only gone for short walks, but the good part is I only had to stop to catch my breath a few times, in comparision to every 100 feet or so.

I wish you all the best, and remember there is no such thing as a stupid question, the only stupid question is the one that we never ask.

Afibber

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A properly implanted and adjusted pacemaker will not even be noticeable after you get over the surgery.