swelling

hi everyone well what a day ,hubby had mitral valve replaced last june and pm fitted in oct last yr ,and since then we have noticed he has a swollen left man boob and its sore to touch no redness he always been a verey slim built man and even i can see the difrence in it and it is swollen ,we saw consultant at hospital today and what a waste of time that was the cardiologest said he needs to get his postrate cheeked out even though he doesnt have trouble with waterworks ,he had a 24 hour ecg on xmas and theyve lost the results so didnt get of to a good start ,wanted to ask if any other man with a pm has had this type of swelling i understand there is some after the opp but post opp swelling has cleard and am worried as to what can be causing this type of swelling oh an consultant admitted she hadnt read his notes as well so we not happy

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Swelling

by donb - 2009-02-05 05:02:17

Hi!
I want to add a little to Cabg Patch comment. Don't allow the runaround as I have had a similar problem. Don't have much fat under skin and dealt with swelling too long because my Drs' used the wait and see. Now I'm without my pacemakers after 16 plus years, leads capped, fortunately no infection. My last Cardiologist (Second Opinion) too much left arm exercise causing irritation. I did quit my arm exercise at Cardiac Rehab but probably should have cooled that particular and stayed with bike and treadmill. I hope you will be OK as I learned a little late and my PM started to erode.
I am very happy with the good years of PMS and soon we'll start all over with a new installation on my right.
Good Luck!! Don

thank you

by bullseye - 2009-02-05 05:02:40

for your quick reply im gona make a appiontment for him with our gp as you say second oppion as ive gave up with our local hospital ,will keep you informed thanx

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