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UPDATE!!!Sudden Drop in Heart Rate

Apparently I have aFib(continuous) since Monday according to Medtronic transmission. On Eliquis 5mg 2xs per day since Tuesday. Hopefully will see doctor soon to discuss options. 

The low heart rate I was picking up was my pacemaker not allowing my heart rate to go below 50bpm as it is set. I do not feel the flutter because of the pacemaker, but knew something was off.

I probably would have had a answer sooner but it seems the handheld that sits on the monitor...

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Ibuprofen

Can you take ibuprofen with a pacemaker?

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Pacemaker

Can I wear a gold chain ? Yes it's real not metal 

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Long-termers

Hi there, 

I'm interested in finding out about who else out there has been paced for more than 20 years? 

Also interested in finding out who else may already have 4 leads to a DUAL-CHAMBER PM!

I have 4 myself, in what has been about 24 yrs of pacing, and 3 are kaputski, so I AM IN A LIFE- THREATENING SITUATION. so it would be nice to know more about others who are now, or may soon be, facing THE CHALLENGE OF THERE BEING NO ROOM LEFT FOR ANY...

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Looking for similar experiences....10 yo girl - 5 days post PM surgery for Complete AV Block

Hello!

I was wondering if there were any other parents of children on here?

My daughter had an emergency pacemaker implanted last week and because she also had strep, had to wait a bit for the permanent one, which was implanted 4 days later.

She is 10 years old and has complete AV block. She is 5 days post op and we are just trying to wrap our heads around it all and what this means...from recovery, to everyday life, travel, tech use, to limits on fu...

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Basic PM monitoring

Here's a link that might be useful to anyone looking to see how remote monitoring works.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Complex-remote-monitoring-with-St-Jude-Medical-Merlinnet-Integration-of-telemedical_fig4_221910869

It's part of a more complex article but gives the general setup.

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Recent EMC experience

Hi Everyone,

I had my first  Medtronic 2 wire pacemaker installed yesterday so very much a 'rookie'

I have looked at the forums...great stuff and very supportive!

I have noticed that the comments I can find on EMC experience are some years old.

I would love to know the recent real life experience good/ bad of people working with:

Induction cooktops

Noise cancelling headphones and earbuds

Chainsaws (gas and/ or electric)

An...

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CRT Pacemaker change

My Medtronic Consulta CTR pace maker is at the end of its life and is being replaced next week. My physicians office is being vague about the new model I will be getting (Good Canadian Health Care). They said I would be told on day of surgery.

I have A-fib and heart failure.  I'm wondering which newer CRT device I would be getting and how they transfer all the settings over.  My settings are a little different from the normal to help me walk/jog.

I also presume I wil...

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Off the wall monitor problem

Has anyone with a Merlin@Home monitor found a way to turn off that ghastly green power light. It feels as if I'm sleeping inside a badly lit aquarium, and is impacting my sleep quality.

Plastic tape over the light is a non-starter due to the presence of a cat dedicated to removing and eating plastic tape wherever it exists. The vet bill would not be fun.

At my first check up I'll be asking about the monitoring schedule to see if i can keep it turned off most of the time an...

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Dual chamber pacemaker

I have a dual chamber pacemaker.  The pacing was shut off to my right atrium because my providers said I was in Afib most of the time and it was not doing any good to pace the atrium and it was just using up my battery.  So now I only have pacing to my right ventricle.  This was confusing to hear, since I have complete heart block and thought the reason for my dual chamber pacer was to keep atrium and ventricle working together.  Also thought the pacing to the atrium was h...

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CRT-D

Hi,

I will have a CRT-D device implanted this coming Monday.  I have a left bundle branch block leading to heart failure as described by my cardiologist.  I am anxious and apprehensive about what I am facing.  I hope that my symptoms (fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath, etc.) will improve.  Any input from members with similar experience would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Mike O

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Rollercoaster

Hi I am supposed to be going to Alton towers next week and would like to know if it is ok to ride on the rollercoasters with having a pacemaker has anyone been on the rides any advice would be helpful as my drs isn't sure 

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Any pilots in here?

Hi, just wondering if there are any active pilots with a pacemaker? I am getting ready for my check-ride, and now looks like things are on hold. Just wondering if you put in for the waiver, and are now cleared to fly?

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NYHA Class 1

This has been bothering me for some time and I'm wondering if anyone  here has this included on their transmission reports. My pacemaker is Medtronic, dual lead that I got in 2020 due to 2nd and 3 rd degree Heart block. 
At the top of my report, under History, it says " Normal sinus, frequent 2nd and 3rd AV block, NYHA Class I. 
When I Googled NYHA Class I I found that's the heart failure classification. Class I being no restrictions on activities or symp...

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question

I have had a pacemaker since December 2021. Four times within four days of a remote or in-office transmission, I have had an "episode" which may affect me for about 24 hours. The symptoms have included confusion, memory lapse, extreme tiredness and a desire to sleep, an "icky" feeling. Tests in urgent care or ER have revealed nothing. Can anyone comment on similar experiences?

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RF ablation of Atrial Tachycardia

 

EDIT: I added an image of the ablation sites in the gallery.

Friday was my RF ablation. When he came in I told him about an episode the night before after going upstairs and starting a bath that lasted for over ten minutes. He said he thought that sounded more like an AVNRT type of thing. While interrogating the device he says "3 ventricular high rate episodes, thats new for you!" The initial plan was to have me awake for the first half but was changed last minute...

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EF and CRT-D

Hello! It’s been awhile since I have been on here. I received my CRT-D back in 2015. My EF was 25 at the time. It went up to 50-55 within two months of pacing! The only med I was taking was a blood thinner and Coreg CR 20. Fast forward 8 years…I have 7 months left on pacer and now my EF has dropped to 35-40. I have 808 PVCs in an hour…yes…that many! Anyway my EP that implanted my pacer out me on Mexiletine twice a day. Major heartburn and headache. They tried adjust...

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Looking for a travel case for Biotronik Smart Messenger

I'm wondering if anyone could recommend a travel case which is fairly close to the size of the Biotronik Smart Messenger.  

I've seen the generic electronics travel cases on Amazon, but was looking for something smaller, to take up less space in my laptop bag.

Any case suggestions are appreciated.  All the Best.

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Fluttery feeling

I received my pacemaker on 8/9/2023.  After I had it interigated for the first time. It was only pacing atrial which I thought that was what it only was supposed to do. I have a on demand dual chamber, one lead in right atrium and another lead in the left ventricle. I started v pacing while in the hospital still and had a flutter my feeling right under my left breast. Is it normal to feel pulses from your wires?  It has done it every day around the same fine then occasionally d...

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So when is the payoff?

To recap: I'm a little over two weeks post implant. Diagnosis: 1st degree AV block, bradycardia, chronotropic incompetence. 

I was essentially asymptomatic until early June when my HR dropped to 40 while cycling and I was light headed as a result. These episodes were getting progressively worse, going from a few minutes a couple of times a day to near constant at the time I was implanted.

Look back (I keep pretty extensive records of my health) I see there were n...

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