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pacemaker moving
- by amethyst34
- 2010-09-22 03:09:20
- Surgery & Recovery
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Hi all,
just wandered, I have had pacemaker now for almost 4 weeks, I get alot of palpitations still which I expect until I have ablation but with the palpitations I get alot of pain, almost like a wire is hitting against something?
Also can the pacemaker itself move as I have pain under my armpit to the left of the pacer and it feels very uncomfortable?
Thanks
Karen
Surgery next Thursday
- by pacerpaul
- 2010-09-21 09:09:11
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 4 comments
Hi Everyone,
On Sept 30 I'll be getting my 1st pm. Do you have any advice for someone after surgery? My EP doc was rather vague when I asked about restrictions. I'm sure I'll get instructions once I leave the hospital but figured I would ask the "experts" - all of you :)
thx
message for willowrose
- by doris
- 2010-09-21 06:09:29
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 3 comments
I am 84, had my pm fitted on September 9th. I didnt sleep at all the first night after application and heart was beating in a strange way but ever since then I have felt fine but quite tired. I go for a very short half an hour slowish walk every day. Not sure how much walking to do. I had to have pm put in twice! I came back from first one and lay on my bed and suddenly I experienced huge twitchings on my left side under ribs. A wire had come out and I had to have whole thing done again! I t...
#1grandma
- by #1grandma
- 2010-09-20 03:09:03
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Thank you all soooo much for responding to my questions about needing a sling. It really helps to talk to those that have been through the surgery. I'm feeling much better. It was the unknown that scared me. Thank you again and I will let you know how it goes.
Considering PM surgery
- by upstart
- 2010-09-20 01:09:43
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1472 views
- 3 comments
Hello: I am brand new to this site. I would like some feedback from anyone who has had a similar medical history and opted to have a PM.
I have had UNCOMPLICATED SVT ONLY for about 10 years and 2 unnsuccessful ablations. Tried 3 meds, beta and ca blockers no success.Just made me sick and dropped my bp. Now on low dose rhythmol twice a day...it has decreased the length of my tachycardia runs but not the frequency...I still get it (on average) about every 10 days. I have had it as long...
#1grandma
- by #1grandma
- 2010-09-19 12:09:25
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 15 comments
I am having my first PM surgery on October 12th have a question or two. I have been told that some wear an arm sling after. Is this the best way to go and if so how long do you suggest one wears it?
Thanks
New implant
- by Vicens
- 2010-09-18 06:09:28
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 5 comments
Hi, fellow pacers:
I just want to tell last monday I had my second pacemaker implanted. Everything OK but the doctor that did it, set the pacing limit to 60-110, while the doctor that did the first one and had done all the checkings during 5 and a half years, had set it at 70-110.
I asked why he had lowered this limit, but seemed that it was a personal choice, and said there was no reason why my heart should beat at 70 even while I was resting,and I wouldn't notice the change.
The Eagle has Landed
- by Morwenna
- 2010-09-16 03:09:10
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 7 comments
It's in! Surgery happened on Monday and went really well. They found the cephalic vein (thank goodness) and I was discharged the same day. It was under local, with no sedative - I made them pay by talking all the way through it. I'm already feeling the benefits in more ways than I could have imagined. No more giddiness, but also I feel more energized and almost like a mental 'fog' has lifted. I have an irreversible problem with the blood gas exchange in my lungs it's about 56% efficient,...
New
- by angelaryah
- 2010-09-14 08:09:29
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 5 comments
Hello Everyone,
I just had a dual chamber PM installed on 9/9/10. I was glad to find a support site! I am 31 and didn't know I had a heart condition until I fainted at work at 7pm, was taken to the hospital and monitored overnight, then was advised the next morning at 8am that I needed a PM due to a 3rd degree electrical blockage, and an hour later was wheeled into surgery. I feel ok but tired and feel a weird kind of clicking when my heart beats. I have breast implants so wonder if t...
heart rate monitor
- by munmun
- 2010-09-14 07:09:02
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 9 comments
Hi,
I seem to have my heart racing even when I get up from my chair!
Any one is using a heart rate monitor?
I found this which doesn't involve strap around the chest as I am worried of interference with the pacemaker.
http://www.firstaidwarehouse.co.uk/xpp-ua_704_palm_top_monitor.html
IST
- by amethyst34
- 2010-09-14 05:09:54
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1188 views
- 3 comments
Hi all,
Pacemaker was inserted on the 27th August, it is switched on at rate of 60 but will not work until I have had AV /node ablation 6 weeks after which is the 22nd Oct.
I have suffered from IST for the past 7 years which has got worse over time leaving my heart rate at 130 at rest and over 200 on exercising.
I am having AV Node ablation as last resort with pacemaker as nothing medication wise seems to help me!
When I have the ablation will...
new to this site
- by willowrose
- 2010-09-12 10:09:34
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1224 views
- 3 comments
Hi Everyone,
I just got a pacemaker 8-26-10, so far I am doing good. My heart rate had got down to 30 beats min.I am glad I found this site because I don't personally know anyone with a pacemaker. I am sixty-four years old. It is great to hear about others and what they are feeling. I have started walking 30 min. a day now, I do feel tired, but maybe this will get better.
abalation
- by franko1966
- 2010-09-11 02:09:21
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hi i had my abalation,on aug 25,out of town,back in the hospital a week after. i was wonder was any one constipation,werer they could not go to the bathroom #2,they di put me out complety
Any Experience of This Procedure?
- by Morwenna
- 2010-09-09 07:09:05
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1442 views
- 6 comments
I've been offered a slightly different form of procedure where a vertical incision is made in the crease of the shoulder just below the collarbone. This is said to minimize visible scarring. There is a risk in that if the nearest vein is not viable, then it's more complicated to get the one by the collarbone (sorry, complete layman's terms). Has anyone else had this done & what was their experience? I am very tempted, more from a vanity perspective than anything else. I didn't really get th...
New PM
- by Pepsigirl
- 2010-09-08 09:09:59
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 3 comments
First I would like to thank everyone for your help and support pre PM I was reallly scared.
I had my PM implanted last Wednesday the surgery went ok, but it has been a week and I still have alot of pain I understand my left shoulder chest area, but in the middle of my chest and in my RIGHT arm not sure what that is about even typing this it is very tired and sore I tried to go back to work yesterday and had to come home as I am a case worker and do 98% of my work with the computer after 4 h...
abaltion
- by franko1966
- 2010-09-07 08:09:38
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just had y abaltion,2 weeks ago,put me on tikoson,125mg,2 a day,wonder if any body had any problems with this,went back to work tos out of breath and heart raceing,wondering if its from new drug,or,my lasix was cut back down to 40 mg instead of 80
Less Stamina after Surgery
- by Novelist
- 2010-09-02 11:09:01
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 9 comments
Greetings: 66 year old with good health history. On 31 Aug I had my first PM implant. No history of heart attack, but a slowly declining stamina with shortness of breath over the past two years. Four days prior to implant, I detected a steady pulse of 37 and reported to emergency. They admitted me to hospital, made the dual lead implant, and released me the next day. Since coming home, (I know, only three days) I cannot walk as far as I did before surgery without exhaustion. Two hundred ya...
driving
- by amethyst34
- 2010-09-02 04:09:15
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1566 views
- 11 comments
Hi all,
I was wandering what is a safe time to leave it before I begin to drive again following pacemaker insertion?
Karen
ablation
- by franko1966
- 2010-08-30 09:08:26
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- 1218 views
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had my ablation,resting now over the weekend ,they could not finis it all,because my blood pressure was to low,they did get most what they bcan get,then gave me carioversion,question, is is any bodies stomach rock hard ag=fter the surgery
chest pain
- by amethyst34
- 2010-08-29 07:08:58
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 3 comments
Hi
I had a pacemaker fitted on fri, I have the normal pain I would expect but also keep getting lots of internal heart pain and pressure I was wandering if this was normal after surgery?
many thanks
karen
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