Most Recent Messages in Surgery & Recovery
When can I mow my lawn safely?
- by JEM
- 2010-07-31 12:07:46
- Surgery & Recovery
- 16647 views
- 9 comments
Hi All: New PM guy here 4 days out of surgery and recovering.
Stitches out next week, feeling better daily.
I cut my own grass and do my own yard work @ 68 years. I have a self propelled power gas mower that I use for my yard work to cut the grass.
Based on others recovery experience, how long before I can mow my grass safely without screwing up my PM implant?
Would appreciate any advice any lessons learned from the PM Pro's and best practice norms. J...
Time it takes to recover/
- by ladislaver
- 2010-07-31 10:07:17
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1324 views
- 4 comments
What about Summer heat? I rode bicycle for 90 minutes in about 95 degree heat, humid weather. I have pacemaker for 18 days. Unless I had have damaged something with out knowing it, I felt OK. Is it safe to have sex? I did try it after about a week after implant, I tell you, my heart was pounding really hard. I am almost seventy, doing it twice a week now. Is there any harm? We all know that sex is good, but not worth dieing for.
3 days post-op progress
- by Janey L
- 2010-07-30 06:07:48
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 1 comments
Hi everyone. Thank you for all your good wishes after my ablation procedure on Tuesday. I said I'd let you all know how I'm getting on post-op...
I have a question for anyone who has had an ablation, as I've never had one until Tuesday. Did you get missed beats &/or ectopics afterwards? I ask because yesterday I had quite a few. I'm guessing it takes time for the heart to settle down after having the catheters in & having the ablation done...but how long does it take to settle? Did yo...
2nd Day With a PM
- by JEM
- 2010-07-30 06:07:02
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1271 views
- 3 comments
Just got out of the hospital. PM Tech said he set my new PM parameters from a low of 60 BPM to a high of 120 BPM. When I stand up I become dizzy? My heart watch indicates 59 to 60 BPM. Is my initial setting too low? Or is this dizziness a normal side effect?
My cardiologist recommended a PM because of 3 years of P-Afib and major swings in pulse rates which were no longer controllable with Sotalol 80 mg x 2 daily. He said he could not increase Meds dose unless I had a PM to prevent ver...
Bees in your head?
- by Mindwrker
- 2010-07-29 11:07:37
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1270 views
- 2 comments
Has anyone ended up with a woozy head and a buzzing when you turn your head too fast? It feels like when I was getting off Effexor. I also have a heaviness in my chest and hard to breathe but I'm taking my Lasix. This just started yesterday, surgery was 6 days ago. No pain other than normal soreness.
Frustrated!!!!!!
- by Tracie H
- 2010-07-28 08:07:58
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1237 views
- 3 comments
I am so frustrated!!! I'm scheduled to have surgery next week. Part of the procedure requires use of material that interferes with my PM so we've been dealing with what to do. I have a VERY bad history with the cardiology dept at this hospital, but there's no other doctor within my network or 200 miles that does this surgery (it's on my hip) so I'm stuck. I talked with Medtronic, the mfr of my PM and they're able to to provide a rep to be present during the surgery in case anything goes wrong. T...
How Long Should Pain Last
- by Mindwrker
- 2010-07-27 12:07:22
- Surgery & Recovery
- 2726 views
- 8 comments
I just had my surgery 4 days ago. I notice that when I stand or sit or lay a certain way I have pain. Is the from the tenderness and the weight of the device? It also itches like crazy. How long should I expect this pain to last? I hate laying down all the time but that's the only way to get rid of it.
Thanks
Pacemaker replacement tomorrow
- by soliver
- 2010-07-26 12:07:01
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1428 views
- 8 comments
Hello everyone,
I am going to have my 21 year old pacemaker replaced tomorrow. I am now 32 and have a 10 month old baby. I am hoping the recovery is fast because I want to enjoy my baby this summer. It'll be a challenge since I won't be able to pick her up for a while and I won't be able to go in the ocean or any pools for 3 weeks. But I'm going to make the most of it and be thankful for this amazing technology. I'm sure I will be posting my recovery after tomorrow, but until then...
Pain in shoulder
- by kjbernstein
- 2010-07-26 02:07:23
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1577 views
- 3 comments
I had my first pacemaker implanted approximately 2 weeks ago. I was doing great with my recovery and then a few days ago I started to get pain in my shoulder. It never hurts at night or when my arm is not moving, but as soon as I move it it feels like a fire in my shoulder. Has anyone else experienced this? Should I be concerned?
pacemaker surgery
- by nandanosho
- 2010-07-26 01:07:47
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1543 views
- 3 comments
Hi
I am heart patient.And doctor suggested that Pacemaker surgery.
my report is as follows.
CHF
Dilated cardiomyopathy.
Sever LV dysfunction.
LVEF 19%;
Do u think surgery is necessary.
Please suggest.
Thanks.
Breast Pain
- by Lifeisgood
- 2010-07-19 07:07:57
- Surgery & Recovery
- 9070 views
- 6 comments
My PM was implanted 5/26. I'm experiencing mild to severe pain in my breasts. I'm female. I would say a 6 on the pain scale. The pain goes all around my torso (underarms, breasts, back, ribs - like a band). I have never experienced this type pain. It started after the PM surgery and I've been free of it for maybe one week in the interim. I have it now. My boobs feel larger and heavier when I have the pain. My doctor told me that women react differently than men to the surgery. Any encou...
Nerve Pain?
- by bini
- 2010-07-18 10:07:42
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1899 views
- 2 comments
Hi everyone,
I have had a tough few months in dealing with my pacemaker. I had to get a new pacemaker and wire ectractions since I had a damaged lead.
I had the surgery on June 4th and the surgery was a success. The problem that I have now is that I seem to be getting pain under my left armpit which feels like burning. I also seem to get short sharp stabbing pains around the upper left center of my chest. I saw my doctor and he thinks it may be due to the pacemaker compress...
Implant site pain?
- by Lulu Moppet
- 2010-07-12 12:07:22
- Surgery & Recovery
- 4200 views
- 8 comments
I got my Medtronic PM a week ago tomorrow, for a third stage block. The surgical site is still painful, especially near the shoulder where the muscle (or tendon?) connects to the chest. No redness, fever, or sign of infection. Also, I have at least as many dizzy spells as before, though milder, and new symptoms--palpitations and a sensation like my heart's jumping in my chest, a sort of "ka-chunk" feeling. Anyone else experience this? Does it mean the device needs to be adjusted?
New member has a querstion
- by gbr
- 2010-07-12 11:07:10
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1322 views
- 4 comments
I have joined the club today as I had a MRI friendly Medtronic pacemaker fitted last Wednesday.
The pacemaker has been set to provide me with a minimum of 55bpm after which my own heart rate takes over.
This was fitted as I have been suffering with a low pulse rate which when monitored over a period of 48hours, my maximum rate was 72 bpm falling to 25bpm at night with an average of 44bpm.
It was a complete surprise to me that I needed one, as I had been feeling...
Can't feel pacemaker working
- by HT
- 2010-07-12 05:07:27
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1904 views
- 4 comments
I'm new to the group and just had a pacemaker inplanted on July 2, 2010. I had 5 prior heart attacks over a 3 year period which resulted in a heart rate of 30 bpm to 0 bpm at night, a heart that stopped whenever it wanted to, passing out whenever I got out of a chair, and inability to breath after minimal exertion. Since the inplant, I've felt 100% better: no dizziness or passing out, no shortness of breath and no pain or soreness from the incision site or inside my chest. I did have extensiv...
Healing
- by FutrMzzD
- 2010-07-11 11:07:24
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1272 views
- 2 comments
Hello,
I got my pacer put in a year ago March.
I had an ablation that the surgeon messed up and quote, "OVER ablated your heart." My heart rate was between 14-30 without any pacer support.
I have been doing a little reading and thinking. I have a dual lead pacer, but i have not felt it go off for several months now. Is it possible that I may have begun to heal the scar tissue? I read that it is possible to have a pacer removed if you healed enough. I have an 18 month old son I c...
stinging, popping, ripping? i'm uncomfortable.
- by crumbcake
- 2010-07-10 07:07:58
- Surgery & Recovery
- 3206 views
- 5 comments
This site was so helpful when i had my pacemaker implanted two months ago--thought i would check back in. I am still having a difficult time with several aspects of returning to my regular activities. I work in the service industry and so do a lot of heavy, repetative lifting. This has improved some with time--as my PM used to 'snap' around under my pectoral muscles every time i would have to flex or move my arm/shoulder a certain way. it felt like bending fingernails backwards! So now I hu...
5 weeks post-op
- by Max4pups
- 2010-07-09 09:07:20
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1265 views
- 2 comments
Well it's been 5 weeks since my surgery and really do feel great! I went for my check up on the 25th of june (surgery was june 3rd) my incision healed nicely into a not so noticeable scar. The pain i was having early on in my chest is completely gone. Whenever the lead in ventricle goes off I can really feel the beating and kinda get sick to my stomach (nothing major) but they did turn it up another 10 milliseconds for heart response. They are wanting to turn my PM voltage back to 2.5 but as of...
appt with the ep
- by wmelanie
- 2010-07-08 10:07:01
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1248 views
- 4 comments
I posted a couple weeks ago with trying to make the decision on getting a pm or not for 2nd degree heart block when I exercise. I went to the ep yesterday who said that this won't get better on its own and he would recommend the pm. Though its not a dangerous arrhythmia its more a quality of life issue. Then he wanted to do a stress test just to see it in action. Of course the block didn't happen even though it happens pretty much everytime I exercise...very frustrating...After seeing it he...
Sorry...
- by Lulu Moppet
- 2010-07-08 08:07:03
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1558 views
- 7 comments
...for not being upbeat. Many people on this forum were kind and helpful before my PM implant 2 days ago. I appreciate that and don't want to upset anyone else who might be facing a PM. I can't be positive, though. The experience was a nightmare. I'm terrified of needles and have had some bad experiences with medical professionals who ranged from cold to downright mean. The thought of local anesthesia and a machine implanted in my chest was horrifying. The night before the surgery, I deci...
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