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Phone Checker
- by wenditt
- 2009-11-05 04:11:42
- Surgery & Recovery
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Today I got the phone transmitter in the mail and I completed the checkup. But when I put the magnet over the pm....it felt strange. Like my heart was beating harder, thumping harder...I asked if it was supposed to "feel funny" and the lady on the phone said no...not really.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Post op instructions?
- by Alamb
- 2009-11-02 09:11:56
- Surgery & Recovery
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I have decided to get the pacemaker implanted so I am scheduled in about 1 week. My second opinion doc is doing the procedure but I have not gotten much in the way of info on how much time off (if any) I should take off of work. I am a dog sport trainer and competitor (agility, competitive obedience, etc) and teach several classes (about 50 students) per week. I also need to run and train my own dogs, plus maintain about 5 acres of property. I have gotten no solid feedback on necessary, reas...
Chest Pain
- by wenditt
- 2009-10-26 08:10:05
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 5 comments
Has anyone experienced chest pain after PM surgery? Once a day or so, I will find myself doing "whatever," nothing strenuous... and I will be breathing just fine. Then out of the blue I will have resistance with taking the breath, I have to take small mini breaths to get through it. It feels tight and like pressure or a restriction. It's not painful per say...just strange and awkward and tight. It goes away after those mini breaths I was talking about. I get it an inch or so left of my center ri...
MUCH APPRECIATION
- by wenditt
- 2009-10-22 09:10:20
- Surgery & Recovery
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I wanted to say thank you to everyone here for replying to my posts, taking the time to answer me and send me well wishes. I just replied to someone else and thought....gee I wonder if I had ever said thank you.
Your words and advise have helped me get on with my life. I think it's a work in progress but today was a good day. LOL....and knock on wood.
Know that you are appreciated and even though I have never met you I think about you all often....with a smile.
B...
PM Shifting
- by wenditt
- 2009-10-20 09:10:24
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 4 comments
Has anyone noticed that there pm is or may not be in the same place as when it was implanted?
I feel like mine...and it looks like it has shifted upwards towards my collar bone. Sometimes it feels like it's jammed under my collarbone if I lay or reach a certain way.
Is is possible I dislodged it? Or is this still part of the settling in process?
Thanks,
Wendy
Thumps that weren't there before
- by wenditt
- 2009-10-16 07:10:50
- Surgery & Recovery
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(5 weeks post op today. Diagnosed with 3rd degree heart block but episodes would only happen 2-3 times per year).
I am wondering if anyone experienced palpitations, skips "after" the pm that they don't remember having before?
I understand that it could be me just being on high alert for thumps and what not....but I truly feel like I am having skips that I wasn't before.
Is it possible that getting a pm can "cause" these types of things? Like if they had left me a...
medicare
- by ttmsail
- 2009-10-15 11:10:21
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 2 comments
I am covered be medicare. Does medicare cover the cost of a pacemaker?
When does it get better?
- by wenditt
- 2009-10-13 08:10:53
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 9 comments
Hi everyone,
I am 4 weeks post op now. I have no feeling on the surface of the pm. Think the nerves were traumatized....or something! But around the edges are still really sore. The seat belt in the car, bra strap etc... all seem to hit the edges just the wrong way.
Is this what it will be like? I "get" that it will always be in the way...but will the edges always be so sensitive?
Wenditt
Fire Away
- by wenditt
- 2009-10-12 05:10:27
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 5 comments
I know the dr. said I wouldn't feel the pm fire. But some members here said they do feel theirs fire off. What does it feel like? I don't go back until the 21st but have keeping a log of all the "strange" things I have been feeling. Trying to match them up...so truly do't know what it feels like.
Any thoughts?
To pace or not to pace?
- by Alamb
- 2009-10-03 10:10:05
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 9 comments
I am thrilled to get a response so quickly! Thank you so much for sharing your valuable input! Up to this point I have felt alone and worried about this subject.
By saying "no blockage" I meant no electrical blockage. Also, my second opinion Dr. Told me it was impossible for anyone to die of a slow heartrate. He said they would have to also have some sort of a block or underlying problem. I am all for conservative treatment, but 28bpm in my sleep is just scary. I started t...
To pace or not to pace?
- by Alamb
- 2009-10-03 02:10:40
- Surgery & Recovery
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I suffer from chronic fatigue. 10 years ago I had a holter monitor that revealed a low of 37 bpm. With no blockage, I was told this was just me so anything done. I am not an athlete.
Last month I had another 24 hr and subsequently a 14 day holter and got to 28 bpm. Again, no blockage; however the heartrate qualifies for a pacemaker. To help with the decision a tilt table study was done. Resting hr was 36 flat and 44 at a 90 degree tilt. After they injected me with something to...
Afraid to sleep
- by wenditt
- 2009-10-02 11:10:42
- Surgery & Recovery
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Last post was about the tingles....still have them. Heart monitor watch says my resting heart rate is 54 give or take....pm set to fire at 50....afraid to close my eyes...afraid I may die in my sleep.
I am not getting used to having the pm. Only been 3 weeks but I think about it constantly.
Was at the ER already once this week but no tingles at the time...scared.
Someone...advice....please...
Tingles
- by wenditt
- 2009-10-02 10:10:29
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 3 comments
Have had pm for 3 weeks today. Anyone else feel tingly sometimes? Like novacaine is wearing off? Like when you are in a deep sleep but got woken up? Been feeling that way a little bit everyday and never did before pm. Went to ER on Monday...everything fine. Chest x-ray..good, leads....good, bloodwork...good...said possible panic attack/stress. Been gettting like hot flashes too...very strange...
Strange sensation....any ideas? I googled it but all that comes up are love songs etc... L...
what are precautions with surgery
- by sam78
- 2009-09-30 09:09:47
- Surgery & Recovery
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Hello. I am looking for some help from the knowledgable ones on here. I am headed on friday to a plastic surgeon to address my incision from my implanted loop recorder. It is all healed of course (was implanted february this year) but half the incision looks like it grew too much scar tissue and is now bulging up. They made the incision very close to the center of my chest and it looks horrible because it shows when I wear V neck tops. Anyways, I am suppose to see her friday and I have read...
Help
- by 4putt
- 2009-09-30 02:09:44
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 5 comments
For personal reasons I would like to have my pacemaker removed. Anyone have any idea where I can get it done. Thanks
I am learning so much from you all
- by Allie1
- 2009-09-27 03:09:28
- Surgery & Recovery
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Hi Again, I want to say I am learning so much from you all and I am so grateful for finding this group. I wrote last night when I was up about my 2 week old Medtronic Adapta (rate responsing). I appreciate the coupld of feedbacks I already received. A sleep mode was set when I went in for my 1st check up. That was when my trouble with being wide awake at bedtime began. I am thinking I might need to have it turned off.........???
Also of all things I own a a 30 minute workout gy...
I am learning so much from you all
- by Allie1
- 2009-09-27 03:09:26
- Surgery & Recovery
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Hi Again, I want to say I am learning so much from you all and I am so grateful for finding this group. I wrote last night when I was up about my 2 week old Medtronic Adapta (rate responsing). I appreciate the coupld of feedbacks I already received. A sleep mode was set when I went in for my 1st check up. That was when my trouble with being wide awake at bedtime began. I am thinking I might need to have it turned off.........???
Also of all things I own a a 30 minute workout gy...
New Pacemaker
- by Allie1
- 2009-09-27 02:09:16
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 2 comments
Hi Everyone! I am new to the group. I just had my pm impanted 2 weeks ago. It is a Medtronic Adapta. The reason for the impant was bradycardia and I also have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. I am excited to have the pacer as this past year has been difficult due to a low heart rate and BP and all the things that go with that and trying to work.
I am eager to get my life back. I am having troubles getting to sleep at night. I am wide a wake when normally I would be sleeping. When...
Some good news ...
- by jimmy412
- 2009-09-25 06:09:07
- Surgery & Recovery
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After the cardiologist put me on Diovan for high blood pressure last week, I am doing much better this week, and even my headaches have not been so bad. It only took them 2 1/2 months and 2 hospital stays and 4 office visits to get things straightend out - LOL. But I feel much, much better, and I am pacing along like everybody else. :) I just need to heal up so I am not so sore and ichy at my site now. Thanks for all your support! I appreciate it.
Jimmy
Palpitations and Skips
- by wenditt
- 2009-09-24 03:09:34
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 5 comments
I am noticing palpitations and/or skips everyday now. Would you say that everyday is normal? Or am I still hyper-sensitive and only noticing because I am paying attention?
Ugh...
Wenditt
You know you're wired when...
Your device acts like a police scanner.
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I just want to share about the quality of life after my pacemaker, and hopefully increase awareness that lifestyles do not have to be drastically modified just because we are pacemaker recipients.