Most Recent Messages in Complications
Pacing
- by Miss daisy
- 2011-03-23 12:03:53
- Complications
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I have a pacemaker defibilator and for the past few months it has been pacing several times a day my dr. Says everything looks fine but I am really worried about this. Anyone else has had this problem and any suggestions on what I should do.
dizzy
- by sallybags@email.com
- 2011-03-23 10:03:09
- Complications
- 1245 views
- 1 comments
Hi everyone, I was looking thru post to see if anyone had these feelings. Found some like but not exactly to the ones I'm having. Had PM inplanted 2 months ago today. Am back to working out and playing basketball. Been feeling really good,however this morning and a couple of days ago as I woke up I was getting light headed and dizzy.My BP was a little high,but not super abnormal. It started happening all of a sudden. Could it be allergies affecting my system our could it have something to do wit...
Pacing
- by Miss daisy
- 2011-03-23 01:03:12
- Complications
- 1539 views
- 5 comments
When I say pacing it feels like a flickering. I happens at least 2 times a day. Every day for the past few weeks. It is kind of scary but they said all well not to worry.
dizzy and palpitations
- by shelee
- 2011-03-20 11:03:03
- Complications
- 4352 views
- 9 comments
Hi there.
I had a new pacemaker box put in on the 23/2/2011 and I have had some dizzy spells and palpitations. I returned to the clinic for a pacemaker check and they couldnt find anything wrong. Has anyone else had these symptoms after a box change?
DX of Brady - now having extreme Tachy?
- by mermaidonfoot
- 2011-03-18 12:03:54
- Complications
- 1717 views
- 4 comments
Hi there-
I searched around the site a bit for an answer to this but I have been having some problems with my pm... I had my pm put in October 2010 for brady and irregular heart beats. I went in today and there are several alerts for my heart going up to 205 bpm - for no apparent reason. This explains my recent dizziness and palpitations (and anxiety as I had recently posted). I am getting a holter put on next week but thought I'd see if anyone has heard of this since I am feeling ner...
pvc's
- by geno
- 2011-03-17 11:03:11
- Complications
- 3055 views
- 10 comments
3 weeks into my first pm...when I lay on my left side, I start with the pvc's instantly. When I turn to the right side, they instantly stop... Dr said, (like in a comedy club), stay off your left side. Anyone have anything like this?
EMPs and pacemakers
- by talldave
- 2011-03-17 07:03:16
- Complications
- 29873 views
- 8 comments
I just read about devices (or nuclear explosions) which create an electromagnetic pulse, which then in turn knocks out all electric equipment within a certain area. Would that also knock out pacemakers in its vicinity and therefore kill people who are fully dependent on it?
I know that this is very hypothetical and the chances of dying by a lightning strike are probably even higher than this, but I think it's an interesting question nonetheless.
Back massager
- by nm
- 2011-03-17 05:03:27
- Complications
- 1760 views
- 0 comments
Have a very bad back this week and a friend lent me a shaitzu back massager and I used it four times and then thought...oops wonder if it has magnets in it. I called homedics and found out that all their back massagers have small magnets. I ever even thought of it when they let me borrow it. Sure hope the pacemaker is ok. It makes me worried.
Shoulder Blade pain
- by PoeticPacer
- 2011-03-13 10:03:53
- Complications
- 2234 views
- 3 comments
I've had this particular pacemaker for about three years now, and about year ago I started noticing that I get a pain in my left shoulder blade ( the side my pacer is on), it feels like it needs to pop, and if I shift my back it will pop, but the pain doesn't go away. I was wondering if anyone else has hid this kind of pain.
Unable to produce red blood cells
- by gentlben4u
- 2011-03-12 12:03:08
- Complications
- 3431 views
- 2 comments
Hello Friends,
I was recently hospitalized about two weeks ago. Turns out I was anemic and had to have a blood transfusion. I have a pacemaker, and this was my fifth transfusion. It turns out this time that my intestines have lost the ability to absorb vitamin B12, thus I lose the ability for my red blood cells to deliver enough oxygen to my body. My symptoms include lithargy and shortness of breath to the point where I almost pass out. Does this happen to anyone else?
Sirens?
- by mermaidonfoot
- 2011-03-11 04:03:05
- Complications
- 1291 views
- 1 comments
has anyone had problems with sirens interfering with pacemakers? i have been having really odd heartbeats/dizziness for the past hour or two. the big sirens (i live on an island) just sounded as a tsunami warning - could this be why i have not been feeling good? is that even possible? my celly hasnt had reception for the past hour so i know there is something going on with the towers... i am not sure what this cld be if its not due to some sort of interference - i know my pm checks itself each n...
Heart hurts?
- by wantok
- 2011-03-10 01:03:03
- Complications
- 1543 views
- 3 comments
I had a pacemaker implanted mid-December and quite often my heart hurts. It is not when it is being paced because that is not happening very often from my statistics. The feeling is a dull constant pain that is uncomfortable, and sometimes worrisome, but mostly annoying. Any ideas? (I do have a-fib and other irregular rhythms less than 4% of the time, but the dull pain is more constant and I feel it maybe 1/4 to 1/2 of the time.) Thanks! This is a great group!
winged scapula (winged shoulder blade)
- by kidd
- 2011-03-07 10:03:42
- Complications
- 1609 views
- 2 comments
Today, i've been diagnosed with winged scapula on my right shoulder. It was very shocking. I've had pain between my shoulder blades 5 months after my pacemaker surgery. the neurologist asked me if i was involved in any accident, trauma..etc. i don't think so.it scares me. my pm is implanted on my right side. could it be that.. my heart surgeon accidentally cut my long thoracic nerve during surgery? does anyone experience the same thing?
Solutions for Tacky episodes
- by drashmore
- 2011-03-06 02:03:49
- Complications
- 1342 views
- 8 comments
I had a PM put in it Dec. Since then I've had 5 episodes were my heart rates jumps up over 100. The longest they have lasted was around 2 min but they are scary. The doctor has put me on Atenolol but I seem to be having a reaction to the meds. I get short of breath and have a heavyness in my chest when I try to do anything. Does anyone have any advise as to how to handle this? I'm calling the doctor this week.
Debbie
Reminder once again...
- by pacergirl
- 2011-03-04 09:03:48
- Complications
- 1328 views
- 7 comments
When will I learn? That is a the question that I have to ask myself. I was having a normal day and them Bam! Stress! The more I tried to not be stressed the more the pressure grew. Some days are just like that for me. I try so hard to work through work issues, but there are some clients that are just so difficult. I usually am able to space out the challenging ones, but today all 3, all day. ugh!
I am feeling better now that I am home and the work is all done... 8 revisions la...
Weak muscle response post-implant
- by tutu
- 2011-03-02 01:03:23
- Complications
- 1284 views
- 1 comments
Hi,
I'm worried sick again. It's been 6 week since my device implant and my doc did an echo. He said that the heart muscle response was on the low end (a 53, not pulse) and could be because of the new electrical connection not working as well as a natural electrical impulse. He said low was 55, whatever that means. Again, not a pulse thing. Should I be worried about the heart muscle? Do they do reposition surgeries to get a better lead position? I have to go in for a treadmill test next wee...
pacemakers and arrhythmia
- by awlright10
- 2011-02-28 03:02:35
- Complications
- 1327 views
- 1 comments
Pacemakers are life savers, but--at least for those who have not had their Atrial node removed and suffered from SSS they can cause arrhythmias. They don't often do but in my experience all too often. That doesn't mean they stop working, but they contribute to arrhythmias that were there before or bring on new ones. I don't know if this is true for those of us who had our nodes ablated and are pacemaker dependent. Harvard Heart Letter had an excellent article on this a few years back. I keep...
to the PM experts
- by veronika
- 2011-02-27 12:02:47
- Complications
- 1488 views
- 5 comments
hi everyone, I have a question. can the PM move after 2 months? i have the feeling when I sleep on my right side (I have the PM on my right side now) that there was a shift somehow. i had a burning sensation this morning for just a minute or two. it's gone now but I wonder if the PM can move away or around the pocket the doc made. anybody heard of this? is it possible?
you guys are so experienced that you might have come across this.
thanks
veronika
feeling my PM working
- by bustheart
- 2011-02-26 12:02:32
- Complications
- 2113 views
- 10 comments
I had a dual lead PM fitted 1 month ago today. About two days after coming home I started getting flutterings around my heart area sometimes it feels like someone is flicking me on my chest. It mainly happens when I am bent over or if I lay on my left side in bed I can feel slight electric shocks through my rib cage as regular as hiccups would be.I dont get breathless or anything like that. I went to A&E four days ago and a nurse put me on a ECG and a pacing monitor and said she had not heard of...
Relapse?
- by Skyking
- 2011-02-25 10:02:25
- Complications
- 1404 views
- 3 comments
Hi guys
I had sextuplet CABG with mitral repair back in June/10. Had a medtronics ICD implanted at the same time also. According to my EP it has never fired so far, from what Ive read here, I understand I'd know it if it did anway.
Here's my dilemma; I seem to be going backwards on recovery/health. Since I got home last summer, Ive never really felt "terrific" but could tell I was improving gradually so it gave me optimism, until around Thanksgiving when the colder air roll...
You know you're wired when...
Bad hair days can be blamed on your device shorting out.
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As for my pacemaker (almost 7 years old) I like to think of it in the terms of the old Timex commercial - takes a licking and keeps on ticking.