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coregan

Do you mean the medicine Coreg? I had good luck with it and don't know why I'm not on it now.

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heart pain

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My 13 year old daughter had a pacemaker inserted two months ago and has recently experienced two short instances of stabbing pains around her heart. A week before this she experienced breathlessness and was dizzy at schhol - the weather was very hot at the time. The GP and hospital x- rayed her and did an ECG and said that the pacemaker was working fine andit was most likely to be casued by losing a breath and then getting an anxiety attack. The sharp pains in the heart area are...

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Erratic heart rate

This is going to sound strange, so please bear with me.

Today I had a very stressful meeting, which resulted in me losing my job. Obviously, I was very worried and distressed, but when I was waiting for the result of the meeting, I noticed that my heart rate was being very erratic. It would go from being extremely fast, then pause for 2 or 3 seconds before 'thumping' and beating more regularly. Do you think this is anything to worry about, or is it natural? If it was natural, it could...

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left arm and neck pain

Is there anyone who has had severe pain in arm and neck,two months after implant of devise.

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afib after an ablation

5/28/09 had a pulmonary vein ablation for afib. ive been in sinus rhythm up until about an hour ago and my heart rate was 146 and irreg. im sure it was afib with rvr. has this happened to anyone else. i am so disappointed. my rate now is 94 and regular. is this abnormal will my afib come back again.

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Let me out!

My pacemaker seems to protrude more and more. The top connections are actually poking up leaving a white imprint in the skin. Has anyone else experienced this?

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DIGOXIN

Hi Everyone,
I was wondering if you are taking, have taken or familiar with the drug Digoxin. I was put on it almost two years ago. (.25 mg) It has helped greatly with swelling, blacking out and dizziness. My new doctor doesn't like the drug and tried to get me off of it. I went to a lower dosage and within about two weeks my arms and legs were falling asleep and I black out. She put me back to the original dosage but doesn't like the drug. I have no idea why. I am 24 have had a PM for over...

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medicated stress test

Well, my last post long disappeared, so I will start a new one. I finally got a call back from my doctor’s office the other day and they are having me come in on Monday for a medicated stress test. I have never had one of these done before and I know that my arteries are clear so not sure what to expect. Anyone ever have one of these done post pacemaker implant?

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Have you had these symptons?

After walking several blocks,I get a pain in my right ear. This is followed by a heaviness on my chest, and dificulty breathing Any one have this experience?.

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Cold shoulder after Pacemaker Surgery

HI All. On May 11th I had my pm changed and I’ve been having pain in My left shoulder and if I’m in a cold room My shoulder hurts so bad I can hardly stand it. The first PM could not be seen now I have a large lump and it all so is very sore and when I touch it a pain shots up my neck and down my shoulder. Called in and will see the PM nurse in the AM, told her all this and seems like it’s new to her.But did say the lump was the PM and would settle down with time but it’s...

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Skipped beats

Hello - 35 year old male that was diagnosed with Wolff Parkinson White last February. Catheter ablation corrected the issue, but the following November I had another non-WPW SVT arise. Need for pacemaker implant after my most recent ablation attempt this March to correct that SVT.

The question, is it normal to experience a "skipped beat" with a pacer, especially in the evening? The rhythm that develops is "beat-beat-beat-pause-pace-beat-beat etc".

Also, I am still experi...

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.ICD movement

Hi,
I'm new however I have lurked a few times. My Medtronic ICD was implanted 3/10/09 after I was diagnosed with CHF. I had a lot of complications from lung puncture and was rushed by ambulance back to the hospital after just two hours at home. I got air under my skin so bad that my cardiologist said I looked like a giant inflated blueberry and my friends told me I had no neck after being zapped 3 times by the ICD. If you touched me I sounded like rice crispies. Needless to say, I was not a...

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severe palpitations

I am only able to run about 1/4 mile....my progress is going very slow. It's frustrating me to know end.

Anyways, running is fine, other than tiring quickly, but afterwards, my neck veins pound HORRIBLY, and it feels like my head's gonna pop off.

Ya'll think this has something to do with my rate response?

Also I asked my doc if we could turn my pacer off at my next interrogation so we can see what my rhythm is. He shrugged against it and said, "I wouldn't do anyt...

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beta blockers

hi everyone hope you all doing well ive not been on for some time ,well i have a qustion to ask my hubby has a pm and merchanical mitral valve pm for just 7 months well the last few days he has mentioned he feels like he is getting out of breath even when talking ,i was woundering what this could be ,he started on beta blockers 3 weeks ago ,but this breathlessness only started 3 days ago so i dont think it could be them and only a small dosage ,any ideas thanx all as he fed up of running to doc...

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You've got to be kidding...

Hi all! Happy Memorial Day! So I had my pacemaker put in March 19th and since then have made nothing but bigger issues then I had before. Pre-pacer I would get dizzy and pass out monthly, nightly I'd feel a bit of a flutter, and occasionally I'd have blurry vision. Now I have all of those more often along with chest pain, feeling like my heart is beating out of control, and sudden naseua. So after multiple visits to my cardiologist, multiple ER trips, and countless pacemaker check ups they decid...

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Oxygen Therapy

I have a dual chamber pacemaker I received in Nov. 2008. I was diagnosed with complete heart block after a sleep study. Two weeks ago my family physician said that my sleep study showed that my oxygen level was dropping into the 60's when I slept. I asked to do another study because I was hoping that the pacemake had fixed this. I did a home test on Tuesday and my doctor has ordered oxygen for me to use while I sleep. I feel like my life is slipping away and I am unable to stop it. Does any...

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Epipens and PMs

I'm allergic to wasp/bee stings, so was pretty terrified to return home from shopping to be confronted by a huge great hornet, at least 3 times the size of a normal wasp in my bathroom!!! But that got me thinking, if I do get stung, I have an Epipen which I'm supposed to inject into my thigh. Obviously this is adrenaline, which increases your heart rate, and I was just wondering if - were the worst to happen and I'd have to inject myself with it - would it have the same effect, because I have a...

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Chest Pains....it is normal??

Hi again.

I'm now about 3 1/2 months post op of my first pacemaker. I had a side insertion, which has been absolutely fine so far.

However....over the past couple of weeks I have been suffering quite a bit of pain. It's not constant, but varying from excruciating to minor. I think it might be the pacemaker moving, however I don't know if this should be painful or not. I'm also sffereing chest pain, which was never a side effect of my NCS, but has only started since th...

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pm zapping at the same time every day

Hi all,
My pm (medtronic sedr01) gives me three hard thumps at 3:14 am every day. Used to be 4:14 before daylight savings time. If I am awake i could almost set my watch to it. Anyone else have this happen to them?

Also sometimes when iI am crouched or leaning over doing something picking up a tool or tying my shoes I will get a couple of thumps and when I stand up sometimes I am quite dizzy have to hold on to something is this normal?

Brent

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hello from arkansas

I am 42 and got my 1st pacemaker on April 29. Everything I have read on here is kind of scaring me. Am I supposed to have complications? How do you get shocked from your pacemaker?I haven't had any problems and am feeling great.

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