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what is going on????!!!

I hope SOMEONE has an anwswer or similar experience, OR I think I've gone nuts!
Pat few weeks Ive had a "funny" feeling in my (breastbone) happens in the evening, while i'm sitting, watching tv...even during Lost!! anyways, sometimes it travels down to the back of my legs, but it's mostly in the middle of my upper chest, not a real "hurt" per say, but a big big ACHE
Thenk during the night, it will return, 2am, etc.

Yesterdday, in the eveing it was very very int...

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Dizzy or weak spells

Hi
I have had a pacemaker since Aug 2008. I had dizzy spells until Oct off and on and then they quit. Now I have had 2 more in last 2 days. Anyone know what is causing them? Do I need an adjustment. I had passed out off and on all my life and they said it was blood sugar, but finally say heart rate at 19 beats per minute and they decided I needed one. I do not loose conciousness but need to lay down as in the past.
Help???

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NEED GREAT DR...

CAN ANYONE HERE HELP ME OUT...IM 26 YRS OLD I HAD AN ABLATION WHEN I WAS 17 THAT LED ME TO GET A PACEMAKER CAUSE THE DR HIT A GOODPATHWAY CAUSING ME TO HAVE HEART BLOCK WHICH I LIVED WITH FOR 10 YRS WITHOUT BEING PACED...ONE DAY I PASSSED OUT AT WORK GOT TWO OPINIONS AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY CHOICE IF I WANTED A PACEMAKER WASNT LIFE THREATENING WITHOUT ONE SO I DECIDED TO GET ONE TO EASE MY MIND AND ONE DR SAID IT SHOULD GET RID OF MY SKIPPED BEATS..NOW HERES THE PROBLEM WENT TO THE DR TODAY MY P...

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Heart failure or not??

2 weeks ago I was put in the hospital for an infected gallbladder that had to be removed. Before being able to do the surgery I had to be cleared by a cardiologist.Just to let you know what I am being treated for before I went into the hospital. I have a pacemaker for complete heart block, take medicine for afib and Wolff's Parkinson White Syndrone until ablation procedure scheduled for May that my EP said will leave me 100% dependent. They done an echo on me to discharge me for the surgery and...

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Still skipping

Hi again, I feel really bad for constantly asking questions but I really don't know as much as I'd like about my PM and what I can expect from it. I woke up this morning and my heart skipped several times in about 5 minutes. It wasn't 2 to 1 block which my cardiologist showed me on my ECG, it was more missing one beat in every 10. I was under the impression that the PM would erradicate all types of AV block? Is this likely to be fixed when I have my first pacemaker clinic on Friday?
Thanks...

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Never ending problems!

Hi guys. I only just found this site after having lived with a PM for 13yrs! I'm 23 and have had 4 pacemakers in 13 yrs because of problems! My last one had to be changed because I had pacemaker syndrome and as a result put in a second lead as I only one. My body then rejected it and had to have emergency surgery to place it under the muscle instead. Now what has happened is that for some reason (why i dont know) even though they have fitted me with a 2 chamber PM they cant turn on the vent...

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funny feeling

Hello PM friends, thanks so much for all the support and answers,I was wondering about feelings with the pm ihave had it for 3weeks now and seen cardio 8 days later and looks ok will go and see tech in 2months for check up, just wondering will i feel a little bit of what iwas feeling before like irregular beats or pausing until things settle in lasted about 10-15 mins. check pulses they were still ok. thanks so much in advance for the help.

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Pain between shoulder blades

I have had a Metronix PM for almost a year and after four or five minutes of mild exercise I experience pain between shoulder blades and it will stay until I quit exercising then subside. I have passed a stress test and also a cat scan with the dye revealed a blockage which was removed and replaced with three stents but the pain is still there when I exercise. My Cardo is baffeled because we all thought unblocking the artery and the stents would fix it and it did not. Please offer any info yo...

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CHF

Hi can anyone tell me if they have developed CHF since getting a PM. I have had my duel PM for 21 months and last week while on holidays I was told I have CHF. I have never had any heart problems before I got the PM,now I seem to be having many more problems with heart issues. Any ideas?
Thanks Gary

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BPM going below setting

I've just had my pm for a little over a week and it is set at 60/140. My problem was that my heart rate was dropping in to the 20s with me just walking around and it would cause me to pass out. I'm still dropping below 60 but I thought that the pm was supposed to keep that from happening. Does anyone know if this is normal? Does it take a while for your body to adjust? My blood pressure is also still going extremely low at times. I could use any advice since I'm new to this and do not real...

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First known shock

I thought the devil himself had come to earth and zapped the Jesus out of me. Wow! All I was doing was cooking dinner with my wife when suddenly I felt this jolt come from nowhere. I felt fine up until then. It felt like someone punched me really hard in my chest. Hard enough that it brought me to the ground. My wife says that the jolt knocked me out, but I disagree. I think I was just stunned. I still cannot believe that the ICD actually went off. I'm in disbelief but glad I have it. That shock...

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Link between heart block and migraines?

Hi, I hope you'll be able to help me.

I've been suffering with migraines since I was 8, I'm now 21. I used to get them whenever I ate chocolate (worst few years of my life, lol!!) but then they stopped for about a year when I was 14. After that I got them more regularly, about once every 2 or 3 months. It's not related to my period, as I kept a migraine diary at my GP's suggestion. He gave me medication to prevent the migraines, and the only one that really seemed to help was proprano...

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still having problems

hello again all,
I saw my cardio on thurs....I dont know.. I feel like I too may be getting the runaround? I still am short of breath and have leg pain when I walk even short distance. I went for the doppler/duplex tests on the legs today- I was told arteries and veins look good. Cardio has me scheduled for stress test on the 17th and a complete pulmonary function test on the 11th.
Well, I guess he is trying to get to the bottom of this. But he had said to me that it probably isnt rel...

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new second lead and problems

I had posted a message earlier regarding my new second lead. To clarify a little more: I only had one lead in the atrium and they added a second lead in the bottom chamber on Monday. The tech only told me they would have to change it while on the phone with the Dr. because he thought the reasons I was having the electric shock feeling after the new second lead was where he replaced it. I'm just concerned if its normal to continue feeling the shock run down my arm because with the first pacem...

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Second Lead Just Placed and having problems

Im 38 and had my first pm when I was 33 due to SVT. Had to ablations and then the pm. the battery was changed in December 08 and this past Monday they had to add a second lead to my bottom chamber. I was feeling wonderful when I went on Wednesday but on on Thursday morning I was waking up with a thumbing feeling at first and then pounding shock feelings around the mid to lower part of my large breast. I called the on call dr. and they sent me to the ER. A rep from the dr office came over a...

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dizziness

opps should have mentioned i have a biventricular pm

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dizzy spells

2nd pacer placed 1/22/09 been dealing with incision infection ever since... now finding myself having very short waves of dizziness... even while just sitting, putting on shoes, at desk at work... rally short but never experienced any dizziness or light headednedd b4... should i be concerned

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Having a couple of problems

Hi, I had my PM put in on Saturday and from Monday I was back doing my usual things (nothing too stressful, going to pubs with my friends and walking around town, mainly) but this evening I noticed that my heart beat is definitely not regular, even worse than it was before my PM. Also, during and just after the procedure, my diaphragm was having weird spasms, but the technician managed to fix it. But while I was watching TV this evening they started up again, and it's getting really annoying now...

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UPDATE

Ok all...thanks for all the concerns. I was hospitalized from wednesday to Sunday. I am no recouping at my parents house. So here it goes I am not sure I even know what is going on yet.....So I go to Primary doctor my resting heartrate is in the 100's so they admit me. I am seen by all my cardiologist and a pulmonary specialist. I do you have a respitory infections however I was also experience atrium afibs up to 160-180 so they decide to shut off my top lead to see if it is causing it. So then...

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feeling lousy

Hi fellow pacers, Ive been having some problems. I think I have seen these posted before but do not recall any outcomes.
I am expieriencing problems similar to before my pacer implant which was 10/27/08. Increased shortness of breath especially on exertion ,chest pain (mild,pinchy) and chest tightness.And a return of the dizziness.My left hand still goes knumb at times too.And severe leg pain (off statins for about 2 months).
My PCP made an appt. with my cardio for me this thursday bu...

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The pacer systems are really very reliable. The main problem is the incompetent programming of them. If yours is working well for you, get on with life and enjoy it. You probably are more at risk of problems with a valve job than the pacer.