Most Recent Messages in Coping
confused
hi im a new pm member my question is it worries me to death is how do we know if this pm is not working is there some kind of signs already had my first visit to doc office hes says everything is working fine got my pm on 10 28 09 an i am still a little sore is this normal i going back to work on monday an im in retail
is it the weather
i just had a pacemaker put in 10/28/2009 still doing a little recovering some days are better than other some days i know its there an some days i dont if i do a little something around the house it gets a little sore an i get this like burning pintching feeling on the top of my leftshoulder blade has any one expeirence this at all does anyones pm feel different when it rains ?
A Little Upset!!
Hi All,
I just need to vent my frustration, hope you don't mind.
It all started yesterday as i was having a bad day of Extra beats/PVC's.
I phoned my PM clinic to ask there advice on them as there really getting on my nerves now.
The phone was answered by a lady, and i asked if i could speak to the person ill usually deal with, (bearing in mind this was only my 5th call to them since April) so im not on at them much.
Anyway she said ill go f...
Surreal
Awaiting my PM implant on Thursday. The weirdest thing is that 99% of the tiime I feel perfectly fine. I only feel the pre-syncope when I exert myself. Having been a very active/athletic person most of my life, it is certainly strange, but reading all of the problems and life issues people have post implant makes me wonder if it is worth it. Maybe I should just slow down. Have others had this odd feeling of "why am I having this done?" even though you have been told you need to have it done...
Thanks ya'll
Thanks for listening to my rant yesterday about my pacer issues. Like all of us, it just gets hard sometimes. Some days worse than others. I know I need to give this pocket/pacer time to settle in, but I almost wish that something can be done about it before the year ends since I've met my deductible already. LOL.
When it comes down to it, it's just acceptance I guess, and I agree with Patch. I (as a petite individual) don't have a whole lot of options. Everytime I have a EP study/ ablation...
Ergh!
I have read everything relating to pacemaker pocket revisions by using the search option but I am still perplexed.
Any skinny gals out there have your pacemaker pocket revised? I wish that my pacemaker wasn't so close to my left arm joint. I felt my first pacer move around a lot with movement and it was prominent placed under my collar bone.
My second pacer is really becoming a bear to deal with, and it's made the coping that much harder. I can't help but think about having...
hi im 19
hi.
im 19. a medical student. my pm is st Jude's n it's dual chamber. paced this month juz about 2 weeks ago. Went to see a doc after experiencing dizziness n fatigue for 3 weeks which was more frequent than before. i counted my pulse n it ws 40 sumthing. it ws bradycardia n so i decided to make an appointment. they said it's complete heart block. need to be paced. never thought dat i would have this..coz i never faint but had this fatigue since i was 16. . the doc said they didn't know th...
Ron
Hi,
I'm like some of you who have posted. I've been a runner for most of my life, and that's where I discovered the problem. Last year, on some days about half through my run, I would expeience some stomach discomfort and would feel a little weak. About a month ago I couldn't complete the run, and would have to go to a walk. I had set up a aopointment with my doctor, but on the advice of my fourth year medical student daughter who was doing a emergency room rotation at the hospita...
7 months in...
and I rarely think about my PM.
Yesterday, I hopped in the car and reached over to get my seatbelt and I brushed the edge of my PM while doing so. I had the strangest feeling, not angry but maybe resentful?
I have been feeling really positive for a long time - it was such an odd and overwhelming feeling. Doing much better today. Has anyone else ever had a similar experience after "doing good" for so long?
THX
DC
Told I need a Pacemaker this week
Hi,
I am a 27 year old female who was told this week I need a pacemaker after suffering dizzy spells since I was 13. Had always gone to dr to investigate when they got bad, however it was always put down to hormones and since the age of 21 my occasional bouts of anxiety. However recently saw a Neurologist who thought I had epilepsy, but tests showed my heart stopping for 8 seconds during one of my spells, and now here I am with what cardiologist suspects is sinus arrest or av block. I...
one anxious nellie
Hi all
nellie here, loopy lou wrote a little about me yesterday letting you know i am now a full anxious club member.
I have now had lucky inside me for 2 weeks and i hate the way the pacemaker is making me feel.
Last night was my worse night, my heart was doing crazy weird things happening, lucky clicking in.
i know i am very lucky to be here, i just can't stop crying.
nellie xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
commented should have posted message
Hello
I posted another message titled nightsmares. unfortuneately after reading a comment I forgot to scroll down till end write new message so it became another comment - so if interested in reading this message look for comment under.my first post (forgot name) written by Laura P.
Any Pacers in Shropshire / Midlands area of UK
Hi everyone,
Was just wondering how many members there are out there from the Shropshire / Midlands / East Wales as im South Shropshire.
Thanks Hayley
Ps See my profile for my info
Insomnia
I have my Medtronic ICD about 2 1/2 weeks. This weekend I started having insomnia only sleeping for a couple of hours. Also, I have a pain that comes and goes in my right shoulder and top of my arm. Has anyone else experienced these effects. Thanks,
Lorraine
To HAIR Or Not
- by countryriders2
- 2009-11-07 03:11:22
- Coping
- 1617 views
- 4 comments
Your not gonna believe this, I don't. My hair has been falling out rapidly. So I go to the Doctor and he says, "its due to the lack of oxygen caused by my heart condition". Has anyone ever had this happen to them?
Medical Alert Tattoo
- by trixietricksalot
- 2009-11-07 01:11:28
- Coping
- 5933 views
- 10 comments
I'm not a fan of medical bracelets, or just bracelets in general so I've been thinking about a heart tattoo on my inner wrist with the pacemaker symbol inside. Has anyone ever did this? I was told by my doctor it would be a good idea to wear a bracelet since I'm so young but since I've had the device I never end up wearing it like I should. So I figured a tattoo would be the next best thing, but i'm a little nervous since it will be there forever....let me know what you think:-)
any help
i have this strange feeling come over me it is a feeling i cant explain realy empty feeling in stomache i am alright one day then the next day good for nothing.i feel cold and fatigued just want it to go away i am 5 weeks with my pacemaker still get thumping sensation left side under ribs not so bad now as have not been doing much
such a blessing
Well i have my little blessing!!! A litle boy named Landon Oliver he was three weeks eatly. 6lbs 10oz 20.5in long. So everything was great.....i loved being pregnant!!! One problem. I started feeling like i couldnt catch my breath. Which i just put off to being pregnant. It just kept getting worse and worse. I ended up making it till 36weeks and 5days. I went to the dr to get an echo....just to make sure everything was okay for delivery. Well when three drs walked into the room i knew something...
What is wrong with me????
Am loosing my mind? That is the question of the day. My sort term memory is gone! I can't remember if I mailed something, lost it, or completed it? This is making me feel just like before the pacemaker. I feel panicked and dreadfully full of that awful feeling of doom. I think I want to cry because I still know I should "know" things. I haven't felt this way in a long time. I am due for a new pacer soon but I was fine 2 days ago, but now I don't know!
If I call the doc he will think I am b...
new pacemaker
hi everyone
new to this i have had my pm just 2 weeks now and still feeling strange but most of all i can hear my heart beating in my head or ears. it's 3:30 in the morning and can't sleep because of it my heart beats from one extreem to another what is a normal hr for a women. i still get that feeling that my heart has stopped or miss a beat.just like it did before the pm.is that normal?
thank you dizzy
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