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shocks

My wife is receiving a mild shock every 8 hours on the hour. Can anyone advise?

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Lead replacement

Thank you so so much Tracy_E, Aberdeen and Lavender!! Wow, you guys are truly amazing. You have set my mind at ease. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond and sooth my concerns! I love being given a "fresh" start every new dawn...stay blessed! Will keep you posted. I appreciate you, and all of the best that life has to offer to you!!💐🤗💃

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Scared

I am a serious newbie have only had this since Wednesday morning and honestly scared to death I will pull the leads out.   The decision to implant this came up so quickly I didn't have time to breathe.  At 3 in the morning with my shoulder on fire at the incision site I keep wondering what I got myself into.  How long does it take before the jim jams go away?

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Pm ventricular lead replacement

Hey everyone! So glad to have found this site! Had a pm inplanted on 13 June '24. Had 23 years of tachycardia/brady/extra systoles and eventually syncope. Upon release from CCU after 2 days, I noticed excrutiating stabbing pain under left rib. Went back to thoracic surveon and him and technician said all looked fine. Pain eventually went away after 4 weeks and was replaced by pacing under my skin at exact place where stabbing pain was. Specialist tech came and found the Ventricular lead i...

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Conduction system pacing

I had a follow up with my EP today to let her know I decided I will be having my lead extraction (4 leads) and new generator as well as two new leads placed  in Los Angeles (Cedar Sinai) by a cardiac surgeon opposed to with her and her team locally.

she highly recommended that I ask that the cardiac surgeon for left bundle pacemaker (conduction system pacing)  

she said that's all she does now and if he can't do it hopefully he can bring an EP in that can. She sa...

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No shortness of breath, Why?

6 weeks ago I got my 5th dual chamber Medtronic pm. I also had my ventricle lead extracted and replaced. Since having pm's I have always been short of breath after going up a flight of stairs. But since getting this new pm and new lead, I can climb stairs and not be out of breath at the top. I asked the Medtronic tech and she said it was probably the newer (better) lead. My cardiologist, he's also an EP, says he has no idea. My settings are the same as they were with my former pm...

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Battery Replacement

I went for my 6 month checkup today and was told that any day now, my pacemaker should alert me that my battery needs to be replaced. She said it will either be an alarm that sounds like an ambulance or a vibration but she isn't sure which one. My question is, if it's the vibration, how noticeable is it? I'm afraid I won't realize it. And if it's the alarm, is it very loud? I have anxiety with the unknown so I'm trying to prepare myself. Also, does it go into battery s...

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Lead extraction scheduled

Hi all,

I finally found the right surgeon and hospital to perform my lead extraction (I got two opinions both doctors wanted to extract the old leads)

I will be going to Cedar Sinai in  Los Angeles Nov 5th for extraction of all four leads. 26 & 16 years old as well as the implant of a new pacemaker (hopefully this time back to my left side; non dominant) and two new leads. (He wanted to do a wireless but i definitely do not want that) way too new of technology and twice t...

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I want my money back🥲🥲

My electrophysiologist recommended Boston scientific  ACCOLADE MRI EL pace maker  due to its long life. 

Got it put in on 6/15/2024

first interrogation on 6/19/2024 showed 15 years battery life

second interrogation on 6/30/2024 showed  11.5 years battery life

comments are spprreciated

                    Rodger

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ERI

Hello,

 

        Has anyone ever had their pacemaker vibrate or buzz when they hit the ERI window? I've had a pacer for 26+ years and I've never experienced this. What does it feel like? Will it be noticeable? Will it wake me up?

 

Thanks,

Blake

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2 year battery decrease in 4 months

Hi guys

i was recently sent the info from my my recent pacer transmission I did from home.

2 things I noticed:

1. My battery has gone from 7.5 years to 5.5 years (since my last transmission which I believe was 3-4 months ago)

2. Miscellaneous Observations (MISC)

RV pacing > 40% noted

i reached out to my EP to get her take so waiting on that.

during my last pacer upgrade there was insulation damage on one of my 16 yr old leads that they fixed w...

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PR Replacement

My first post, as I just stumbled upon this group. I am 49 years old. I had SVT for many years in my teens,and underwent three ablasions. The last one knicked my aorta, giving me heart block. I did ok, until I was pregnant with my first baby. At 17 weeks pregnant while in church, my heart stopped and passed out. The EMT's were able to get me back and able to monitor my heart while enroute to the hospital, so they were able to see what was happening. 

I had a pacer and lead chan...

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Cycling

I have decided to take up a bit of biking since where I live there are a lot of trails.  This evening they had been working on a part of the trail and it was incredibly bumpy. Little jerky bumps.  All of a sudden I felt like I was having a heart attack as I felt pulling inside my heart..  could it be that the bumps were creating pulling on the wires? In the end it felt that way as it stopped when the path smoothed out.

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conditions

 I feel pinched now and then on the lower chest PM side. Is this normal? (a minute ago)

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Fatigue

I am waiting for my St Judes pacemaker to send a signal to my remote, indicating the time for replacement. I am extremely tired & wonder if anyone else experienced fatigue with low battery

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My pace maker replacement

I had my third pace maker insertion  procedure two weeks ago👍. Procedure went well.   I am 100% paced  so an external pacemaker was used with lead through my groin. 
Not much pain at incision site and just finished the two week course of antibiotics. He kept me in the hospital over night   Electrophysiologist cautioned me on keeping iincision  site dry so as to not open incision until completely healed to prevent infection which can be problem...

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Pacemaker question

Hi everyone.

I had a pacemaker put in last August.  I'm due for a pace check soon and a Electrocardiogram. 

My question is, at times I feel tiny pains that come and go around the heart muscel not the battery.  It must be the leads.  It doesn't happen often.  Is this normal?

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Battery gauge indicator

I was curious if anyone with a boston scientific device knows how long is left on your device when it gets to the yellow section on the battery gauge indicator?  Mine is almost to the yellow section, and then after that there is a very thin  red section near the end, which I assume is end of life (eol) and definite explant and replacement time.  Was wondering if the yellow section represents 6 months left on the battery?  Thanks!

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MRI with Pacemaker and leads?

I have had a pacemaker for almost 30 Years. 100% dependent. They just replace my last PM (my fifth) with a new one last Jan.

I have since then been diagonosed with Parkingston desease. I want to join a study that requires two MRI's. The PM tech said the new pacer is safe to have MRI. However my 30 year old leads have never been replaced. The tech was not sure even though I have model numbers for the leads. Any suggestions?

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Lead Extraction

Hello there, 

I had my first defibrillator implanted in 2001 after my cardiac arrest. Since then I have had 2 more implanted. I was 26 years old when I received my first one and my Cardiologist decided to implant it through my under arm and sub muscular. This was great until lately,  with my 3rd one. The wires are very close to the surface and I am getting cysts and inflammation from them. Unrelated I happened to get sepsis 2.5 years ago and had to have Open heart surgery...

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