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Really Concerned !!! Has the pacemaker for a week

Hello,

I had recently implanted a PaceMaker 1 Week ago. I'm only 16 years old and dont realy have experience with this device and is realy concerned about it . But i feel a kind of heart beat in my left chest - its not painfull but just annoying. sometimes when i dont think about it i fell it - but when im not its as usual.

please advice me what to do next and who to contact - the General Practioner or The hospital ???

Thank you

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hr

hi out there
can someone please tell me what a good heart rate should be. mine keeps changing from about 60 up to 80 and i'm just sitting here. and sometime it feels like it skips a beat. i have had my pm for 3 weeks tomorrow.and i can feel it in my ears thump thump thump drives me nuts



worried

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re update on cheast pains

hi everyone may i start buy thanking everyone for there advice on here about hubby and his cheast pains ,well finaly got him there to be cheacked over turns out the pains he decribes he is getting could be angina ,they have given him a spray for under his tounge we are due to go bk to see cardio doc in 2 weeks time , now my question is if it turns out to be angina how does this affect his pm and mitral valve repalcement or is angina somthing on its own ,now i have more to get to understand can a...

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I thought this was funny

My sister and I took our mother to the nursing home this morning. We left her there and planned on coming back tonight to see her. When we came back we asked her how was her day. She replied that when she would tip over to the left, the nurses would come and straighten her out. When she would tip over to the right, the nurses would come and straighten her out. She complained what the hell do you have to do around here to be able to make a fat?

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New to ICD

One week ago today I had a Medtronic ICD implanted and have so many issues and questions to deal with. The decision for an ICD as very sudden after I died during the EP Study. I would love to speak with someone that has had a similar experience. I live in Staten Island, New York. My cell phone number is (917) 297-3830 and my name is Lorraine. If you think you might be able to help, please give me a call.

Thanks,
Lorraine

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Breathless Update

Hi Everyone,

Just to give you a update, i rang my PM clinic today to explain that im still getting breathless, and could it be to do with my PM?

They said def not, as i pace less tham 1%, it couldn't be anything to do with the settings.

When i say breathless i don't mean out of breath from e.g: excercise, it's more of a tight, hard to get breath feeling. I never get to the stage when i struggle to get breath.

I never had it before the PM, so don't know...

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loose leads

well y leads were not loose the pm just needed a major tune up much better today thanks to all

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shocked by faulty lamp

I was turning on a faulty lamp (i threw out) and it shocked me pretty good, im kinda worried about my PM, does anyone kno what problem may occur, I feel ok..

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Electric Blanket? Yes or No?

Any users out there?

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Flu Shot got me 5!

5/days in the Hospital. Fall vacation. Last Wednesday I got my flu shot. The doc said I was high risk...a good idea. Wednesday night I didn't feel too good. Thursday I toughed thru the day. I took Friday off, sat still, was congested. Barely drove to the drugstore...the doc recommended Sudafed. I took 2. Called the Cardiologist he said NO SUDAFED use Benadril. Friday night I couldn't breathe. Ambulance. In the ER they put the big air mask on me. After a couple they went to the small oxygen. At a...

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Take time to smell the Flowers!!!

The leaves this year were nice, but not as spectacular. Not enough warm days of Indian Summer and a lot of rain. But anyway I travelled Route 40 East towards the Uniontown mountains. Bright oranges, reds, yellows, browns with pockets of colors all around. The Uniontown mountain is a high one that will test your car......a little hairy on the other side..steep!!! Woodland Zoo is on the far side, as well as Nemacolin Woodlands(5 star resort) Many, many leaves but today a lot are already down. Back...

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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly!

OK lets go at it! Mention a med and give your comments. I'll go 1st:

DIOXIN

So far after 1/wk. I haven't noticed anything. Your experience, comments, please.

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Finally

Patch finally posted a pic of himself. All this time and you finally did it, funny I pictured you you know balding not a full head of hair.
Thanks for putting a face with a name well I mean a screen name.

rolling on the floor
dave

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thank you

Thanks esp to Arabella - the web site was a big help and I recognize myself there - doesn't change anything but now I know its not my imagination

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magnetic cove

I am a rock hound, can I go to MAGNETIC COVE AR
The area is so magnetic that a compas will not read right.
Eill this interfer with the pace maker???
Bud

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cell phone jammers

What is the latest information on mobile phone jammers. I know the hand held ones cannot be used by people with pacemakers...but what are the effects of the more powerful wall-mounted jammers in public buildings?

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Hi

I having my pacemaker battery changed in december i wanted to know if ur asleep when it happens and how long it takes and do u feel anything ....

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Sub Mammary Pacemaker

Does anyone out there have a sub-mammary pacemaker? If so, please advise re: any problems associated with having it done this way re: the surgery to implant or follow-up/complications.

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i've been there

Hello everyone
i was 39 when i had my heart attack my left side was blocked 100 percent for about 1 hr, a month later my right side was blocked 80 percent, then i failed my last test and the doctor said i need an icd, boy i felt like my life was over 39 a county job and a icd, well i told the doc i would lose my job because i was a bus driver for Akron Metro Rta, he said your job or life, well i told him who would hire me with an icd, so i had it put in and two weeks later they fired me, wo...

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Post op instructions?

I have decided to get the pacemaker implanted so I am scheduled in about 1 week. My second opinion doc is doing the procedure but I have not gotten much in the way of info on how much time off (if any) I should take off of work. I am a dog sport trainer and competitor (agility, competitive obedience, etc) and teach several classes (about 50 students) per week. I also need to run and train my own dogs, plus maintain about 5 acres of property. I have gotten no solid feedback on necessary, reas...

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You have a $50,000 chest.

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