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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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My story is complicated so I will give a short version of it. I'm a 62 year old female who had a heart attack 10 years ago. I've had three cardiac arrest. I've had open heart surgery and quite a few caths. In 2005 I had an ablation and a pacer and def. implanted. I had on a few occasions, suffered from congestive heart failure. In Oct 07 the news came out about bad wires from Medtronic. My doctor felt that since I was 100% paced that I should remove the bad leads. In May of 2008 we did just tha...

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Pain in the left arm and neck

Hi--My device has been in a little over a year no problems however I'm visiting a friend in the hospital who was implanted a few months ago and is experiencing severe pain in left arm and neck and pain meds have no effect on the pain has anyone else had this problem and what was the solution. Thanks, Anchorgold

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A little help from the Wise, Please

My son was told yesterday that he may need a pacemaker. He is 22. In March a sinus infection turned into pneumonia. He was hospitalized for five days and released. Three days later he could not walk 10 feet so we took him back to the hospital. The infection, probably a virus, moved into his heart and liver. They did an echo cardiogram, his cardio infraction was 10/60. He was released from the hospital after five days. For two months he was on meds and saw the cardiologists every week. W...

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finally 6 weeks

yippy today is 6 weeks. I am off light duty and can ride my jetskis(once I get them running again). I am going to put an open invatation to all te pacers here if you are in my area and I can get to the water I will tke you out for some ride time. So if you come to florida on vacation look me up.

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Pain around inplant area

I had an ICD implanted in October of 2008, had very little problems or pain, but now some 8 months the implanted area seems to be constant pain if lay on right side, its implanted on left side, and basicly a nagging pain most of the time, there is no swelling that i can tell, has anyone had this same problem, and if so any reasons for it, Thanks

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Happy Monday! :)

Hello!!!!!!!!!!! Good Monday morning to all of you out there! Ok, so here is the stuff:

Yesterday was my last day collecting money for Camp Odayin @ church, and we have raised EXACTLY $219.01!!!! That will send 8 campers to heart camp. Horray for Bunker Hill United Methodist Church (and my grandparents)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QOTW!!!!

"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast...

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Sacodosis Anyone?

Hi -
I've had my St. Jude's Pacer since 2004. I'm a woman who was of menopausal age, so everytime I went to the doctor to "complain" of being tired I was just given the diagnosis of "...it's just menopause....". One day I passed out at work and then the next day a pacer was implanted. Only theories were given for what was happening to me - maybe sick sinus syndrrome or a virus, etc.

Now, five years later, I've been passing out again and once again in the ER. I had a bad CT sc...

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30 Day Monitoring

I got a cigarette pack sized monitor through the mail (ordered by Dr.) on Friday. I have to apply the leads, record anytime I feel "funny", keep a journal of those times, change the lead adhesive stickers, and call in to download the info every day or two.
The unit makes a "ringing" sound (like a telephone) every 1/2 hour, so that you know that it is working, and has a flashing light for those who can't hear the ringing.
The first night, I awoke, and realized that I hadn't he...

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Pacer Chicks and Pacer Boys!

Hi guys! hope you are all well and behaving yourselves.... unless of course your names are Patch, Angelie, Tracey E, and Arabella and Pacer Girl to name a few! lol!

Right ! to business! Every morning from around 5am when I start waking up I am aware of a giddy, anxious feeling and find it hard to get back to sleep. It usually only lasts a couple of hours - so after my first cup of tea and running around with the kids I am better.

The giddy/anxious feeling - well, I h...

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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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liteppie@yahoo.com

Does anyone have any information on the effect of cell tower radio frequencies on pacemakers? liteppie

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I'll be on more now , *Promise*

Hey , I know that I haven't been on here alot lately with school and all but I'm here to say that I'm back and I'm so sorry to all my PM friends(you know who you are girlys) that I haven't texted as much as I should have and been on as much as I could have.
Hope to talk to you all soon and I hope to make new friends too!
Thanks, bye !
:D

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Headaches

A couple weeks ago my doctor raised my pm resting heartrate to 75 from 50. She said there had been a few issues recording on my pm and she was going to raise it up to see if it would fix the issues. I have been having horrible headaches ever since she did it. (Maybe it's just me.) I went to my primary doctor on friday and he couldn't find anything awrong. He actually told me let's have a CT done on your head just to check and be sure everything is OK. But as far as he could tell he couldn't...

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Any hope? (long)

Hi Everyone,

First I have to say that I am happy to have found this site because if I hear just one more time, "just accept the fact that you have a pacemaker and move on" from a person that doesn’t have one and wouldn’t affect their life if they did have one, I’m going to scream.

I feel so lost and really angry and believe it or not a little embarrassed, as I’m sure all of you did as well at first.

Here’s...

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Insurance Question

Heya there, fellow pacers. I've got a general question that I'm hoping someone can shed some light on for me. Have any of you been without insurance (in the U.S.) and had to go for a pacer check? If so, was the check free?

I may run into an insurance snafu in a few months...long story. And I know my options (Cobra etc.). I'm not here to discuss all these things. I just know that when my pm implant was done 2 1/2 years ago that the total cost of having the pm implanted (over 100...

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Hi Its been a while since I have

been here. I had an echo and heart cath. done and Jan 09 found out I needed to have the pulomonic valve replaced be and tricuspid repaired and my pacemaker needed to be replace because the battery was considered at the end of life. and just got done with cardiac rehap in May. Whew. What a shock to din out that was going on. Still on the road to recovery. lost some arm strength and have to get that back. Just and update on me incase you were wondering. KarenR

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the whole lot...

got infection on one of the leads. was in hospital for 7 days receiving flucloaxcillan through a drip, and now i've to attend hospital on Wednesday 17th June for the entire device and leads to get removed.
not looking forward to this at all.
anyone any similar experiences ?

ive to get a new one put in the right side, however as i'm not 100% dependent on it, they might leave me without one until the infection has cleared.
any advice would be gratefully accepted!!!!
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Pulmonary hypertension

Have any of you heard of pulmonary hypertension associated with pace makers? I have had my pm for about three months and am still experiencing shortness of breath usually when I get up in the morning, sometimes at night and often when I am exercising. Have this every occurred to any of you? I have had my pm interrogated for a second time but am still experiencing the shortness of breath. I am a worrier and just found this link to pulmonary hypertension and shortness of breath. I am not even...

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yoga

I am 63 and may be getting a pacemaker.

One of my main concerns involves doing yoga with the thing. I have an active and vigerous practice.

what will be effect of pacemaker? Can the "installation" be varied so it will not interfere when I lie on my stomach? what about "backbends"?

Thanks

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