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I'm new to this....

I just received my 1st pace maker 2 weeks ago tomorrow. Every time I get up and move around, I fell little electric shocks in my chest area....as soon I am sitting still, they calm right down. I said something to my doctor about this at my last check up and he said something about my heart & pace maker not working together. He has given me a RX of Diltiazem CD ER to control heart/pacemaker rhythms. It is not helping, that I can tell. This constant "flicking" feeling in my chest is driving...

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Good Information site

Good morning,
Just sharing a site I find to be very informational and easily understandable. Copy & paste the url in your browser window.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/index.html


I placed a short-cut link on my desktop for quick access. I hope you will find it as informative as I have.

"Happy Canadian Thanksgiving" to all whom this greeting applies!.....

Karen...from the Lake of the Ozarks.

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Pacemaker Syndrome

Hello! I received my 1st PM/ICD for my 30th birthday present! Wow! Anyway, my PM's have only lasted 2-4 yrs. and I just had my 3rd one implanted in Aug. of this year. I've always felt great since my original implant until about a year ago. I've been having light headed spells off and on. Lately, they seem to be more on than off! I went last week for an interrogation and lead check and for a post surgery follow up. I seemed to be very sensitive to the lead checking. They said one of my t...

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Today is the Day...

...of my 2 year pacer anniversary! And things are going great. Had a check on Monday and no issues--just some PMT's due to my upper rate setting and my new found love of running. LOL Thanks to all my pacer friends for their support over the past two years. I even got water baptized at church today on the anniversary of the new life He has given to me! How cool!

Happy pacing!
ela-girl

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Staying Healthy

Sometimes this whole pacemaker thing is weird for me. I've had mine for 16 years, but it was implanted when I was just 11 and so often I feel like Im learning things about it for the first time, things that if I had been implanted as an adult I would probably already be aware of. Sometimes thats a good thing and sometimes thats a bad thing.

I had a sucessful ablation done when I was 18 (I'm 28 now) so for all of my adult life I've really been able to ignore my heart condition for th...

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Left arm hurts at night

Hi PMates,

Its been two weeks since my PM implant, and I feel my PM is now more noticible than before and hurts more than before. I also feel it moved downward a little bit. I can of feel it loose which my Dr. said it was normal.

Also last night while sleeping on my left side, I felt the PM triggering which woke me up. I turn and everything went back to normal.

Have any of you experienced any of these symptoms?

Thank you.

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Boston Scientific Rate Smoothing PM

Does anyone out there have one of these?
Any opinions on this kind of PM?

I am scheduled to get a replacement of my current (faulty) PM and the doctor is suggesting this kind.

Thanks!
Chesca

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Extraction

Wednesday is the day!
It has certainly been along hard road. Thank you to everyone who has been supportive!

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first week in and

Hi all the first few days i was able not to do alot, the next two i tried to do more so i would know what was going to happen well as much as i could with restrictions, i got dizzy and it felt like my head was numb, short of breath, so now i dont know what to do couple of times it really felt bad, i stopped what iwas doing and tried to just do the breathing techneick and calm down. called cardioligist go in tuesday after work. going to have one of those techs there to adjust and talk with cardi....

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HAPPY CANADIAN THANKSGIVING

hi i wish to extend to all my fellow canadians on the site a very happy healthy thanksgiving. i won't say prosperous as it seems to be a bad word right now at least in ontario. lol jesswhere did all the manufacturing go?

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What is going on?

I am 25 years old and I had an abblation done on May 8, 2008 which was unsuccessful and received a pacemaker on May 19, 2008. Since the implant, I experience terrible pain and throbbing in my chest as well as other areas of my body, has anyone else experienced this? My doctors are lost and now so am I please let me know what you think........

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Sports and Beta Blockers

Hi Guys, thanks for the info regarding my rate response and tennis. I have had the r/r put back on and do feel better, but still feel compromised on my athletic prowess . Met with Medtronic rep who seemed put off and deferred my questions to my doctor.
Did get him to raise the top to 150 though.

Is there anyone who is involved in sports that is taking Beta Blockers, and do you feel that you are getting enough pumping power from your heart and valves. My legs still tire ea...

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Its been awhile, 2 years in fact

Its been 2 years since my last check-up. I've had this PM since 7th grade and now i'm 21. The downfall of not having health care nor any money at all. My life has been up and downs for the past 4 years. I live with my grandmother, struggling to get into college. I lost ties with my mother and never had a father figure, and my grandmother is an awesome person. Still working for the government after 30 years, but hasn't had any money to help me along with these tough times. This is my 2nd pacer, s...

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Chat is so empty these days...

I'm sitting in chat just talking to myself I guess....

Vonnie stopped by, but seeing that I was in the middle of squatting 405 lbs, a little hard to respond fast.....

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No Energy

Hi everyone.

I'm looking for some advice.

I'm due to have my pacemaker checked this Tuesday. I am convinced that my settings need some fine tuning, but I really don't know what to ask for specifically.

Please keep in mind that where I live (Nova Scotia, Canada) that we only get to see the pacer techs twice a year...so I can't go in one day and then go back a few days later because I don't feel well.

I have no energy since the pacemaker. I have a...

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Abbreviations

Okay...how bad is my eyesight?

How long has Abbrevations been listed on the left of this screen under Information?

Pookie

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Sparkler Effect

I got my first pacemaker implant five weeks ago but haven't been out and about because of complications, such as a punctured lung (with painful chest tube) that took two weeks to heal, followed by pneumonia, pleurisy, etc. Today I went to a department store and was looking at clothes on a rack. As I leaned in for a closer look, sparks started flying around from the clothing. It reminded me of a bunch of sparklers on the 4th of July. When I backed off, the sparks disappeared. What was that all ab...

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omega 3's

hi, i take 5 mg of warfarin daily and wonder if anyone takes warfarin and omego 3's ? doctor said i could take this, however, i did some reserach at an omega 3 site and they said that it could have an impact on the effects of the warfarin, if anyone has information or takes warfarin and omega 3's, please share your experiences with me. thank you --- ABS

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pacemaker implant

i had been implanted with Medtronic adapta addr01 pacemaker model and waiting to finish my recovery time,but nothing 's changed.My puls is about 100-105 not regullar.the meds drop down my blood pressure not my puls.I feel worser than before my implant.Do you have any advice for me?
Anita.

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rate of usage..


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Hi - I am 47 and had my pacemaker implanted in December of 2005. I have not seen my questions asked anywhere in this forum - but maybe I am just missing them;-)

My questions are - - - Is there an average percent of usage for a pacemaker - what I mean is, when I go to the pacemaker clinic, the technician tells me that my pacemaker is working fine, and the rate of usage is 88%. Last time I was in to the clinic, the technician was concerned because the usage had...

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