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Mammograms?

I am scheduled for my annual mammogram.  This is my first since I got my Pacemaker four months ago.  Could the ladies out there tell me how their annual exam with a pacemaker?   I am imagining the machine flattening by breast and smashing my Pacemaker!!!   Thoughts?  Advice?  Thanks so much!!

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3 months after implant

I wouldn't expect anyone to remember my ordeal of 3 months ago with all the posts on this forum but in a REAL SHORT version---simple generator change eventually got infected, lost pacer on left side, put in on right. All healed without incident. I feel great. It looks great. However...

It's been 3 months exacvtly and I've just started feeling a superficial "pulling" "tight" sensation above and towards the armpit. It just feels like a stiff muscle that aff...

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New PM

Hi all,

I've been told by my cardiologist that I need a dual lead PM. SSS and heart block. Heart rate gets as low a 29. I'm a swimmer and golfer.  I'm trying to come to grips with this and have a couple questions after reviewing this site.

Can you acutally feel the PM move around under the skin after implant? If so, is this permanent?

Is it uncomfortable laying on the side of the implant? I expect it would be soon after, but what about months after?

Is...

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. Single lead PM for SSS to double lead next week

I'm really worried. I hav a single lead for SSS.  After complaints of intermittent weakness, tiredness, a full feeling in head, headaches, and breathlessness my EP has told me a dual lead PM will fix all this.  The tech said that sometimes it does and sometimes not.  All I know is I'm not hitting on all six cylinders these days since my single lead implant almost  9 months ago.  Not terrible, just not great.  Not all the time, but episodes...

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Ablation

Any info on complete AV node ablation.. I have a decision to make on thursday and have no idea what this is

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Cannabis

new recipient of a Boston Scientific PM, seems to be working very fine, a few minor lite-headednss events, Dr. increased use of Lopressor. I'm an "ex-hippie"

kinda guy, gay (retired) long time cannabis user, now only eat small amounts in the evening with small amount of Chardonnay.

Thoughts, ideas, experience, anyone

David in Mill Valley Ca. 

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clothing

I see some questions about clothing post pacemaker implant.  Shirts that button in front are pretty easy  if you put arm on side of pacemaker in sleeve first then  opposite arm, same with over the head shirts , put affected side in sleevethen head and last the other arm.  In taking off clothing remember to take arm opposite pacemaker out first . As for Bras, Victoria Secret " body by victoria " bras have wide set straps which in my case do not go over incisi...

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3 days post op

Ok so I'm 3 days post op,and I have little spells of breathlessness is this normal as it was only days ago?Also it feels a bit racy sometimes,this is all new to me so I don't know what to think?I've been told I have a bit more colour in my face so that's a positive,do symptoms get better with time and is it a gradual thing,regards Christian 

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Congenital heart defects

Hi I have only very recently joined this pacemaker club website. And in all honesty I really just stumbled across it (no offence to anyone) but anyway my only question is will I have to live with a pacemaker for my whole life or will I get a replacement heart?

Just to let you know I was born with a congenital heart defect and I had a hole in my heart and I hadon't some of the arteries (I think) in the wrong areas and sending blood to the wrong areas which meant I turned bl...

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Medtronic Sure Scan Pacemaker installed with two leads - due to a Full Heart Block

I am a 65-year old female.  On August 15, 2016, I underwent surgery to receive my first pacemaker due to complete heart block, caused by Wenchebach Mobitz I.  One week later, I experienced the onset of illness, and an echocardiogram revealed a small amount of fluid around my heart.  This fluid level remained stable for several days, but then I had two acute instances of blacking out.  It was determined that one of the pacemaker leads had penetrated my heart wall, causing b...

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Positioning

Hi,

It is 3 weeks since I had a single wire pacemaker fitted for SSS. I am pleased to say that I feel so much more alert while resting now and my energy levels have increased after the rate response setting was switched on. My scar has also healed up nicely so all in all I am feeling pretty pleased and blessed. My only niggle is that it is really uncomfortable when driving or I'm on the computer because the device seems to dig in when I bring my arms in front of me. Is this normal a...

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New to the club!

Hello all,had my dual pacemaker installed yesterday,and a bit delicate today!I was just wondering how long it take's to start seeing the benifits?Also I was told that I was fluctuating between wenkebach and stage 3 before the pacemaker was installed which I found quite confusing as I though you would only be one or the other?Or it would've made more sense if it was stage 2 mobitz 2 and stage 3 swapping and changing and not stage 2 mobitz 1(wenkebach) Any advice would be greatly receiv...

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Pacemaker

Hi sorry if this sounds trivial? Had pacemaker fitted 4 wk ago, have done everything they said about keeping wound clean etc and careful moving arm

problem I am finding difficult is what to wear ? Hospital just advised loose clothing so lots of front fastening shirts but would like some thoughts from you ladies about bras and t shirts you need to pull on over head? Any help appreciated! Thanks

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an old feeling

Tomorrow marks 1 month after my pm surgery.  I have found and old feeling I lost a long time ago.... boredom!   I have not felt like doing anything for so long that I had forgotten what it is like to want to get out and do stuff.   I have so many old feelings coming back and it is quite scary to think of how bad I felt before having my surgery.  I am now realizing the problem must have been there longer than I even thought.

  I was active with wal...

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Pacemaker moved position

My dual lead Medtronic pacemaker is 4 months old and has slid one full inch towards my shoulder with the corner of the device sharply outlined through my skin. It looks as if the skin will soon tear. The area is sensitive to touch and I am frequently brushing against the device since it protrudes so far.  Has anyone seen this happen?  My concern is that the leads may become dislodged.  I emailed a photo to my Electrophysiologist and am waiting for his respon...

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Heart block.....and other issues

Does anyone know if someone with heartblock, like myself, more likely to encounter 'other issues' related to problems of the heart? If yes, what they might be? Thank you...

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Replacement

I am three years into my first pacemaker - which means I am probably two to four years away from a replacement.  (My interrogation a year ago indicated 3 and 1/2 years of battery life remaining.)

I know everyone says the replacement procedure is a walk in the park.  I get that.  My question is one of a more technical nature.  If I am dependent on my pacemaker, and the pacemaker is unplugged to make way for the new pacemaker, what happens to my heart during...

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Tree Removal

I think maybe instead of chain saws the query was about that big noisy grinder that is used to grind up the limbs and branches. Could that be it?

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tree removal

could equipment used by tree removal service be interferring with my pacemake? They are in process of cuttng down six trees all over 120 feet tall .  When I walked past this equipment coming into house , my HR dropped to low of 40 and stayed until I went to room farthest away from this activity,Pacemaker is set at 70. Trish

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New to this

Hi all. I'm new here. I'm 21 and had a pacemaker fitted on Friday. I have a dual chamber pacemaker. All is well at the moment, however ever since I've had the pacemaker fitted I've been experiencing daily flutterings in my chest. Very uncomfortable and they make me cough! 

I told the pacemaker clinic and they checked my pacemaker on the machine and apparently all is well and it's only been used 1%. There was a recording on the pacemaker where my heart went to 16...

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You’re officially battery-operated.

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So, my advice is to go about your daily routine and forget that you have a pacemaker implanted in your body.