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Odd Symptoms

Got my pacemaker on 7/15/2019.  Since them had one occurrence where heart rate when up to 180, this was while walking on the treadmill.  Today while walking the dog felt lightheaded and was having lots of extra beats (PVC’s).  Is this normal 6 weeks after placement.  Pacers placed for slow heart rate at rest.

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airbags

Saw the cardiolgist this morning and said not to drive for 4 weeks .  because the airbag mught deploy.    Is he being over cautious.  pacemaker has only been in since Aug 21.

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Being tired

Hi all, just wondering if anyone on here has still felt tired 3 weeks post pacemaker surgery? Just a little worried that am still feeling tired most of the time. 

Thanks 

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questions

So now the end of my story approaches some questions are arising. Since I've never been dead before, I don't know the answers but thought I'd throw them out to the crowd

Death:

- do I need to be present for the big event

- can I use a stunt double

- will I have to face my mother-in-law for eternity

- will my Merlin home monitor work from where I'm going

  - can my Cardiologist charge extra for really remote monitoring

- are there...

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TRAVEL & TRAVEL INSURANCE

Hi, I am awaiting a ICD device being fitted but still plan to crack on with life as normal. I am struggling though with travel insurance. On filling in the forms I have been as honest as I can. We have a european trip planned for this year & a holiday to the states for the end of next.

Any advice or recomendations on travel do's & dont's or travel insurance companies that don't rip you off please.

Thanks, Mark

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Temporary Pacing

My first pacemaker was fitted in 2006 and replaced in 2012. It will need to be replaced again within twelve months, I am permanently pacing so I will need temporary pacing during the procedure.

I cannot find much information on this procedure other than it involves the vein at the top of the leg. I have had angiograms through this site is it the same sort of procedure. I would appreciate any information on the subject.

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thanks

Thanks for putting my mind at ease.  since i do not know any one with a pacemaker  around me to ask these questions.

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Junctional Ectopic Tachycardiac

Hello I am new to this Club! After many months of experiencing very debilitating symptoms and undergoing various monitoring and a reveal device, my cardiologist had an unsuccessful attempt to ablate the ultimately diagnosed Tachycardia. However it did lead to him specifically identifying my condition as Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia (JET).

He appears unsure how to treat it and in themjeantime has prescribesd a very low Bisopolo lmedication which has worsened my symptoms, possibly as I...

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merlin home monitor 1150

i have a model 1150 home monitor connected to a phone line.what do i need for wireless hookup

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Dual pacemaker

My husband had a dual pacemaker implanted in July 2019 an has had issues with shortness of breath and blacking out/ falling spells he was always up and going before all of this an he is starting to blame me for him feeling like this because I talked him into getting the pacemaker for the better ....and now he has been back to the hospital several times but nothing is showing up on the test and is getting aggravated but I feel I'm the blame for it all... has anyone else have or had any of...

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Heart block

Hi guys,

 

I went to a&e yesterday as I was worried I had damaged leads by lifting weights. They said they'll think I'll be fine and all looks ok and to just get checked at my next pacing app however the first ECG they did in a&e showed second degree heart block and supraventricular premature complexes... the second they did showed sinus rhythm with sinus tachycardia.. the a&e doctor said to ignore the first ECG and said go with the second and discharged m...

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Has anyone had a cryoablation?

I have SSS, so five months after my pacemaker implant, I had a catheter ablation.  The doctor couldn't get me into tachycardia during the surgery, so I didn't get many burns.  He said there was a 50/50 chance it worked.  I was fine for three years, but now the SVT episodes are back.  He suggested we'd have to do cryoablation.  I think the success rate is pretty good on that.  Anyone want to share their experience with cryo?

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Just saying hello

26 here... got my PM 10 months ago now when I was 25. Can’t express how grateful I am I will be able to watch my daughter grow up. 

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Experiencing weird symptoms

I wanted to post here and seen if anyone had or has similar symptoms to mine. I keep thinking it’s stress (I’m almost 3 weeks post PM), but not sure. 

Im a 30 year old male and consider myself pretty healthy. Pre pacemaker I started having these wave of doom feelings come over me, and I would almost passout. Went to the ER and they found nothing. My primary care recommended a Holter monitor, and they ended up seeing a 5 second complete av node block. 

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Cornea transplant

A bit OT - but for anyone interested/involved - Wife of 60+ yrs suffers a genetic problem called "Fuch's Dystrophy."   It's a corneal inherited problem where the rear layer of cornea goes south on you, making the world look to you like it is on the other side of a jellyfish (Wife's descriptiion).   It starts at about 30 years, but does not become a real nuisance till you are about 60. 

Until about 2011, the only so...

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Cellulitis

My doctor "thinks" I may have cellulitis in a toe adjoining another that has athlete's foot in the toe cleft they share. I have peripheral neuropathy so I never felt the athlete's foot in the cleft (normally I inspect the spaces between my toes daily but I've had a bad case of sciatica and bending my leg is very painful) of my toe. My first notice there was a problem is the second toe was red half way down and swollen. I treated the athlete's foot and it was healing...

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DIY analysis

Hi Everyone,

New to the group. I’ve had a Medtronic pacemaker for a couple of years which was fitted in Japan to control rhythm and suppress arrhythmias. In general all good. However, on occasion I get a low level atrial fibrillation which the pacemaker cannot stop. Unfortunately the only way I can detect it is by noticing weight gain and a general “feeling” at which point I go to my doctor and they read the pacemaker and congratulate me on detecting it. Then we go thr...

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email verification does not work

I signed up as a member yesterday. Today I tried to answer an email from you asking me to verify my email address. When I clicked on the response buton, I got an error message from my web browser saying only "something went wrong." I don't know how to verify my email, and I'm afraid I won't be able to join your clup. Can anyone help me?

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PM dependent expectancy

Sinus node bradycardia. When I got the pm 3 years ago, my natural heartbeat was working 60% of the time. Yesterday I learned from the interrogation that my natural heartbeat is now working 20% of the time.  What’s next?

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Anyone else with Predominantly cardioinhibitory automically mediated syncope

Hi I had a pm op last Thursday and was just wondering if there are other people out there with a pacemaker for the same condition as I have? Would be good to know how it’s helped. Feeling quite down at the mo and just wanted to focus on future a bit. 

 

Thanks

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