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1st checkup

Will have my first check-up on Tuesday 04/24/2012 and thanks to this site I'll know what questions to ask. Thank all of you.

Duke

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Three Weeks In-Still Not Sure

Hi all,

After three weeks, I have still been having plenty of moments of "did I do the right thing"

I got my Revo Sure Scan on 3/29. The settings were right out of the box, 60 bpm low, 120 high end. DDDR was the selected mode.

My diagnosis was Sick Sinus Syndrome, two holter monitors showed my rate was down to 32 at night and about 47 per day. I felt pretty un energetic, pressure in my head and brain foggy most of the time, even though I was still physically in...

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Thanks Guys

Peg541,Electric Fraank,Ebfox,Sarge, thank u guys for the info. i will be seeing the PM Tech on Friday the 27th and will see just where we are and where we can go, thanks again.

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settings

Hi guys, hope all is well with everyone, was just wondering if anyone can tell me if PM setting of upper 120 and lower 60 is a ok setting , any feed back would be great. Thanks in advance

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Is 75 setting too high?

I have been reading many posts about PM settings & it seems like my setting of 75 is a little higher than most. When I had the PM insert last April 2011, I told my doctor that I thought that 75 would be good for me & that is what he set it on.
I have a good doctor but last year when he suggested the PM,
I was led to believe that he had done many PM surgeries only to find out later that he was really new doing PM's.
My heart racing wakes me up about every 2 hours all night and...

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Hooray 1st check was great!

Thanks to you guys. My 1st check up for my pm was great. You guys taught me to ask the right questions and for that I’m so grateful. I had such a knowledgeable visit with my NP she answered all the questions I got from you.  Let’s see, I’m paced at 33% and high/low rate is at 60/140 which is great for me because I feel wonderful:) humm what else, oh yeah my battery life is 11.5 yrs. and only one minor afib episode and my dx is SSS- sinus node dysfunction, afib, a...

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I'm scared

I go for my post pm 2 wk check tomorrow and I have so many questions and I don't even know what to ask. So far I feeling pretty good...more energy and the most restful sleep in my whole life. But at times after a flight of stairs I get SOB and palpations I can hear my heart beat really loud. Is this normal. What are they going to do tomorrow are they going to interrogate me.? Am I going to meet a pm tech? Will they arbitrarily chage the settings if I complain? Should I keep the factory settings...

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Can check-up cause problems?

Good Morning everyone...I got my PM last year in April. I have had a so-so year but I have been getting better in "baby steps". I went in for a PM check up last Thursday & I have not felt right since then.

The tech lowered my rate to 35 twice & brought it back up to set 75 as my rate (I think). He did not tell me anything about my PM.  The doctor did tell me that he found that I have a murmur  now & they did an echo on me. I do not know the re...

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Thanks, 2 months with you

Got my pm feb 10/2012 my GP has been sick and I have never until the other day met my cardiologist . So left hospital being told I would feel better then new and of course felt far from it. You folks have been my only support and source of knowledge and I greatly thank you for that. Friday April 13 was my first interrogation and they were prepared to tell me everything was. Working well with my pm. Thanks to my readings on here I was brave enough to tell them it wasn't right and they really...

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Had my office checkup this morning

All went well. I made sure before they started that the Upper Tracking Limit would be left at 150 even though I'm 82 yrs. The Medtronic rep looked at my report and agreed that I was handling it well and not pushing myself.

Another interesting thing is that my PVC's, both single and runs dropped a lot this last 3 months.

I've got estimated 4.5 yrs left on the battery, and the leads look as good as when installed in 2004.

I wonder if I will still be able to convin...

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Copy of the pacer printout

When I do the 6 week phone check up on my St. Jude pacer. Can I request the tech to do a complete read out and send me a copy.

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Ethics?

Hi, I recently had a PM put in, my first, and the whole process was done under emergency conditions, with 11 days in the hospital. I had 3 failed procedures and a drug reaction before I had an AV node ablation and a 100% paced PM put in. This was done while I was out of state traveling.

When I got home I made an appointment with the electrophysiologist associated with my cardioligist’s practice. Without any preparation or comment to me, he turned my pacemaker off! I ha...

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B/P and adjusted to movement on PM

They had the settings on my PM set to "sensitive activity" for it to go up because I will be more active this summer with walking and gardening, grandkids etc. Prior, I could not get my HR up pass 100. So now the problem ,I make a bed and it goes to 120 heart beats per minute...chest feels pressured, short of breath and B/P goes up along with the lower number...problem with this I am getting dizzy a bit . Palpatations too. Leaves me weakish, short of breath, etc etc..and tired. .NOT liking i...

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Medtronic customer service

I called Medtronic's customer service department on Friday to ask a question about one of my settings. I was told that they are not medical doctors and they couldn't give me any advice. I tried to explain that I wasn't looking for advice that I was looking for information about a setting. I was told to call my doctor and he would explain everything I needed. The reason I was calling Medtronic is because my doctor wasn't explaining it. Any suggestions on how to get the customer service departmen...

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morning all

had my check-up and PM just pacing along. No epicodes in the last 9 months at all. Have found out that I use the Pm 90% of the time and it has 5 to 6 years of battery power left.
I did the walking before the check-up like suggested and it showed nothing so either my mind is making me lazy or my legs are weak from not getting my walks . So now looking for some easy on the knees exercises to strenghten legs and knees . I have 1 knee replacement and other knee not good.
Been told to cont...

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Ablasion worked great! Sleep apnea misdiagnosis

Howdy -

I have had a PM for about 5 years now, and never felt as good as I did as before getting the thing. I finally went to a new doctor, who was great! I got the telephone call in thing right away, and she dropped my pulse from 60 to 50. I also got on the treadmill for the first time in 5 years, and she diagnosed heart flutter. I had a simple ablasion proceedure down in Denver, where they stuck a probe up a vein in my crotch, (gulp!) ran it into my right atrium, and burned a line...

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Need some information

I went to a new cardiac doctor today for a second opinion and I met with him and a Medtronic Rep. I have an Adapta 2 lead pacemaker. When the rep looked at my settings he said my DDDR should be AAIR = DDDR and changed it. Does anyone have or have had this setting and can offer some information on it. My doctor did say that since I don't pace in the ventricles that the new setting is more beneficial. Since the change I keep feeling skipped beats, so I'm not sure if the change is causing it. Thank...

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Check up to morrow

Hi, advice would be welcome. I am having my first pacemaker clinic check up to-morrow 26/3/12 after having my PM fitted on 22/02/12. I would appreciate any help on what sort of technical stuff I need to ask about to make sure all is going according to plan,and the technicians are on the ball. I know very little about the actual setting parameters,so advice would be great. I live in the UK,but I guess the settings are pretty standard worldwide. Thanks in advance for any help,I'll follow up and p...

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Have i to go for a pacemaker?

Hai, I am Venkateswara Reddy 30 m. I have been diagnosed for complete congential heart block last week. It was diagnosed accidently while undergoing tests as per our conpany policy. I have consulted cardiologist and took a 24 hour holter and its results for heart beating are 45/m date time and 25/m while sleeping on an average and i have never had any problems or symptoms of geting tired, fatigue or giddyness. But as per the cardiologist's suggestion I have to go for a pace maker. As per his ver...

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pacer 1 year 9 month check-up

On thurs 29th of this month I go in for my check-up. Need to ask some questions of you. I still have my walking issues. Can only go a short distances and run out of steam. Almost like hitting a wall and get short of breath. Now I miss my walking and on my last appointment (9 months ago) ask the dr what could be done. He said he turned on my responce rate thingy. Helped abit, not alot though. So my question...what do I ask to have done to help this issue?? Also play out quickly. Not willing to g...

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