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Fever after PM implantation

My dear husband had pacemaker implantation on Friday, January 3, 2014, and came home the same day. He is 85 years old. He did great yesterday, hardly complained. Today his temperature is 99.2 and he thinks he feels some palpitations. This was after drinking a glass of Pepsi cola. There is no swelling or draining around the incision site; he says it is not unusually sore. He doesn't want me to take his blood pressure and/or pulse rate with my little Omron (I think that's the name) because he...

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Vertigo

Hello just joined, had my pacemaker 12-5-2013. The last couple of days having bouts of vertigo. Starts room spinning ends up with vomiting and feelings of warm all over feeling almost like hot flash. Has anyone else experienced vertigo with pacemaker?
Thank you

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Pericarditis and pericardial effusion

Hi. I got my PM on 6/12/13 and have just spent another week in hospital with diagnosis of pericarditis and pericardial effusion (which has occurred due to an incident during PM insertion). I'm on steroids and anti inflammation meds and going to have weekly echocardiograms.i have symptoms.wondering if anyone else has had this and if so what symptoms did you have and how long did it take for symptoms to pass?

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ADVISE NEEDED!

I recently had a pace maker put in late October. I am now experiencing shoulder pain. I am seeing a chiropractor and it does not seem to be helping. I am also seeing a neurologist and that is not helping either. Any suggestions where to go to next. I want to be pain free and get back to my life!

I also have dizziness most likely due to the pain in my shoulder. I am using cremes and icy hot pads on a daily basis and doing exercises, but nothing is helping.

Dayna

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fatigue flecainide beta-blocker pacemaker

I received a pacemaker 2/1/2013 after four years of paroxysmal a fib that emerged as sick sinus syndrome. I had a low heart rate, and
am now paced at 55 b.p.m. almost all of the time. I take 50mgs
flecainide twice and day and atenolol 12.5 mgs once a day. I
continue to be fatigued (e.g. need afternoon nap to function, wake
up tired). Also have aortic regurgitation mild which is considered
minimal…..Would like responses re potential causes of my fatigue from others w...

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Suture Problem

Happy New Year, everyone!!

I have a quick question. I have thread in the form of a knot that is at the end of my incision. My clothing irritates it. I was assured by the doctor that it will fall off at some point.

How long does it take for this to happen?

Thank you. :-)

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little shocks in chest

Hello,

I had my first pacemaker implanted about a week and half ago. I had my first check-up today. Since I have had the device I have been feeling very very tiny "shocks" in my left pectoral muscle. Almost like someone was gently tapping it from the inside. It alarmed me so I brought it up with my doc.

It turns out that they just had to tune the voltage down a little bit for the shocks. I was getting paced at 5 volts in the Ventricular and they lowered it to 3 volts....

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not working

Hi I think my st jude pace maker some how has been turned off is there some way to confirm this with out a trip to the emergency room. settings were 55/135 my heart rate is now down to 41 is there some way I can restart it at home????

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Slip Sliding Away Pacemaker

Well I have been careful with not raising my arm and other things for a week. However, because I am thin I think the pacemaker has shifted some. I will check with my wife who saw it when installed and another family member thought it looked the same. I did not agree.

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Pain swelling and burning in new pocket

Hi all... It's been a while which means all has been quiet ! But now I need your help again:

had my third pm implanted 11/22/13. My old one had "sunk"into my breast tissue so when time can to replace my unit they decided to close old pocket and move everything up nearer my collar bone. I am 4 weeks post surgery and am in constant discomfort and pain, part Of the unit is so close to the skin it's protruding and is a large area. The whole thing aches from the pacer into my shoulder...

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TOS

Hi all.
I had rotator cuff surgery - successful. Unfortunately the nerve block - administered by an anaesthetist who saw me for the first time in theatre and did not know I had a PM- seems to have shredded nerves, veins and lymph canals/nodes in trying to come at the nerve block through the neck instead of below the clavicle, which was his plan until I pointed out the PM leads in his planned field of attack.
I now suffer from Thoracic outlet Syndrome, swollen Arm, neck, jaw, etc.
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Dislodged Lead

I had a dual PM installed on Friday to address a ventricular heart block, the post op check revealed that the ventricular lead was OK but the atrial lead was dislodged. I have a further op scheduled for tomorrow to adjust the atrial lead but as this lead was only installed as additional security I am considering if this operation is necessary as I am 91.Would appreciate your comments.

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perminante irregular beating

hi all my husband has a pm /and a merchanical mitral valve along with heart failure lvsd we went to see pacemaker consultant and have now been told my heart is in af perminant so now I have to go back in and have eather another wire added to pm or a difrent pacemaker we was under the impression that a pm is to control af may be we have it wrong has anyone else had this problem he has a ddd st jude pacemaker fitted at present any info on this would be helpful thank you all and have a merry chris...

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Car keyless ignition

Hi,


Has anyone driven or been a passenger in a car with a keyless ignition?

I cannot find a definitive answer as to whether it has a negative effect on my PM. Can you operate or be in a car with keyless ignition? (as opposed to keyless entry)

Thank you,

Curzon

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Multaq reactions

I'm a 59 year old female with a Medtronic Sensia dual chamber PM.
I was supposed to go for an electro-cardio version last Friday. I went in, had the horrible tube down the throat first to check for any blood clots, which was negative , then went up to have the shock. But before doing the shock for atrial-tachycardia my doctor put some medicine in my IV to see whether it would stop the atrial tach for a few seconds. It did. So he decided not to cardiovert me. He sais I had 2 choices. T...

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should I stay or should I go?

I don't even know what's going on. I have had a "cold" for over a week. My phlegm is very thick, but no coughing. Just when I wake up, gross to clear my throat. Blowing my nose produces fluorescent green snot but I have not been too worried until my pacemaker started burning. This a.m. the throat clearing ritual produced the usual very thick phlegm surrounded by bright blood. Now I taste blood and still feel congested. Lifetime of asthma, extremely toxic outside air to breathe, but not feeling...

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shoulder pain

Thanks to all who have replied. I dislocated my right shoulder 40+ years ago and have recently torn it again. I was about to have that surgery done when they found I had a blockage in my LAD. No choice there. I had a stent put in, started on plavix, and told I would be on it for a year and shouldn't have surgery for the first year. I pretty much an an all out exercise kind of guy. I also started following the heart healthy diet religiously from which I attribute a weight loss of about 15...

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shoulder pain

3 wks out and having worsening shoulder pain. I could feel the discomfort right after the surgery. I cannot sleep on my left side as is my norm because of this pain. I have a rotator tear on my right side so sleeping on that side is not an option. I snore if I sleep on my back and that is painful for the other folks in my house. The pain is of the nature of a rotator cuff tear. When I get my arm in a certain position to the posterior not over my head or out to the side, the pain level is a...

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Post ER

Well glad to be home from hospital with the good news that I did not have a heart attack. I do feel as if they treated me with the urgency of my situation, and they sure did all the tests. Including the CT for a clot in the lung which provided the knowledge that I am allergic to the iodine they use in the dye. Again talking to my wonderful sister in law who is an emergency room nurse, she said it is very common for us heart patients to use the ER soon after our procedures because we are learning...

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Worried!!!!!

I am a (somewhat) healthy 52 year old female that runs daily 8-10 miles. For more than a decade I was followed by a cardiologist for Ebstein Anamoly and in 2009 had a tricuspid valve repair. All has been well with the exception of 18 months ago I had some fainting episodes and learned I had A-flutter. I had a cardiac ablation and was fitted with a pacemaker a year later because holter monitoring picked up heart block (type 2).

The other day I got a call from the heart clinic asking m...

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Yesterday was my first day mountain biking after my implant. I wiped out several times and everything is fine. There are sports after pacemakers!