Most Recent Messages in Checkups & Settings

Post Message!

Thallium stress test and pacemaker adjust ...

Hi,
I've got to get a stress thallium test tomorrow to look into a relatively low EF reading (53) and don't know if this is routine or what to expect from a three-hour procedure and radioactive substance in my veins. Does everyone with a pacemaker for a stage 2 AV block get one of these, or am I yet more special?
Also, I went running on a treadmill a little too hard and likely exceeded my pacer's 140 top limit. It was for about 20 minutes and left me really beat in the evening and su...

Read More...

Adjusting setting while doing physical

Need help to confirm if there is a clinic in Melbourne Australia where you can have a proper check up by a Technician who will actually test your physical well being while he adjusts your settings. My dad seems to just get quick tap on the screen with a pen,t hen shoved out the door feeling all wrong. They don’t seem to care, I would like to take him somewhere where they can adjust his settings accurately, he has a Medtronic PM for Bradycardia.

Read More...

over sensing

Hi, I posted a few weeks ago about having pacemaker box replaced on 23rd Feb. Since then I have continued to have dizzy spells.  Went to see the cardiologist yesterday, who said cannot see anything wrong with my heart on tracing. Had pacemaker checked again with technicians. They are now saying that my pacemaker is over sensing.  Looks like I have got atrial tachycardia, but they say that this is false, because the pacemaker is picking up something, it thinks is a beat, but is not...

Read More...

heart

how many people heart only working 25 percent?

Read More...

Capture Management

Hi,

I haven't been on the site for quite a while (I had a baby)! But I'm hoping someone out there might know the answer to this: I had my pacemaker interrogation today and was told everything was fine. I am only pacing 1% of the time. But I noticed on the report as I was taking it to the receptionist to go in my file that it said 'Capture Management turned off as always in SR'. Does anyone know why you might turn this feature off? I thought it was an important safety feature (I...

Read More...

BEATS

JUST HAD MY PACE MAKER CHECK AND WAS TOLD IM 100% RELIANT ON MY PACEMAKER WITHOUT IT MY HEART ONLY BEATS AT 30 BEATS A MIN BUT WAS TOLD AT NEXT CHECK IT MAY HAVE IMPROVED .HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE.

Read More...

beats

hi everyone thank you for your comments has put my mind at ease m c

Read More...

Rate Responder

I've read alot on this site about the Rate Responder. How it might need to be turned off and how to check if it's turned on but can someone explain exactly what it's used for? My PM has a bottom number of 60 and top number of 120. I thought between these numbers your PM did nothing.

Clarification would be appreciated!!

Debbie

Read More...

Follow Up Visit

I had my follow up visit this afternoon and all went well. I was a nervous wreck, broke down a few times worrying something would be wrong and they would need to operate again or put me on medication but I got the great news that I am as good as new and I can resume my life as I did before the PM implant! The doctor also confirmed that whenever I am ready (and of course as long as my OBGYN is on board) we can have another baby.

In fact my heart is actually using the PM less than ant...

Read More...

tweaking

ive to go to hospital tomorrow to get my pm tweaked a little and get and echo at the same time i hope i dont feel worse when i come out caus ei feel fine right now . i just wanted to know id tweaking normal to pm and do feel any difference

Read More...

Need advice!

My dual lead Biotronik Pacemaker was implanted in January of 2010. I had an implanted Medtronic loop recorder for 18 months before the pacemaker to try to determine what my problem was. I had fainted a few times before this...and almost passed out several times (turning completely white - even my lips lost all color). I attempted to get answers on here before, but I didn't know how to explain my situation. My heart rate dropped to 30 at one point...I had a few pauses. Finally, it was decided...

Read More...

There is a light!!!

Ok.... I went to my cardio today. I have only had one tachy episode since Feb 15th. My BP is good and I am off all meds. I go back in a month to double check everything and with any luck I’ll be on the 3 month monitoring schedule.

Here’s my story so maybe some of you will see there is a light at the end of the tunnel, you just have to push through the bad stuff first.

After a very long and trying 31/2 months things are starting to look up.

...

Read More...

No answers yet

Hi everyone

I just fainted in school a few days ago. After that i went to my doc and he said i 'm fine. Does anyone have the same experience?
Until now...i still have got no answers.

Cheers
Eve

Read More...

Floating feeling

Re my dad..his pacer was fitted 1 year ago for Bradycardia.He is 81 years of age and very fit and active still. He had it set on 50 but was too low 6 months later it went up to 60 but with no rate response.he had very heavy legs and a dragging feeling from the waist down.The pacer was put on a rate response last week and he now feels like he is floating .....heavy legs are gone thanks to rate response.Any suggestiond to help with this floating feeling which seems to make him a little distant .We...

Read More...

Blood pressure

I need some info.

I got my PM in Dec. Since then, they have put me on 1 Ace inhibitor, which they had to pull me off of because my bottom number kept going do in the 40's and I was feeling really bad.

They left me off of anything for a month but then I had 4 tackies so decided to try me on a beta blocker which caused me to feel bad all over. I didn't feel like I could breath and my heart seemed to be trying to work but it wasn't letting it.

I've been off everyt...

Read More...

Ventricular Pacing

I had my pacemaker implanted in May 2010 due to tachycardia, afib, and bradychardia issues. Today I had my PM check and found it my ventricular pacing has increased from 45% to 52%. They seem somewhat concerned about this due to the possibility of it causing a-fib issues or even heart failure. After some reading I find this may be called "pacemaker syndrome". Anyone had experience with this? My PM checks never show any episodes, but there are times it doesn't feel like it's beating quite ri...

Read More...

Query about interrigation copy

Hi,
I haven't posted in a while as most of the time everything is going well. I had an interrogation done last week. It showed that I will need a new PM in about 5 mths. I always ask for a copy of the report. This time it had the usual V.capture management (which is what is recorded at the last self test before the interrogation) graph. On it, where it shows a [+]Adapted it is not on the graph, but somewhere above the graph. Other times it has always been in the middle of the curve. Also,...

Read More...

Questions about Merlin

I do not have a Merlin. MY Cardio only does office visit interrogations, so I get detailed results - positive & negative - every time I get downloaded.

I've read the two threads about the device in the last few days & am curious about exactly how much feedback you get. I get the impression that it's of the nature "...if there are any problems, you'll get called. If there are none you will not hear from the cardio."

I've found that to be an unreliable situation in the cas...

Read More...

Typical?

Had my first Merlin telephone checkup today. This is 6 months post getting the PM. I'm wondering if this very quick and easy session was typical.
There was basically no conversation beyond "how are you doing", "fine", "are the bracelets on your wrist?", "yes", "push the ON button and sit still for a minute", "that's good, hold the magnet over your device, that's good, put your hands in your lap again", that's good", "if there's an issue someone will call you".
End of session..
Now...

Read More...

recent visit

Hello Guys: So I had my follow up yesterday, doc is a bit stumped as to what the next step is , my heart rates are increasing and my BP is decreasing. I did a really stupid thing, thought though that may...just maybe a little activity would help, but I was wrong. I have these wonderful tilt in windows for cleaning, well I tried to clean one of them and it fell out on me and I am pretty bruised up so doc told me no more ladders and no more excertion for now. labs are pending

Read More...

You know you're wired when...

You get your device tuned-up for hot dates.

Member Quotes

It is just over 10 years since a dual lead device was implanted for complete heart block. It has worked perfectly and I have traveled well near two million miles internationally since then.