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fainting

second faint within 2 days, so not feeling full of beans, going to PM clinic tomorrow, to see what's going on.

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Check up confusion

Hello,
I had my pacemaker implant in January of this year. The reason for the implant was 4 blackouts and heart pause of 20 seconds in length in a 1 day period.
I went for a second check up last week and find my results confusing!! I hope someone might be able to help me understand my results. The reading is from March 14 to present. I had 286 short V-V intervals. I asked what these were but did not understand the explanation at all. What is a V-V interval? Is 286 a lot for an a...

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Freddi14

My pulse was originally set at 60 it suddenly reduced to 50, albeit
constant so I had a check up last week. The technician said the
pacemaker was working OK and when I questioned her about
the pulse rate dropping she suggested i need to do more excercise because my heart might be getting lazy. I am feeling tired most of the time (I am 92 but quite mobile) so do you think I
should get another opinion?

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setting

60/130 am i right in thinking that HR will not drop below 60 or exceed 130.

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Doctor Visit

I went to the heart doctor yesterday and I got a great report, everything is working like is should and I my next scheduled appointment is next year. He told me though that my battery might only last about 7-8 years becouse of the amount that it is pacing. He said not to worry about that sometimes that is normal, I know at the 3 month check up with the pacemaker clinic my battery life was already down about 3/4 of a year, so it must be working. The one thing that I do know is that I feel a ton b...

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pacemaker

Hi had my check last Wednesday 2 need July. This weekend shopping felt as though darkness was coming over me, like I was going to pass out. Heart started to beat fast and then I managed tho get out of shop and it eased. Checked with 111 medical help by phone. Ended up going to casualty. Test run, bloods taken, said blood pressure must have dropped away. Anyone had this happen.

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Merlin

Does anyone have a Merlin @home transmitter device? I have a new St Judes Generator replacing old pm. They sent me home with the Merlin that transmits signals fom my pm to my Cardiologist office computer.

I am 9 days post op and no problems. Had a little tingling at site for first 2days. Wound healing well. I am taking it easy for 4 weeks to give it time to heal.

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Check up reports and liife

Had a great check up with EP today, usual checks, discussions and reports.
Aside from afib and PVC s and other stuff, the interrogation shows that on average my heart forgets to beat twice a day, however, looking at the drop response report, it mainly goes on strike on Saturday and Sunday mornings and were it has fallen on a weekday, I am either on leave or working from home. The pm of course kicks in and does what it's there for, but it is an interesting pattern.

Is this beca...

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Question

Just had a check up and I was wondering if 3,600 ectopics in a seven month period was good.

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my ppm setting

I have medtronic dddr sensia sedr01 can set up a pacing ppm of 50 to 140 bpm or not ?
Thank you so much

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Still Feeling Dizzy

I felt very weak and dizzy, and went to see a cardiologist. After having a Holter Monitor on for 24 hours they found that I needed a Pacemaker. It was installed on June 23, and I am home since June 25th. I still feel dizzy, and I think I need the settings adjusted. I am going on July 9th for my follow-up. Is this a common thing to still feel dizzy 8 days later.

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Too fast

Thursday I had my first interrogation since receiving my PM 6 weeks ago. She made a few changes to help me with my exercising. I do a lot of walking, and was getting short of breath. Well, what ever she did really screwed me up. I will be calling first thing tomorrow to get fixed. Any time I get up and walk slowly, or I move fast my HR jumps to 90-105 and it feels like my heart is going to jump out of my chest. It is making me sick to my stomach and giving me a headache. So I will be relaxing a...

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Protocol for pacing change - UK

Does anyone know whether a protocol exisits for a Pacing Technician making major changes to a patients pacemaker progam (as opposed to slight adjustments / routine checks), without reference to the patients Cardiologist / Electrophysiologist?

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One Week Visit

Had PM for one week and went in for a check up. So glad I did. Was experiencing all of this anxiety issues and felt like I could not breath. Come to find out that they had me wired to tight. Feeling better like my old self. Didn't feel bad before, just fainted three times. But nonetheless, it is better. Now they say that I can come back in 6 months. That will be in December. Able to use left arm, but careful about extending it to wide or high. Is there a difference between the type of...

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STILL WAITING

After my last post and after having put on the waiting list for my pacemaker replacement which I am 100% dependant on. I am still waiting for an appointment. 8 weeks have past and I was told I may be called in during that time but was not. I have had another check up where I felt I was fobbed of a bit and have been put on another 8 week wait with no date for the replacement proceedure. Nothing seem to be happening and I told them at the hospital I was getting worried. They originally told me the...

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RDR

Was turned on last week after having yet another syncope episode. I asked for a copy of my report and was told NO- the cardiologist will get a copy. REALLY?? The way I understand it, when my HR drops fast the pm now works faster and then beats my heart at 100bpm for two minutes. I have felt this happen several times, but leaves me with a pounding headache.
So your all you experts out there, does this make sense? I would rather have a racing heart and a headache then pass out again, but...

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problem with new setting

Dual lead Medtronics pacemaker implanted 3/6/14 for Bradycardia
following 5-box mini-maze surgery for A-Fib (1/28/14). Low setting was 60 and high 150. Had my first interrogation day before yesterday. Everything was perfect - no a-fib, no flutter, no junctional rhythm. EP said the pacing is totally from the atrium at about 40% of the time. He decided to drop the lower number to 50. Since then I am having skipped beats. Wondering if there might be an adjustment period or is this something th...

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upset to day

I went for my 3 month check on my pacemaker and was told I need it changed as I have had it 7 years. YET IN FEBRUARY THEY TOLD ME I HAD 15 MONTHS LEFT IN IT has this happened to anyone else I have holidays planned feeling anxious .

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Dr keeps tweaking my PM

it worked but s few days later I returned to the tired, easily breathless state.
He said i did well on the prior stress tests, but there is a 15% error rate. If this doesn't do it we can consider a nuclear test. We can see wht's going on. I asked what could be going on. he said a possible Stent? He said it was an easy procedure. They go through the leg.
"call me Momday and we will see..."

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CLS - got some answers

Hi!

Didn't have to wait till my 'fine tuning' appointment next week, a Biotronik tech got back to me via e-mail. The two questions I had sent him were:

1) Does the CLS sensor forget everything it has learned so far after every interrogation that includes a change of settings (even if those settings are no relevant to the CLS sensor itself)?

Answer: Yes, there is a new CLS-initiation after every change of settings. Biotronik has realized that this is a problem, an...

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