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feeling better
I have only been on this site a few days and I look forward to seeing whats new as soon as I get home from work. Is it common to have A-Fib (ranging from 39 to 170 bpm) with either Essential tremors or sleep apnea? I believe I read a couple of posts about someone having a PM and being tested for sleep apnea. Unfortunately I have all three Essential tremors, sleep apnea and A-fib. I know much more about either the Essential tremors or sleep apnea than I do about A-fib with a PM. But this site...
BABY WITH PACEMAKER
- by OLIVIAROSE46
- 2008-12-11 03:12:46
- Coping
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- 6 comments
Hi Just come across this site and was so nice to read and hear from people with pacemakers. My baby was diagnosed with CHB when I was pregnant with her, we were distraught and scared. She had a a pacemaker fitted when she was 5 days old. I forget she has got it as she is such a happy baby and her scars have healed so well, it was all very scary and stressful when she was first born but I wouldn't change her for the world. My worries are what prob;lems lie ahead for her with going going to scho...
Thanks
I appreciate everyones response, I dont know much about pacemakers and you all have been very helpful. I never thought much about a PM until my Dr called me at work just a few days ago and told me I need one right away. This didnt leave me much time to investigate anything. But I did find this site and Im glad I did. Does anyone know if there is a link between A-Fib and Essential tremors? I started have both at about the same time and the meds are the same for both problems. It just seem odd...
Just got my PM, need info please
Hi All, I was just sent home from the hospital today and not yet sure about living with this PM. About 1 hr ago I had a slight burning in my heart area. Am I supposed to feel anything with the PM? Ive had A-Fib for a few years and had an ablation in Sept and it didnt help much. Since the ablation my heart stops for 3 or 4 sec at a time, a few times a day. So Im on more meds and a PM and not sure what Im up against. Should I feel the PM working on my heart? I still had the irregular heart rat...
Recovery
Dear RaggedyKat What you are feeling I think is pretty normal. I had an ablation almost two years ago and I am 100% dependent on this little computer. My adjustment was much harder psychlogically than physicaly. I cant tell you that I dont know its there but I have learned that this is my future and I try to eat and sleep and live right and try to be normal. I thank God for modern technology so that I can live. Everyone has the why me syndrome but think of other things we could have that...
How long does it take to get back to 'normal' after PM impant?
- by bavariandave
- 2008-12-03 11:12:52
- Coping
- 2060 views
- 6 comments
I had a PM put in early September, after the hospital diagnosed SSS - though I'm still not convinved that's what it really is. Pulse was down at 36, so there was definitely something wrong with the system somewhere.
I'm supposed to be taking betablockers as well, but the doctors have never given me a good reason to do this, and my GP doesn't recommend it. I'm 46 and the thought of being on Betablockers for the rest of my life doesn't entrall me, so I'm giving it a try without them.
I...
Feeling of Impending Doom
This is going to sound a bit odd....I had a pacemaker implanted last week and when I got home I felt different and it took me a while to figure out what it was. For many months I had this feeling of impending doom and I hadn't realized how pervasive it had become to me. What I realized was that, after the PM had been implanted, the feeling of impending doom had disappeared. Have any of you experienced the same thing? It's a great feeling to not be afraid any more.
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after surgery don't do much
- by mendedheart
- 2008-11-28 09:11:08
- Coping
- 1605 views
- 3 comments
I had to wear my left arm in a sling eight weeks after pm/defib was implanted. I slept on my back & not raise my arm. A friend of mine raised her window & pulled a lead out of place.
I had two specialists that implanted mine at a large city hospital & they recommand arm in sling a long time. They give plenty of time to make sure the leads are anchor well into the muscle & all healed in due time.
I have not had any problem of any kind & its been seven years.
A week later
It's a been a week since I had my pacer removed. I am doing fine and don't feel any big changes. Before I had the pacer removed, I was told I will have to wear a heart monitor for 2 weeks to make sure my heart rate doesn't drop too low at night, I haven't heard anything from the doctor's office about it and I don't have any appointments with the doctor either. They don't even let me make a follow-up appointment for wound check.
I understand it was my decision to have the pacer removed but I...
High Anxiety
Hi everyone, I'm new here and also new to having a defibrillator as of Nov.11, 2008. My docs have been pretty good about answering questions but there is one thing no one can seem to address. Since the day after surgery I have been feeling an incredibly high degree of anxiety. My sense is that it is related to this new thing in my chest but is also due to the underlying reason I needed the ICD in the first place. I'm also fearful of getting a whopping shock that everyone describes as a "kick in...
weird feeling getting me down
hi hope you dont mind another post following my recent post on weird feeling around pm site. i had a pm for years that started flipping on its side and it was changed and another reimplanted deeper nearly four months ago. i suffered a frozen shoulder afterwards that resolved and then had no problems and couldnt even feel the pm and felt great.however a few days ago i started experiencing some weird sensations it felt like crackling under the skin on the pm site and i could feel the pm and now e...
High blood pressure
Hi everyone, you have all kept me going this last 2.5 weeks since i started pacing. I'm the one who went into total heart block whilst having lipo on my legs.
Went to hospital for my legs yest and asked if they would do my bp, it was 170/100, scared me to death, the nurse said i'd best contact my gp. Came on here and am now assured that this is fairly common with people like me who have had a really low pulse rate for a long time. Am going to get it checked again tomorrow just to b...
just got pacemaker 23 oct 2008
- by cowboyheart
- 2008-11-15 11:11:10
- Coping
- 1593 views
- 2 comments
my story well when i was born i had hole in heart and didnt have tube where spose be one.
when i was 6 they operated on me fixin hole and puttin a tube in. the operation was 43 year ago.
untill i was bout 12 i couldnt do much after 12 i did anything i wanted to.
well oct 23 i had get pacemaker put in my heart was flutterin spedin up alot then slowin down.
since got pace maker i feel better and walkin when i can like doc say.
im in wyomin now but first of dec im goin bac...
New member-new pacemaker
hello to all, I just found this site.I just recieved my pacemaker on10/27/08 and I am still short of breath and having some dizziness still.My BP is running a little low at times.Down to 95/58 at lowest today.The pacer is keeping my heart-rate above 60 though. Before the pacer my HR was downin the 20s-30s.Is anyone else still feeling crippled?I am supposed to return to work on December 1st and I am very concerned I wont be able to cut it? I am a CNA in assisted living facility.
Anyone have...
Age
I am 84 and I got my PM 2 years ago because my heart rate was to slow and always tired,,It has helped me a lot but I still can't do as much as I use to..probably my age has a lot to do with it.. But I don't even know i have one until I take a shower and then I realize it is there...It has been great for me....so age should have no bearing... weather you have a PM..
Reading...Reducing/Increasing Stress
Boy, the more I read, the more calm and reassured I am and then the more stressed and freaked out I am. I go for my PM next Friday and just when I think all I've read and considered about the whole deal have me feeling pretty ok with it all, I read something that gets me panicked all over again. Mostly recovery, but some concern about having leads removed one day (I'm only 35, so the chance is greater the longer I have them, I'm sure), infection, etc. In alot of ways I'll be glad to just have...
Good Advice
I appreciate all the good advice from everyone. I am just so scared of being excepted. I didnt have to worry about it when I was married because we were already together. But dating someone new is very scary. I never knew there was so many young people having pm until I found this site. I got mine when I was 26. I am now 39 and I am always the youngest person in the waiting room when I go for my check-ups. I am afraid that I am not as attractive with the pm.
Excessive sweating
- by MaryWhitener
- 2008-11-10 09:11:16
- Coping
- 6598 views
- 3 comments
I noticed some comments regarding excessive sweating. I have had a pacemaker since 1999 with a replacement in 2006. I am also on Toprol and Lisinopril, take thyroid replacement and supplemental potassium. I have experienced facial and scalp sweating for quite some time. It is excessive to the point of actually dripping from both my forehead and my hair. It is most embarassing as it can happen at any time (shopping, social event, etc.) Does anyone out there have a similar problem and what ar...
HELP
How do you possible get use to having a pacemaker? I have had mine 13 years and I am still not use to it. I was married for two years when i got mine. We were married for 8 years. Now we are divorced and I am dating now and I am terrified to tell my boyfriend about the pacemaker. I dont want him to think I am some kind of freak or something. When he saw the scar I told him, Oh its nothing I will tell you later. We have now been together for 18 months and I cant bring myself to tell him. I am afr...
HELP
How do you possible get use to having a pacemaker? I have had mine 13 years and I am still not use to it. I was married for two years when i got mine. We were married for 8 years. Now we are divorced and I am dating now and I am terrified to tell my boyfriend about the pacemaker. I dont want him to think I am some kind of freak or something. When he saw the scar I told him, Oh its nothing I will tell you later. We have now been together for 18 months and I cant bring myself to tell him. I am afr...
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