PM check up

• by nat36
• 2010-06-06 10:06:47
• Checkups & Settings
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I went in for my three month check up and the doctor changed some settings. First when I was getting checked by the tech he asked me to walk up and down the hall so I did and then when I sat back down my heart was skipping beats and going up and down. He said your still having sinus node problems but he said that the pacemaker only came on when the pause was too long while I was walking and when I sat down. He said I was pacing 41% overall. That is all he said and left. Then the doctor came in and he said he was going to adjust some things. He turned up the rate response time. He said there are three settings for the rate response. The rate sensitivity, rate response time and rate incline. I am not sure what he meant??? He said that it was not responding fast enough to my walking before and then asked me to walk again. When I sat back down he said that was all the pacemaker while you were walking. How did it feel? I told him that I did not feel as out of breath as before. He said well hopefully this will also help your pauses and the ups and downs that your still having but said I could take an extra sotalol if I needed it when it was bad. He wanted me to come back in two months. I was hoping it would be six and not sure why I have to come back so soon. Since he changed things my heart rate has been a lot faster and now when I am resting it won't go below 79 which before it would sit at 69 which is my low setting. Why is it doing that? I am having some headaches but I do feel better when I am moving around so not sure if I should wait this out to see if the headaches go away. I really don't understand what is going on now. Any ideas??