Not feeling well & head pain

I had a pacemaker put in 2 weeks ago. This past weekend I started feeling like I could feel the lead in my heart and can hear the blood pumping or gargling through my heart. I found out when I had my procedure I have Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava which explains alot of things about me (why I sleep on my back, can't stand recliners, ect), but I just wonder if I am getting dehydrated or something because of this. I only have one lead to the sinus node. I am also having shooting headaces in the back of my head, not sure why about that as well, and I may just go to the ER tonight if it keeps going on. I just wondered if anyone had any insight to this. I will probably end up at the ER anyways, but I wondered if anyone had any suggestions. Basically I feel much better, but the head pains concern me. Thanks.

2 Comments

headaches

by Tracey_E - 2009-07-23 04:07:11

When in doubt, call the dr or head to the ER. It is probably nothing, but why take chances? Better to let a professional make that determination.

Being dehydrated will definitely cause headaches.

The shooting pain

by pupu - 2009-07-24 02:07:06

At the time when I went into 3rd degree block, just before my pm was implanted, I also had the most horrible shooting pains at the back of my head. I have migrains, but these were much worse. I asked a cardiologist, and he said he did not know what those were about. But then I had one of these pains right there in the er and they took my bloodpressure and it was something like 214/80 and my pulse was 32. So I think the pain was somehow connected with the weird blood pressure, just my own guess though... I still had some such episodes after the pm implantation, but happily they stopped in a couple of weeks. During that time I kept having problems with my bp. But to be safe, I would suggest that you see a doctor! Your problem may be something else...

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