It feels like

I've been punched right in my device for about 5 days now. That's the best way to explain it. I am very aware of it and it hurts so I have been monitoring it. I didn't accidentally bump it or any new exercises or anything like that so I can't figure it out.

Then last night, I felt a little electrical shock from my device that went straight down my chest about 6-7 inches in length. This occurred 7 times within a half hour. I know the leads do not follow that path so I don't think it was my defib. besides, I understand when your defib. goes off......you WILL know it.

My device is 5 years old and I have never felt this before. This was an attention grabber for me....and a little scary.....any ideas?

Grateful Heart

3 Comments

get checked

by Tracey_E - 2014-01-07 05:01:09

Something is going on. I'd call and ask to be seen, at the very least get it interrogated. It's extremely rare but not unheard of to get a pocket infection years later. The shocking could be a lead fractured. Again, rare, but worth investigating. Any sudden changes should always be checked out.

Yes, I have an idea...

by donr - 2014-01-07 05:01:38

...Potentially a failed lead. IF your ICD does any pacing, one of the leads could have developed a short circuit back to the case of the device. Such a failure can result in that sort of intermittent symptom at first.

That's how I felt when I had a lead fail at about the 4 yr point.

Don

So far so good

by Grateful Heart - 2014-01-08 11:01:12

It didn't happen at all yesterday, so I guess it stopped. I'll monitor it for now. The device area still is noticeably heavy and achy. In the past when I had a lead problem the interrogation said all was fine. 3 months later, it showed up upon interrogation.....exactly where I felt it all along. So sometimes we can feel it in our bodies sooner than the programming can pick it up.

The challenge is to get someone to listen to you. :(

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