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I got my pacemaker 1 1/2 years ago. I haven't really had much for issues after receiving it until a few weeks ago. I had been taken off of Plavix 6 mo. ago. I have had some discomfort in my arm some, but nothing that worried me. I also noticed that the veins coming up from the pacemaker and down the shoulder into my arm were very visible. Two weeks ago when I was dressing for work, I noticed that my sleeve was hard to pull onto my arm. My arm was swollen hard as a rock from the shoulder down to my hand. I had a blood clot. After getting loaded up on Lovenox and coumadin and released from the hospital. I saw my Cardio physcian that put my stent in, I had a 70-80% blockage a year ago, age 55. He without missing a beat figured that the pacemaker has thrown the clot post-surgical. Thinking that coming off the Plavix and having had an agressive Chiropractic adjustment may have made it all come to blows. Does anyone see the same thing I did with the very obvious showing of veins and achiness in the arm that shares the side of the pacemaker placement. Or any blood clots related to? Otherwise I have felt pretty good after receiving the stent and pacemaker.

4 Comments

Docs just guessing

by ElectricFrank - 2011-12-04 01:12:12

Might be a good guess, but there is no way to know if the pacer was involved (or the chiropractic either). If you are prone to clotting almost anything, or nothing can cause one.

best wishes,

frank

Blood Clot

by DybHen - 2011-12-04 09:12:28

I got a clot near in my shoulder area where my pm was implanted. I was fine and folding laundry one moment, and suddenly my arm felt strange, turned purple, and I couldn't get my ring off. Doc said it was normal when I called in. Let it go for 3 days and the pain got worse, went to urgent care where they did some sort of blood test that indicates the probability of clots, that came back positive. Had to drive a distance to the nearest facility available to do ultrasounds on a weekend. Long story short, after 3 months of thinner injections in my stomach and oral blood thinners clot went anyway and haven't had any issues with it since (it's been a little over a year). I was not on any thinners prior to this.

Wow

by ElectricFrank - 2011-12-05 01:12:11

I'm surprised that the doc said it was normal. Clots like that can break loose and land somewhere causing all sorts of bad things.The seriousness of the diagnosis depends on their convenience.

frank

To bad

by walkerd - 2011-12-05 06:12:24

you didnt have a recording of that conversation with that Dr. or so called Dr. when he told you that maybe you could have gotten it so he wasnt called a DR.....
That is scarey that someone has a medical lisence that dispenses diagnosis like that over a phone.....All I can say is WOW..

dave

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You run like the bionic man.

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