Checkup

OK, lets pick someones brains.Had my rate response turned on 6 months ago on my Sorin Reply DR and I was being paced then at 96% on my Atrial. Today on my latest check up I am only being paced at 40% on my Atrial with settings of 60/130. That seems like a drastic difference, does turning on the rate response normally have that effect. It has slightly increased the incidence of Angina attacks which they said it might, but generally I feel better and with more energy (not too much more, but some), so today they offered to tweak it some more so I said yes please, let's put the pedal to the metal and see what happens. Are there likely to be any serious effects, am I likely to be able to fly or leap over tall buildings! Any sensible comments would be appreciated.
Keep warm and vertical.
God Bless.
clockman1

2 Comments

Change one thing at a time

by Theknotguy - 2014-11-20 02:11:09

Just have them change one thing at a time. If it doesn't work you can always back it off, see how you feel, and then proceed.

You may want to keep a log of changes and how you feel. My heart problems were a moving target so sometimes I would feel better / worse without them making any changes at all. Overall progression was positive. But I kept track of what was going on.

Glad the settings are working for you.

Fly?...

by Gotrhythm - 2014-11-20 12:11:20

...Unlikely. Leap tall buildings? Depends on whether you were ever able to do so before. :-)

Seriously, glad the tweaking your settings is working for you.*

*Newbies take note: even when your PM is "working fine" It still might needs some adjustments to work optimally for you.

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