STAY POSITIVE pacemakers

hi,
im 21 i grew up knowing i was premature at birth with a slow heart but it wasnt a major issue ,just suggested maybe in my teens i may need a pacemaker,perhaps they werent as clued up in those days but ive been fine up untill recently ,with shortness of breath ,little dizzy spells,nothing major ,so i decided to get checked out before i know it im booked in for electric shocks as my heart from what i gathered is the wrong way around upside down almost ,they said its the most unusuall heart theyv ever seen which didnt fill me with confidence,apart from things rammmed down my nose the shocks and rat poison ( so to speak ) to thin the blood they decided on multi line PM ..so in i went hopeing for a hours worth of surgery with a guy saying hi im hear to assist such and such to give him advice ,Ginny pig comes to mind ...so after 3 hours awake and listening to the confident worry tht they couldnt get the 3rd line in which they wrote of and just left the 2 ,
in my view its a car driveing with 3 tyres not 4 ... well of i trot the next day in rather a lot of pain ,with the hope il just get better now on the way back from the shop a week later i just collapse and landed flat on my face with people around me hearing the paramedics ,they stuck all the stickers on me there and tht at home and almost said it seems irregular but there are traces of the pacemaker kicking in ,they seemed to turn there nosers up at the fact recently they only managed to fit 2 wires with the intention of 3 ,,,so they took me for obbservation and released me and told to take it easy ,with no major reason for fainting ,with more medication,
soon after a huge bubble appeared where the PM was fitted and became painfull again and also the feeling of jelly pain like in my stomach high up to find i have a blood infection and fluid to the lung and thts also causing the lump ....
now thankfully the fluid has gone with medication but theyv decided after another check up to give me more shocks to see if they can stimulate this part of my heart again ,,im confused but dont have time to ask to many questions as ild half rather not know if you get tht ,the shocks are in a couple of weeks ....
....im happy in love with my girfriend of 2 years still chilling and the occasion drink lol ,,,so if havnt bean threw all tht and the odds are you wont !! if i can do it so can you thx to all for reading and happy xmas ;)x


3 Comments

Hello

by mytrose43 - 2012-11-07 04:11:41

Wow you have been through alot,It is nice to see you still have a positive outlook .I wish you the best of luck
Valerie

Hi Scorpio!!

by Lisarose - 2012-11-07 08:11:42

You are pretty amazing dude!! I hope things are settling down for you, its definitely rough when you have a lot of fears, doubts, questions and when things are not going as planned... as many will tell you on this site, don't give up, be sure to always advocate for yourself if your treatment is not taking care of your health, where are you at now with your heart? Are things any better?
Take care and keep in touch...
Lisarose

NOT OVER YET .....

by scorpio - 2012-12-16 10:12:59

ive now not as strong as i nearlly died the pacemaker went infected so they took it out and its caused blood clots in my arm which can easilly kill im still in hospital and on wafrin whilst haveing a suction pump to suck the infection out my legs swelled as well as my balloon arm its not a nice thought thinking im going to die ,the swellings gone down with the medication ,but im no better of since i first went in for the pacemaker the hospital nearlly killed me so now im going to refuse to have another pace maker fitted on the other side at a later date so il just hope the medication keeps me alive they nearlly killed me once so im not risking it again ....thx

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