How do you know

I have only had my pacemaker for 3weeks now, and right after i got it was in hospital next day wire at went into heart and they had to go in and re-do surg, NOW how can I tell if my wires come out, will I know?? Just learning to live with this and Does the knot in you chest eventually go down and then can you actually sleep on both sides.

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5 months

by trknut379 - 2013-02-18 11:02:04

I've had my ICD for 5 months now, It still is bulging out of my chest not sure how long it takes them to settle in lower. Now after 1 1/2 to 2 months once the soreness started to go away I was able to sleep on both side comfortably. Your device i see is a medtronic same as I, not sure of other brands but medtronics have an alarm in them to let you know if there is a problem with the device. I think they set mine to go off at 10:30 a.m. if there are problems. If you haven't been in for your follow up appnt yet, they'll hook you up to a laptop and go over everything with you and sound your alarm so you know what it sounds like and adjust volume so you are able to hear it.

healing

by Tracey_E - 2013-02-19 01:02:05

Things will settle in and it should get to where it's painless and less noticeable. Everyone is different but it can be anywhere from 6 week to 6 months or more.

If a wire comes loose, you will feel the way you did before you got the pm. If you pace a lot, it will be obvious. If you don't pace much, you may not feel a difference. They can tell immediately when they interrogate the pm if the leads are ok.

ICD's are considerably larger than pacemakers.

thank you so much for the info

by Cattyte - 2013-02-19 09:02:20

This is all a learning experience and i so appreciate the feedback and please know how much better it makes me feel to be able to ask people that can actually know what i am feeling..

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