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can anyone tell me if lying on the side of your pm can cause damage / i cant lie on my right side as my pm(implanted on the left) flips over but by lying on my right i always wake up inpain i think im squashing the pm.also ive developed a feeling of pressure in both sides of my neck tight chest heaviness and fast heart beat especially on standin/minimal exercise and after eating ive tried beta blockers that ease symptoms slightly but make me feel ill with asthma like symptoms so ive stopped them also my diastolic bp is higher than normal .feeling fed up pm clinic not helpful in past would give anything to have pm removed sorry to sound so miserable

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by admin - 2008-03-13 08:03:46

Sorry to hear you are not feeling well. Many new receipients expereince discomfort and pain when lying on the side in which their device is implanted. This normally goes away after a couple weeks. When was your device implanted?

Blake

hi blake

by belly321 - 2008-03-13 09:03:23

hi blake thanks for replying i had my pm implanted five years ago and didnt experience any pain until about 18 mnths ago. the pain started when the pm started flipping i am hoping to have the pm reimplanted deeper but this cant happen until someone sorts out the battery life!

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by OIMAPRINCESS2477 - 2008-03-13 09:03:33

Well I can tell you that I lay on my left side where my pm is implanted and have had no problems. I have actually found that it is more comfortable for me to lay on my left side since the day I received my pacemaker. I hope that you get everything sorted out so that your not in pain. Best of Luck.

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