New pm

I finally had my pm fitted yesterday and apart from being in a fair bit of pain I feel ok.
Just one question though, since I got home today I've felt my pm pace a few times and I just wondered if it was normal.
The great thing about it is I don't feel dizzy or sick and after years of those symptoms it's going to take a bit of getting used to!

3 Comments

Yeaaaay!!!

by kmom - 2014-07-11 07:07:02

Glad everything went well for you. You shouldn't feel the PM pace but sometimes you can develop a fast heart rate from the implant but within a couple weeks should settle down. Be sure to keep an ice pack on it every once in a while will help with pain. If they gave you a sling only use it at night while you sleep and only for a few days. Keeping your arm in a sling can cause frozen shoulder and you don't want that. Do be careful on movement for at least a week you want to use the arm but not lift it above shoulder and don't lift anything with the arm for a few days. I did fine with just ibuprofen for the pain. So glad you are feeling better. And I noticed too that as soon as I got my PM no more dizziness or walking around like I was half drunk ( I don't drink). Keep us posted on your progress

I Still Feel Mine

by NiceNiecey - 2014-07-11 09:07:48

I don't know what the difference is from person to person, like kmom and me but I definitely feel my PM "on the job" most of the time. At the very beginning, it was as though my heart was literally flopping in my chest. I went in and they adjusted it. No more flopping but I still definitely feel it. I'm wondering if I feel it more in the ventricle than the atrium or vice versa, which could be the difference. I am happy and I definitely notice when I am NOT feeling my PM. It's good to feel just "regular" if you know what I mean.

Be sure to give yourself a few weeks for recovery. Hopefully, you'll feel it less and less if you do!

Great

by jpotts - 2014-07-13 04:07:41

Glad you feel better. Keep on top of antibiotics and watch for unusual symptoms. Do not be afraid to ask for a sooner appointment with doctor if you feel you need it. Once you are healed they will turn on all the whistles and bells of your new pacemaker.

Make a list for your doctor and pacemaker rep of things you want to do but seem limited . List always seem to help because once you get home you realize I should have asked that.

Have fun and take it easy for a few weeks.

Jim

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