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Still tired
- by Sully06
- 2014-11-03 08:11:39
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First day back to work today after getting my PM about a week and a half ago for SSS. I feel pretty good, i can tell there is a difference, but i still got that tired, and dizzy-out of it-feeling around noon today. I already had one adjustment made on my first follow up visit after my procedure. How long before I start feeling "really great" or "like a million bucks" like the EP and nurses told me I would ?
14 Comments
Surgery
by Bostonstrong - 2014-11-03 08:11:11
Results in major physiological stress on your body. Yes, even the so called minor surgeries, like a pm implant. Everyone heals at a different rate so I can't give you a timeline but it will most definitely get better. A little patience, a little faith, a little time work wonders.
Just curious if your nurses or EP have had pacemaker implants themselves and lived through this before promising you instant improvements? Guessing they have not. Stay strong, it will get better.
Surgery
by Bostonstrong - 2014-11-03 08:11:12
Results in major physiological stress on your body. Yes, even the so called minor surgeries, like a pm implant. Everyone heals at a different rate so I can't give you a timeline but it will most definitely get better. A little patience, a little faith, a little time work wonders.
Just curious if your nurses or EP have had pacemaker implants themselves and lived through this before promising you instant improvements? Guessing they have not. Stay strong, it will get better.
Surgery
by Bostonstrong - 2014-11-03 08:11:12
Results in major physiological stress on your body. Yes, even the so called minor surgeries, like a pm implant. Everyone heals at a different rate so I can't give you a timeline but it will most definitely get better. A little patience, a little faith, a little time work wonders.
Just curious if your nurses or EP have had pacemaker implants themselves and lived through this before promising you instant improvements? Guessing they have not. Stay strong, it will get better.
Surgery
by Bostonstrong - 2014-11-03 08:11:12
Results in major physiological stress on your body. Yes, even the so called minor surgeries, like a pm implant. Everyone heals at a different rate so I can't give you a timeline but it will most definitely get better. A little patience, a little faith, a little time work wonders.
Just curious if your nurses or EP have had pacemaker implants themselves and lived through this before promising you instant improvements? Guessing they have not. Stay strong, it will get better.
Surgery
by Bostonstrong - 2014-11-03 08:11:13
Results in major physiological stress on your body. Yes, even the so called minor surgeries, like a pm implant. Everyone heals at a different rate so I can't give you a timeline but it will most definitely get better. A little patience, a little faith, a little time work wonders.
Just curious if your nurses or EP have had pacemaker implants themselves and lived through this before promising you instant improvements? Guessing they have not. Stay strong, it will get better.
Surgery
by Bostonstrong - 2014-11-03 08:11:13
Results in major physiological stress on your body. Yes, even the so called minor surgeries, like a pm implant. Everyone heals at a different rate so I can't give you a timeline but it will most definitely get better. A little patience, a little faith, a little time work wonders.
Just curious if your nurses or EP have had pacemaker implants themselves and lived through this before promising you instant improvements? Guessing they have not. Stay strong, it will get better.
Sorry Sully
by Grateful Heart - 2014-11-03 09:11:52
I couldn't resist.
Like Bossy and Theknotguy said, we are all different and recover and feel better at different times and levels.
It is also not uncommon to need additional adjustments as time goes on....you'll get there.
Grateful Heart
Sorry they told you
by Theknotguy - 2014-11-03 09:11:57
Sorry they told you that you would feel better immediately. I don't know how they make such a statement and expect it to happen.
As mentioned before, everyone heals differently. There are a lot of other factors too - age, prior condition, changes in medication, changes to medication, body type, mental attitude, on and on. All can affect how you come out of the surgery and how you react to the PM.
I had a lot of trauma prior to getting my PM and it was three months before I started feeling good. Then it was another four months before I could even attempt to do "normal" things. At the one year mark I'm about 95%. Things are getting better but it's been a long process. I'm not telling you this to discourage you, but want you to be aware the body isn't like the fast food industry. We'd like to have instant success but it may take our bodies a while to react to the situation.
Hopefully you can take what they told you, recognize they shouldn't have said what they did, and start to create your own reality. If there is some way you can start looking at this in a positive way, I'd strongly suggest it.
At some time you should feel better than what you did before getting the PM. When that will be I don't know. I hope it happens quickly.
Sure Ginger
by Grateful Heart - 2014-11-03 10:11:38
As soon as I remember what I said. :-)
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tired after surgery
by bluebowtye - 2014-11-04 10:11:13
Hi, as others have said we all heal differently. You are only 1 1/2 weeks out. I did not go back to work until 2 1/2 weeks after my implant and that was tough. I really was not ready. It took me a good month to fully recover. Many days I still felt really tired and just generally did not feel well. Some days were better than others.
Most doctors and nurses don't have pacers themselves so they really can't say how you should feel afterwards.
The best advice I can give is listen to your body. I could really tell if I overdid it. Get lots of rest and take it easy. Your body and brain are still adjusting. I still have days when I don't feel all that great but I don't know if it's always pacer related. Hang in there, it does get better.
Take care, and good luck to you.
~Sheila
recovery
by lhogue - 2014-11-07 12:11:47
You are still recovering. Give your body time. I pitched a small fit and thought mine was broken one week after. I'm at 8 weeks, running 4 miles, started doing pushups and gave up naps. Give it some more time.
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Surgery
by Bostonstrong - 2014-11-03 08:11:11
Results in major physiological stress on your body. Yes, even the so called minor surgeries, like a pm implant. Everyone heals at a different rate so I can't give you a timeline but it will most definitely get better. A little patience, a little faith, a little time work wonders.
Just curious if your nurses or EP have had pacemaker implants themselves and lived through this before promising you instant improvements? Guessing they have not. Stay strong, it will get better.