no longer need pacemaker

hello, anybody here that no longer need permanent pacemaker anymore after your doctor said that your heart no need that device after you used that device by many years? I mean to remove your pacemaker forever...

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Pacemaker removal

by WillieG - 2014-11-12 01:11:24

I was wondering why you had the pacemaker and how long? I had one implanted 5 months ago for 2nd degree heart block that only occurs with strenuous exercise (mainly biking up steep hills). Now it doesn't seem to occur and I'm pacing at zero %. I was wondering if it doesn't pace for 3 or 4 years, if it would ever be removed. Someone posted that there is a 1% chance of infection of idle PMs but I wondered how that would be any different than when they are pacing. Let me know what your doctor says and how long you have no longer needed it! I have read in this site of others who have had them removed but not long term follow up.

Good luck! Would be a dream come true to no longer need a PM!

Wilma

Not typical

by PacerRep - 2014-11-12 10:11:04

Usually once you get one, your buddies for life.

No longer need pacemaker

by stricknein - 2014-11-14 08:11:17

I had a pacemaker from 2000 to 2007. It caused me many problems with short circuits, etc. In 2007, we turned it off; then the battery died. I chose not to have the PM removed due to the risk of infection and the danger in removing the leads. I have been doing much better since it stopped working. My doctor told me that "WHATEVER CAUSED ME TO HAVE THE PACEMAKER IN THE FIRST PLACE, WAS NO LONGER A PROBLEM". I think that was his way of saying that I never needed the PM in the first place.

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My eight year old son had a pacemaker since he was 6 months old. He does very well, plays soccer, baseball, and rides his bike. I am so glad he is not ashamed of his pacemaker. He will proudly show his "battery" to anyone.