Questions and symptoms

I have a new pacemaker, just got the stitches out today and I'm still having the symptoms I had before the implant. I can't seem to get any answers on how long before I can expect to see results. I'm sure it probably varies, but is it normal? Is there a time within which I should see a difference? I told the nurse today when she removed the stitches and she seemed to think it was no big deal, "I'm still healing"? I would hate to think I went thru all this to no avail!

Any comments?

2 Comments

have they messed with the settings yet?

by jimkirschvink - 2015-04-18 11:04:14


My relief was instant, however they had to put me on a bicycle and monitor me and then they discovered another setting that made a big difference. Also, you may have additional issues to deal with. I've had two ablations since getting my PM, and those were just as dramatic an improvement as the PM was. Hang in there! You've been through a lot. Just communicate with your doctor to get the best results.

Jim Jim

Feelings

by rossjackson01 - 2015-05-11 08:05:43

jjigers

I sent this in another post.
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My story is very like yours

All was well after the implant, the one day after, came the same feelings as before, Pounding and heart acceleration. A friendly Paramedic attended and explained, in none technical terms, what was occurring, and this has helped.

The thump! is not AF, it is the Pacemaker cutting in. and now it has been explained, the Thump does not feel as worrying. My heart appeared to race phenomenally, 200+, then slow. Quite right he said. The heart, top ventricle, has a foreign body in it, telling it what to do. If it want's to race, and it does, then the Pacemaker slows it down. The heart needs to learn to adapt to the Pacemaker, and it will. It gets used to the sensation and gets better (over a period of time). He couldn't help me on the time, that's down to the individual.

The nursing staff and medical staff in the hospital were brilliant, but basically all they said was that the Pacemaker was inserted. all will be good, off you go.

No-one can explain the feelings and sensations we have. Being told that 'it is not life threatening and it will be alright', is what we accept. Off we go then!

But, the comments by the Paramedic were a tonic. Still get the thump, small 't', and when the heart races, feels like 200+, I know it is the top vertical and that the Pacemaker will bring it down. The lower ventricle, pulse?, is almost static in comparison, 60 to 90.

Much more chilled.

Regards to all

Ross
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Hope this helps a little. Sitting here and I feel the Pacemaker kick in. It's no longer a 'thump', but a small sensation of what I can only describe as 'nausea', only for a fraction of second. Going though what we all go through has been a worry, but this site has helped tremendously. A long way to go for all of us.

Regards

Ross

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