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Good day to everyone! I need youlls help please im a lityle worried. Tomorrow ill be going to my cardiologists/arrythmia specialist for the first visit after my procedure. Today itll be 9 days since my St Jude Dual Chamber Pacemaker procedure aland everyrhing had been going fine and was looking forward for tomorrows apointment to get my stitches removed. However this morning i woke and saw my body full with red bumps, i called cardiologists and i was told to go to my primary dr, so i did only to find out he'll be out until Monday. Now im worried has this happened to any of you after your procedure? Please any answers will help me a lot, thanks & blessings.

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thanks!

by wired&blessed - 2015-07-09 01:07:12

Thanks TraceyE! Thats what i was thinking maybeban allergic reaction. I had once an allergic reaction once and my skin looked like now with the difference of the itching, this time i don't have the itching. In my primary drs office hes the only dr available. Thanks for your response, appreciate it❤

meds?

by knb123 - 2015-07-09 05:07:40

W&B--Tracey had good suggestions for you.

I note you didn't mention if you're taking any meds since the implant (I assume you were prescribed a pain med after the procedure but which is it and are you still taking it?). Did you receive some literature with your medication(s) that explains side effects? If so, check it and that may give you a clue. Also, absent the doctor or an urgent-care facility, you could ask the pharmacist who filled your Rx.

Let us know what you learned.

benedryl

by Tracey_E - 2015-07-09 06:07:33

As long as it doesn't interfere with anything you are on, try some benedryl at bedtime tonight. If it's allergic reaction, that will help with the itching.

I'm no dr so take this as you like, but if you suspect you are allergic and it is escalating- first red dots, now red dots with itching is escalation- I would not take it anymore. Next dose could make you a lot worse, that's how people end up in the hospital. I really think you need a medical opinion before Monday, preferably before the next dose! If your dr doesn't have a colleague on call or a NP or PA available in his stead, I'd go to an urgent care or some of the chain pharmacies here now have walk in mini clinics with a nurse, or your insurance company may have a nurse on call, or there's always the ER. Whoever you find, don't keep taking something you suspect you may be having a reaction to without talking to someone.

thank you💗

by wired&blessed - 2015-07-09 06:07:57

knb123 thank you!
Yes im taking the same meds i use to take but im thinking maybe i was given something different in the hospital. The only reason i didnt think it was a med reaction was because last time i had a lot of itching but guess what? Yes i started itching now :( so yes it is definitely a med reaction. The sad thing is that for me to see the dermotologists my insurance requires a referral from my primary dr:( so thats going to take a while. Anyways im super happy it has nothing to do with my new pacemaker💖 thank yoy & God bless!

true

by wired&blessed - 2015-07-09 07:07:05

TraceyE that is so true. Now that you mentioned it, thier is a 24/7 Nurseline on back of my insurance card. Thank you very much, let me make that call... I love being in this club, you'll are so helpful all the time!

GP needs to have coverage

by Lurch - 2015-07-09 07:07:33

Your doctor should have somebody available to see his/her patients when he/she is not available! Usually they will work together to provide coverage during vacations, emergencies, etc.

still itching?

by knb123 - 2015-07-09 10:07:38

W&B, glad you are finding suggestions for addressing your symptoms. Hope the nurse line can sort this out for you. As Lurch pointed out, your pcp should have someone designated to answer patients' issues when he/she isn't available.

When you called your pcp and discovered he wouldn't be in til Monday, did you speak to a live human or hear a recorded message? In any case, I would press for an answer before Monday. Maybe you can leave a message with the answering service or obtain a pager number?

Let us know how it came out.

allergic reaction?

by Tracey_E - 2015-07-09 12:07:46

It sounds unrelated to the pacer. That's how I react to one class of antibiotics, or maybe you were exposed to something at the hospital. Is there anyone else in your primary's office who can see you, or maybe an urgent care?

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