healing process

Hello dear friends, I am member from Mongolia. My mother (55 years old) just got PM Zephyr XL DR a week ago. Surgery went well. She is now recovering and trying to cope with the PM. I understand now we have to change our lifestyle a little bit. And I am looking for advices. First of all what should we take in concern and how long lasts the healing process? Is there certain foods we should avoid?
Now we are not leaving her alone by herself, does it helps or we are making things worse by making her feel sick person?

Thank you very much for your attention and looking forward for your support.

4 Comments

hello tuvshuu

by knb123 - 2015-07-07 04:07:55

...and thank you for your questions. I am glad to hear that your mother has had a good outcome with her pacemaker. I am older than your mother and received my pacemaker in March. I am able to eat whatever I want, exercise, and participate in all the activities I enjoyed before receiving the pacemaker. So, unless your mother has some other health condition, I would say she will be able to resume all her normal daily activities within six to eight weeks.

During this recuperation period, it is helpful to pamper your mother by encouraging her to rest when she is tired. Offer to accompany her to doctor visits. Carry heavy parcels for her. Go to the market for her and prepare her favorite foods. In other words, continue to honor her as I suspect you already do! The pacemaker will prove to be a life-saver for your mother, as it has for many of us on this site.

Hi tuvshuu.....................

by Tattoo Man - 2015-07-07 06:07:34


................Firstly a big Pacemaker Club 'welcome' to you !

Your mother is young at 55 so she need not avoid everyday activities with the exception of the 'arm above the head' rule for the first 4/6 weeks. Healing takes a little time...this varies from person to person...

What does strike me though is your reference to her being a 'sick person'....now you have only given us some limited information...what was her general health condition before she got her PM ?...was she active ?..weight?...etc etc.

Pacemaker recipients are very often NOT sick and need not be treated as such...it is easy to cosset people who, realistically need to be allowed to lead a normal productive life....for sure, offer the love and care that we all deserve but please don't take over her life.

My very best wishes from the UK

Tattoo Man

I think that you may well be the first ever Member from Mongolia...

help for mother

by trish - 2015-07-07 11:07:15

I have children older than your mother. I know of no food restrictions with pacemaker. Activity is generally as tolerated , in a few weeks she should be back to doing whatever she was doing before pacemaker implant. Sure there is soreness over surgical site until incision healed. Maybe clean her house, pamper her with a new hair do or whatever but she is not sick unless she was sick before. Trish

thank you very much.

by tuvshuu - 2015-07-08 01:07:21

thank you very much to all who commented. in Mongolia as long as I am informed there 45 people who has pacemaker. However, I think there are more people. This is very new operation to us. We have only 1 hospital and 2 doctors who do this surgery. Few weeks ago doctors from America also visited Mongolia and did this surgery for couple of people.
My mom's right upper arm was hurt got red and hard. (PM is in her right chest) Today we went to check with the doctor and he examined her with x ray and told us there is thromb in her arm. She need to take a medicine again for that. Is this something normal or is it bad?
I will make sure to treat her well:) Thank you again for your information. And my English might be little bad but I feel much better after I share my worries here in this group. Because I have no contact and information about people who have PM here in Mongolia.
Thank you again. Very best wishes to you all.

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