getting it replaced

Since going into the '3 months' phase in which the pacemaker conserves the battery by only pacing 1 chamber, I've a lot less 'zip' than before.

I get a new pacemaker next week -- will I recover my previous energy level immediately or will it take a while?
thanks
D

4 Comments

probably immediate!

by Tracey_E - 2016-01-08 08:01:00

Depending how you pace, your rate might not be going up at all on exertion now. When it changes mode, it paces at a steady rate and we lose all the extra bells and whistles. You should feel your old self as soon as you get your new one.

it's immediate

by Theknotguy - 2016-01-08 10:01:20

Guy sits next to me in church. Got his replaced a couple of months back. He wasn't pacing in the ventricle and was dragging. They implanted the new one and he went grocery shopping on the way home. "Shouldn't have done that.", he said. So it's an immediate change.

Hope everything goes well for you.

thanks!

by dwbenner - 2016-01-10 03:01:00

I appreciate your input. I'm looking forward to having more 'zip' on Friday (maybe even Thursday afternoon!).
Thanks
Dennis

Keep a good watch

by piglet22 - 2016-01-10 10:01:31

Good luck
See my posting on this.
Mine went into failure with replacement due and on 12-week checks, due to become 8-week.
Failure was scary and the only symptoms were muscle spasm.
What should have been a planned, scheduled admission through the cardiac department door, turned into a gruelling emergency admission through the A&E door.
Good job they a new one on the shelf and could fit me onto the next day theatre list.
4-days later, feeling bruised and battered, but well on the way back to normal life again.

You know you're wired when...

You have an excuse for being a couch potato.

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