New Member....Hello Fellow Pacers!

Hi....my name is Laura. I'm a married mom of two adult daughters. I received my St. Jude pacer on May 16th....and today is my Wedding Anniversary 27 years!!! I am 57. Family history of heart disease on both sides. I came into the ER with complete Heart Block. They were hoping for Lyme disease but I tested negative. I have a history of untreated hypertension. I KNOW that was the main cause for my situation. My cardiologist told me my echo showed it. I accept the consequences for my actions. I have to. No one to blame. So...I'm hoping my 2nd change could be a wakeup calls to friends and family. Get regular checks and be proactive with you health....no matter what age. I am trying to chill, I have done stuff around the house, nothing major. I felt better immediately after the surgery. No pounding heart.

Take care and God Bless...

Laura

2 Comments

57 Female with PM in 2013

by djohnston - 2016-05-21 07:05:39

Hi,

My name is Dawn. I just discovered that I have syncope. Although I had the PM implant due to bradycardia, no one ever mentioned syncope. I fainted last week (not the first time) and crashed my head on the pavement and ended up in the ER. It was then that I heard the word Syncope.

Finally, my cardiologist is sending me to a PM specialist since I believe that my St. Jude Medical PM 2210 is faulty. I read at least 9 incident reports on the SJM PM2210 on the FDA recall website. It has not been recalled, yet, but in my opinion, there are issues with SJM PM2210.

There is also a loop in one of my leads that no one seems to be paying attention to and also some odd noise is picked up whenever my PM is read. Other odd happenings.

Good Luck to everyone.

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by missourimorning - 2016-05-21 12:05:29

Hi Laura, Happy Anniversary! I'm Jan and I received my St. Jude paser on January 31. I'm an extremely healthy 66 year old, just happened to have complete Heart Block. I had a history of undiagnosed syncope. On day four of wearing a Holter monitor, my cardiologist called and told me to go to the hospital. I'm grateful it all worked out and I now have that behind me. I've always been very active and have been able to resume power walking and weight lifting. Life is good.

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But I think it will make me feel a lot better. My stamina to walk is already better, even right after surgery. They had me walk all around the floor before they would release me. I did so without being exhausted and winded the way I had been.