Surgery in 3 days

After reading all I can and all these post I don't know if I ain't more nervous. I have bradycardia with arrhythmia and will have my PM installed Wednesday June 1st. I am so ready because I have been passing out and the last time I got two blacks from the fall, but I have been reading some scary post-op stuff. So now I'm nervous all over again. Not to mention I'm 28 yrs old. But I am glad I found this site, because I don't have anyone who understands that I truly need this.

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surgery in 3 days

by Mona - 2016-05-29 05:05:36

You are going to be just fine. We were all nervous, it's perfectly normal. You are going to feel so very much better when you get your "new parts". Post op is the easiest part - you will be closely watched and well taken care of. I can't emphasize how much better you are going to feel. Be sure and let your EP and the nurses know that you are a bit apprehensive - they have plenty of good medicine to help you.

Mona

You will be fine

by hawaiilad - 2016-05-29 09:05:21

My PM was installed about 2 months ago and I am so happy I did it. I also had been having problems like yours for a long time even spent time in the hospital being told I needed a PM but still they wanted to try different meds. Well the meds. did not work and Finally I got the PM installed. Hell, I can even breath better these days...I am 71 yrs young and so happy to get my get up and go back. Hang in there, make sure you do what the Dr., tells you, Take it easy for at least the first week and then slowly watch the difference you will feel.

It will be fine

by Shaun - 2016-05-29 09:05:38

I've had a pacemaker (for Bradycardia) for about 20 months and reading some of these posts still makes me nervous. But I figure you tend to focus on the problems when you read these sorts of post and lose sight of the vast majority of pacemaker recipients who don't have problems. For my part there were no pre-pacemaker nerves because it happened very suddenly, one day I was fine, the next I couldn't fall asleep without passing out and so I needed emergency surgery for a pacemaker. Looking back I realise that my nerves were post-pacemaker, and the posts I was writing at the time were while I was still in a state of anxiety. So my posts 20 months ago would have made anyone about to receive a pacemaker very nervous, but in all honesty, I'm still here now (obviously) and doing very well with no adjustments needed to the pacemaker, just a period of adjustment within my own mind. Your surgery will go well and don't forget to report back here to let everyone know how you're getting on afterwards.

You have entered a place where...

by donr - 2016-05-29 12:05:15

...people come with problems searching for answers & solutions.You are getting a biased view of Post-op situations. Want to hear good news?

I got out of the hosp at noon the day after implant. Wife & i stopped at a lumber yard, bought a batch of boards, went home & rested. next day I was playing carpenter building our house. Minus my left arm, of course. wife acted as my left arm. Had no pain, only discomfort. Took no pain meds. Went about my life as if nothing had happened - except that I felt better. Wound healed up w/o severe scaring. No infection.

I had Brady, also. That was 13-1/2 yrs ago.

There are a bit over 29,000 members of the PMC. That's out of a world-wide PM host population measured in the millions. Even all of us in here do not have severe problems. There are a whole bunch of us who, like me, have slipped painlessly into hosting a PM.

Relax - the probability that it will be a piece of cake rather than a disaster are very high. Come back after it's over & tell us which it was.

Donr


Thanks

by PacingUnicorn - 2016-05-29 12:05:35

Thanks everyone for making me feel better about this. I will definitely come back and update!

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