Hi all, new here.

• by PhilUK
• 2017-01-29 10:02:07
• General Posting
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 Hi all, new to the forum.

   I had a dual pacemaker fitted in November after collapsing a couple of times whilst out walking/hiking. I had no previous indications I had any issues. I am a male and 47 years old.

   I was in hospital for 15 days, long story, lots of checks, MRI etc before being fitted with an essentio mri dr pacemaker.  My first question, after leaving hospital i was really rough for weeks and struggled to get back into my life. I was layed up a lot and my BPM always hovered around the 63 bpm mark. My pacemaker is set to 60 bpm.I went for my 6 week check up and was told my pacemaker was working at 100%, ie totally reliant on it. After 7 weeks or so I started to try and do a bit more and noticed my bpm rarely drops below 68 now and is often in the 70's and 80's.  Does this mean I am not relying on the pacemaker as much or do they track?   I am still experiencing missed beats, my blood pressure monitor picks them up too but they are very obvious to me, fluttering below my sternum, worries me at times.

  I have lots of questions but will leave it at that for now : )

     Thanks

                  Phil