Pacemaker Club: Pins and needles sensations

Pins and needles sensations

by Old clerk
2017-11-13 00:27:56
Complications
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Two weeks ago, I started to have sharp stinging pains around the pacemaker. Also, it feels heavy or like something weighed on it, pushing inward. This only happens two or three times a week. The episodes last up to three minutes. The pacemaker was installed May 5, 2017. I’ll have it checked out on November 15.

4 Comments

Same!

by TiaRae - 2017-11-13 01:15:17

I’ve been experiencing similar symptoms. My pacemaker has been implanted since 2012 and the symptoms just started a few weeks ago. Hope all is well and please update how the apt goes!

Nerve Regeneration

by Grateful Heart - 2017-11-13 10:32:41

To me it felt like ant bites or a bee sting around the scar area. It comes and goes but it hurts! lol

Tia: Unless you had recent surgery in the area (a lead revision or something), I don't think yours would be nerve regeneration since your surgery for PM is 5 years old. But possible I suppose.

Grateful Heart

Nerve pains

by Theknotguy - 2017-11-13 23:37:15

Somtimes you get nerve pains around and in the PM site. No one can explain how or why. About the same time as you are getting the ant bites I was getting terrible itching. Went away after a couple of weeks. No lasting effects.

I'm going on four years now. Every once in a while I'll get a pain in or near the PM site. Doctor can't tell me why and they go away within a few minutes.

Hope everything clears up for you.

Interesting, I felt the same today

by muskeg - 2017-11-20 22:29:53

My unit has been in for 4 1/2 weeks now, felt the same sensation, ant bites/stinging/twitching. I guess the nerve regeneration around the implant site idea seems plausable.

Interesting

Felt it a couple of times today, for a couple of minutes each time. puzzled me but didn't really think to much of it at the time, kinda makes sense now.