Heart Rate

I was placed on November 7th of this year. On November 20th, I had a lead revision and removal of badly infected tissue in my original pocket. 

I have noticed a sudden increase in my resting heart rate especially this past week and I am wondering if this is just a normal part of the healing process. I could not sleep last night because I think my body thought it was at the gym! My resting heart rates at 2am were 118!!! 

I do not want to call the on-call doctor since it is Sunday and they will just suggest I go to the ER. I am having some serious panic attacks over any medical procedures right now, so I know it will be a push for me to go to the hospital.

Anyone else have an elevated heart rate after placement? My pre-pm rates were in the 40's much of the day and in the 60's with normal activities. I was rarely if EVER above 100 unless I was running or lifting weights, so this is causing me huge discomfort.

 

3 Comments

Exercise and dizziness and sweating and malaise

by AddieJ - 2017-12-10 12:37:07

All these posts on continuing symptomology after implantation. I hear you. I begged my Dr to consider my settings after all else was checked out. He simply says no. The pacemaker is pacing fine on the factory settings. Why do they have ‘settings’ if we can never adjust the ‘settings?’  I wish I knew an electrophysiologist that also liked to run........or would listen. 

I need a rest!

by stacylovesbaseball - 2017-12-10 12:40:03

I am also a runner and looking forward to my next marathon in April. My ep did change me from factory settings but I am still having HIGH resting rates which is weird for me. My settings are 55/140 because I have a right ventricle lead as well for sick sinus syndrome. 

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by Tracey_E - 2017-12-10 22:32:03

It's normal for the resting rate to go up, if we weren't too low to start with we wouldn't need pacemakers! However if it's staying over 100, you need to be seen asap. Something else is going on. 

Addie, they are out there, don't give up finding one. If you don't feel good and they won't listen, it's time to move on. My settings have been adjusted more times than I can count over the years. Sometimes it helps to write down the day/time you have episodes so they can see what the pacer was doing at the time. That said, it's easy to get tunnel vision and blame everything on the pacer. All it's going to do is make the heart beat faster so sometimes it's not the culprit. But the place to start is a doctor who will listen!

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