New PM in wife 2nd post new question

So first I want to thank who's responded to my first post? I can't tell you how I really appreciate this club. All of this is so new to me and my wife. This is really a nice place to connect. I have one other question. As I mentioned in my other post she had to be in ICU due to some complications with her sinus node and her lower part of her heart not receiving conductivity. As I as I mentioned before she's got pulses happening at times that she actually feels trenching and it's a little uncomfortable. I've have another post that others are responding to on that so that's not the question for this one. The question I have is since we're one day out of surgery. They did want to make sure she did not raise her arm too much for six weeks. She has something to keep her arm down however just a moment to go she lifted her arm up a little bit to tie a tie to the back of her hair. It scared us both because she realized that was a mistake and accident. We don't know what the threshold is of moving the arm up and what we should be looking for S any complications were brought by her doing that. She may be overstimulating herself a bit with the concerns so she may be overly active to thinking she did something wrong. That being said she thinks she felt a little tugging. I guess since we're both start new and anxious about this as were trying to learn I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge or thoughts to kind of rest are nerves. Or is this something that we should probably get looked at today or tomorrow.? Thanks again for all of your help.

8 Comments

I did that in my sleep!....

by Zoë - 2018-01-28 16:05:40

I woke up to find my arms above my head and, like you, panicked thinking I'd somehow dislodged my wires!!! However, the device is implanted with a 'coil' allowing for movement where it is screwed into the implant (think how you coil a loop of cable when pushing an electric lawnmower for example!) You're meant to restrict all movement above your shoulder level for 6weeks to allow the wires to fully bed in within the heart and allow scar tissue to "knit in" securely, anchoring them in place.  Small, one off movement like that shouldn't have done your wife any harm but you can check with your care team if you're concerned.  Make sure your wife does sufficient physio though, to keep her rotator cuff supple so that she doesn't get a frozen shoulder.

all the best :)

Thanks

by Pjames123 - 2018-01-28 16:13:43

Thank you zoeso much. I appreciate the time for the comment. Helps a lot to put mine to ease. We will be doing a follow-up anyway soon with her doctors who will bring that up as well. Blessings to you

No Worries

by Grateful Heart - 2018-01-28 16:33:53

We've all done that at least once.  Your wife needs to move her arm in a normal way and not keep it stiff and she'll probably remember not to raise it over her shoulder now.

Like Zoe said, there is plenty of slack in the leads (wires).   

When I read the subject line for this thread and the one below, I thought you were saying your first wife had a PM and now your second wife has a PM.  :)

Grateful Heart

Things can only get better

by IAN MC - 2018-01-28 16:38:53

I hope that your third wife has a trouble-free implant !

Ian

Opps. Oh my

by Pjames123 - 2018-01-28 17:11:33

Oh my I better fix that :-) LOL thank you guys for the info. That would be Post Number 2 LOL. Thanks to all

Opps. Oh my

by Pjames123 - 2018-01-28 17:11:34

Oh my I better fix that :-) LOL thank you guys for the info. That would be Post Number 2 LOL. Thanks to all

Awww....you fixed it

by Grateful Heart - 2018-01-28 17:50:54

We thought it was funny PJ. 

We do like to laugh.

Grateful Heart

Not to worry

by Gotrhythm - 2018-01-28 23:23:12

Keeping the arm absolutely still really isn't a good idea. It can set up a painful condition called frozen shoulder that can take a long time to recover from.

I doubt if you wife did any harm. Online you can find some shoulder range of motion exercises wihich can guide her in moving the arm, gently stretching it a little more each day.

A little tugging isn't a big worry. Scar tissue isn't as flexible as the tissue it replaces. Feeling tugging in the area as the arm is moved is pretty common.

The key is slow, gentle stretching. First extend the arm and bring it up until the hand is about waist high. Then over several days or a week, gradually extend it higher and higher until you can reach over head. The key is gentle and gradual. But do move the arm.

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