14 Day’s since implant
- by Big aitch
- 2018-02-26 10:49:58
- Surgery & Recovery
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14 day’s on, giddiness gone, pines and needles in my legs gone.
Trying to exercise my arm, I’m takin Robin 2s advice walking my fingers up the wall and doing some low level rotations of the shoulder, had a bit of seeping from the wound but that seems to have dried up.
The elevator to my 5th floor flat is currently on the blink,the walk up the stairs certainly give the old heart a workout.
Hope to get back to work next week it would be good to stop thinking about the pacemaker Constantly
2 Comments
Gets Better and Better
by TT - 2018-02-28 13:52:42
I agree with previous comments. I'm 16 days out, so our implantation dates are close. It gets better and better. I'm looking forward to 'forgetting' I have a PM. Stil pretty aware and waiting for my steri-strips to fall off. I'm not encouraging them (ha ha) I'm just now getting them good and wet in the shower. They feel like protection - but really, I'm just a wuss! Off all pain pills for almost a week. Now I have to get off the chocolate!!!
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Give it a little more time
by Gotrhythm - 2018-02-26 13:13:26
Sounds like your recovery is on track. Isn't it wonderful to be able to climb five flights of stairs without feeling like you need CPR by the end? :-)
The day will come when you'll bump your pacemaker and it will hurt a little, or you'll get your notice to come in for a pacemaker interrogation, and suddenly you will realize this is the first time you've even thought about it for days, or weeks, or months, and you won't even know when you stopped.
Trust me. It took me two or three months. Some people take longer. Some shorter. But it does happen.