Pacemaker site hurt after being hit

Oh! The Pain!

by Gotrhythm - 2018-04-02 15:24:59

Oh yes, it hurts. Plenty. I got jostled in a grocery the other day, stumbled into a display--it sounds like far more than it was--and bumped just the outer edge of my pacemaker. For a second, I thought I was going to pass out from the pain, even though if it had toudhed anywhere else on my body I would hardly have felt it. Fortunately the pain receeded quickly, and I was able to finish my shopping.

You have just found out that the pacemaker is much tougher than you. Taking a hit won't hurt it at all, but it wil pain you mightily.

I've had a pacemaker 61/2 years. Rarely has anything hit it, but yes, it always hurts that much.

ouch

by Tracey_E - 2018-04-02 16:09:35

Yep, and it hurts!!! As Gotrhythm said, it's a lot tougher than we are. I've hit mine hard enough to bruise several times, most recently caught the edge of it scaling a wall during a Spartan race last month. It's still sore lol. Ice helps. 

direct hits

by Dexter - 2018-04-08 14:44:03

My only direct hit happened when I was reaching for my bag in the overhead bin on the plane and my laptop slipped out and hit me right on the pacemaker. That hurt! And I worried about whether I damaged it or not, but after the pain went away I didn't have any problems, and no subsequent read-outs have indicated any, so I guess they're tough little critters.

it's metal

by dwelch - 2018-04-09 01:03:31

Yep, been hit a number of times, one big one right on it.  Survived them all...

If you look at the pictures or have been fortunate to get your old ones when they take them out or the doc has a display model.  Its a metal body with plastic or other similar material around the connectors.  Then not much flesh on the outside of that, so yep, not going to take much of a hit on the outside to pinch that skin between a pacer and a hard place. 

Its going to hurt, very much, if it doesnt recover in a reasonable amount of time, call the doc.