Almost 3 months now!

Hi everybody!

56 year old here..........

October 7th will be 3 months for me...it's funny that for the past few months I've had little or no reaction to this change in my life. I have noticed this past week that I'm starting to focus on the PM and having somewhat of a reality check.

It bothers me that the whole thing took place, but I also recognize the value and benefit that it has afforded me.

It almost seems like a delayed stress or anxiety reaction to the entire past 3 months.

My pulse is normal and my blood pressure is better than ever. I guess I should count my blessings and just get on with my life, which has been pretty positive too. I still do get some soreness when I exert myself.

Have any of you had delayed reactions to your PM implantation?

Thanks!

Steve

3 Comments

My delayed reaction is 1 year!

by ela-girl - 2007-10-05 04:10:44

Heya, Steve.

I can understand your feelings and delayed reactions. I don't know about your situation, but I had my pm implanted via emergency surgery. While I am glad it was an emergency situation and I didn't have time to sit and ponder an impending pm surgery, only now am I really coming around to all that happened. Next Friday will be my one year anniversary, and I'm surprised with all the thoughts and feelings that I've been experiencing lately. And I actually have time in my life right now to deal with it all so that's good. I didn't at the time of my surgery then having to get back to work (I was a teacher at the time) and that alone was a bad situation (the teaching)...well it was a lot at once with no time to deal with the pm part of what was going on. We all process things differently, but I don't think you're crazy for just now getting these thoughts and feelings!

I am glad to hear that you are getting back to 'normal' and I wish you the best!

ela-girl

Oh yeah...

by dward - 2007-10-05 05:10:31

In my case, I had months to think about the whole PM thing prior to the actual event. Even so, I STILL sometimes find myself thinking - Hey, wait a minute, what the heck!?!?
I still now and then touch the area wher my PM and I think it's kind of to remind myself that yes, it really DID happen.
I would bet that delayed reaction is more common than we think.

But ya know, any time I go to the hospital to have my PM checked, or any time I have been to EMERG, there's always SOMEBODY there in waaaay worse shape than me.
- So -
Let yourself ponder the experience because I believe that's a process we just need to go through, but at the same time - just keep focussing on the positive.

Cheers,
DW


Perfectly normal

by bowlrbob - 2007-10-06 05:10:23

Like ela-girl mine was an emergency so i had no time to think about any of it. So I still after 2 years find myself wondering WHAT HAPPENED. I am really over it for the most part but in quiet times these things seem to creep into the mind. Still i am glad i have the pacer it has become my quiet friend. Bowlrbob

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