For the newcomers….

My first post was back in 2012...I needed a pacemaker and was FREAKING OUT! I thought it was the end!  Well, fast forward 10 years, and I usually forget I have one 😂.

Just thought about the group today and how much it helped me...wanted to do the same for anyone who is just starting out and scared to death.  I'm telling you, the anxiety is way worse than the actual surgery, and life with a pacemaker is just as fun as it was before. I travel, I'm active, I work in IT around equipment. I love running around with neices and nephews, I'm into video games and gadgets...and the pacemaker has never held me back.   You got this, really.  :)

4 Comments

awesome!

by Tracey_E - 2024-10-18 10:00:53

I love these posts. Those of us who have been around a while often say how we forget it's there, but the newbies have trouble imaginging that. It truly does eventually just become a bump in the road, not a major life change. I'm so glad to hear you are doing well!

terrified newby

by heartily - 2024-10-18 16:01:07

But less so reading these marvellous stories! I had complete heart block and nearly died with a 26 BPM heart. I have been told that my heart is actually much more stable now than it was pre op and I have to keep telling myself that when I get a twinge.

Every day I feel just a little bit better and more possitive, it was just SUCH a shock and a life defining moment. The comment one person on this site made saying the PM was and enabler, not a disabler REALLY helped.

 

I hope in a few years I will be the one reassuring others!

Hi and thanks for the encouragement!

by Lavender - 2024-10-18 17:21:01

I'm also loving Piglet's words that a pacemaker is an enabler not a disabler. 💕

Renee this is a stellar post!  

Thank You!

by Bruce412 - 2024-10-30 15:49:14

I love reading this! I signed up for this site pre-surgery and have been lurking/reading since.  I was implanted with my ICD (dual) on 10/14, so I'm 2 and a half weeks out. I returned to work yesterday and was so tired, came back to work today and have much more energy and feel more aware.  I keep feeling better day by day and can't wait till I reach the mark of bring able to fully use my left arm.   

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I have a well tuned pacer. I hardly know I have it. I am 76 year old, hike and camp alone in the desert. I have more energy than I have had in a long time. The only problem is my wife wants to have a knob installed so she can turn the pacer down.