My heart's back...

• by pacie
• 2008-07-01 09:07:02
• Checkups & Settings
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I recently posted a message about my heart trying to beat on its own again. I'll try to be more clear this time. In May of 2001, I was fitted for a pacemaker because of complete heart block. I had recently had an ablation done to try to correct dangerous arrythmias which was successful but my heart decided it didn't want to beat no more than 23 bpm after the procedure, so I was then fitted for a pacemaker. After all those years and 2 pacemakers later, my heart had gotten worse and wasn't beating at all in the ventricles. Now I went in for yet another interrogation last week and found out that my heart is trying to heal itself and beat on its own. When I first went in (last week) I was 100% dependent on my pacemaker as my heart wasn't doing anything at all for itself. But when she found that it was trying to beat on its own, she adjusted it to only pace me after giving my heart a few milliseconds to try to beat on its own and if it doesn't then it paces. Well, she asked me how I felt after the adjustment and I could feel a lump in my throat like my heart was sitting there and I needed to swallow, my legs were weak and I could feel it pacing in my chest (didn't like that feeling at all). She didn't want to keep me that way so she put it back the way it was in the beginning. I told her that I could feel the difference real quick. I felt sooo much better the way it was when I came in. So she made me an appointment to see my cardiologist in August so he could see what was going on and try to figure out what to do about it, if anything. But what is concerning us too is that my pacemaker recorded that I am experiencing 200 bpm at times for up to 2 minutes at a time and she wants to see if I need to be on any medication to try and slow these down. I can't understand all of this at all. Can it get to where I won't need my pacemaker any more? It's amazing to me that I went from having no heartbeat at all to almost not using the pacemaker any more. She said that my heart was beating around 4 to 5 beats on its own before the pacemaker kicked in to help it. I know I should be excited and I am to some extent but I am more confused than anything. Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks...


Pacie