Thank-you

I am still pretty fragile(3 weeks post implant). It is very comforting to know that my problems for the most part are not unique. I went back to work last week. I still do not have the stamina that I would like, but being back in the office was therapeutic. I am moving on, albeit slower than I have anticipated. It is easier to move on having had the benefit of the comments from a "caring group of new chatline friends". I had an appointment @ PM clinic thurs. and my ventricular setting was set lower to 70 bpm and I am still on antibiotics because of my reaction to the steri-strips. I still do not sleep very well. I am thinking that next time I go to the PM clinic I might get them to help me with this, either by reducing my bpm standard setting from 60- 50 bpm or by having them program a rest rate into the scheme of things. Will this help me sleep better?

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Keep improving!

by Swedeheart - 2008-03-22 01:03:40

Hello,

We are just about in the same "boat"! I am just 3 1/2 weeks since implant. I am not faced with working and very glad of that! (I am retired) I don't think I could possibly go back to work yet. I am quite tired, and have difficulty sleeping as well. I am afraid I don't have any answers to your question, but will tell you I am on the "same page"...

I get a decent's night sleep once in awhile if I take something to help me sleep. But I don't want to have to continue to do that... I have always been able to sleep well (albeit I am a "night owl") once I go to bed, but this has sure changed that!

Working is great to help return things to more normal... but I hope you don't over do and get too tired. It might slow down your recovery a bit. However, with that said you are clearly younger than I am so it may help to be at work for someone your age! :)

Sleep Confusion

by katiesheart - 2008-03-26 09:03:53

Hello Bobbie48, I am just about to make one week with my pacemaker. I am a 21 year old full time student. The reason that I needed a pacemaker was because I have Vasovagal Syncope. Vasovagal is just my heart sometimes beating to slowly resulting in my passing out. I would faint almost every day and it was not limited to once a day. So I decided to get the pacemaker to keep from passing out because my heartrate was too low. Because it was so low, I have never had a problem sleeping.

My pacemaker may be set up differently than yours. Mine is set up so that when my rate drops below 50 b/m it kicks on to go 100 bm for 2 minutes. Two nights after I recieved my pacemaker I woke up to my heart racing. I believe that my pacemaker was pacing. Once it stopped, my heart regulated and I went right back to sleep. I think that by lowering your bm programming won't necessarily help you sleep 100 percent better but I sure think that it is worth a try!

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