Tachy Brady - can your body heal itself?
- by JFD
- 2008-07-16 11:07:14
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 2 comments
March '08 diagnosed with Tachy Brady ... low pulse while running was the start, over the next three weeks ''normal'' pulse declined 30 bpm to surgery.
After 1st month pacing 100% of the time. With first adjustment that went to 50%. A second adjustment to help me get back to running and the pacer remained at 50%.
Now one month later, I'm told i'm pacing at 5% for both upper and lower chambers.
I did not get any explanation from the cardiologist, only the question what had I done differently in the past month?
Is this possible? Or is it more likely his equipment was not functioning correctly?
2 Comments
Same thing too
by TKS - 2008-07-17 05:07:40
A year after my implant (PM) I was down to pacing at 5%. Dr. thought it was probably pacing when my heart rate dropped while sleeping.
While that was the only explanation I got, I wondered if some of it is a continous amount of medication (I take Toprol daily) in your system? I'm not a doctor but honestly don't know what else it could be. PM settings maybe? I just don't know...it's all speculation for me. But, like Chrissie says, the battery should last longer!
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by Tracey_E - 2008-07-16 11:07:09
I doubt the equipment could be that far off, it's more likely it's you. Not likely is not impossible! After 15 yrs of pacing 99.9% of the time and underlying rate in the 30's, over the last 6 months I've had an underlying rate in the 60's, been taking over on my own when I hit 130 when I work out and I forget the percentage pacing but it's nowhere close to what it used to be. No reason, no explanation, just a lot of head scratching at the cardiologist's office. :o)