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Frustrated

Hello,

I am new to this site and I am so overjoyed to have found a resource like this. I had my pacemaker put in 6/08 and have had problems with it ever since. I am still having quite significant SOB with exertion and fatigue. My pacemaker paces my heart 98-99% of time. I have had multitudes of tests and my settings have been adjusted many times. I am feeling quite frustrated that I am not feeling better. I am only 41 years old & was very active before becoming sick. I go to kar...

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infected pacemaker

I am a first time user here. I had a pace maker put in on Oct 2 they were unable to put the third left lead in so I had to have it put in with the di vincni robot a few weeks later. I was never happy with it It just didn't seem right . but I was told it was from the surgery I needed to give it time. Well end of Jan one of my insicions opened under my arm, they tried to stitch it up but found out the leads were infected plus the pacemaker pocket was infected. march 2 I had pacemaker and leads r...

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Lions and Tigers and Chest Pain Oh MY!

I'm really scared and in a lot of pain. I've had really bad sharp chest pain that started late monday night. It started like jabbing pain in my right shoulder and throughout monday it moved across my whole chest and down my arms and remains like that now. It is very painful to breathe and it feels about like it did right after I got my pacemaker only a lot worse and on both sides. Normally I would run into the hospital or at least my cardiologist's office but the catch is that my new insurance w...

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Migrating ICD

Tomorrow(3/25/09) I go see my EP for my 1st official check-up/reprogramming since surgery on 2/10/09. I noticed that my ICD was moving under my armpit about a week after it was implanted...I went in to the EP clinic to ask what I should do and was given all sorts of run-around about how the odds of it moving are low and how I must have "twiddlers syndrome"...accusing me of playing with it. I was absolutely disgusted by my treatment in the EP clinic. Finally the tech saw that I was still swoll...

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Chest pains and Fatique

Hi all been having chest pains for 24 hours now....also short of breath and tired...so off to the ER for me. Everyone cross your fingers.
Renee

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Update

Well home already they think it is just respitory issues not cardiac have to follow-up with my doctor

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deep muscle pain after implant

Hi---I just had a pm put in Tues 3-17-09. I am home & am experiencing deep muscle pain in my shoulder muscle & in upper & lower arm muscle---it comes and goes---when I have it, it is intense----need pain med---but when it goes away (without pain med) I am free of pain. The nurse thought it was probably from surgery itself, but if it doesn't go away or gets worse to check back. Could this be from the pacer, giving off impulses & causing pain?? Due to the fact the pain is intermittant (it come...

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Scar pain

Hi all, hope everyone's OK. It's been nearly a month since I had my PM fitted, and everything seems to be going well. I had a bit of a fright yesterday and my heart skipped a lot, but that could have been as a result of the adrenaline flowing through my veins!

The one thing that's really got on my nerves has been the pain around my scars. They were really itchy but on Loopy Lou's advice I've been rubbing Vitamin E cream on them, but now there's a sort of shooting pain through them ev...

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PACEMAKER IS HURTING ME

hi all my name is ashley I am 19 years old I have had my pacemaker sence 2001 and now I am having problems with my pacemaker Ithink that I got way too close to a large magnet and now my pacemaker is relley hurting on top what should I do

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Expecting!

Well my name is Rachel. Ive been a member of this site for a while now but I tend to drift away with the running around of life. So now im expecting! Im 7 weeks (prego). I just wanted to see if anyone had any input with having a pacemaker and having a baby! I have had some slight chest pressure, but other then that I feel fine...... then again im only 7 weeks. lol Thanks for all your help!

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what is going on????!!!

I hope SOMEONE has an anwswer or similar experience, OR I think I've gone nuts!
Pat few weeks Ive had a "funny" feeling in my (breastbone) happens in the evening, while i'm sitting, watching tv...even during Lost!! anyways, sometimes it travels down to the back of my legs, but it's mostly in the middle of my upper chest, not a real "hurt" per say, but a big big ACHE
Thenk during the night, it will return, 2am, etc.

Yesterdday, in the eveing it was very very int...

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Dizzy or weak spells

Hi
I have had a pacemaker since Aug 2008. I had dizzy spells until Oct off and on and then they quit. Now I have had 2 more in last 2 days. Anyone know what is causing them? Do I need an adjustment. I had passed out off and on all my life and they said it was blood sugar, but finally say heart rate at 19 beats per minute and they decided I needed one. I do not loose conciousness but need to lay down as in the past.
Help???

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NEED GREAT DR...

CAN ANYONE HERE HELP ME OUT...IM 26 YRS OLD I HAD AN ABLATION WHEN I WAS 17 THAT LED ME TO GET A PACEMAKER CAUSE THE DR HIT A GOODPATHWAY CAUSING ME TO HAVE HEART BLOCK WHICH I LIVED WITH FOR 10 YRS WITHOUT BEING PACED...ONE DAY I PASSSED OUT AT WORK GOT TWO OPINIONS AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY CHOICE IF I WANTED A PACEMAKER WASNT LIFE THREATENING WITHOUT ONE SO I DECIDED TO GET ONE TO EASE MY MIND AND ONE DR SAID IT SHOULD GET RID OF MY SKIPPED BEATS..NOW HERES THE PROBLEM WENT TO THE DR TODAY MY P...

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Heart failure or not??

2 weeks ago I was put in the hospital for an infected gallbladder that had to be removed. Before being able to do the surgery I had to be cleared by a cardiologist.Just to let you know what I am being treated for before I went into the hospital. I have a pacemaker for complete heart block, take medicine for afib and Wolff's Parkinson White Syndrone until ablation procedure scheduled for May that my EP said will leave me 100% dependent. They done an echo on me to discharge me for the surgery and...

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Still skipping

Hi again, I feel really bad for constantly asking questions but I really don't know as much as I'd like about my PM and what I can expect from it. I woke up this morning and my heart skipped several times in about 5 minutes. It wasn't 2 to 1 block which my cardiologist showed me on my ECG, it was more missing one beat in every 10. I was under the impression that the PM would erradicate all types of AV block? Is this likely to be fixed when I have my first pacemaker clinic on Friday?
Thanks...

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Never ending problems!

Hi guys. I only just found this site after having lived with a PM for 13yrs! I'm 23 and have had 4 pacemakers in 13 yrs because of problems! My last one had to be changed because I had pacemaker syndrome and as a result put in a second lead as I only one. My body then rejected it and had to have emergency surgery to place it under the muscle instead. Now what has happened is that for some reason (why i dont know) even though they have fitted me with a 2 chamber PM they cant turn on the vent...

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funny feeling

Hello PM friends, thanks so much for all the support and answers,I was wondering about feelings with the pm ihave had it for 3weeks now and seen cardio 8 days later and looks ok will go and see tech in 2months for check up, just wondering will i feel a little bit of what iwas feeling before like irregular beats or pausing until things settle in lasted about 10-15 mins. check pulses they were still ok. thanks so much in advance for the help.

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Pain between shoulder blades

I have had a Metronix PM for almost a year and after four or five minutes of mild exercise I experience pain between shoulder blades and it will stay until I quit exercising then subside. I have passed a stress test and also a cat scan with the dye revealed a blockage which was removed and replaced with three stents but the pain is still there when I exercise. My Cardo is baffeled because we all thought unblocking the artery and the stents would fix it and it did not. Please offer any info yo...

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CHF

Hi can anyone tell me if they have developed CHF since getting a PM. I have had my duel PM for 21 months and last week while on holidays I was told I have CHF. I have never had any heart problems before I got the PM,now I seem to be having many more problems with heart issues. Any ideas?
Thanks Gary

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BPM going below setting

I've just had my pm for a little over a week and it is set at 60/140. My problem was that my heart rate was dropping in to the 20s with me just walking around and it would cause me to pass out. I'm still dropping below 60 but I thought that the pm was supposed to keep that from happening. Does anyone know if this is normal? Does it take a while for your body to adjust? My blood pressure is also still going extremely low at times. I could use any advice since I'm new to this and do not real...

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