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Swimming with a pacemaker

I have a Kappa DR 400 pacemaker model KDR 403 installed (I mean implanted) in January due to brady and arhythmia. Have been in for one "tune-up" which made a huge difference in my ability to swim. I wonder if anyone else has experience swimming (3000 to 5000 yards, intervals, very hard at times) with a pacemaker. My surgeon said he chose this model, which is a 1997 model, due to its appropriateness for swimming. Until the tune-up, I could not swim more than 150 yards without resting; after some...

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Intimacy...

Has anyone ever felt a major SOB upon "getting busy"? I did this weekend and it gave me a scare. I mean, its not like I can check out my pulse rate in the middle of things.

I actually had to say..."I can't breathe very well" to my husband. Sorta kills the mood.

Hey...I don't know whether I should have posted this in "exercise & sports"...just seemed most applicable. LOL! My stamina upon exertion has really sucked since my implant in January of this year. I would really...

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Challenge Obesity 5K - 2nd 5K with PM

I thought I'd share my 5K results from Sat April 4th on my 2nd 5K post PM - I did a little better than last time but I'm not quite satisfied with my time yet. On my second PM checkup I was 100% A-paced and 60% V-paced - they changed my upper limit from 130 to 150 but didn't make the Rate Response changes I wanted so the Accelerometer is still too sensitive and going to the Max quickly. I'd like to get the MV sensor turned on and see if that helps.

If I want to look at my results n...

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Back to normality

I have just got back from swimming for the first time since my pm implant 9 weeks ago. I have been so frightened of pulling my leads out since it was put in , but tonight I decided it was time to start moving forward and getting fit. I managed 16 lengths of breast stroke, and could tell the difference from b4 the pm. i used to have to stop after each length and gasp for breath with a burning chest. I still stopped after each length but with just a slight breathlessness. I feel so pleased and am...

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New to the forum!!!

I have 3rd degree heartblock, use a dual chamber pacemaker and am dependant on it. I have had a pacemaker since I was a toddler, so having a pacemaker is all I know.

I never even thought to join a forum, I thought I was an expert all this, but apparently there is a lot I do not know. haha.
I love the idea of this club, I do not know anyone who has a pacemaker, and I am typicially the only young person in the waiting room at the pacemaker clinic, so it is great to read about ever...

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Post op

I had a pacemaker emergency installed two days ago and came home yesterday.
All quite a shock,I feel OK,just very slightly dizzy at times,but this may be due to new medication for hypertension (Perindopril 4mg/day)
I have walked around the garden and done some light tasks,but avoided using my left arm too much.
Is it OK to walk for an hour or so tomorrow?
Also I fly privately on a JAR PPL (A) but think of changing to NPPL,has anyone here done this?

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Martial Arts and a PM

I am a 34 year old male who has been in martial arts for the last 20+ years. I have recently been having some pretty bad problems and have been hospitalized three times in last two months due to my heart. First two times were with A-Fib and last time was with wide complex tachy. I have been wearing a halter monitor for two weeks and it has recorded my heart dropping to around 12 bpm (5 second pause) so the doc's say I need a pacemaker. I am VERY concerned about what this means for what has b...

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Supplements with a pacemaker

Has anyone ever used pre-workout supplements while having a pacemaker. N.O supplements that are supposed to increase blood flow to the muscles and increase energy. I believe it releases nitric oxide. I asked my cardiologist and he said he didnt think it would be bad but didnt seem to know much on the subject. If anyone has any experience with this please let me know.

(supplements such as N.O explode, superpump 250)

Thank you in advance!

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Marathon running

Hi there fellow pacers! I have had a pacemaker most my life due to complete heart block. This year I am running the Paris Marathon is aid of the British Heart Foundation. If you like you can sponsor me to donate to this worthy cause.

www.justgiving.com/hevandjoe

Thanks

Heather

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Thanks so much to all that responded!!

Thanks to Joy1 ( Bonnie ), Tracey E, Kenslow ( Richon),turboz24, Janetinak ( Janet), and bowlrbob for your great input to my posting about leads being pulled out by doing chest excersices and sleeping with a pacmaker. Great peopl you are and great site. Thanks again -----Wren Brandt

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Volleyball?

Dear all,
I am 31 and I got a pacemaker implantation 4 weeks ago. As you can deduce, I was in shock because of my age. Lamentably I had in the past some episodes (faints) due to stress in general, and last time my heart stop around 22 seconds. Fortunately, I was at the hospital when it happened because I wanted to check if I had epilepsy (after fainting I had some epileptic-like attacks). The doctors took some blood from me to analyze it, and I faint because of that (they took so much blood...

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Chest excercises and pulling out leads?

Hi all. Just joined. I got a dual chamber Medtronic pacemaker Feb. 24th. My cardiologist told me to prevent the leads from being ripped out I should never ever do push-ups, bench presses, pec flys. Basically any pectoralis (chest) excercises and some shoulder excercises. Has anyone heard of this?.Also any jerking movements with the left arm. Thanks for the advice

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irregular beat

I'm an avid 49 year oldmountain biker training for a 100 mile mountain bike race at altitude. I have a demand pacemaker(Aug 08) that is set to activate should my heartrate decrease below 50 bpm. After exercise my heart rate is very irregular. Has anyone experienced anything similar?

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Heart Rate Monitor

Does anyone use a heart rate monitor when exercising?
I've been thinking about getting one but was wondering if some were more accurate than others. I have just been using the RPE when exercising, but since I'm basically a lazy person. . .well, it might not be too accurate for me. Any suggestions or feedback?

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getting pacemaker and running

Hi, I'm 48, male, have been running for over 2 years now. I currently am instructing a 1/2 marathon clinic. I started getting dizzy at the gym (never running) and decided to go for tests to determine the cause. Every time I went to the gym, 40 minutes or so into the workout I got dizzy and had to stop. The doctor sent me for stress tests with a cardiologist (I passed no problem) who then sent me for a tilt test. I failed the tilt test and during the test my heart stopped for over 15 seconds....

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I'm a Newbie

I'm having a defib/pacemaker combo installed this coming Tuesday and have two questions.
My Doctor who is also a golfer like me, told me he could put the device on my left side (I'm right swinging) up a little higher than normal so as not to interfere with my swing. Is that the best location, golfers?
Secondly, I lift weights in the gym. What is the safe healing time for working chest, shoulders, arms, even legs.
Also, and over my limit, any inside info of any kind I need to kno...

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Agree?

I had a pacemaker installed on valentines day. I would appreciate some advice on resuming my weekly bowling and bicycling. My instructions say 4 weeks after surgery, is that OK?

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feeling great

I got my pacemaker 8/12/08 and I feel better than I have in years. I now work out and I have dropped over 30 pounds since then. I tan but I wonder if it does effect me because I get really tired after tanning. Does this happen to anyone else?

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correlation between over exercising and having to get a pacemaker

I had a pacemaker implanted on dec 27, 2004. I'm a 43 year old and was an avid jogger, sometimes jogging 5-8 miles a day seven days a week.

I was diagnosed with bradycardia which is a slow pulse rate. That in and of itself is normal for a person that works out somewhat excessively. The problem was I would have periodic pauses of 3 seconds or more. Because of this the doctor knew the recommendation for pauses over 3 seconds was to have a pacemaker implanted. I had a second and third op...

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4 months post PM

Hello everyone,
It is now 1 month (exactly 4 weeks) since my PM was implanted and I am getting anxious to exercise again. Has anyone started doing light exercise at this stage and if so what kind of exercises and did you encounter any problems? I am also a golfer and know that I must still wait another couple of weeks before starting to swing again, but I would like to do something to loosen up my left shoulder area. I am being very cautious at this stage and make sure that I do not take...

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