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Pacemaker and propranolol

I am new to this forum so I am delighted to find you and sent this first to an outdated list but a kind person put me right.

 I am repeating myself therefore but I had my PM done only last week in London and will eventually be paced at St Thomas's. My op feels ok but I am one of those with a Sick sinus and have Brady and Tachycardia. The PM should cope with the Brady but other than an AV node ablation which I am unhappy about I am trying to cope with the Tachycardia with Propra...

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One year checkup

Hi all

I had a duel chamber pacemaker fitted - March 2022.

Had various checkups and tweaks but still not entirely happy with things.

On interrogation today it was noted I'm in AF 100% of the time , paced @ 100% and something about one of the leads being just in tolerance- high impedance or something ? Technician said it was too complicated to explain , but was going to make cardiologist aware .

Still awaiting 2nd cardioversion for worsening AF , but Technician sugg...

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Just had my second pacemaker put in, and I feel even better than before

Hello and I thought I would update.  My first pacemaker was put in January of 2014 for Sick Sinus Syndrome.  I immediately felt better.  I am 66 now, still working and my second pacemaker was put in last month.  There was some type of perceived problem with the lead in the left ventricle.  My surgery was four hours and there were no problems.  The catheters and the IVs were much more bothersome than the surgery itself.  I went back to work 7 days later....

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Pacemaker check and echocardiogram

Just had my annual pacemaker and echocardiogram check.

Next appointment is set for October 2024 so no cause for concern but the report states that my heart stopped for periods of up to three seconds sixteen times over the past year. Apparently this is no cause for concern. I read somewhere that it's quite usual for a person without heart problems to experience these stoppages.

Any information on this would be appreciated.🌹

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BLUETOOTH EAR BUDS

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Can anyone advise if wearing wireless earbuds is ok with a pacemaker device in situ in the chest area please. Sounds bizarre but I'm purchasing a new phone and I want the lilac version. The present offer is free earbuds worth £140. Obviously too good to turn down. Who doesn't like a freebie. BUT do I order the lilac to match the phone which is pointless if I can't use them?. Or do I still take advantage of the buds but order them in black so I can pass them on...

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Michael

A little late for my welcome 🤗....anyway really nice to meet you. Gemita does mention you often but I'm glad 😀 to hear the story from your perspective. I am relatively new to this forum and like you I had issues with login in the past.....but,hey here we are!! 

I got my Pacemaker in 2016 {age 66} having  no previous symptoms or health issues ...while I was on the foldable  little  bicycle. Unfortunately or fortunately 🙏🏻 I  sustained moderate head/brain...

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SOB, chest pain, lack of energy

New here, just had a pacemaker implanted about 8.5 weeks ago, I believe, due to right & left bundle branch blockages that were discovered during a cardiac ablation procedure.

Since having the pacemaker implanted, I now feel worse than I did before. I have chest pain frequently (I've been hospitalized for it once), I'm so short of breath that daily activities of living such as washing dishes, swapping laundry from the washer to the dryer or walking around our small neigh...

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leaving monitor at home

Thanks for the informations.  I have an Abbot monitor and it is not connected to my phone.  It is too large for a suitcase.  I am only leaving for 6 days and I think I will leave it at home.

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So grateful

I had a pacemaker put in a bit over a week ago.  I still have a few restrictions, but for the most part I can go on with my life.

I want to say how grateful I am to have the opportunity to get a pacemaker.  I realize that if I had lived a few decades ago, or if I lived in a different part of the world or a more challenging economic situation, it's likely I would have to live and die with a very low heart rate.  I feel so much better now - I didn't realize how bad...

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vacation

I am going on a 5 day trip.  Do I need to take my plug in device with me

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AFib

I have a question.  Yesterday, Easter Sunday was a beautiful spring day.   I went to my daughters and around 10 am I started feeling weird...really tired, could barley lift my legs to go up and down the patio steps...I felt like I was having problems breathing and just wanted to go lay down.  My heart was beating pretty fast.   Today I got a call from the device clinic saying they had an alert yesterday.  

I feel fine today....but........why befor...

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Push-ups/Bench Press with an ICD?

Hi all, I'm so glad I found this community. 

I have a question about those of you who may have not just a PM but a dual device and working out your chest. What do those who have the same device do with weight lifting? Particular of the chest? (push-ups, bench press, incline, etc) My understanding is the leads are more prone to wearing down vs. a traditional PM and it's tricky with chest excercises. 

Further context: I am in...

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A Night ForHearts

You are invited to an unforgettable evening of celebration and philanthropy to benefit ForHearts Worldwide.  This fundraising event happens on April 22 2023 at 6PM at the The Westin Tampa Bay, Flordia.  Tickets are $175 per person and availanble at https://forhearts.org/a-night-forhearts-2023

 

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Hi, and THANKS!

This is a general THANK YOU for this club and all the posts and info... I potentially need a new RV lead on my medtronic PM and it was very helpful to find this club and see all the posts here. Keep being awesome people! <3

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Medicines

I just had pacemaker extraction! They upgraded my pacemaker to a defibulater. Now if I have any incidents, it will send a shock.  FIRST question, I'm on 2 new medicines that I've never taken before, a beta blocker called carvedil (COREG) for heart rhythm, the other spironolactone(ALDACTONE) a water pill for heart.  One of these two is making my tinnitus worse, very loud and thumping, also dry cough, stuffy nose, not sleeping well and when I awake, I'm...

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How often are you paced?

I had a pacemaker implanted 2 1/2 weeks ago due to bradycardia with sluggish symptoms. Halter Monitor showed HR dropping to 26 with pauses up to 4 seconds. I also have sleep apnea (I use a CPAP) trigminal neuralga, and Afib which will be the next hurdle after 4 weeks. I do feel better post op with HR running about 60 according to my watch. Sometimes mostly at night I feel like the PM is firing, although hard to tell because the neuralga seems to run across my chest as well. I saw a poll askin...

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Pacemakers and intimacy

This may seem odd, but I am having trouble finding the answers anywhere online. I've recently been trying to date again and it has me asking a couple of questions:

1) does it cause problems being intimately close, even snuggling, with someone else who has a pacemaker?

2) I met someone who is one of those people who is magnetized. Where even carrying a watch or a cell phone close to their body will cause the watch/cell phone to stop working. Could being close to a person l...

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Rate Response, new pacemaker

Hello there,

I have read quite some information since my pacemaker implant 2 weeks ago. The forum is a really helpful resource for the recovery period.

I have a question related to rate response.

I was diagnosed with a 2nd degree heart block almost 20 years ago. Since then I went back to the hospital for a 24 hour holter every 1-3 years. Always with the same result, a few blocks during the night.

I'm completely asymptomatic. The finding of the AV block was by chanc...

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Appropriate Oil

Hello 

I hope all you be in best health situation!

Dear friends, Any of you knows using "sesame oil" for cooking make, is good for tachycardia or not?

I readed about it's positive effects in google. But I am not sure.

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Lose my previous account

Hello .

I am sharif from Afghanistan. My mom hase techycardya.

I lost my previous account and return now with a new account

My mother is uneducated. That is why I myself this created account.

One year ago my mother infected by arithmia( tachycardia). She is 65 years old. Along 7 months she experienced 3 time fast heart rate. Then In fourth time, after 12 hour heart fast rate she had heart failure. When we carried him to hasp...

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You know you're wired when...

The mortgage on your device is more than your house.

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I just want to share about the quality of life after my pacemaker, and hopefully increase awareness that lifestyles do not have to be drastically modified just because we are pacemaker recipients.