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Received PM yesterday

I received my PM yesterday. I came home today. So far I only feel a little pain in the area where the Pm is located. So far so good. I hope to get a good nights sleep with out being woke up for the nurse to check my blood pressure. she always came in just as I dozed off. I will write more later.

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Atrial Preference Pacing

I saw my EP on Monday, and some changes were made to my pacemaker because of high rate episodes. The atrial preference pacing feature was turned on in order to make the pacemaker keep up with these episodes in hopes that it will pace me out of the abnormal rhythms. I have been having strange feelings since these adjustments were made. When my heart rate gets up, the pacemaker paces me even faster to try and sustain a more normal rhythm. Has anyone had any experiance with this feature?

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Side effects

I am taking propofonone 3 times a day and want to know if anyone is having unusual side effects. Also five months prior to my condition (had icd implanted 6-19-08) I found that I can't smell or taste most things. Fruits and vegetables I can taste because of the strong flavor, I can also taste sweets, sour and salt. I am only 52 years old. Any suggestion other than a ENT?

Dave

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slow/fast heart rate

can anyone tell me why my heart rate should fluculate so much? im having my pacemaker reimplanted deeper on 14.8.08 but recently had a holter monitor for a week as i was experiencing episodes of fast heart beat .my gp said the results showed sinus rythmn but the rate went between 60 and 145. the cardiologist will talk more next week but i was wondering why the rate goes so high. im on propanolol twice a day but the side effects are awful but without them i dread to think what the heart rate woul...

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Pain

It's 3 weeks now since I had my pacemaker.
The area around the pacemaker is still very tender , and sometimes a throbbing pain, worst if clothing touches that area. The pain is like someone stick a needle there, like a stinging or pulling pain. In the morning, it gets better but gets worst as the day goes on. When I stand up, it's like something pulling the skin downwards on the chest.
Also not much feeling in this area; quite numb.
Is this normal? how long to go before it gets be...

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Battered and Bruised!!

Hi guys!!

Another quick question....

I had my surgery on 24th July and I am STILL very bruised and swollen.... how much longer do I have to wait for all bruises to go!!

Hope you all ok!

Louise xx

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PS To Whom do I believe?

Thanks for your input, I figured it would be safe to wait another 6-8 weeks because I do a lot of lifting and stay active, I don't have much trouble keeping my weight down. Also when my heart stopped it stopped for an extended period. However I was surprised at how long most of you were told to keep your sling on. I was told to keep it on for only 48 hours. They did tell me to keep my arm down for a month, but the sling was off in 2 days.

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wall motion test

my husband is having this test on the 18th. anyone know anything about this test? jessie

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40 years with a pacemaker


August 5, I celebrated 40 years with a pacemaker. I received my first one when I was seven after having open heart surgery for a ASD.

I have survived two cardiac arrests and a heart attack. I received an ICD in Jan 2005 which is my 12th device. Aug 2006 I had my second open heart surgery to replace the mitral valve.

I don't know everything there is to having a pacemaker. I find I am learning all the time. I think the Doctors that work with me are also learning about...

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New to the Pace Maker world

Hi, Im a 48 year old woman and I received my St. Judes pacemaker July 3rd. On my first check up 2 weeks later I mentioned to the cardiac nurse that something did not feel right and it turned out that one of the leads had moved so I was rescheduled for surgery. I had surgery on July 31st and they ended up replacing the lead as it was not working correctly. Im having a really hard time learning to trust "Penny"(my husband named her!) Prior to getting Penny I had been back and forth to the dr's so...

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can hearing aid be used

I would like to know if iIcan use a hearing aid ( digital ).

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Unborn child with Congenital complete heart block

Hi all,

One news that is getting much attention in my country is of a Unborn child with Congenital complete heart block :-( same case as mine and few of our fellow friend in this site. There is lot of debate whether the couple should be allowed to abort the child. However court has rejected their plea. Please stand by the unborn child he/she needs our prayers...

Pls see links for the complete news:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/
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Delay setting in PM

I had my PM implanted in early May for intermittent heart block. My heart block varies between 1st and 3rd (complete) heart block. The settings on my PM have been tweaked each of the last couple months. After the first month, the technician shut off the rate response function since I have heart block and not SSS. Going into that session my pacing was 15% in the A and 99% in the V. I have felt fine since that is shut off.

During my second visit, my pacing adjusted to 10% in the A...

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Who do I believe?

I just got back from my first month follw up, I had my pacemaker installed July 5th.The doctor told me everything looked good and that I could resume doing all the activities and workload that I had before the operation. I asked him twice just to make sure, and so that my wife could hear it again. I could do heavy lifting, exercise, jogging etc. etc. He said go for it. The St. Jude rep came in after him to check out the settings and make any adjustments if necessary and we asked him if he could...

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Helpfull

I am very new to the PM life. I just got out of the hospital this morning after having a Medtronic PM implanted yesterday 8-4-2008. I stumbled across this site and have been on it for about two hours now. I just wanted to express how informative and helpfull this site is.

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Thank you for the birthday

wishes. It went so fast but had fun and went to a minor league baseball game. Karen R.

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Electric Wheelchair

Hi all
I have just had a visit from my wheelchair OT (UK) and I am going to be upgraded from an attendant manual to an electric indoor self operated wheelchair.
One concern has arisen in that I have a pacer and its to be checked into if I will still be aok for an electric chair.
A net search has shown one site that has concerns over pacers and electric wheelchairs-the information may be outdated.
However is it aok for a pacer to use an electric wheelchair with safety?
Th...

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mustard procedure and pacemakers

I was wondering if there is anyone who had the mustard procedure that has had a pacemaker.

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need help

If the doctor tries to talk me into having a 2nd pocket made and putting in an older slightly larger pm...I don't want it.
This one was put in 5 months ago and it moves and it sticks out and it creates black and blues over the unit and the lead is felt through the skin.
Surgery is scheduled on Friday. What should I be asking?
Please anyone have ideas?

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