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Pacemaker constantly firing

Hi, I'm 57 and had a DDD pacemaker inserted in 2018 for 2:1 AV block. I had ongoing issues with paroxysmal SVT and my cardiologist put me on flecainide 50mg twice daily last October. I'm also taking bisoprolol 5mg and lisinopril 2.5mg once daily. I've been feeling great on this regimen of medication and the SVT subsided since starting flecainide. However, over the past couple of weeks my heart rate is constantly dropping below 60 so my pacemaker is literally firing all o...

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Anxiety about the pacemaker

Got my pacemaker implantation surgery done 12 days ago. Since then, I am always feeling anxious. I am 28 Year old. This thing is basically making me a mental patient. So many questions are going through my mind. After the implementation, I started to feel the problem which I used to feel before the surgery and rushed to the hospital. Doctor did an ECG test and said that my heart beat is high. It's around 120 and this is the reason I was getting the symptoms again. But the symptoms intensi...

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Garden perimeter wire

I'm considering getting a robot lawnmower and understand most of them come with a wire you run along the perimeter of your lawn to guide the mower. This is an electric wire which is to be plugged in.

Is there any interference from this wire and my ICD/pacemaker? Does the 6"rule apply?

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PM ID Card for Wallet App in Smart Phone

I'm new here. Just got a Medtronic Azure dual chamber PM on April 21, 2023. All went well, although I did need cardioversion during the implantation procedure due to an Afib event. Otherwise, no complications. I had a 7-day check-up yesterday in the Cardiac Device Clinic at my local medical center, and all looked good. I'll go again in 3 months.

I have the Medtronic My Care Link app installed on my iPhone, so my PM is automatically monitored on a regular basis via Bluetooth...

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micra pacemaker

will have micra installed this week--anyone with any suggestions/problems/

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Interesting item

I found a news item in the Scottish news about the first digital pacemaker being implanted in Scotland.

The gentleman who had the pacemaker fitted was the third in the country as whole to have a digital PM.

It was in 2003.

Here's a link to the item

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3089587.stm 

I found another item about a girl who had a PM fitted at a few days old. Instead of the minor op w...

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Update - All tests for TAVR complete and I passed!

So, it's a go for TAVR if I choose to go that route. I have seen the cardiothorasic surgeon, had a CT Cardiac and pelvic scan (checking for CAD &  my femoral arteries). No CAD or other issues and everything is a go. I still have to see the interventional cardiologist before the procedure is schedulled. I've been gouging my eyes out reading up on the latest research between TAVR and/or SAVR.. If you haven't been following, or read my bio, this will be a valve in valve proc...

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Tachycardia

About 3 weeks ago I was travelling internationally and lifting heavy objects and not sleeping, etc.

Pacemaker set at 71bpm and my heart rate jumped to 105 yet in sinus rhythm. I increased Sotalol from 80mg 2x day to 120 2x day.....and Metoprolol from 50 2x day to 75 in pm. Heart rate came down to 100-99 but no further.

Seems I'm stuck at 100-ish. EP is located in US and I'm in UK for next six months. I arranged an appt with Cardiologist but can't get appt for another t...

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5 weeks in....

... thanks to all who talked me down the initial few weeks. That was, without a doubt, the scariest time of my life, and I was feeling VERY alone - so THANK YOU to everyone who replied and helped me through this. 
One of the turning points for me was about 1 and half weeks in and I did too much and I pulled my incision a bit. I realised then, and with your words, I **NEED** to take it easy and give myself the grace and time to HEAL. 

So, yah - I'm 5 weeks in, and...

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Pacemaker

Hi folks.

 I'm new here. I've just had my second pacemaker installed after 10 years on the first. My Pacemaker Tech downloaded the information some 4 weeks ago which showed I had 14 noise events on one of the leads. The surgeon who replaced my PM said to the tech "Did you look deeper at the download?". Apparently I had 2 thousand noise events which he did not pick up. The symptoms were when walking along I would black out....a terrible feeling. I would stop and ho...

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Svt ? Or something else

So just to recap , i have been diagnosed with having a difficult to treat Svt . Cant do ablation..so my question is this . Before I use to have to episodes and felt like flutter like weird electrical beats all over place ..but recently and I worry..I get this beats all over place but it feels like beats are slowing down rapidly! Last few seconds but it scares me I drink metropolol, and cartia ..this sensation doesn't happen often just rarely is it SVT ? 

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Struggling with recovery

Hi everyone,

been a while since I have posted here. I am 23 years old and just had my third pacemaker implanted this past Monday here in Ottawa, Canada. The procedure went well and there were no complications. I had a new lead installed as well. This is my first procedure as an adult and it's been very weird from my previous two. I was discharged on my first day and my follow up has been scheduled for in June. I've just been noticing every single thing way more and really strugg...

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Polypharmacy & De-Prescribing

Following on from the recent medication poll I enclose a couple of articles to consider when taking lots of different medications. 

My question is how many medications do you take and have you ever considered that any of them may be 'unnecessary' e.g. are no longer helpful or could perhaps be replaced with an alternative, possibly less invasive or damaging treatment? 

Would you consider an alternative treatment, for say, sleep hygiene rather than a sleeping...

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new poll

  this new poll "What medicines do you take for your health."  does not ask about supplements? which of course i take.   Only prescriptions  which i do not use at the moment.  Can not answer .

new to pace

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Heart Rate vs Time with a Boston Scientific L331

The images posted in the Gallery under "rmarkley" are the heart rate results from my recent bike trainer ride. The trainer and the workout were controlled by Zwift. My heart rate was reasonable for the first 2/3 of the training, then dropped to the 60s and 70s for the rest of the training. Even though the work level was constant, there was nothing I could do to get my heart rate back up where it should be. I tried deep breathing, rapid breathing, and deep, rapid breathing....

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blood test results for the past month

This is an updated blood test results.  So you do not have to go back to the last one i posted 30 days ago.  The numbers are lower just not quite there yet,  The high out of range are getting closer to being in range.

The doctor said these   results are from  the foods I was eating 2 to 3 months ago.  Have been eating better since then.  Hopefully the next blood test in about 30 days or 6 weeks will show how much better i have done.

Saw...

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Home monitoring system

Hi, I recently received a home monitoring system from my cardiologist to connect to my dual-chamber Biotronik pacemaker. I don't know if it's a coincidence, but I happen to wake up at 1:20 am as I can feel the rhythm of my pacemaker change. It feels abnormal, like PACs but not exactly. And it lasts for about 30 seconds to a minute. I figured it was my pacemaker getting checked because it felt similar to when I get it interrogated and it happens at the same time.

Does anyone...

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High bp

Went to my family dr today put me back on bp meds hopefully this will help I appreciate all your comments 

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High bp

I had a pacemaker implanted 5 days ago and dr took me off bp meds my bp is running around 165/111 and I'm very irritable Is this normal?

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Coughing

I just had a pacemaker implanted on April 21, 2023.  So, as yet I don't have a week under my belt.  

I was worried because I have a cold and spent the first days of this new adventure coughing, etc.  I was worried I would cause the wires to move or something come loose but, I have read many of your posts and am hoping from what I read that wouldn't happen.

They had trouble putting the first lead in and it was pretty painful at times.  Sometimes I a...

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You make store alarms beep.

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