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The pain associated with an implanted pacemaker may be musculoskeletal or nerve related. Most likely related to the minor surgery required for insertion of the pacemaker. This type of pain related to the incision should heal within weeks. If you have persistent chest pain at the site of the pacemaker, it might be reasonable to see your doctor so that possible causes can be evaluated.

will there be personality changes after pacemaker insertion?My son is 24 and fears becoming"hyper",he now is fairly "laid back".Is this unfounded?

In my experience, when a Pacemaker is inserted by a Cardiologist, a representative by the Pacemaker manufacturer follows up the insertion and programs the pacemaker in the hospital. It's not unusual that it has to be tweaked from time to time. If your husband still isn't feeling right, I'd request that you contact your Cardiologist and ask for a manufacturer's rep to be present to review the history of your heart beats since it was inserted.

Normally, she should not have such pain after the insertion of the pacemaker. Maybe its position is causing some muscle spasm that is affecting her arm. The best option is to take her back to the doctor who inserted the pacemaker and explain the situation to him. If she has some fever, it may mean that the pacemaker place is infected and needs an urgent intervention.

We are trying to figure out if we should go direclty to the insertion of a pacemaker vs. an ablasion procedure. Since ablasion procedure may need to be repeated and flecainide (drug after ablasion) is questionable, should we just go directly to the pacemaker?

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I got a pacemaker June 20th on the left side. There has been swelling in my left shoulder and arm from almost the time I got the pacemaker. The left side of my neck is contantly stiff. A venogram showed no clots. The shoulder and are feel very tight and the left arm is obviously larger than the right arm to the naked eye. My cardiologist said this is unusual but didn't think I have anything to worry about. Did my surgeon put the pacemaker in incorrectly? Is it crimping my vein?

I am on my 3rd pacemaker after an ablation and pacemaker insertion 12 years ago. Since my new one on the 5th of May was ok with the exception of lacking energy to walk far. Prior to my last insertion i was walking 4k's a day. Since then no way. i went back to my Doctor 4 weeks ago and told him. He said he would make it more sensitive. Then I experienced headaches amd feelings of nausea on many occasions. i went back the following week to be told my BP had gone sky high. 160/102.

My father, 89, recently had a pacemaker inserted due to bradycardia. His PMD and internal medicine specialist started him on Coumadin afterwards. Since my step-mother had been hospitalized a week before with GI bleeding due to long term (20 years) effects of Coumadin, my father is reluctant to keep on with the medication now he's at home.

Ever since I had a pacemaker implanted, my heat goes in to ineffective overdrive after walking only a couple of steps. (120 +) On the otherhand, even strenuous workouts on strength machines results in only small (70 to 87) increases in pulse rate not accompanied by any discomfort. Under those conditions. my heart seems to pump normal.

hi, finally the doctor said i should go for a pacemaker dual chamber as my heart is missing beats and slow. can those who already went for this type of operation share their experience with me please. and can you tell me if it does cost a lot, is there any complication after operation? is there any thing i should know? will my life be back to normal? as now i can't even work!!!

The American Heart Association Guidelines list a range of indications for permanent pacemaker insertion, including a period of asystole lasting more than 3.0 seconds. Does your 2.8 second pause warrant pacemaker insertion? Once again, this should only be considered in patients without an underlying reversible cause such as hypokalemia or pauses occurring in the presence of SVT. A repeat Holter following correction of your hypokalemia will be important. I hope this information helps.

Thank heaven he finally listened to you! Now at least you will have access to another cardiologist, albeit in another state! I have worked in pedi heart surgery but it has been a long time ago. My guess would be that he would only be in a couple of days, unless they have plans for a more thorough evaluation, which might be likely. Kids bounce back quickly, typically. We would have some that had simple open heart surgery and would be happily playing in their crib in 2 days, asking for soda!

I have a biventricular pacemaker implanted 4/2014. I fell on Thursday going down some steps. I fell hard a struck my left chest/ left breast. My left breast is now a deep shade of violet/ purple. I am concerned that I may have possibly done some damage to the lead wires. Is that even possible? I know that the lead are pretty well embedded after 3 years.

I fell going down some steps, and fell onto the arm of a chair, landing on my left breast. The bottom of my left breast is now a lovely deep shade of violet purple, and is 5 inches long and about 2 inches wide. I have a biventricular pacemaker. Placed 4/2014. I am concerned about lead dislodgement or breakage. Is it possible to do that after a hard fall? I know the leads should be pretty well anchored by now, but I am still concerned.

How was it taking your BP? If your heart rates are in the high 30s, you need to have a pacemaker. The heart can actually stop beating with heart rates in the 30s! Why haven't you had a pacemaker inserted? Low heart rates as well as HCM (LVH) can also cause fatigue. Go to the Mayo Clinic if you can (I don't know where you live) or another major facility that deals with HCM issues and be evaluated by someone who uinderstands this disease.

My Heart Doctor suggested I have a pacemaker. I opted to NOT have this done becuase of my age and I am 5' & 106 lbs (small frame not much room for the pacemaker). I have been told by others that they had problems with the pacemaker and wish they had not done this. I had a blood test done recently and my kidney's were fine and I don't have trouble breathing or fluid. I don't want to go through the surgery of the pacemaker.

However my mother of the age of 86 is not returning and has been asked to not to walk or any steps like activity. There has been argument of the use of Cardio version, One Doctors says it needs to be done. Another Doctor does not reccommend it. My mom tells me her heart rate runs out of control which caused her to be hospitalized twice in week. The Doctor not recommending is saying it risky to do as some patient do not wake back up.

Hi, What is the condition that they hope to resolve with the Pacemaker? Often, a Pacemaker is used to treat Bradycardia, a slow heart rhythm, or possibly pauses in the Heart Beat. Yet you indicated your Heart Rate is around 80. What exactly do they want to implant the Pacemaker for? Be well.

My doctor has recommended me pacemaker.

He has already gone over the risks high chance of ending up with a pacemaker. I will have to stay in the hospital over night to have my heart continuously monitored. I wanted to hear some other stories from people who have had this procedure, how long was the hospital stay? when did you go back to work? any complications?

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