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Jimmy:
While 6-8 weeks after you can do "whatever you did before" you need to be careful when lifting the arms above the shoulder and the force used as that irritates the site and slows the healing.
I suspect the rounds of golf and the balls at the range might have been a bit too much too soon.
I'm not a golfer but I regularly train with weights. I waited 8 weeks or so and then began with fairly gentle whole body work without weights. Then I started slowly. My progress has been steady and I generally do "whatever I did before." I actually feel better and stronger and more confident than before. I occasionally get a bit of discomfort.
When I first started to recover I was discouraged because my pacemaker was put in Sept. 2022 at age 75. I thought my age and the procedure and time 'off' would prevent me from ever doing any meaningful (to me) lifting. Not so. I don't remember the exact progress timeline but by the end of year 1 I was happy with my progress. We (trainer and I) did a test of my 3 favourite lifts for my 77th birthday in June and I got a "high five" from everyone.
I worried and had anxiety a lot in the first months after the implant. I used the Metronic site (www.medtronic.ca/patientresources) and toll free line a few times. And this Mayo Forum.
Long story short: I am not a doctor nor a technician but I suspect the nurse is correct, muscles are unhappy. And yes, it does get better...much better. If not, keep calling the doctor or technician for advice.
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Thank you so much for the support and reply. Let me start off with a high five. Ha, I hope I didn’t do any damage that is irreversible. That’s what worries me. The pain comes on at night when I lay down. Burning , stinging pinch sort of pain. If I sleep on my back the pain subsides. I also feel it when I do any upward motion on jaw. The pain is at the top of PM. When I touch it I feel it a little as well. When I shrug my shoulders I could feel it as well. I didn’t do anything for 6 and 1/2 weeks. I played a round of golf with no issue at all. Did some calisthenics shoulders and so on ,no weights. I am going to call Medtronic’s this week. See if it is an adjustment on PM. I thank you for you input.