Unfortunately, I have had pain after insertion. One thing that I don't like is that it is just inserted subcutaneously and is not anchored down. So it moves around. Sometimes it is up-ended and sort of poky on the skin, sometimes more over sternum, sometimes deeper in breast. It is sort of odd. My doc said that sometimes folks do get pain but it should improve after a year, for the nerves to heal. It has been a year and a half now. Mine actually didn't bother me in between and now is kind of tender but nothing terrible at all.

I got the monitor seven days ago because of several unexplained faintings followed by severe bone injuries. The procedure is fast, but the first day after it was awful: I was in a kind of half unconciosness. The second day the hart had severe arithmias, but then the hart was OK. After seven days I steel feel a kind of pain as if the body is adapting to less space in the chest. Do not be alone at home the first day after implantation.