Has anyone had an insertable Cardiac Monitor?

Thank you so much! Any positive responses will help ease the anxiety. What about the actual insertion? Scary, painful?

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.

The actual insertion was a piece of cake really. I had mine done at an outpatient surgery although my doc may now be doing then in his office. Local anesthetic to the chest. I tiny cut to insert it. Then glued my skin together. Wasn't scary or painful. It was tender for a few days if bending over or moving my chest around.

So there was no IV sedation required?

@jigglejaws94 You say sometimes it was up ended and moves around. I would think that this would be quite painful. That sounds like it's moving around a lot. How far can it actually move?

Nope. No IV sedation. Just a local anesthetic injection which worked very well.

I don't think it can go too far. But it is only placed subcutaneously so this allows for some movement of the device. Several years ago, this device was more the size of a flashdrive and they anchored it down. But this little guy is quite a bit smaller and they just "inject" it subcutaneously.

Hello Larry, @crashnam

It's been a while since you have posted and I was wondering how you were doing with your implantable device. Have you gotten any new information about how your heart is functioning? I hope that all is going well for you and of course, happy new year!

Teresa

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.

I got it a week ago. Do you have any problems travelling abroad or taking a plane? Our commercial insurance companies deny health insurance for holter holders traveling abroad. I was also denied the MRI of my injured arm by two health institutions, although the producer of the ICM says it is safe. .