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Had pacemaker surgery 3 weeks ago
Pacemaker & ICDs | Last Active: Aug 22 5:38pm | Replies (25)Comment receiving replies
Every day I learned something new from this group I had my pacemaker put in at the end of January. It is a Medtronic and it is monitored through my iPhone and to the office just today I found out that most of you are not feeling healed for a year no one told me that my doctors told me after two weeks go home And return to normal activity and I thought I was the unusual one because I was still having pain at the site this has been a great group. I still haven’t found a comfortable way to sleep, but I’ll keep trying.
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My EP is the Director of Jacksonville Mayo Clinic Electrophysiology. When I had my first surgery was told would take about a year for me to feel totally comfortable with the implant.
With any surgery there are precautions to take and time to heal. When you have a foreign device put in your body it takes quite a while for the device to be encapsulated. Until then will feel like a splinter. This comes from my EP and my experience.
I am not sure about your surgery but you have to be careful with a device in your body. I am not knowlegeable of your device but I assume you have wires going into heart. Those wires can be pulled loose if subjected to extreme body movements or impact to the sugery area.
What I would recommend if me is to go on Medtronic web site and look up information on your device, safety precaustions, surgery recovery.
It is not that you do not feel healed it is the device can be felt and for some uncomfortable if not seated. Mine was placed under my chest muscle so I have more movement than most when using chest and arm muscles.
What side was your device put on? If side sleeper try to sleep on opposite side. Back is okay but may spread chest and surgical site. Pay attention to arms and ensure they are not causing discomfort to your device location. I have had a device for almost 20 years and still use a soft pillow below my left arm to keep downward pressure of my device area.
My EP said takes about a year to device to totally encapsulate and should relief symptoms. But again if I am not careful with my arm movements and how I sleep can have discomfort from site. You will find ways to offset discomfort and what works for one may not work for you and vice versa.
It does get better. If not need to go back to your surgeon, EP, or cardiologist.