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Yes!!!! Had Medtronic pace and Defibrillator installed 10/20. I have stings and horrible burning. Have a large keloid forming. Told Doc. Waiting for appt with cardiac electro physiologist. Not that I am happy you have this horrid pain, but glad I found you. I called Medtronic, they would not talk except to say they had calls about the stings/burn and check with doctor. Had 3 month check. Technician said device working great...had knowledge that device feels like it stings/ burns worse on slight body frames...waiting...
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I had my PM implanted 2 /12 yrs ago. I still have discomfort, but my E.P. cardiologist said it could have been placed deeper in muscle, but more painful. I can feel mine all the time...lump is obvious just under the skin. Yes, it is a bummer, but I feel so much better not having the heart pauses and no more lightheaded sensations. The discomfort has become less noticeable or I am just used to it. Everyone who had a PM should be getting readout of functionality, battery life, and any events in their portal every 91 days. It is your info, so demand it. I switched back to Mayo’s monitoring mine( they implanted it), and they automatically post my data. I tried local E.P. office for awhile..woefully incompetent and had to argue w them to get read outs. LOVE MAYO CLINIC !
WOW! Yes! Me too! This describes how mine feels. My surgery was October 8, 2020. Still hurts, and just recently the last few days the pain seems worse and there's a burn/sting sensation. OKAY, so I will call my dr tomorrow. I am "just now" new to this conversation, so maybe I commented on the wrong post. All I know is that I have a pacemaker that was installed October 2020. And this conversation seems to describe the pain I'm experiencing. Will do an upload on my medtronic device that's near my bed, and plan to call my Dr in the morning first thing. This scares me!
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I am sad to say, that I have a medtronics azure MRI compliant pacemaker with a pacemaker monitor on my night stand that will do automatic uploads to the pacer department at the doctors (cardio) office....I have had nothing but trouble trying to communicate with medtronics about this. and to add insult to injury there is a FDA warning on my pacemaker losing all its battery power in 24 hrs. medtronics could care less about it, they will never talk to a patient only with the cardio docs.....I have never had any pain but mine does move around and that is not normal. just for your future information, there is case law that says any and all information within your body (as in your pacemaker) belongs to you and you alone....hope you never need to use the law but it will help if you do. hope all this works out for you and you feel better......