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Pain around pacemaker site

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@starfirey2k

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......

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I also have Medtronic Azure and switched to monitoring my device with iPhone app. It goes w me everywhere, though the PM is programmed to record all events even if phone wasn’t within 3 feet. In other words, it catches up. As for the FDA warning, there were 3 patients 3 yrs ago that the battery was depleting..2 were caught immediately during implanting. There have been no other battery events.
You should be able to talk w device staff where your PM is being monitored ..don’t rely on office nurse. I will leave it with not all electrophysiology doctor offices are equal. I switched back to having Mayo’s monitor mine( had my PM installed at Mayo’s), local office was woefully incompetent.