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Pacemaker recipients: Looking for support from others
I am coming on a year post op having a pacemaker placement for bradycardia. I would be interested in a support group with the same concerns. I think a support network would be so beneficial.
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Hi: I've had PM for 10 months. I still have minor pain from time to time. After surgery, it was quite painful and that lasted many months. It's a tricky area to operate on. My surgeon was gruff and not at all concerned about my pain level, during surgery and after! I still have pain during some activities. Hang in there- it does improve.
thank you for your informaton , rsteve
Hi Betty, I'm not sure I understand pauses. Unfortunately I'm not super familiar with afib, I had a friend who had it and if he went into afib and either the pacemaker or by itself did not come back into rhythm he would go to an er and get converted. It sounds like these pauses are skipped beats? I used to have what doctors called Pvcs which do feel uncomfortable but are not usually bad enough to need treatment. Could these be what your calling pauses? Pvcs by the way stands for premature Vintricular contraction and are basically skipped beats.
Of they in your case are more often that occasional I understand there are treatments for them but I'm nit familiar with those treatments. I did have them myself but only for short periods and myndoctr sad they were not often enough to be of concern. Sorry I couldn't help more on that area.
Thank you so much! Yes, I stopped and the reflux has stopped too.
I am wondering if the pacemaker stops the afid from happening
But if heart is back I rhythm does that stop the pauses.seems like if in AFib pauses always can happen.One could pass out. So thinking pacemaker corrects pauses but not AFib.Is that right.Trying to understand this.
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1 ReactionMy husband has a pacemaker since 10 years; he is having the battery replaced today. His Cardiologist has kept him on Eliquist all that time. Your situation may be different only your Cardiologist can tell.
Tylenol is most likely the culprit…now that you have stopped taking tylenol you will see if your acid reflux goes away
Hi Betty, yes I can answer that question, I thought i gave a response a few days ago,Got to love technology. Anyway I apologize for that. First off I don't have afib mine was called Vintricular Tachycardia or VT for short. It affects the lower part of the heart which is the main pump. From when I would go into an arrhythmia or basically a rapid pulse usually so fast no blood is moving. If it stays in that state more than a couple of min you can be basically in full blown cardiac arrest. So that's why seconds count and if the pacemaker could not get the heart back into rhythm the defibrillator part would shock me from the inside just like they do from the outside. This is all setup ahead of time and certian settings would see the arrhythmia evaluate the best treatment and deliver it.
Now with the ablation yes they can be done with the pacemaker temporarily shut off by a technician while the ablation is going on. That part is similar to afib is that they are trying to find the bad paths that cause the heart to go out of rhythm, then ablate those by burning or freezing the nerve ends to eliminate then from causing the problem. Hope that explains your questions. Please feel free to ask anything you like. I look forward to hearing how they decided to help you
Is that a possibility ?