Has anyone had an insertable Cardiac Monitor?

Hello,

I found this site as I was looking for information regarding the Medtronic Linq. I may need to get one and will find out this week. My question is how long does it take to recover once it is implanted and how is living life with the device? I am very curious what everyone's experience has been.

Thank you,

Bfalcon1

I am concerned that I would find a Linq uncomfortable because I am extremely skinny. Plus concerned that having a mammogram done with a Linq would cause problems since I have very little breast tissue in addition to my thinness. Has anyone else had a problem with the Linq due to being extremely thin? Or problems with Linq during mammogram?

I had a Boston Scientific loop recorder implanted in August 2022 to look for AFIB. I had a catheter ablation done in Feb 2019 and been AFIB free since then. The reason I elected to have the procedure is I have decided not to stay on blood thinners for the remainder of my life. My argument is if I no longer have AFIB then the risk of stroke should be the same as the general population for my age demographic. I use a Kardia mobile ECG that is very accurate which prior to the ablation was always in agreement with the ECG in the doctors office. So, the bottom line is if the implanted Boston scientific loop recorder picks up AFIB then I will reconsider my position on taking an anticoagulant. My electrophysiologist is in agreement.

Is there pain after the procedure for a few days or more? Do they give you any type of prescription for medicine to help with the pain to take home if so? I'm getting the linq implant so I don't know how it feels. I also have the vns implant already for my epilepsy and I heart for a few days. And even tho it was an in and out same day procedure i still felt woozy, unstable and had pain for about 3 days and it was a small/medium cut to put the implant in but they also had to cut my neck to attach the wire to my neck. But if someone knows about my questions please let me know

I'm waiting on a specialized CAT at a hospital because of the Abbott loop instead of the more commonly available procedure.

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Due to more than a dozen falls in 2013, a Medtronics loop recorder was implanted. It detected at least one episode of Afib, and multiple nocturnal episodes of tachycardia, all of which were asymptomatic. It stopped transmitting in 2017 and was removed. I still have frequent falls, last of which was on black ice that caused 3-week hospitalization for broken elbow, stress fractures to sacrum, and bulging L5/S1 disc. Have neuropathy in R foot due to earlier injuries that thankfully causes no pain, just reduced sensation and some loss of balance. See my local cardiologist every six months

I have had a LOOP recorder implanted in my chest for four years now.

Legs felt like they were made of jelly. So weak that I needed a wheelchair to go more than 100 yards.

Summer 2017 I was playing Pickleball and walking golf 2-3 times a week. Had an episode of tachycardia and was sent to our local hospital: 120 bpm and Afib. Was put on Eliquis, had an ablation, had a loop recorder implanted. By December 2017 I could not walk more than a few hundred feet; legs felt like "jelly". Had to be wheel-chaired through the Ice Sculpture exhibit in Orlando around Christmas.

Long story short, neither I, my Primary, my Cardiologist, or a Neuro specialist noticed the connection between starting Eliquis and the initiation of leg weakness despite my complaining for more than four years to all. During a "tune-up" visit to my Chiropractor I complained. He asked if I was on a statin or Eliquis, and when I answered YES to Eliquis he had his assistant print off its rare but severe side effects..

I checked the Briston-Meyers Squibb website and found the warning. Discontinued the Eliquis December 23, 2021. Within a week could walk a half mile to our mail station and back. Am now up to 3+ miles without needing to rest along the way. Cardiologist is going to do another loop recorder implant shortly as he isn't real happy that I took myself off the med ... but I am absolutely thrilled to be able to walk reasonably well again! No, am not back to Pickleball, due to my balance issues at age 80, but am again enjoying golf!