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Bad taste

new here just read about the bad taste in someones mouth....well I've been complaining to my Drs about this since my Pacemaker was put in and was also told they never heard of this.....mine was put in in Nov of 2012 .....
Glad to read I'm not they only one...

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Having problem turning left..

Hello all ! I pulled my Godson out of ocean on 4th of July and ripped my atrial lead out of my heart. My pacer is a Medtronic Revo and I pulled the screw out my heart. It hurt a lot but the hospital said I was okay. So I went on for another month in massive amounts of pain. Then I collapsed on the floor of my EP's office and they figured out it was my lead shocking my phrenic nerve when I turned left or used my left arm. So I had another surgery to reimplant my top lead. Still 6 months late...

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Still Short of breath

Hello Everyone
We are having a giant snow day here in the northeast with a foot on the ground already, on top of the 1-2 feet we already had. More snow on the away tonight.

So, here I am, now 6 months post complete heart block with no defining cause. My heart is otherwise healthy and normal. Since my pacemaker was implanted on July 29 2013 I have experienced severe episodes of shortness of breath, some on exertion and others while just talking. By the way, my PM is pacing my low...

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Swelling and pain

I am 4 years post biventricular device. At 18 months after insertion I had a broken defib wire. New one placed and old wire capped off. These past 4 days my pm site is very swollen and I have had dull throbbing discomfort. The swelling is up to my shoulder and underneath my arm. I will see the nurse Tuesday. I feel like I have an infection. No redness or bruising at the site. Low grade fever that is normal. Has anyone else had this problem. Thank, MaryKate

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pacemaker

I thought a pacemaker would control pauses in my heart beats while sleeping. If I get a pause of 2 seconds, is my pacemaker malfunctioning?

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HELP

My pacemaker is getting ready to end it's battery life. I have a call in check up on Thursday, but yesterday I got super weak, started getting different chest pains than usual, and my chest feels heavy. And I know it sounds word but I swear I feel my own heart beat. I'm debating if I should just wait until tomorrow to call in or go to the ER today. I've had a couple false alarms and I really don't want this to be an another false alarm and have to pay for an ER visit. Any advice?

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heart stopped for 2 seconds

at my last checkup the reading showed that my heart stopped (one time) for 2 seconds last month, while i was sleeping. Is this serious. I am now scheduled for an ultrasound. What will that show? I was told that my pacemaker is working fine. I have had my PM for 6 months

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New to the Site

Hi. I'm new to the site and honestly just a little lost. I had my first pacemaker device implanted when I was 3 and I am currently on my my fifth PM. My fifth is reaching it's end of the life soon (I think... I'm frustrated with the doctors), and soon it will be time for the sixth (within the year). I

I feel like at times my doctors are not listening to me, and I'm lost as to how to deal with them.

Also, I get really really bad pain around my collarbone all the time. Somet...

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Infection

Just thought I would share as I'm bored stuck in hospital, I had my first pm fitted 6 months ago for 3rd heart block, I haven't felt well ever since and have had lots of problems and the pm dropped down low and started rubbing every time I move, soon it broke the skin and got very painful, I had a visit with my cardio dr and he admitted me straight away, turns out I have a bad infection, I have been in hospital 10 days now, after 4 days on iv meds they took pm and wires out while I was awake and...

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Tingly

What does it mean when my pacemaker tingles? It does it most when I'm upset or stressed out?

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Blood Clot

I had a dual pacemaker implanted on 21 nov 13 and everything was find until about a month ago my arm started swelling and my check on the same side as pacemaker turns a bluish purple color. After a venorgram 2 days ago it showed i have a blood clot where the lead is. The doctor didnt seem to worried about it and put me on Xareto for 90 days, and of course if it doesnt improve to come in sooner. I dont know i guess i'm just really worried. I'm swolloen and purple but then again i just been on...

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Safety of induction cooking

New to site, anybody if it is safety to be around induction cooking units with a pace maker? Purchased a Nuway cooking unit from TV add did not give any warnings unit we received it at home. The booklet said if you have a pace maker stay at least 2 feet away. Any ideas?
Thanks

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av node ablation

Thanks for all the response. I will try to answer some of the questions. My ejection fraction is in the 50's. I also have severe cardiomyopathy with some obstruction along with afib and aflutter. Given those diagnosis, I have always had some difficulty climbing stairs and walking even 1/4 of a mile, I would get a heaviness in my chest, chest pain and heaviness in my legs and fast heart rate. Since I had the AV node block I can't walk any distance without these symptoms. I did have them to a...

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av node abation

Hi
I am new to this site. I had an AV node ablation in Dec 2013 and even though my heart rate feels normal I still can't walk any distance without having chest pain and shortness-of-breath.
I have been on short term disability and want to apply for long term but my cardiologist says he does not think I am disabled.
Do any of you guys experience the same symptoms? I feel like I need a scooter and I am only 57 years old.

Thanks,
Cindi

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Twinges

Hello,
I very new to this and so far I am grateful to have received advice on my first query of induction cooktops.
I had my PPM inserted for symptomatic Sinus Bradycardia on 23/01/2014. Mentally I feel fantastic from the word go. I have more energy, drive and clarity of thought then I have for the past 6 months. What I am experiencing now is a sort of central discomfort , like someone has stuck a wire in me or like an underwire bra where the wire is loose and digging in. The discomfor...

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subclavian thrombosis (blood clot)

Hello,
I've had my St. Jude pacemaker for 11 months, and earlier this week began developing pain extending from the device up to my neck. My neck vein is bulging on the same side and there's some swelling.
I've had a thrombosis back in 2006 on the opposite side of my chest due to a permanent central IV line, and the symptoms I'm having now are similar to the ones I had back then. I'm concerned as the area that has the pacemaker also recently had a power port (implanted IV line) on th...

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crt

Dear friends,
I have pacemaker for 10 years and now battery life is going to expire. I have atrial lead and ventricular in the apex of right ventricle. My usual rhythm is AV sequentional pacing. I am not happy with pacing, after implantation my physical performance dropped by 20- 30%. My hope is that biventricular pacing can improve my physical ability. However, there is a problem: my cephalic vein seems to be occluded and there is a problem to place an additional lead to great cardiac vein...

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Missed beats

Hi
Thank you for all the feedback. It does make me feel better when I read them but the feeling will not go away. It is really getting me down now and I think that the family are sick of listening to me. At my wits end with it all

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Missed beats

Hi I have recently had a pacemaker fitted and keep feeling missed beats. They say that it is normal but it still stresses me out. I also have a nagging pain in the middle of my back between my shoulder blades. Is this normal

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Staph epidermidis infection

Touching base with the experienced
As per previous post I had a shoulder op in July 2013, disaster ever since. Frequent but unpredictable "convulsions" with dormant periods in-between.
"Convulsion" now calling them "rigors" as they appear to be fever related landed me in hospital on Sunday. Have spent the whole week having tests etc while culturing bloods. Cant find the site of the infection which turns out to be the above staphylococcus epidermidis.
Of course now the pacemaker is...

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