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alarm
I have a honiton monitor for St Jude Pacer and defibrillator.
How will i know if it is still working. Had inplant June 2011. Have had no follow up since.
Should an error occur how would i know and what would i do??
People talk about alarm but what happens. .
Pancres
Depression
I just had an ICD implanted Feb 1st. Aside from severe pain I experienced, I am having a difficult time dealing with this lump on my chest. Being that I had a mastectomy on my right breast in 2002, I now feel quite ugly. I believe many women probably have issues dealing with appearance. Won't be wearing any low cut blouses. Also, am much more aware of excessive palpitations at night. The bottom line here, I'm trying to stay alive! But the reality that I have LBBB, cardiomyopathy, and CHF,...
loop uncoiled?
Hey,
Well it's been about 3 months since I had my first ICD implanted and i recently did an x-ray which showed the loop of the lead had uncoiled and needed another minor surgery to re-coil it. The Dr said that it wasn't urgent but it just needed to be done quite soon because it would be harder to do when the tissue had fully healed.... blah blah blah...
anyway the point is I think i'm going to have it in maybe a month or 2 (dr is still unsure) and was wondering how long i...
Just wondering
I'm have a ICD Gen Change done this Friday, and I was wondering do the same do and don'ts apply like it did when I first rec'd one. I watch my 15 month grandchild...will I be able to pick her up, or will I have to wait the 6 weeks. I can't remember what happened last time (4 years ago). I will call the doctor on Monday, but am thinking about it now. Any advice?
ICD with three leads
Hi there. Haven't posted in a long time. I am scheduled for a new ICD in March. They are going to leave the Fiidelis lead which is still working fine in place; then run a new lead beside the one in the atrium. Not going to extract it, have been told this is risky. My third lead will be on the other side of the heart so it will beat together. I have had shortness of breathe since Oct. and the ankles were swollen while on vacation at Christmas. I am a little scared this time for surgery, bu...
Cryoablation
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone here has ever had a cryoablation done. I am going in surgery in march to have this done to try to get rid of my accelerated juntional rhythm. My dr wants to try to knock out the juntional without wiping out the av node or giving me heart block. He has made no guarentees but thought it was worth a shot as he doesn't know what else to do for me. I have tried meds and either have not worked or couldn't tolerate (and the included flecanide) .The only med...
safe earphones
hi guys, i was wondering if you could give me some advice about earphones? are there such a thing as PM safe ones? thank you x
Youtube 19 & 16 year old with ICD
My brother & I have ICD implanted 11-27-12 and have just been cleared February 1st too go back too everything we used too do. I am a very athletic person that loves to lift weights and play sports. We will be posting more videos shortly!
Missed warning signs
I was just thinking about how I sometimes have dreams about getting shocked. It gave me a flash back to when I was in 6th grade. (This will probably make sense to no one on here) I had a dream I was a character in the video game Red Faction and I had been shot in the heart with the rail gun. I dreamed the whole xray vision and zooming in on my heart and then firing like in the game. The rail gun is a weapon that can shoot through walls and when you scope in you see a thermal image of the enemy....
Great Book
I just read a great book. Understanding your pacemaker and Defibrillator: What Patients and Families need to know.
tiredness after a virus
Hi I am getting over a brochial infection or virus where I coughed and coughed so hard thought my ICD would probanbly pop out of my chest..But, it didnt and im better after
a antibotic and couch sirup but I am so weak...I have cardiomyopathy and I had been doing so well and now I have
no energy and weak....anyone have any ideas how to become
stronger or to help the heart muscle get sorta back to normal
Its like staring all over from the beginning when I had no energy ...an...
Electrical Pain
- by corkydog31
- 2013-01-28 03:01:34
- ICDs
- 1373 views
- 3 comments
I had CRT-P installed Aug 2012. on rt side. Surgeon left old pacemaker (on left side) intact, but deactivated it. Starting last nite: quick, shooting jolts of pain lasting 1/3 to 1/2 second. These bursts occur every 15 to 145 seconds apart. They then completely disappear. INCREDIBLY, THE PAIN HITS ONLY ON THE TOP SURFACE OF MY RIGHT FOOT! No pain at the implant area. Pulse & B/P OK- pacing at 70 as IRD was set.
Called Pacemaker Clinic. He stated "...pain in foot would not be caused b...
Digoxin and troprol xl
Hi I have a question...I was just looking up some things on the internet and it says you should not take digoxin and troprol fot your heart ...It says they arent to be given together..I have a ICD and have had it for a year now...I have no trouble and have been taking these 2 meds not at the same time but everyday for a year ....Now I m wondering why the dr gave me them together if you aren suppose to take them...Also I have a drippy nose and a cough and sore throat that just started yesterday....
Miracle recovery
Miracle recovery from 40-minute death at Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre
A FORMER junior world champion triathlete who was clinically dead for more than 40 minutes was brought back to life by an extraordinary group of people who refused to give up on her.
Returning to the pool yesterday, with a pacemaker defibrillator fitted to stop it occurring again, Ms Carney paid tribute to her saviours.
"It's really bizarre. I woke up three days later and I was in ICU,"...
100% paced
I went back to my dr today for a recheck after he put me on the verapamil. Not only did I not tolerate it but it didn't seem to slow my juntional rhythm down any. When I was on the med it lowered my blood pressure so much it made me very dizzy and nauseated. We have been talking back and forth about doing an av node ablation. He is unsure of doing this cause he's not sure I will be able to handle the feeling of being 100% paced so he is having me do a little trial..he upped my lower rate to 80 a...
New
Hello, took me a while to get what PM stood for, but figured it out. I recently had an ICD implanted on the 20th of December 2012. I am in the military stationed in Korea. While doing a 4 mile run at a slow pace my heart stopped after the run during the cool down). I am not sure as to the details only what people told me. Anyway just wanted to say high to you. I have done a lot of research in regards to my device because it is scary knowing that it is in my chest. It has just been 30 days as of...
Update
On December 13 I was updated from a pacer to a BiVentricular ICD. I had some bleeding in the pocket the ICD was in. It swelled up to at least 1 1/2 times. They went in a drained it. And now it seems to be getting better. Still some swelling but getting smaller. I had to be upgraded because my heart rate jumped up to 175bpm for about 2 minutes.
info on icd
- by brittanyleigh407
- 2013-01-14 08:01:18
- ICDs
- 1768 views
- 1 comments
my girlfriend is 21 years old last october 2012 she had an icd put in. im still trying to learn everything about it. things i wanna know are
can she ride rides?
whats the tingling sensation she feels by her icd?
she takes metroprolol are mood swings common?
can she ride four wheelers?
when was ur first shock?
what should i do when she has her first shock?
is depression common?
can she have a baby?
what should she stay away from?
side effects
- by retired baldy
- 2013-01-12 03:01:29
- ICDs
- 1921 views
- 2 comments
had medtroinics d314trm implant dec and it caused a nerve on outside of heart that controls the stomach to flex like a hicup they turned left ventrical lead down to 1.75 and it still happened when in certain positions. got worse after several days went back in and they turned lead off said will turn back on after it heals in and is more stable. then if it stills causes the same problem dr will have to reinstall the lead and move it. how many patients have this problem and how many with ti...
varapermil
Went and seen my dr today, he looked at my strips from my event monitor and of course they were all junctional. I am going to try varapermil to see if it might help since its the only drug that I haven't tried yet. If it doesn't work or I can't tolerate it he is going to go forward with the av node ablation as I have slim to none on more options so this is my last hope!
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