Pacemaker Club: Post exercise heart thumping

Post exercise heart thumping

by Dory
2016-08-06 13:12:35
Exercise & Sports
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Hi everyone. It's been just over 4 weeks since my dual chamber PM for 3rd degree heart block. I have been gently easing back into running short distances at a slow pace and alternating other days using the stationery bike. Not over doing it and keeping it very low key with my heart rate. I went for a 4 km run this morning and felt good.I Have been feeling fine for the rest of the day except I can really feel my heart thumping about in my chest since the run. No pain just this really uncomfortable thudding and thumping. It's almost like I felt the first days after having the pacemaker. Has anyone had these same symptoms?

4 Comments

Thumping

by green18 - 2016-08-07 07:00:33

Interesting...I am 2 months in and experiencing the exact symptoms but only for a little while after I run. Are you saying it didn't go away?

Heart thumping post runnnig

by Dory - 2016-08-07 22:06:16

Hi Green18-yes the thumping and thudding then continues all day and into the night post run. It happened again yesterday after a short run too and then overnight I woke suddenly three different times with a gasping for air feeling-really weird. These were all very similar symptoms to pre pacemaker. I have done a download this morning to the cardiologist and will see if it shows up anything.

keep me posted

by green18 - 2016-08-09 12:56:09

That sounds far more severe than anything I have been dealing with but keep me posted on what you hear. I had a really bad episode trying to lightly jog up a hill and a few others but they only lasted a few minutes.

Crossing my fingers for you that they have some insight!

Download from PM

by Dory - 2016-08-10 21:40:27

The cardiologist called and said the pacemaker report showed that everything was working fine however he has said to see how it goes over next few weeks and if it continues he will organise a holter monitor for a few days to see if there are any changes. I think I naively expected that once the pacemaker was in I would return to a normal heart rhythm and I wouldn't feel all these irregularities and different beats any more.