Well this stinks

Hello,

So everything has been going awesome in how I feel after my surgery in October.  Had pacemaker put in for sinus braycaric, sinatrial node dysfunction and 2nd degree a-v block.  

I have been putting off getting back to exercising (which was stupid on my part) but I did get back to it this week.  I have done a kickboxing video and walking so far.   So during walking this week 5 times now I have had a very very hard flutter feeling and checked my hr each time and is has went up to 160 just all of the sudden. Then as soon as I stop it drops right back down to 60 within no time.  The feeling even goes up in to my throat .  It isn't a fast walk I am doing either.  (I have short legs haha).  I don't get light headed or anything.   I feel fine other than its a scary feeling.

So does this just sound like an adjustment just needs done.  I go back on the 20th for my second follow up appointment.  I wrote down the dates and time that it happened thinking it would help them be able to look at it easier.   Am I correct about that?

Oh and I am not taking any medication either.

Thanks for any input!

Tammy

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Comments

Definitely!

by Hoser - 2017-01-07 00:07:51

When you go in for you check, they will dump the data they should see what you are describing. 

Make sure you mention it to the tech, you probably need some setting adjustments.

Do some more checking

by DAVID H - 2017-01-08 13:51:16

There's a specialty Doc. out there somewhere ------ You just have to find him/her. A Cardiologist whose specialty is echocardiography is the person you want. Would this Doc be an E.P.?  --- Maybe.  But, during an echo, this Doc can "read" the sonograph better than a plain cardiologist/E.P.  

How do I know this?  My E.P. after "optimizing" my PM, made a referall to a echo specialist who later performed the same procedure and (thru PM timing adjustments) increased  my LVEF by 30%!

--Dave--

High rate

by sooz - 2017-01-29 13:00:54

I can tell you that they have certain parameters on the pacemaker capture of readings...I was shooting up high but the pacemaker was not recording those as it was only set to record between certain rates.  So they put on a holter monitor and caught the ones the pacemaker wasn't recording.  You would think that the pacemaker was recording everything but wasn't true in my case.  Good luck and feel better.

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