UUGGHH!!

• by Czechmate
• 2017-04-17 16:46:57
• Exercise & Sports
• 1331 views
• 1 comments

Hello Again,

My background: Boston Scientific Essentio MRI compat implanted in June-2016 for bradycardia and low heart rate during exercise (it would climb, but not as high as it should).  Max tracking rate was originally set at 140 with rate response sensititivty setting at 8.  Begin to run again and out of the blue started having ventricle tach pop-up after 30 minutes of activity, which of course threw everything out of whack.  More tests came back negative for any structural issues.  I had the PM setting adjusted to 150 max tracking and sensitivity to 10 while being put on a very low dose beta blocker.  I took the beta blocker for about a month and then stopped due to side effects.  Now have the issue of my heart rate hitting 150 during exercise and staying there no matter the level of activity.  Only can bring it down by stopping or walking slowly.  No tach issues.  If those show up again I'm just going to ask for the rate response to be switched off.  Not going on beta blocker again. 

Just got off the phone the cardio office and they are giving me the run around on how moving the sensitivity to a 9 won't change things that much.  I started to get a little peeved because they don't quite understand I'm the patient and I'm not completely happy.  Is that how sophisticated these devices are, that you just go from one number to the next for the setting?  Sounded kind of primative to me.  Or is there more bells and whistles and it's time for me to look for different office?  Sometimes wish I didn't have it implanted.  I pressed and got an appt for this Wed.  I didn't realize that post implant patient care would be such a pain in arse for this office. 

Frustrated,  Bob