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New to the club
- by Nikky
- 2020-03-27 20:51:13
- General Posting
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Hi there,
I'm Nikky, I'm new to the club. I'm 50 and had my St.Jude dual chamber pacemaker installed 3/18/20. Hope everyone is staying safe out there.
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You can take a lickin and keep on tickin.
Member Quotes
In fact after the final "tweaks" of my pacemaker programming at the one year check up it is working so well that I forget I have it.
WELCOME NIKKY and I hope you will be very happy with us
by Gemita - 2020-03-28 07:45:32
How was the implant procedure for you ? I hope you are doing okay. Although it is very early days, do you feel any different now ? It took us a few months for everything to settle down and we had to take care not to raise our pacemaker side arm above our heads for around 6 weeks to avoid pulling on leads and/or opening our delicate wounds, but some gentle movement is advised to avoid developing stiffness in the arm, particularly in the shoulder.
I had my pacemaker implanted in May 2018 and my husband also has one and his was implanted in March 2018. Mine is a two lead pacemaker and hubby's is a single lead. We are elderly folk (71 and 81) but still very mobile. Our pacemakers have made a real improvement to our quality of life.
We are trying hard to remain virus free by self isolating as much as possible, going out only for essential shopping/prescriptions and very infrequently now. We have some wonderful younger neighbours around us offering to help out. We hope you stay safe too and that you will benefit from having a pacemaker