Sever pain radiating into shoulder

• by lady4law
• 2016-02-05 05:02:39
• Complications
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I have had my PM for about 10 years, but it's been moved 2 times, left to right side of chest -then back - right to left, due to Breast cancer. Shortly after my 2nd relocation, it was removed and replaced (along with the lead (wires) in my heart) with a MRI compatible PM. However shortly after that surgery I was involved in a car accident and my cardiologist called Medtronic and they recommended I NOT have the MRI as the new PM was having issues when patient went under the MRI machine.
Over the last year, about 12 months after the surgery, I have developed unbelievable pain in and around the area of the PM, including my ribs and shoulder. I am being scheduled for a PET scan to check for breast cancer mets, but my oncologist thinks, more likely, all this pain is from the PM.
Any one else develop unbearable pain at the PM site and surrounding area?