Inquiring about pace maker surgery

Getting a pacemaker

by Theknotguy - 2021-04-12 18:09:41

First, check the forum for younger people and send a direct message to them.  They would be able to give you a much better accounting of living with a pacemaker.  Since I'm over 65, I won't have your life style.  So you'd want a younger person's view.

Second, you shouldn't be scared.  The pacemaker is a help, not a hindrance.  Post implant and healing, I went back to a "normal" life doing "normal" activities.  In some cases I did more because I now had a stronger heartbeat.  Since I was unconscious when I got my pacemaker I can't tell you about the implant procedure.  From what others have said on the forum it isn't a major surgery and major recovery time after it's implanted.  I'll let others tell you about the procedure.  

Third, most of the time I don't feel the pacemaker inside my body.  I can get into a position where it gets pinched and I know it's there, but most of the time (I'm six years out) I don't even think about it, can't feel it, and don't know it's there.  I can see the lump where it is when I get up in the morning, but with a shirt on, no one knows I have it and no one sees it unless I point it out.

It is very scary, especially at your age, to learn you have to get a pacemaker.  Your feelings along that line are very normal.  But the point I want to make again is that it's a help and not a hindrance.  Your life should be much better and you should feel better for having it.  A lot of people wear glasses and we don't think a thing about it.  Same for the pacemaker.  A lot of people have them and get along fine.  Try to keep a positive attitude about getting the pacemaker.  

I hope your adjustment to your new pacemaker goes well.