Pacemaker insertion scheduled

I'm scheduled for a pacemaker. Testing was done in June/July  when I had bradycardia, irregular radial pulse, less than 1 second of mild chest discomfort and difficulty walking far because of weakness, fatigue, occasional SOB.   Since mid August, those symptoms have mostly  disappeared as far as I can tell.  The only thing I feel is slight chest pressure (or am I focusing so much on my heart that it just seems so?).  

Does anyone have an idea what is happening here?  Googling sick sinus syndrome, Mobitz II Type 2 AV block indicates that a pacemaker is a good idea, but why do I feel so much better?

 

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There are reversible causes of cardiac conduction defects

by crustyg - 2021-09-15 18:09:47

In your shoes, I'd go back to my EP-doc, reporting how wonderful I feel and get some of the simple, easy tests done again.

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by MinimeJer05 - 2021-09-15 18:59:07

It's always nice to feel better and I'm very happy for you. Like the previous poster said, maybe go back and get some of those easier tests done again to see what things are looking like?

 

also a good idea to ask a second opinion. I always wonder about my surgeries and situations because they just come out of no where. My open heart surgery wasn't supposed to happen until midlife and then my yearly checkup at 28 had them schedule surgery within 2 weeks, without any real symptoms. 
 

my pacemaker was put in after fainting and having vision issues, which makes more sense to act urgently, but now I'm still facing vision issues and wondering what the heck is really going on. 
 

Again, glad to hear you're better and in a position to ask questions and verify things before taking the plunge. 
 

take care and keep us posted 

 

jer

CABG

by AgentX86 - 2021-09-15 22:07:10

I sure hope they did a heart cath on you before doing a CABG.  That's the definitive test (look see).  Without a cath, doing surgery is malpractice, IMO. 

You don't want to wait for symptoms for CABG surgery.  The most common symptom of a heart attack is sudden death.  I didn't have any obvious symptoms (any that Afib wouldn't explain) but my cardiologist ordered a stress test because I was a new patient.  I failed that miserably so was scheduled for a cath before I left the office.  My cardiologist expected to do a stent or two but once in there, that wasn't going to happen.  Auxillary arteries had grown large enough to keep me alive until I got the surgery.  The four arteries were blocked 70, 90,100, and 100 percent.  No, I wasn't nearly as young (62) as you but heart disease isn't just an old-fart's disease.

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