Four Months

I had an appointment yesterday with my EP - it was basically to discuss recent changes to my medication but of course we also downloaded my PM and did a bit of data examination. It is advantageous to the patient if you can somehow position yourself so you can see the computer screen. My EP is more than willing to discuss what we see, but if only he has access to the screen he tends to get lost in the data and stops communicating with me. Almost all features of my PM are turned off. It is basically monitoring, storing some data and only pacing when ppm drops below 50 (10.7% of the time). I'm in atrial fib 100% of the time and have been for 35 years and have occasional periods of rapid ppm - the data from the PM shows that they last for only a few seconds and from the time stamps I could not identify any common connection. I'm off beta blockers, ACE inhibitors and diuretics, only taking a calcium channel blocker plus Coumadin and Crestor. I'd say I'm fully recovered from the surgery and the PM is only doing what it needs to do. Some of us are lucky I guess.

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Re: Four Months

by gsue55 - 2008-04-04 09:04:49

I have the same thing with my PM...It doesn't seem to have to be used much at all. Sometimes I wonder if I need it at all. I have ask the Ep & the Rep from St, Jude but, they have assured me that I do indeed need to have it as, we never know if my heart would ever go into arrest again like it did the first time I had problems. I had a 19 sec pause & then 2 ...30 sec pauses. The weird thing is...when I ha the 2..30 sec pauses...I was awake and aware that things were going on.

I have SSS and had my first in plant on Sept 6th of 07'

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