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Members responded to TonyaFelder's question about ongoing fatigue after pacemaker surgery with reassurance that tiredness is very common... Read more
I still get tired out easily, the biggest change I noticed is when I need to sit down to recover, the recovery is a lot quicker.
Yes Tony, movement and keeping busy, is a great medicine. You do the same my friend πππΎ
Yeah Tisha ,it varies depending on the person, it didn't take me long to recover because I was active in the kind of work I do and moving people is very active work always on our feet walking and carry heavy furniture and boxes which people over pack ,just take it easy and slow .
I have an A-ICD which is about 12 systems in one one and they switch from one to the other as my heart needs it and it never runs all the time. I started with an 11 year battery and I've had it 8 years and had a year and a half battery life left. I've been using it but I never feel it. I never felt any pain and have slept on it since the beginning. Even my cardiologist asked about pain because I was sleeping on it and I was fine.
Weβre you told it can be up to 6 weeks or more . I
Was a lefter . It was very hard not to use the atm plus I and to
Sleep
With a. Pillow under it you will be tried till it heals . Donβt worry just take your time . Mine is almost 3 years old . I still hurt near the mark was told it was muscle that would hurt for a while . I still get tried . I just rest . Body needs time .