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Michael
I RECENTLY HAD A PACE MAKER IMPLANTED DUE TO (SICK SINUS SYDROME). i
WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW ISSUES THAT I WAS FACED WITH PRIOR TO MY HEART
STOPPING. I AM IN THE MILITARY AND IN GREAT SHAPE, I RUN DAILY AND TAKE GOOD
CARE OF MYSELF. IN 1997, I STARTED FEELING THIS FLUTTERING IN MY CHEST AROUND 10
TIMES A DAY. I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HE STATED I SHOULD LAY OF COKES AND
COFFEE. I DID THAT AND IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. SO AROUND A YEAR LATER I WENT BACK
AND HAD AM EKG DONE WHICH SHOWED AN INCOMPLETE RIGHT BUNDLE BLOCK. I WAS SENT ON
MY WAY AND TOLD IT IS SOMETHING RUNNERS HAVE AND NOT TO BE CONCERNED. SO I DID
THAT AND SUFFERED WITH THIS FLUTTERING UNTIL I WAS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ IN 2004. I
STARTED FEELING LIKE I HAD NO SLEEP AND SORT OF HUNG OVER FEELING. AFTER I
RETURNED FROM IRAQ IN 2005, I WENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR AND EXPLAINED WHAT WAS
GOING ON, HE ORDERED ANOTHER EKG. THIS EKG SHOWED EPESODES OF SINUS BRADYCARDIA
AND AN INCOMPLETE RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK. AGAIN I WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT. SO I DELT WITH IT UNTIL JAN 2006, WHEN I WAS HAVING TROUBLE EVEN
GETTING OUT OF BED, BECAUSE I WAS SO TIRED, I STARTED WAKEING UP GASPING FOR AIR
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND THE FLUTTERING WAS HAPPENING DURING THE DAY TO. I WENT
BACK TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS ADMINISTERED A STRESS TEST ON THE TREDMILL WHICH CAME
BACK ABNORMAL, SO I WAS FITTED WITH A HOLTER MONITOR. AFTER THAT WAS PUT ON, I
WAS FEELING REALLY BAD THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, THE NEXT MORNING I GO IN TO HAVE IT
REMOVED AND SUFFERED A STAGE 3 HEARTBLOCK FOR AROUND 1MINUTE 20 SECONDS FOLLOWED
BY PAUSES IN MY HEARTBEAT. I WAS PLACED IN THE ICU AND WAS HAVING ALL KINDS OF
STUFF HAPPENING ON MY EKG. I WAS TRANSFERED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL AND RECIEVED A
PACE MAKER. TWO DAYS AGO, I WENT TO MY FIRST PACE MAKER CLINIC AND FOUND OUT MY
PACE MAKER HAS ADMINISTERED 254 PACE THEREPY SESSIONS IN 23 DAYS. MOST ARE FOR
MY HEART BEAT DROPPING TO LOW (THAT WAS THE REASON I WAS ALWAYS TIRED) I STILL
FEEL FLUTTERS AND FEEL STRANGE, MIGHT BE MY NERVES!!!
I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE WRITERS ABOUT PUSHING YOUR DOCTORS WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL
RIGHT, IT IS YOUR LIFE!!!
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