New pacemaker, still fluttering

[Scotsman53]

Got my pacemaker just four days ago and I have a question for those with more experience. The underlying issues are LBBB and HB.

I'm a bit surprised to still be getting occasional fluttering sensations in the heart region, should I ring the team about that or is it no big deal?

Thanks in advance.

[cotonh]

Why not give them a ring. Here we get the answering machine and they call us back. I think it is helpful to get used to the system and find out how responsive your cardiology department is. Ours encourage us to contact them with anything we are concerned about however small it might seem to us. We made several phone calls the first week after discharge following my husband being fitted with a pacemaker with things that were nothing to worry about but we did not know that then and needed to assured this was so. Better for you not to be anxious and worrying for your heart to heal.

With the 2 wires bedding themselves in and the healing going on around them you are probably going to feel something but I will leave it to others to respond about that.

[Scotsman53 in reply to cotonh]

Thanks for that, I did ring them and they patiently explained the device is aimed at the heart rate and can't be expected to fix all symptoms -- they put it much more tactfully...

[cotonh in reply to Scotsman53]

Glad you got a patient response. They really do want to know if you have worries as a worried patient will not get better as quickly as a non worried one so it is in their interests to help. Also I always think it will go on your records and if it should be something that increases rather than goes away they have a note of just when it started so I think it is helpful to them in this way too.

[EMBoy]

With heart block, you have probably got used to having a low heart rate, but now that your pacemaker is pacing your heart at the correct rate, it feels like fluttering. I had the same thing for several weeks after my pacemaker insertion, but soon got used to it.

You probably have nothing to worry about, but you should contact your pacemaker team just in case.

[Scotsman53 in reply to EMBoy]

Thank you, please see my reply to cotonh.