Pacemaker fitting

[pepperjack]

Anyone had this recently
How long does the op take
Is it relatively simple ?
How long for recouperation?
My mil just had one fitted and not told anyone 😩

My grandad had one fitted aged over 100! He made it through the operation well. He wasnt allowed to put pressure through his arm getting up and down oit of a chair etc. He was sore the first week but after that he improved a lot. Not really sure of anything else though sorry.

Next door neighbour had one put in a couple of years ago. He wasn't in hospital very long, and within 3 weeks was back to walking up the hill and back, just over a mile, for his morning paper. Back to driving within a couple of months. He's doing fine.

I expect your MIL is a little bit tender and uncomfortable, but it's a minor op at the end of the day. I don't think they even keep them in overnight for it. The pacemaker unit itself just slips under the skin so it might be a bit tight feeling and bruised for a week or so.

Is she saying she feels fine?

DDad had one fitted 2 years ago (life changing!). He was home the same day

He couldn’t raise his left arm or put pressure on it (like standing up from the sofa) for 4 weeks roughly

Slightly sore for a few days and stuff from not doing much with the arm

Otherwise absolutely fine

Yeah
She says it's sore

I hadn't heard from her in a week and started to get worried when she hadn't responded to texts.
Then she just sends a text telling me she's had it done and she's going to sleep now!
She's the other side of the world.

I used to be a theatre nurse and scrubbed for the pacing list, also work in CCU and critical care. Relatively minor procedure done under sedation and local, normally 30 minutes to an hour.

Area will be tender for a wee while, can't raise arms above head, put pressure on the left side or over exert with pushing/pulling.

She should get a wee leaflet which tells her all the do's and don'ts :)

Thank you
Doesn't sound as big as I had it in my mind.
I don't even Know when she had it, she won't ask for help, infuriating.

April241 amusingly my dads leaflet showed a man waving his hands in the air despite clear instructions not to

OP, I had a thread on here after my dad was told he needed one and was terrified but everyone was completely right, it was not the major open heart surgery I envisioned!!