Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Other Health Discussion => Topic started by: countrybumpkin on June 30, 2015, 06:33:30 AM
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I have just realised that my header reads as if they have implanted the recorder in my buttock to annoy my sciatic nerve ;D
I had the recorder implanted yesterday and it was a fairly brutal proceedure under local anaethetic and I have an incision just where you cleavage starts on my left breast, the bruising down the left breast is spectacular and they have used skin glue to seal the incision but it covers quite a big area even onto my other breast and it dries hard and spiky so thats really good when you move - its like being stung by wasps :o
Anyway I went to bed last night but could only sleep in one position otherwise it was too painful to sleep and this is not usual for me, I move alot during the night as I have bad back problems. I was woken up at 5am with awful shooting pain down the front of my calf into my foot and ache in my buttock so can only assume the sleeping in one position has put pressure on my sciatic nerve. grrr its bad enough having to cope with the after effects of the proceedure without adding sciatica pain into it.
Just wanted a moan ;)
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You moan away but can you explain what a 'hear loop recorder' is ............ :-\
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I'm thinking, due to the location where it was inserted, it's actually heart loop recorder?
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Ooops sorry I should have typed heart loop recorder, I'm partially sighted so mistakes are all to common sadly!
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Is the pain due to the incision itself, or the spikey glue? If it's the latter, could you cover it for bed (non-adherent dressing) so you don't get the 'wasp stings'?
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Non the wiser ;D ...........
How's the sciatica now that you are up and about?
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The sciatica has improved once up and about so hoping it does not come back again tonight!
CLKD just for you - the loop recorder records my heartbeat 24/7 and at midnight each night it transmits this via mobile phone signal to hospital. If I get one of my about to faint attacks and wonky heartbeat then I phone them and download it via mobile phone network straight away.
Wonders of modern technology.
I am horrified with the extent of the bruising on my left breast but just spoken to hospital and they say you get alot of bruising considering how tiny the device is ( size of a matchstick) as its quite brutal when its inserted ( can agree as if felt like I was being punched in the chest). I have also read that some people take 4-6 weeks for everything to heal.
The pain is mixture of soreness around incision site and the prickly dried glue.
I am trying hard not to let my anxiety get the better of me as I always worry about worse case scenario like infection or it wanders off never to be found again! ( this is a rare posibility - the wandering off)
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Majic! How is the sciatica?
It probably won't migrate. It is known in those chips that are put into pets for their Passports ::) but they can be tracked ;-)! Have you any arnica to rub onto the bruising?
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I meant to get some arnica but to be honest didn't expect bruising like this, our local chemists are useless so no chance of buying some today.
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did the sciatica ease without pain relief?
Your village shop may sell arnica :-\ if not, an excuse for a trip out in the morning?
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Don't be surprised if the bruising spreads! When I had my wisdom teeth out (3 fully impacted, and one not so bad but still needed to come out), the bruising on my face (which I expected) spread down my my neck and across my boobs in the 2 weeks post-op! Surgeon said it was perfectly normal.
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yep that happened to me! I think the Dental Surgeon had put an anvil in side my gob.
Happend to my Mum after her fall in Nov., the bruising spread from eyes, face down her chin under her neck into the chest area ::)
How R U 2-day?
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Thanks for asking. The bruising is not as dark as it was although I have a huge deep purple area that is lumpy which I assume is actually pooled blood under the skin :o
The pain when I move is not quite as bad although I seem to be getting pains in all sorts of places probably due to position and the effects of being effectively thumped twice in the chest!
I do have to hold my boobs still when going up and down stairs ;D as the joggling hurts like heck.
The itching has started around the incision - grit teeth and don't scratch time!
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Countrybumpkin - Is the recorder implanted permanently?
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Limpy - it can stay in for up to 3 years with the average being 2 years as the battery will run out after approx 3 years. Basically when I next get one of my funny heartbeat/feeling faint attacks ( I hope its soon!) then they can see exactly what my heart was doing and if its something that needs treatment or not and I then get clinic appt and go and find results. If its something harmless then they can remove the recorder but if its something that needs treatment of any kind they do the treatment and leave the recorder in to make sure its cured it.
I can't say I like having this alien being in the edge of my left breast and it will cause problems when my mamo becomes due in Oct this year but at the end of the day its better to find out what my funny heartbeat attacks are just in case it is something harmful.
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It can't be nice having it there, but it will be possible for any funny heart episodes to be picked up.
My OH had a heart problem (palpitations) early on this year. Before it was diagnosed, it was difficult getting him to A&E to get an ECG when they did happen. Eventually they gave him a 48 hour monitor (the type that's stuck on) did he have any palps while he had that. er no, total waste of time.
At least your problems will be recorded even if it ain't pleasant.
I hope everything gets sorted out for you soon.
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It can't be nice having it there, but it will be possible for any funny heart episodes to be picked up.
My OH had a heart problem (palpitations) early on this year. Before it was diagnosed, it was difficult getting him to A&E to get an ECG when they did happen. Eventually they gave him a 48 hour monitor (the type that's stuck on) did he have any palps while he had that. er no, total waste of time.
At least your problems will be recorded even if it ain't pleasant.
I hope everything gets sorted out for you soon.
This is exactly the reason they have implanted the recorder because despite numerous 3 day external monterings everytime they do it I do not have an attack. I do have lots of harmless flips and blips and they are hoping that the attacks are just longer versions of these harmless ones.
I wasn't getting anywhere with local cardiologist but my Gp referred me to nearest specialist heart hospital and they moved remarkably fast.
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M in L had a 24 hour recorder: twice. She was told to go about her daily chores as 'normal', did she heck as like: she stayed with her son for 3 days being waited on - so of course, no readings :bang:. The 3rd time it was suggested I spoke to her GP and explained ……. it turned out to be the fact that her GP had told her not to add salt to her diet which nearly killed her :-X so once that was sorted, she didn't require any more monitoring.
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