Complete Block

Sunday just a bit of a daze, barely any sleep dozing in between visits from family and my ward staff. Doctor back to ask if I'd decided to have the pacemaker.  Then he came back again after looking at my ECG and said there is no choice its 3rd degree heart block and I had to have the pacemaker on monday. Asked my husband to come in on his own so I could talk to him about the pacemaker and ask him what he thinks, and give him advice about coping without me in case, he didn't take the bossing around from the prospective grave well. Said not to talk about that they will manage. He went to work and the kids came later.

Asked the nurse if I should fast but she said I probably wouldn't get done tomorrow, I wasn't on the list and the list was full. I was kind of relieved messaged husband. 

On monday saw the registrar she said they'd do an angiogram and check the heart, I thought good then she said the specialist said no I didnt need one, then someone came to take me for an angiogram. Everything looked normal unlike patient staff communications. Through perhaps confused is normal.I came back and got a cup of tea but I asked the nurse if I could drink it. She found out I was going for the pacemaker. I felt like I was in a flooded creek just swept along I felt sick from nerves and I didnt want to tell anyone. They put up some IVI antibiotics and I listened to some classical music. I thought they would give me some sedation but they didnt. I felt so upset but the nurses where really nice. 

The procedure was quite painful but it didnt take very long but it was quite an awful feeling of something going into your heart. As usual what staff will tell patients is painless was quite painful and emotionally very disturbing. Mostly through you never find that out till you are on the other side. 

After the pacemaker they lost interest in me off the monitor and fewer obs and less worried glances. In the morning the pacemaker adjusted, pharmacist seen, doctor seen then off home. To feel very odd and tell this story about 50 times. Have walked 2 hills successfully, I didnt realize how wary I'd become when exercising and I've lost a lot of fitness.