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chutka
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Joined : May 2020
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Posted 5/13/2020 2:34 PM (GMT -7)
My husband has had MS since 1999 (now 70 year old) he is or was in perfect health except for the MS part . The MS put him in a wheelchair. However many people are very jealous of him because he has perfect healthy body , what I mean is no diabetics, no high blood pressure, no high cholesterol,no high triglyceride his blood work is perfect. The only medication he take is vitamin D and get the B 12 shot once a month. Just this month the doctor tell us he has a slow leak in his heart and he need to have a pace maker put in. Needless to say we were all surprise that he need a pace maker. But I was wondering if there are other people with MS that have had a pace maker put in their body. I would appreciate any suggestion or warring about people with MS getting a pace maker . Thank you .
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straydog
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Posted 5/14/2020 8:12 AM (GMT -7)
Hi Chutka, welcome to Healing Well. I searched back through the archives here & did not find much related to MS & pacemakers.

My husband had a pacemaker put in several years ago, he does not have MS. He had an irregular heartbeat, fatigue & severe dizziness. The dizziness was so bad he started falling when trying to get up from a chair or out of bed. His cardiologist recommended the pacemaker, however, the dr that implants them totally disagreed. We went back & forth on this for nearly a year. Finally, the dr agreed. What a difference that pacemaker made for him.

You said the dr says he has a slow leaking valve, typically they say, mild, moderate or severe. Which valve is leaking? I have moderate leaking of the aortic valve, as long as I keep my blood pressure under control we hope that I will not need the valve replaced. This has been monitored by my cardiologist for a 30 years. As more time has gone by, I now have mild leaking of the mitral valve. At no time has a pacemaker ever been mentioned to me for leaking valves. So, I'm a little confused with a pacemaker being recommended to your husband.

Take care.
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