DH has a 3-lead pacemaker. They put the first one in about 8 years ago and he felt better almost immediately. Of course, he was nearly dead when they put it in(no exaggeration! He was gray and lethargic, with a pulse of 23 :E) He came out of surgery pink and hungry, LOL. DH just had the pacemaker replaced in Dec, since the battery was going down and he was having a lot of fatigue and illness. He didn't bounce back quite as dramatically this time, but it seems to be going well. He says the site was sore for a couple weeks, but now he doesn't have any trouble with it.
DH has stage 4 lung/heart disease, so he naturally has a lot of trouble with fatigue and loss of stamina. He uses oxygen at night and sometimes during the day, if it's a bad day. Still, he always wants to go camping. It helps a lot that I can do everything from towing to set up to take down. When he's having a bad time of it, sometimes he just sits out under the trees with his book. He still says a bad day camping beats a good day stuck at home!
