Figuring out an electric life
Finally! I was able to gain some weight over the last few weeks. I love when I gain weight because it means that my body is healthy. I also feel more like myself when I have a few pounds on — I don’t really dig the “sick” look when I’m lingering around 100-105 lbs.
The only issue with this is my kicker (pacemaker defibrillator). Since there are three wires hooked up to my heart, they run throughout the left side of my body. The “third lead” is a wire that goes into the back of my heart by way of my lower ribs/ left abdomen. Since this wire is sending electric impulses with every beat of my heart the wire sometimes hits a nerve in my diaphragm causing my stomach to “hiccup” uncontrollably. Usually this happens when I lie on my left side, or if I lie on my back a certain way. Now that I’ve gained some weight however, it’s happening almost all of the time! My body expanded so the wire is hitting the nerves in my diaphragm quite frequently. My stomach is jumping all of the time now! It is super annoying. It takes my breath away every time it happens.
I like my weight and even plan to gain some more so we have to figure a way around this one…
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