Has anyone here had an Insertable Cardiac Monitoring System implanted?

[rzemanfl]

A person I know has been advised to have a Medtronic Cardiac Monitoring System called Reveal LINQ (Implantable Loop Recorder) inserted. Some questions she has are:

Is the insertion painful?
How long does it take to heal?
How conspicuous is the device once the incision heals?
How intrusive is living with it going to be?
How difficult does it make air travel?
Does it generate false alarms?
If so, how often?

Any other observations regarding having one of these or a similar device would be appreciated.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. I have kept the potential use of these monitors as something I may need, but currently am not using. My uncle did.

He didn't seem uncomfortable w/ the device, didn't seem to unnecessarily bother him (his wife was a nurse too), neither of them were too concerned w/ his wearing the device (in short, I'm describing that they seemed to suffer no pain in wearing the device)...

Overview of ICMs
Insertable cardiac monitors, also known as implantable loop recorders, are designed to monitor patients who experience unexplained symptoms such as palpitations, dizziness, or fainting. These devices are implanted subcutaneously, typically in the left pectoral region, and can remain in place for several years, continuously recording the heart's electrical activity.

Potential Adverse Events: Possible adverse events (in alphabetical order) associated with the device, include the following: allergic reaction, bleeding, chronic nerve damage, erosion, excessive fibrotic tissue growth, extrusion, formation of hematomas or cysts, infection, keloid formation and migration.

Unexplained fainting
Stroke
Atrial fibrillation (AFib)
Heart palpitations

The way they caught my AFIB, was that I wore a device for a month at a time (twice) to monitor constantly my heart. It was mostly a pain to work around w/, not physically painful, and when I went in to take off at the doc's office finally (it was simple, looped over my neck, stuck on w/ sticky pads in several places on my body, to monitor me). The first thing they asked me, was did I feel any pain? I looked at them, kind of what, no, not really! Apparently, I have having AFIB events every single day. That's when I started taking my heart meds.

Good luck to you, and to be honest, the tech that they have now is probably more advanced then they had back then.

[rzemanfl]

2. Thank you for taking the time to send this.

Your response is greatly appreciated.