 [ Symptoms ] constant pain left chest wall more than 30 days after auto accident i am very concerned why am i still hurting  auto accident involved being t boned in driver door requiring jaws of life to remove door to get me out of car x rays ct scan and mris taken of chest back shoulder and arm since accident still have pain in chest as previously stated in left shoulder arm and neck received broken 7th rib contuisions and abraions along the left side of my body referred to orthro dr appt in jan 2013 i need to know about the pain in my chest [ Disease ] people with modern pacemakers seem pretty active and independent a blood pressure cuff that runs on batteries would not be an issue and neither would swimming the pacemaker is completely enclosed and does not touch the outside i knew someone who had a pacemaker other than having a heart shaped lump on his chest he led a very normal life here is an article all about pacemakers <link>