I'm sure i'm not the only harry potter fan on here? and therefore am not the only one who's GUTTED that it's all over. (However there's a good chance that i'm the only one who bawled my eyes out not 1 but 4 times during the last movie in the cinema one of which was when snape died).
So for all the fans on here i'd like to quote the amazingly talented JK Rowling from her farewell speech and the beautifully moving words she said.. "The stories we love do live on in us forever, so whether you come back by page or by the big screen Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home"
SOB!!

 

I have just become a member. I am fighting fit with a PM fitted here in UK last year, a Sorin DR 2550...I had been doing too much lying on the floor!!, despite being a Half-Marathon fit club runner after a new Atrial heart valve in 2007. I have learned a lot about why I needed a PM and how others who have had active sporting lives may find it difficult to get back to what ,may well have been a central part of thier lives. Also how it affects the people near to you that love and care. I have had fantastic care here in the UK at the Glenfield Hospital Leicester and extend a "Hello" to all on this Forum.
No, it has not been easy, but a year later I feel good about the whole PM thing and being a bit of a Cyborg !
Essentially ,..I...

 

Well it is official, The government says I am getting a litle money for being disabled. It is not much but more than I get for being unemployed so it will all work out. My employer will work with me so that I can still get some hours there. We have many handicapped workers, because the work is so varied there is work that nearly anyone who wants to work can be employed there. The operative words are "wants to work." They have jobs so simple a monkey coulddo them upto jobs so complex they pay for specialized training. I just do what ever they ask me to provided It is not beyond my physical stamina. I am happy and relieved.
Kathykat11

 

I'm wanting to take part in some medical trials to give something back to hospitals thanks to all they've done for me. Does anyone know of any medical studies going off in the UK to do with pacemakers? Or where I'd be likely to see one in the future?

 

Hello everyone!!!
It's crazy to see how many young people have pacemakers! I hope to get some messages from you guys! I will be sending some as well. Hope everyone is having a great day!

 

Hi all,
I have news... SSA letter came today saying that they found me disabled and dated my case from the day I was laid off December 3 2010. I was not looking for funds although I wont'd turn away anying they decidde award but rather the medicalcoverage that kicks in 2 years after the start date. I have been so worried about my next heart surgery and how many children I would have to pawn to have to pay for it, I have nothing else of value, and even they are getting kind of long in the tooth to get top dollar. Relief is great. Thanks for all of your love and support.
Kathy

 

I'm guessing we are almost all on severely restricted sodium diet. Hard to get the zest with that restriction.

I found Morehouse Cream Style Horseradish. Mild for a horseradish sauce. A Tsp. has 20 mg sodium and 0 fat. Seems to zest up any kind of dish. Great with salmon. Even good with various bean dishes.

I am on West Coast USA. Maybe a bit pricey if you use a lot.

 

I was checkinh out the member list and was wondering why Massachusetts wasn't listed. I did find it but the abbbreviation is wrong. MS is listed twice, once for Mass. and once for Mississippi.

 

Okay, so today I was the closet that is used for my "Stuff". I really needed to clean it out. I came across my old pacemaker phone check box. So I opened it up and there were all the wires, bracelets and the magnet. Uhmmmmm I thought to myself. How can I recycle this? What can be made of this contraption? Then I dropped a small box of a million straight pins and presto! Problem solved! I found that the magnet picks up little pins and other assorted metal objects easy peasy!

Just thought I would share my recycling abilities with you all. :-)
Pacergirl... no, i'm no longer in the closet.

 

my e-mail say i hav private messages but i dont hav any here if you wrote me please write again i didnt receive your first one

 

i smoke weed and have a pacemaker. is that bad? i believe marijuana should be legalized but taxed the hell out of it lol. anyways is smoking weed bad for a heart patient? i have no parents and and all alone in this world so your help is not taken for granted i apreciate it

 

It will go like this "I found a new site called the Pacemaker Club, what do you think of it?" "It's censored, you can't say what you want to within reason or the owner will remove your posts and any comments that have been made!"

OR

"It's a great site, helpful, and fun that allows freedom of speech within reason!"

 

Something must have happened to my computer as my post is not showing up?

We don't get a lot of world news in my small town and I wondered if what I heard about London was true? Riots, burning, unresponsive police force, citizens unable to defend themselves, looting, socialism.

Is it possible to take a vaction in the UK London?
Is this stuff true?

 

I hate to get tabloid on you. But does anyone know what kind of rig our former Vice President has?

 

Hello my name is Danny Im from Brooklyn nyc and ive had my icd for a year now with no problems but lately ive been having some serious pains at nite in chest especially in my back behind the icd i toss and turn and dont sleep just wondering if anyone else hav same problem

 

they implanted me a medtronics pacemaker i used to have private insurance at the time question is since i have california medical will they pay and treatme when neccesary to replace something will they pay for medtronic ?

 

Hi
is the problems with this drug still having cause for concern?
I had it in 2004 and ended up with a pacer after bypass surgery.
I have read about the lawsuits in the US, however in the UK there has been no such action - or I have missed it!
Updates appreciated please.

Peter

 

Hi Pacers! Not been here for a while. For those of you who have been following my hyperparathyroidism problem, at last, yes, at last it has been sorted!

A year ago at my cardio appointment I made a joke to my doc that my thumb kept twitching. He sent me for blood tests!!!! After a variety of tests over a number of months and two lots of surgery I now am back out of hospital, feeling fine, with normal calcium levels.

It's been a stressful year, an emotional one but now I hope I can get myself back on track, once again, and live life to the full. I think my pm is behaving itself, no probs at all from what I can tell. Had two long operations and no ill effects from having a pm.

My parathyroid tumour was ...

 

Does anyone have the new PM, that allows MRIs?

I was diagnoised with Breast Cancer shortly after receiving my PM. When I had my mastectomy, my PM was moved from the left to the right side of my chest, leaving 6 leads in place.

My leads have migrated into my NECK, cardio believes this is due to 12 more chest surgeries. She will now have to open me -again - to removed these wires, as they are causing unbelievable pain. As the wires are the main concern in regards to an MRI, my cardio said she as she will be removing them, she can replace them and my old PM with the new MRI comp versions.

This will allow me to have bi-yearly MRIs to check on my BC and stop having all the radiation that I am presently underg...

 

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