Hi Terry, thanks for your message and support, i,m schedule for surgery Mar. 1st..a little nervous, just hoping there are no complications, and also more energy, have a great day ,, i,m in florida and the weather is spectacular and hope it,s great where you are. my best ,Elle

 

Hi Smitty, thanks for all the wonderful support you have given me. I,m beginning to ease up on the surgery. i,m schedule for march 1st...and hopefully i will have more energy to do the things i love to do like sailing and gardening. my best to you Smitty,, Elle

 

hi everyone, i will be joining you all .today is Dr. visit and will schedule my surgery . a bit nervous. love to hear from you, have a great day, elle

 

Hello my name is Pat, as I am new to having a pacemaker and this club, thank you all for sharing, Wow we really are a club. I had my pacemaker surgery on 11-29-12, I had been on heart medication for the last year because of afib, had severe reaction to cardizem, allergic to all antihistimine, all neosporins and wine, and over the year on different heart medication to the point of almost not being able to work and do my job, but with Strength from God and a strong will I am doing well. I had the cardio conversion on 10-16-12 for afib heart jumped right back to afib 130 to 150, on Nov 29 had the pacemaker just installed with another heart medication, went back to Dr for ck, says we have to do A V Node ablation which was done on 1-23-13. I am...

 

Amazing how time flies by as we age. This past week-end was the 6th anniversary of my now infamous admission to the hospital for pneumonia that went so terribly wrong. Some of you may remember my story.

Being a sentimental guy, I decided to celebrate my anniversary, but what to do in recognition of that episode? After careful consideration, I finally settled on the perfect way to recognize this significant incident in my life and executed the plan to near perfection with minimal preparation.

Some of the brighter of you have already figured out where this story is going. Yep, I decided in recognition of this important date in time to visit some of my old friends at the hospital. So along about 8:30 - 9 pm I popped in...

 

Good morning-
I was happy to see there is a 'club' for pacemaker patients.
I have browsed through the site. I am hoping someone could help me with a decision I have to make.
I am 44 years old and had my PM implanted in 2010 because my HR was around 20ish. When it was first implanted, my PM was used around 80% of the time. Then it was used less and less every time I had to check. Last time was 6 months ago and it was used 13% of the time which I have to assume was when I was sleeping.
With that being said, I have a HUGE deductible, $4,000 a year. I get my PM checked every 6 months since I am so young and in good health. Since my PM is being used to infrequently and my deductible is so high, I am considering having ...

 

I borrowed this from a friend "Freckles1880" from another site as I thought you could relate. Admittedly I expanded a bit.

GOD POPULATED the earth with vegetables of all kinds, so that Man would live a long and healthy life.
And Satan created the 99-cent double cheeseburger. And Satan said to Man, "Want fries with that?"
And Man said. "Supersize them!"
And Man gained pounds.
And God 'created healthful yogurt, and Satan froze the yogurt, and
brought forth chocolate, nuts and brightly colored candy to 'put on
top. And Man gained more pounds.
And God brought forth running shoes, and Man resolved to lose those extra pounds.
And Satan brought forth cable TV, remote control and potato ch...

 

I was planning on waiting until my battery got changed to get pregnant. My husband and I were ready to try after I planned to get my battery replacement in about 6 weeks... Well....I just found out I was pregnant 5 days ago... Very early stages... Only about 3 weeks along... Got my PM checked today and it says it could go to battery save mode from now until 6 months from now... So I scheduled it in for next Friday.. My heart doctor did not have much input on it at all... I asked him what he thought and for some reason he didn't have much input, just left it up to me?! I go see obstetrician on Wednesday and I will ask him about it... Should I wait until second trimester, or just get it over with. I've had mine since I was 18 and I'm 31, thi...

 

Hope all have had a wonderful holiday season and are doing well this new year. Successfully survived another interrogation at the cardiologist's last week.

They were impressed I had lost a whopping 1 pound over the holidays, but I suspect it's the lightening of my wallet over Christmas that caused the dramatic drop in weight.

I was there for some time as they had a number of arrhythmias to look over since my previous visit in Nov. Guess I had quite a few incidents of close calls where I was on the threshold of the big Jesus Jolt.

When the nurse practitioner asked what I might have been doing when they occurred, I quickly responded that I was enjoying unbridled mad passionate sex.

I was appalled...

 

Anyone with Tachy Brady Syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis (Ocular or General) and a pacemaker?

Trying to locate any members to communicate with for mutual support and exchange of information.

Please contact me via Private Message System.

Forida

 

LATE XMAS GREETINGS FROM BRANSON,MO NO SNOW HERE YET

 

Wow, it is almost a new year, so much promise, I can barely contain myself.

I am cleaning my house, I am letting go of all the old things, my worries, my fears and tears.

This is going to be a wonderful year, I am finally free, I feel better (after 15 months). I have done my usual crying, pitty pot stuff I do around the Christmas Holiday. This year, I did very little of it.

I just did a major back slide over the events in Conn., however, I pulled myself up. I could not find a way to express my deep sorrow for what happened to those families. The only thing I can think of to do is to help other children. I am no longer very reliable, do to my health situation. What I have found that I can do is go int...

 

I just wanted to wish everyone out there a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Here's hoping and wishing good news of health and happiness to all!

Blessings and safe travels to all!

Tammy

 

..........I have been musing over differences in methods of measurement. How do you explain this ?

Pretty well every motor car tyre (tire) that I have ever come across is measured Imperially for rim diameter and Metrically for width. For example my car has 16 inch x 205 millimetre tyres. Now I know this wont help us one damn next week when the world comes to an end, but I sure would like to know before Armageddon because Mrs TM and I will be very busy that day.

A prompt reply would be appreciated

Yours truly etc etc T-M

 

I have had my pacemaker for about 7 months now and i dont know why but my wife seems to think that all the tiredness and other things are just in my head or something but it is really about to tear our marridge apart. on top of this i havent been able to find work since i was in construction my entire life i have no job prospects and we are in a very situation and all i can think of is that if i wouldnt have gotten sick then we would still be in our house and i just dont feel like i serve a purpose anymore..... i feel like a shell of my former self and i am getting more and more depressed and would like some advice from any one that is willing to help.

 

ReWired, et al: I have deleted the original post, without prejudice. Ian's post yesterday was deleted, along w/ all the following comments, after the tenor of the follow on comments indicated that a full-fledged name calling & flame war was about to ensue.

I asked that any "Hate Mail" you had for me be sent via PM. I received no msgs that I categorized as "Hate Mail," however, I rec'd one from a Connecticut resident of a town not far from the massacre site. That member echoed what I said - that this is no time for debate & criticism. The rest of us think we know what they are going through, but unless we have experienced the same magnitude of horror, we do not.

Therefore, today's post was also removed.

 

Ian: et al: We have just suffered a major national tragedy. All 300 million of us are grieving. Tonight our President is going to address the nation at a memorial service.

Please let us grieve in peace & tranquility. There will be time for debate & criticism when we have finished our grieving process.

We still do not know exactly what happened, & will not until law enforcement has finished its investigation. Until then, there is more inaccurate speculation in the 24 hour media than can be measured. Literally millions of words & little of it based on fact.

It was obvious that this thread was going to become a flame war - not needed. Enough of the moderators (earlier in the day) agreed that this was...

 

Ah, the two singing Cow Boys. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Gene Autry, with The Purple Sage. I think they and the Carter Family were the leaders in bringing Courntry and Western Music to the rest of the United states. The second world was also a big help as people from the Southern States moved all around the country.

Hearing those names also brings to mind the fact that they died in almost obsecurity. I remember Dale Evans pleading with the public to write a card or send a note to her dying husband, he felt abandoned. It made me so sad, to think how fickle the American public is. I also had a look at myself, ever since then, I make sure people that have brought me enjoyment know that I appreciate them. Even years later. I ...

 

Hi everyone!!

I need some help here.
Has anyone here from England that has been refused to have a driving licence??!!
I've just got a letter from DVLA saying that my application for a driving licence was refused because according to them:
"It is clear from information received taht you have been experiencing symptomatic abnormal heart rhythm and the liability to further attacks is not satisfactorily controlled. This indicates your inability currently to meet the recommended medical standards of fitness to drive."

That must be a joke!!! I'm really really really upset.
I live with my pacemaker for 15 years, I practice martial arts, I'm very active person, I used to drive in my home country (Brazil), ...

 

Just logged in, don't get much time nowadays lol, and realised it's been 4 years since I got my pm and about a year since I posted properly. When I think back to the early years I was shocked, terrified - it all seems such a long time ago now.

I had a parathyroid tumour removed last year, 2 lots of surgery before they found it and loads of scans (not mri), was fine during scans and ops and all now sorted.

My daughter got married in Malta in the summer, 80 of us went out and it was amazing. I went to slimming world and got into my dream outfit and felt the mother of the bride of the year!! lol.

I've more or less retired now, from my proper job, but spend lots of times doing jewellery sales and going to cra...