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Sorry!

I apologize to those offended persons by any joke I posted.

My only intention was to maybe brighten up someones day.
I think this a great site and many of you have helped me since I joined a couple of weeks ago. Thanks!

At any rate, there will be no more joke postings by me.

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What a week!

I just returned from a business trip and read about the flare-up over a member’s joke, which offended some other members. The sequence of events went something like this: joke posted, harsh words spoken, apology posted, more harsh words spoken, members leave site and then a number of “off topic” jokes were posted to try to ease the tension.

I’m sad to see a couple valuable and well liked members leave because of this. Written communication, especially jokes, can easily be misi...

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silly i know

I know this is prolly silly but I gotta ask! I know I should ask my doctor but can't get ahold of him and I wanna know! hehe Is it okay for us to go tanning with a pm?!? In a way i think yes can we can lay out, but the tanning bed is powerful! lol Thanks!

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Doctor Appointment

I have an appt. with my PM doctor next Friday. I need some advice from you all on my condition.

1st PM in 2002, 2nd PM when battery died in 11/2007. No problems much at all with 1st PM. I have had no problems with this one either, but the problem is how I feel.

1. I have good days and bad days.
2. On bad days, I feel very bad and can't walk anywhere without feeling like I am climbing Mt. Everest.
3. I am not holding fluid and am taking all my meds.
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Doctors

Is there anyone out there who lives in Washington State living with a pacemaker who could tell me who their pacer doctor is. I am in Tacoma, Washington, I have had a pacemaker for 30 years. In August 07 I had a lead replacement and haven't been myself since. I had a couple good months (Dec/Jan) and then things went sour. After my surgery in August I ended up in the ER with complications and couldn't get in to see my pacer doctor for 4 weeks. Two weeks ago my pacemaker stopped, I ended back...

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Dissappointed

I have not visited this site for months and returned today in search of some information. In any case, after reading recent posts I have to say I am very much dissappointed. I've come across posts unrelated to the issue at hand "Pacemakers". It seems to me if people wish to post unrelated messages (i.e. jokes) that they do so on another site or send them personally to those who wish to receive them. When I come to this site I am coming for one purpose and one purpose only - questions regardi...

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Helen from North Qld

We have had terrible floods again here in the north of the main island. I am wondering how Helen is. If you can let us all know Helen we would all be pleased to hear how things are.
Billie

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Another Quick Question, please??

How much information is really obtained when they do those PM interrogations. I have asked and gotten a copy of the printouts before but it is like all "gobbly-gook" to me. Can someone tell me a simple answer?

Also, is there a "Dummies" book for PM people?

I was always taught that the only silly questions are the ones not asked and so some of my ?? may be a little on the silly side but I just thought I would ask and see if you know the answer.

Thanks for all...

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Pain under arm

Is it normal to get a sharp pain under your armpit on the side of the pacemaker.

Jules

PS What is happening with Smitty, why is he leaving I cannot find the joke and what it is all about. I have always found that Smitty is helpful.

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The Immediate Future of PMs

Anyone know of what, technologically, might be coming down the road as far as treating arrhythmias goes?

I'm looking forward to thumbnail-sized PMs that are barely there but can do everything current PMs do and then some.

Any word on the rendering of PMs--and even pharmaceuticals-- obsolete at some point and treating arrhythmias with some kind of laser surgery or something?

What 'miracles of science' do we have to look forward to?

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Question

I have had my pm since June of 05. Since then I have noticed that while I am asleep, I involuntarily flex all my muscles at the same time I swear you could use me as scafolding and I clamp my jaw so tight I think I am breaking teeth. Its so bad I wake up. Never did it before the pm and after reading some stories about twitching from the pm....just wondering?

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Why I'm Here

As I've coped with my multiple coronary issues over the last 35 years I continue to be amazed that medicine - at least the part of the field dealing with heart arrhythmias is as much an art as it a science. I'm a PhD engineer so I'm used to dealing with realities I can measure and predict (yes within limits). The reality of our heart conditions seem to almost always be uncertain. When we add a piece of engineered hardware to that uncertain biological system, no wonder we seem to get results a...

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Medical ID braclet

A friend of mine is looking for a Medical ID braclet, does anyone know where (online) I can find one?

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Medical Alert Bracelet

I know we were taking a poll for the medical alert bracelets......I did not want one of those klunky ID bracelets,so I took the advice of someone one this site and ordered one from Laurens Hope. I wanted something funky and fun so I ordered the mood bracelet....I just love it. It changes colors all the time it really is cool.So if you want something fun, I highly recommend ordering from them. I'm flying next week to Atlanta to see my Grandkids and wanted to make sure I had it in time. I ordered...

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Some issues!

Before I ask my questions. Welcome to all the new Pacers on this club that I have not gotten to talk to yet. I hope and pray that your recovery is going well.

I have tried to avoid getting on lately as I have had a hard time facing things lately. I posted last week that I had been feeling very ill and thought I had the flu or something. That was not the case when I finally felt like I was passing out I decided to call in. I have PVC's non-stop my palpitations are very intense I ha...

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Time To Move On

Hello People,

I truly appreciate all of the messages of support. I am sorry that you spent your valuable time in such way.

But as I look back on this after a somewhat sleepless night, I can see where not everyone in the world would appreciate the joke I posted. However, I’m at a loss to understand why anyone would give me such tongue lashing for the posting. I found that offensive. I think telling me you didn’t think it was funny and leave it there would have been suffi...

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A V NODE ABLATION

Thank you for the comments on my request for A V Node ablation and pacemaker implant. Diagnosed with AFib in 2002 and had ablation 6 mos later. Did not help. Started on amiodorin in 2003 and 5 yrs later some of the side effects have begun to surface. The electrophysiolgist recommended the pacemaker and A V Node ablation. Had the implant 3 weeks ago and waiting for ablation. Have been able to control INR without difficulty. By the way, Medicare will soon begin to supply a home use INR ki...

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Need someone to research!

OK, this is the reason I logged on tonight. It has not been a good day. Maybe some one can help. There was a death in the family .He was only 65. He had Crohn's disease,diabetic and had lost one leg to that and heart disease. What I need answers about are my husband's and I best friend for about 25 years is a diabetic and has been on dialysis for about 10 years. He was told he needed a kidney transplant but said no to being put on the list. He since has had by-pass surgery and has been doing di...

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Hi from sistermary7

Well, I went back to the ep doc today and found out some good news and some ok news ( no real bad news depending on how you look at it). My ep doc is very sharp and was already anticpating on what I was going to tell him my symptoms were, so he was ready for me. He stopped the pm and my hr dropped to 30. Nearly passed out and had the same s/s that I had when my hr was 280. He tried to change my mode and i did not tolerate it at all.He noted that I have an unusally high resting hr to begin with s...

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A week larter update

Hello to all....
after so many overwhelming good wishes from you all last week after my stay in hospital .. (Thank you AlI) thought I would give you an update on how things are going....
Although do feel somewhat better I don't seem to be making much progress.... still deperately weary and my chest infection seems to be still hanging on.....but there is a light at the end of the tunnel... my wife Nina just rung me from the hospital to say the results of some tests they done last week a...

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I'm 43 and have had my pacemaker four weeks today. I'm looking forward to living another 50 years and this marvelous device inside me will help me do that.