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Forgot to introduce myself

Hi,

I just jumped right in to posting my question about low battery and forgot to introduce myself. I am 63 and have a St. Jude Pacemaker and it was put in 2002.

I was just so concerned about my condition that I forgot to say hello.

This site is great and finding it will help me a lot.

Take care,
NH

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Bradycardia causes

Hello fellow PMers,
I have had a PM since Aug. 28,2007. Over night my pulse went to below 30. I am very active and there was no indication of a problem before this incidence. In fact I had run 5.5 km two days before with no difficulties. The doctors immediately said I needed a PM. I spent three days in the intensive station while they monitored my heart. My pulse with medication stayed at around 35 the whole time. The doctors could find no reason for this condition. They had thought it migh...

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chat

anyone wanna chat. im there :)

pat

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Chat

Going into chat if anyone wants to join

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Chat

Oops...I must of had a short in my wire :)...what I meant to say was...Does the chat room work for any other fellow PM bunnies?

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Speaking of birthdays...

I'm finally able to log on and post a b-day update! My computer is acting funky. So I better type fast before my computer kicks me off and I wont have enough time to finish my sent...............




jk. lol
Anyway, here is an updated list on actual birthdays and pacer b-days:
1. *Susan (queen_beez): January 6, 1964
2. *Amy (stampinamyk): January 9, 1980
3. *Joyunderhiswings (Barb): January 13, 1955
4. *Thomast: January 14, 1932
5. *Danielle...

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Hyponatremia

Can You Really Drink Too Much Water?

In a word, yes. Drinking too much water can lead to a condition known as water intoxication and to a related problem resulting from the dilution of sodium in the body, hyponatremia. Water intoxication is most commonly seen in infants under six months of age and sometimes in athletes. A baby can get water intoxication as a result of drinking several bottles of water a day or from drinking infant formula that has been diluted too much. Athletes can a...

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Photo Album

Hi Pacers and.... I don't know what you call us people with ICD's.
I was wondering what you all think of the photo album .
I think it is fantastic being able to see all you guys.. and now we can see everone who has been telling us fibs about there age.

If you read our Valeries post on birthdays you can see "Jenny" has come clean he he ...sorry Jenny only kidding I think the 19989 is more like the true date !!!!!!
We seem to be having a few on going problems perhaps Bla...

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calgary

hi i am in alberta now and we have had snow. this a.m. the car was very icy to scrape. i should have put it in the garage. anyway i took the children to school. they are so good to look after and jessica helped me scrape the car. the sun is so bright here it almost blinds you. you have to watch constantly for school areas as the speed is 30 and then pedestrians here have the right of way. i have been here many times tho and now it is after 2 years just getting used to it again. the stores are ve...

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Scary Occurrence

My husband is post ICD surgery two years ago and has been doing fine, Friday night right after we had dinner (and it was overly warm in our kitchen) he had just taken his coreg and coumadin and started sweating profusely, got very dizzy and weak, his lips turned totally white and his face was totally gray. He vomited up everything he had just eaten but 5 minutes prior. I put an icepack on his head, turned a fan on him and in about 15 minutes he recovered. What could this have been? I have nev...

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happy birthday dominique

i am posting dominiques birthday november 6 th early as i don't know if valerie is available. first of all the name dominique is of latin origin. it means dominique is of god. it is the french feminine form of dominic. it is for a child born on sunday.the singing nuns performed a song in the 1960's dominique which a few of us will remember. a nickname is dom. there is dominique swain a famous actress. dominique macean and dominique dawes who were famous gymnasts. people who like this name also...

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5 year old HLHS son needs pacemaker

Hi!

I'm writing because my 5 year old son was born with HLHS (Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome). He has Sinus Node Dysfunction and will need pacing in the future. We are anxiously awaiting that time, but right now he is having Holter Monitor tests every 4 weeks. He is symptom free in every way (activity level, energy, etc...) but has a very slow heartrate which even dips into the 40's when he's in a deep sleep. I'm SO EXTREMELY nervous because of the fact that Tate will have to h...

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Photo Gallery.

HELP!!!!!

I have been trying to post a photo of myself with my grand children, and only accomplished to upload an empty frame. A member said that only the photo text showed up. I can't even find that.
What am I doing wrong? Please someone, help!
Thanks,

~ Dominique ~

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Photos

Please I need help. I can't seem to load any pictures to the Member Gallery. I have a jpeg rgb photo of Peter's wife Nina and my husband Tim and I have been trying desperately to load it, but it never shows up! I get all the right messages, but it never appears. It really is a lovely picture of the two of them!
Help!
Thank you pacergirl.

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Interesting Website

Came across this forum where patients with rhythm problems get their questions answered by a physician...

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/91

Dave

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#####Firerworks######

Hi people,
I wonder how you get on with the noise of fireworks.. nothing against them although I wish they could be restricted to firework night here in the UK.. I find if I am not expecting a "big bang" it makes my heart jump a bit...well a lot.. plus I have 60lbs of german shepherd dog "Poppy jumping on my lap everytime one goes off. she is so frightened. they were going off at long after midnight last night and the dog rattled the door knob and when my wife opened the door she jumped o...

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I have a Question about rate drop response.

I am into 2 years with my pacer a medtronic duel lead. i have had no problems for the last year. Now all of a sudden I am really feeling the rate drop response that it has set on it. I get a funny hard to describe sort of tight feeling in the abdomen and I know my pacer has kicked me up to 100bpm. This has happened probably 1500 times in the last year and I have felt it maybe 3 times. I have felt it 5 times in the last 2 days and once it woke me up at night. I have also felt flushed in the face...

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Question

Hello everyone,
I am one week post pm implant, 46 y.o. who for the past 2 years had passed out several times after exercising. I had a Reveal monitor placed in August and it only took a few weeks to capture the events that lead to the pacemaker. Diagnosis: Sick Sinus Syndrome. Fortunately I work with about 60 cardiologists so I have had great care. Just a quick question, I have a single lead in my atrium with a Medtronic device. It sometimes feels as though my heart is out of sync, is this...

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For Your Information.

To everyone affected by the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis lead recall.
It is very important that you read the following.

~ Dominique ~


Recall Information
HCMA ( Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association ) responds to the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis lead recall October 2007
The HCMA fully supports the use of ICD’s in those at high risk for sudden cardiac arrest. Years of research and surveillance have proven this therapy to be safe and effective in HCM patients a...

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Careful What You Say

Careful what you write.

I received a telephone call from one of my sons today telling me that he had seen something I wrote about my pacemaker experience on Google while he was looking for some information on pacemakers. Of course I had to check it out and found that some of our postings on the PM Club site do make it to Google for whoever to read. Frankly, that information made me think that I had better be sure of any replies I make. Since I normally run some amount of time behi...

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