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Before I get into all my Thank Yous, I have to give you guys the quote.

"The trouble with trouble is, it starts out as fun."
- Naomi Judd

Ok, so THANK YOU to everyone who responded to my post about dealing with difficult people. If there is actually an "F" on my next report card, we will have to have a talk with the teachers. Thanks for the chocolate, Tracy!!! It was yummy! LOL. And you made perfect sen...

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Follow Up

I woke up this morning with a RHR of somewhere in the 114's -120's. Went to the Dr. and he said he had no explanation. That he wasn't sure what it could have been.

I had taken Xanax to calm me down in case it was panic but that didn't work. I told him that.

He is sending me back to the EP to get a second opinion and to see if there is something they missed...then I am scheduled to be put on another halter this Wednesday. My RHR at the office was 67!!!! I swear it's like wh...

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Weird Situation

Has anyone who ever had a pacer that gets stuck in cycles and after 3 mins show signs of vtach? This is the second time in a month that this has happend since I had my pacer installed almost a year ago. My Local ER just acted like okay you can go home now and totally miscommunicated everything I said and really agrravated me to no end. So they acted like I was making it up and sent me home. This had been going on all day yesterday and now it's occurring again. 2 weeks ago a St. Jude Rep cam...

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Second pacemaker in 6 months

I have not posted in awhile. I have been off work since October. I had my first pacemaker placed in July 09. The cardiologist that did it, said he could not put in my second lead, since I had Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, which is a malformation of the heart or a birth defect. I tried going back to work in August, and during my time back at work at that time, I left work 4 times to go to the ER. I don't remember how many times they kept me, because I was in the hospital so many times...

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Pacemaker symptoms???

i am having a lot of strange symptoms and was wondering if anyone else experience these things . i am having a weird skin sensitivity and also srtrange head sensations . i am wondering if anyone else gets these ?? please help me figure this out ?? thank you d briggs

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Pain in left shoulder & dizzy

Hi Everyone,

It's been 1 year since I had my pacemaker put in. In the past day or two I have been noticing some lightheadedness and pain in my left shoulder and arm. Has anyone else had this? I'm wondering if maybe something happened to one of the leads or something. Thanks for reading:)
Sue

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Hello to all...your thought please..

Hi to all, wishing you all well. I have had my little tin box for two years now...and for me i am glad to report that it has generally been without incident. My pacemaker was put in for intermittant total heart block. The reason for my poorly put question is over the last four months i have been up and down physically, i have had time off work and have been feeling the pm taking over more often.Before pm I used to collapse about once every six months or soand have not done so since pm...untill l...

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biventricular pacemaker

HI everyone

I have atrial fribillation which started in sept i now have to have pacemaker change i have a duel pacemaker and now they want to put in a 3rd lead but i cant be take off the pacemaker completely as my heart rate is too low i have this procedure booked for 3rd feb at st thomas hospital just wondering if anybody else has had this done and what to expect.

anxious

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just wondering

Hello: I was just wondering if anyone here has ever had a compliciation where your leads were hooked up backwards

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need help

I have been having really high heart rates and heart rate is always jumping around. This has been going on for a while and last check-up with doctor he raised my atenolol which did not help. I have an appt scheduled for next month but over the last month is has gotten so much worse. I start feeling like I am going to pass out when it jumps around, It will drop from 150's to 70 (my pacer setting) and stay about half a minute then jump back up. It does this constantly some days all day long and ma...

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Shout out to my cardiologist

I know you are not here, but I just wanted to (lovingly) tell you that I hate you with a fiery passion of a thousand suns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC86Y6dLkn8

Look!! They even have a video about it!!!

"I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone

I never said you had to offer me a...

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Best Hospital

Can anyone tell me the best hospital in US where I can get the pacemaker surgery? My doctor in Delaware has messed up my pacemeaker replacement and it appears I have an infection.

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Listen to your body

I had my dual chamber pacemaker inserted last September and posted a comment then about problems I was having - I was experiencing what felt like extremely strong heart beats from time to time but ended up thinking that it was just nearby chest muscles being activated. Even a discussion with the cardiologist's nurse (wasn't able to speak to him) resulted in no action. To cut to the chase, I finally fronted up to the practice in November and a check found that the ventricular lead was not posit...

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Thanks to Frank and Pacemakerwriter

Thanks to Frank and Pacemakerwriter for your kind and professional help. I feel very grateful; I’m not alone to go through this issue. The third day and the firth day after my operation, I wrote to the Medtronic company, a gentlemen could say nothing and tell me to ask my doctor again and again. I felt hopeless. Finally I find the pacemakerclub; I read a lot of kind and thoughtful letter that made me tearful, this is the where I can rely on.
I’m live in Canada Ontario. We don’t have the i...

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Pace maker implant on wed 13/01/10

Well thr first bit is over, but very sore, have a pocket heamatoma and hope this does not mean I will have to have it done again, it is larger than 3cms, any advice please. Have a dual lead meditronic pacemaker fitted, done under local but took longer than expected as top lead did not want to go where it should. Very scared

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I need help

I had a Medtronic pacemaker implanted one week ago.
The second day of operation, I woke up after midnight I had been hearing and feeling heavy, thudding heart beats on my left front chest just under the implanted pacemaker, the rate was around 62 per minute. That made me hard to fall into sleep, when I got up the beating becomes undetectable.
The third daytime I experienced the same beatings during a nap and a walking. I thought I had to get used to it, some day it would go away. H...

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R arm and chest lymphedema. ? pacemaker on left?

My mother, who is 78 and a 2 time breast cancer survivor, is needing to have a pacemaker. Her first radical mastectomy was before age 50 and on the left side. She has never had any problems with lymphedema on that side, then 15 years later she get a different (less aggresive) cancer and decides to have a radical mastecomy on the R as well. This time she has had lots of problems with the R side of her neck, chest, arm and hand swelling terribly. They have not been a normal size since her surg...

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nerve ending

Pacemaker installed Nov.22,2009. Everything has been going well till this past weekend. I had pacemaker checked 1-08-2010. Everything checked out well. But on Sat. 1-09-2010 the place where the pacemaker was installed (left side just below collarbone) it became very very sensitive to touch and shoots pains down my left arm. It feels like nerve endings. Can this be and if this has happened to you what did you do??? This really bothers me. Thank you for any advice given. cjames

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I think it's moved

I had a pacemaker 10th November 2009 & I think it has moved up! Closer to my neck. Is this possible?

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A Solemn Plea

I don't have a pacemaker, my dad does. I'm doing this as a favor to him since he doesn't know much about computers. It's hard to ask other for help. And I don't know how to say this without it sounding horrible.

My dad has had his pacemaker for about five years now, and he was worried about the battery running out since I think he uses it a alot. I called the nurses in Indianapolis and they tell me these batteries can last anywhere from five to seven years. This is a real worry for o...

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