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I don't have a pacemaker myself but someone I love does. He has had it two years and he is 38 and it has been hard for him to except. I don't know what to say to him when he thinks about dying and having the pacemaker put in and how it bothers him sometimes. I want to learn more about how it feels to have one and what I can say to encourage him or ease his grief. We have known each other for a while and having this between has caused some seperation in our relationship. I just want to be...

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My first check-up

Hi there everyone:
Hope that everyone here is doing fine. Seems like I had a couple of days that I don't feel as depressed as I was earlier.
Hope that it was from the shock of having my surgery.
Want to ask you another question. I am going to see my cardi. on friday, the 12th of Sept. which is a couple days away. Need some information. I know very little about how my device is set.
All I know is that one setting is at 120/130 whatever that means. Cardi said not to use my exce...

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sorry if i offend any one

Hi and God bless all of you.
I just wanted to say that i apologize if i have offended any one here. I know at the beginning i was very negative with the experiences i had and of getting my pacemaker. I dont mean to be so negative or to have other people think that pacemakers are bad. Pacemakers are actually life savers and i know they improve the quality of life of many people. I guess i have been a bit revelious because i have not had any improvements in my life since i got it and it was...

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tapping noise

hi, can anybody help me please. i have just been fitted with a pacemaker for the first time and while still in hospital could hear a tapping noice in my chest. i told the doctors who had no idea what it could be. they tested my pacemaker and said it was working properly. at home the next morning the tapping noise has started again. i have just been reading on this site someone else with the same problem.
can anybody help please

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WSU WHY ARE YOU AGAINST PACEMAKERS!

Below is a link for a CNN story. WSU will not allow a cheerleader to cheer because of her pm! Even with a doctors note.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/
2008/09/10/denmon.cheerleader.pacemaker.wfaa

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Pericardial effusion

My daughter had her pace maker implanted this summer. Initially the surgery went well. It was afterwards that complications arose. She stayed one night in the ICU after her surgery. (she has other health issues) She was sent home the next day. She was in extreme pain, she is only 7 and didn't complain at all, but I had to help her walk and move. Took her back and she ended up having pneumonia and pericarditis. Poor thing. So she was re-admitted and spent another night. We went home the next day....

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Advice please!

I just had my pacer implanted 2 weeks. I'm an athletic late 40's . How long before I can raise my arm above my shoulder? How long before I can use my left arm for normal activities or resume vigorous exercise? If had conflicting advice from the EP lab!

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POSTING PICTURES :p

Greetings everyone,
I would love to be able to put a name to all the wonderful pictures I see being posted. I am getting on in years and I know that I can seem a bit fussy, but I have no idea who "me" is or "me and.... my cousin.... dog..... cat... or nothing written at all. So please try to take some time to tell us a little about who you are... :-) I would love to be able to share how much I like your pictures and I am sure others would as well. :D
Thank you,
Pacergirl

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lap top pc

I work on a hp pavilion 4500 lap top pc . my tech says no but to Me it makes me feel funny like flutter does anyone else have problems.
Lenny

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hi

i have been travelling thru europe for 20 days, to-night we leave for home. it has been wonderful. i have never felt so free in my entire life. all of a sudden i just gave myself permission to be happy. can,t stop laughing here. we have seen 6 countries bionic and all. only one place wanted my card. it was inside the basilica in rome. i didn.t have it handy so they let me thru anyway. as a child i was responsible for taking care of my mother as she was always ill and i was the only girl amongst...

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Second Check

Hi

Thought I would write to say how the second check went on the pacemaker. This is the first time the cardiologist took a print out. He said the pacemaker was working 1/3rd of the time, no percentage, but that sounded pretty good to me.

He also lowered the voltage to 1.5w so I do not feel the sensation in the stomach.

He has also turned the pacemaker down to 45 beats per minute as my base rate, and said that I could see how I go. Hopefully all will be well, if...

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First pacer check, pacing at 37%

I was wondering for all ya'll out there who've had pacers for a long time, I got this question. I asked it before in one of my other posts but didn't really get an answer. At my first check-up, 1 week post implant, I was pacing at 37%. I was sort of surprised at that number, because it seemed kind of high. I guess I just wasn't expecting the pacer to pace that much, just once in a while. 37% sounds more like once in a while. It must mean that I must have really needed the pacer in the first plac...

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I think my pacer is shocking my shoulder

Hi Everyone
I had a pacer put in last december 07 the last few weeks i been getting what i think might be shocks in the tissue around the pacer. when it starts its kinda like a spasm flutters and varies in length each time. My cardio dismissed it as nothing but it is something bothers me greatly I was wondering if anyone else had this problem?? Any information is greatly apprieciated.
Steve

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Quality of life

I have been reading the posts today, not having been on my computer very much the past couple of weeks, generally just long enough to make some kind of comment, then off and generally back to laying down. Today has been a good day. I have been awake and have had some energy and so was also doing some reading of research stuff...

Has anyone wondered why it seems that the research that is reported regarding Quality Of Life say that people with PMs and/or ICDs have no loss or decline in...

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Quality of Life - My View

A lot of talk about “Quality of Life” so I had to throw my two cents worth in.

My P/M has really improved my “quality of life”! No question about it.

Before my implant I was so weak that just caring for myself was a chore and we won’t even talk about the syncope. Now I can again enjoy getting out and walking and enjoy my family too. Maybe the qualitys not to the point that it once was and most likely never will be, but improved – yes it is.

Life is what you ma...

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twiddling

OK WHAT IS THIS, HOW IS IT DONE AND WHY

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pocket revision

Had a pocket revision 6 months after battery change. It is now almost a month and feeling very tired. Dr. stated some people bounce back faster than others. However, I am so glad I did it as the last surgeon botched it. I had leads poking and pacemaker top pushing through skin and traveling PM to underarm.
Now, the original surgeon placed it deeper and I don't feel any pain. Did any one ever have a PM pocket revision and what did you experience and how successful was it?
Thanks

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pookie...

Pookie, sitting in chat, waiting for any "usuals" to show up...


Don't forget, working out, so be in and out, so be patient.

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I did yard work yesterday

My husband & I cut (he ran the chainsaw!) a bunch of tree branches yesterday to start getting rid of some dying trees. Then I pulled weeds and dug up and moved flowers around. I worked pretty hard all day & felt great doing it. However, today I'm exhausted and can hardly put one foot in front of the other. I'm seven weeks out from having my implant and feel pretty good. Maybe too good. Apparently I'm going to have to pace myself better. Do any of you feel like you hit a wall after doing alot of...

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Medtronic ICDs

As i look around this site and a few others i have been on looks like medtronic makes junk. Im haveing a defibulatar put in on week from tuesday, I think i will contact my cardioligist and request he not put one of theirs in me. Am i seeing this right anyone have a commment on this. Please please let me know quick.

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