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my post on PM movement
- by sugarmagnolia
- 2008-02-03 11:02:10
- General Posting
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to all of you who responded to my post on PM movement i just wanted to say much thanks for your time and insights. information is a great "soother" and this site always puts my mind at ease and also raises more wonderful questions for later times!
steve
in the cold.
- by windup
- 2008-02-03 09:02:57
- General Posting
- 1023 views
- 0 comments
To Guess 55. Yes, Milwaukee also.
Seeing Red :)
- by pacergirl
- 2008-02-03 09:02:16
- General Posting
- 1135 views
- 0 comments
Hello all you GO RED supporters. YEA!
Each one of you looks "Smashing" in your Red! What a wonderful group you are!
If any other members have not had time to check out the latest Member Gallery photos, I'd like to encourage you to do so. You will be seeing red! :-)
It is so great to call each of you "My colorful pacer friends" Thank you for your support!
Blessings to each of you!
Pacergirl :)
Pacemakers in General
- by Jules
- 2008-02-03 08:02:44
- General Posting
- 1224 views
- 6 comments
Reading through the messages today there is a vast amount of people suffering problems after receiving PM.
Are PM's dangerous? Do they cause heart problems?
Anyone have the knowledge to put my mind at rest.
admin
- by VonnieVern
- 2008-02-03 08:02:44
- General Posting
- 1078 views
- 0 comments
please check private messages
Go to chat
- by bowlrbob
- 2008-02-03 08:02:31
- Complications
- 1530 views
- 0 comments
Scadnama go to chat. I have something for your syncope
Neurocardiogenic Syncope
- by scadnama
- 2008-02-03 07:02:53
- General Posting
- 1297 views
- 4 comments
I have made several posts recently regarding problems that I have been experiancing since I received my pacemaker. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who commented and gave me advice about my situation.
I saw my doctor on Friday, and she repeated another tilt-table test. It revealed that even with all of the medicine that I am on, my blood pressure is still dropping very low and my heart rate drops almost 50 bpm in a single beat. The pacemaker is keeping me fro...
Ted I am not affraid of life!
- by allanrogers
- 2008-02-03 07:02:01
- Coping
- 1644 views
- 5 comments
I am the first to agree with anybody that this site is a blessing to anyone who is new to the world of pacemakers.
My sole point is that it can be unhealthy worrying about every single aspect that can go wrong. The English back up system is much less involved in the sense that there are no phone check ups just a yearly appointment.
I am told by my Uk specialist that the reason there is so much back up care in the united states is because it is very lucritive for heart speci...
Museum frenzy
- by uvagershwin
- 2008-02-03 05:02:40
- Interferences
- 2266 views
- 7 comments
Whoa... I went on a field trip to D.C on Thursday. Well, the first stop was the Holocaust museum. My mom chaperoned and she said she didn't think that the metal detectors would go off. They did, one big dude searched me with the wand thing, and let me go. Then we went to the National Archives. But that, I was smart and showed my card! Long story short- always show your card!
Up for a chat
- by Blueaustralia
- 2008-02-03 04:02:28
- General Posting
- 1019 views
- 0 comments
Kay my computer shows you are logged on Going to Chat can you wait for me Billie
Camp
- by uvagershwin
- 2008-02-03 04:02:09
- General Posting
- 1902 views
- 8 comments
Hey! I was wondering if anyone knew of any good PM camps. Not that I need to go to a special camp, I just think it would be cool to meet other kids like me. I googled Pacemaker camps and got a website called sickKids. Why sick kids? We're not sick and I don't think that that was a very appropriate name. Maybe it was a site for other more serious conditions like cancer. I don't know. Ah well. :)
Protection during softball
- by s a r a h
- 2008-02-03 03:02:56
- Exercise & Sports
- 2274 views
- 6 comments
Hello,
I plan on playing softball this upcoming season, but my mother's insisting i cover my pacemaker/difribillator with something to protect it from an impact of some sort.
I've never heard of anything which can do that.
Anybody have any ideas?
health insurance
- by jessie
- 2008-02-03 02:02:24
- General Posting
- 1095 views
- 1 comments
hi i am a canadian citized as is my husband. we live in ontario one of the provinces here.a few years aback about four the provincial government decided to follow suit with other provinces and start collecting a health tax. it is taken of my old age pension as is it taken off my husbands. it is about 40 a month i think. even people on social assistance pay this. it covers medical care. here. the government of course subsidizes the rest. at 65 our drugs or most are payed for except for a 6.11 fe...
Keeping Perspective
- by ela-girl
- 2008-02-03 01:02:59
- General Posting
- 1136 views
- 2 comments
I just want to say...in lieu of recent postings...that this is a support group. People come here for all sorts of reasons and one of those it to find help to problems or fears they are experiencing. Hence the topics of some posts. Why worry about all the what if's that you cannot control? I am SO blessed to have my pacemaker...yesterday I went hiking in the Superstition Mt. Wilderness Area by my home and hiked up past 3200 ft. The hike was amazing. I would never have been able to enjoy my...
Go Red Movement
- by pacergirl
- 2008-02-02 12:02:00
- General Posting
- 1001 views
- 1 comments
Hello,
Just a bit more information about the Go Red movement. I encourage everyone to check it out for themselves though. :-)
Here it is.... I copied this from the American Heart Association's website...........
"We're working hard to change the perception that heart disease is a "man's disease." And it's working! By teaching more and more women how to talk to their doctors about heart disease, we can save thousands of lives every year. Because the good news is that h...
pacemaker movement?
- by sugarmagnolia
- 2008-02-02 11:02:36
- General Posting
- 1274 views
- 8 comments
greetings all:
i am now just 7 weeks post-op PM implant and have a question. i am a thinner person with the PM implanted in the upper left chest area and it is quite noticable which does not really bother me (visually). my question is, at this point in recovery, does the PM shift its position under the skin to a certain extent? at times, it seems as though the appearance of the site changes-one day more pronounced on the left margin and another day more pronounced on the right side of the P...
Not received it yet
- by Smiley
- 2008-02-02 11:02:24
- General Posting
- 2355 views
- 6 comments
Hello
I am new to all of this. They tell me I have to get a pacemaker and I still don't believe it. I am 55. Have never had trouble except fainting occasionally. Now I have fainted about 9 times this month. 5 in one day. Not sure whats going on. They tell me my heart rate is just too slow sometimes so I black out. Always have a warning so get on the floor or bed. Can you tell me if this is the right thing to do. Will I damage my heart with these shocks from the pacemaker. I do not hurt myse...
feeling good-but freaked out!
- by allanrogers
- 2008-02-02 10:02:43
- Coping
- 1812 views
- 12 comments
Allan (41) edinburgh
This site scares the hell out of me sometimes.
I had my pacemaker installed October 07 Dual lead Syphony 2550 - I had sinus bycardia and atrial fib - now i take 25 mg of atenol ever day to suppress my afib seems to work get cold hands
I think the problem with this site sometimes is that we are all scared of dying which is understandable and seek comfort and assurance from others who have experienced this weird thing that has happened to u...
Questions to ask my Dr.??
- by MHCHAMPION
- 2008-02-02 10:02:29
- Conditions, Meds & Tests
- 1651 views
- 3 comments
Hi Everyone,
I recently joined this wonderful group and have learned so much from you folks already!
I've had my PM for 2 1/2 years now and really have never known what questions to ask when I go to the Dr. or the technician.
My PM will be checked next week and I have learned here that I should ask for a copy of the printout which I will.
I did ask last time how much battery I had left.
Are there any more pertinent questions I should ask the tech. or the Dr?
Week 3 - Can PM's cause damage?
First of all I just completed week 3 after implant. I had mine for exercise induced heart rate slowing with s.o.b and bradycardia. I stubbornly refused for 3+ yrs to get a PM (I had my symptoms for 5) and now I'm thrilled that I did, sometimes it seems like I got my life back. So anyone else out there in this situation, don't hesitate!
I'm in week 3. My experience seems to have been unremarkable so far compared to many on this site. Maybe I was lucky. Didn't need pain pills, can't tel...
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