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AMANDA
- by heart of gold
- 2008-01-26 05:01:55
- General Posting
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- 0 comments
CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES, ITS REAL IMPORTANT
kindred feelings?
- by sugarmagnolia
- 2008-01-26 05:01:15
- General Posting
- 1334 views
- 5 comments
hi all:
this is a great site by the way!
does anyone else have these feelings? i am 6 weeks post implant with a medtronics adapta and the PM is working very well ( at least i think it is). i have sick sinus syndrome with LOW blood pressure and am taking florinef to increase it. i am also a retail pharmacist and have been for 21 years so am on my feet 8-10 hours a day and have been back to work for 2 weeks. my energy level comes and goes in a nonpredictable way. sometimes i feel great a...
Great
- by Jules
- 2008-01-26 04:01:15
- Checkups & Settings
- 1653 views
- 4 comments
Hi
Took on board all the comments about rapid response. I went back to the cardiologist saying about the fast heart rate and how I was feeling. I have been fined tuned - he turned down the response and as soon as I got off the table I felt that awful feeling in my stomach gone. Also went for a walk this afternoon and not one funny session.
I have been put on a tablet for a month as well - sort of beta blocker - and am due to see him again on the 22nd Feb.
H...
18 Months Post Implant
- by bikemad
- 2008-01-26 03:01:12
- General Posting
- 1198 views
- 3 comments
Hi again everyone.
Well its 18 months since i had my Medtronics Adapta pacer implanted.
So far so good, things seem pretty normal.
My doctor has moved me on to annual check-ups, so i guess things must be ok.
Back working normally, driving daily, basically being like anyone else.
I do have one question though,
When time comes to replace my pacemakers battery, which i know means a complete new pacemaker.
Will i be able to keep my old one,...
What???
- by pacemakerkid
- 2008-01-26 01:01:31
- General Posting
- 1719 views
- 5 comments
Ok this girl that goes to church with me told EVERYONE at my school that she felt sorry for me because I had a 80 yr old woman's heart!Oh and I showed a bunch of girls that are my friends my old pacer and of course the one girl I don't like said eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww look guys and called the boys over I didn't tell the guys because I am at a point in my life where I really want a boyfriend (I am soo lonely and trying to fit in with the "Popular" girls!Even though I am not sure they are really...
Boyfriend???
- by pacemakerkid
- 2008-01-26 01:01:19
- General Posting
- 1739 views
- 5 comments
Hey I am 13 yrs old and I think it would be so cool to have a boyfriend with a pacer ! Probobly not the best site for this I know but I am soooo alone in this !I mean I have my parents and pacer friends but I still find myself dreaming about a boyfriend who gets it and doesn't care what I look like and what I can or can't do he likes me for me !
Product Advisory
- by kpab6500
- 2008-01-25 12:01:09
- General Posting
- 1052 views
- 0 comments
I just saw this link from Guident from May 2006 with an update for Jan 4 2008. Im not sure if this has been posted or not or if even means anything. Here is the link with the added devices. If this has been posted before sorry for the confussion.
Billy
http://www.bostonscientific.com/templatedata/
imports/HTML/PPR/ppr/adv/advisory_06051214.shtml
TSA and PM at Airports
- by MHCHAMPION
- 2008-01-25 09:01:18
- Coping
- 1640 views
- 2 comments
I have flown six plane trips since my PM iwas nstalled and I always show my card and ask for a hand search. Every time I have been treated with dignity and respect at several different airports in the US. I also have a total knee replacement so that would set off the alarms, too.
I had just read the News Article about this and thought I'd share my experiences with you.
I found this site last week and it is so informative.
Thanks for taking me in.
Ha...
pacemaker and hearing aids
- by roberto123
- 2008-01-25 08:01:53
- Interferences
- 6411 views
- 2 comments
I would like some information on which hearing aids interfere and which ones are ok to use with a St.Jude Medical Identity ADx 5380, or where I could find this information. Tanks fo any help, Roberto 123
Helpful quote
- by uvagershwin
- 2008-01-25 08:01:10
- General Posting
- 1216 views
- 7 comments
Hello again! I feel that there are too many people offending others, and I know there are many sensitive people (I am one) :). I feel that we need to try to understand each other a little more. Here is a quote that may help:
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes." -Freida Norris
Keep smiling and try to be kinder to one another! I know I really need to li...
Stitch Protruding??
- by TwoCents
- 2008-01-25 07:01:21
- General Posting
- 1627 views
- 4 comments
I had a pacemaker change out and pocket revision Dec. 20th, 36 days ago. All has gone well, but one end of the scar still has a red "dot". Yesterday I took a closer look at it with a magnifying mirror and there appears to be what could be a "stitch" in the middle of the red dot. I only had steri strips after the procedure on the outside, but I suppose they may have used stitches inside. The area is not an angry red and there is no discharge or swelling. The rest of the scar seems very unobtrusiv...
Kid's protective gear
- by makermom
- 2008-01-25 05:01:17
- General Posting
- 3459 views
- 5 comments
Hi! My son had open heart surgery last X-mas 2006 for a congential heart disease (hole in the septal tissue between the atriums). He had just turned 2yrs. During surgery a stitch disrupted his natural heart beat. Three weeks later he had a permanent pacemaker put in. He thinks his pacemaker is special and he asks everyone "Wanna see my 'maker?" He is a very active, healthy 3yr old now and I'm looking for some sort of gaurd for his pacemaker (in his tummy). What I have found are way too bi...
A Stitch in Time....
- by TwoCents
- 2008-01-25 04:01:58
- General Posting
- 1053 views
- 0 comments
Thanks all for responding about the potential protruding stitch. I did see a doc and it was indeed a stitch which had broken through the skin. He removed it and all is well. He also explained that when this happens it really needs to be removed to prevent further irritation/inflamation. So all is well that ends well....TwoCents
New pm and lead
- by heckboy
- 2008-01-25 04:01:56
- Batteries & Leads
- 2074 views
- 7 comments
About a year into my pm, a problem developed with my lead where it took 3 times the energy to work as needed. The result was that the pm ran out of juice after 3 1/2 years. A chest x-ray showed no obvious clues as to what happened.
Since there was a problem with the lead and I'm relatively young at 46, my dr and decided to remove and replace the old lead when it was time to replace my pm. Which we did this morning.
I checked into he hospital in burbank at 6:00 AM and t...
pacemaker
- by oliveoyl
- 2008-01-25 04:01:36
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1613 views
- 1 comments
hello i have swelling around my pacemaker
Back to Work
- by dcrojas
- 2008-01-25 01:01:09
- General Posting
- 1143 views
- 1 comments
Hi everyone
Haven't posted in a while but I just wanted to let everyone know that after my 3 month check up(3 1/2 months really) ,my doctor told me I could go back to work as a Paramedic in the field. He had initially told me I wouldn't be able to go back but he said things had healed well and I had not had any "events" with my pacemaker, and he couldn't see any reason for me not to go back. It was great news for me and another step on my return to getting back to my life. This site has bee...
Feeling better!!
- by rdelvis07
- 2008-01-24 12:01:18
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1633 views
- 6 comments
Im feeling GREAT!!!! lol Well as to before its great. I know I still have a long ways to go but I think getting a pm was the best thing I could have done! hehe I know you all told me so!! Im just so hard headed!! Well Thanks and I'll keep in touch!
All that said im still REALLY sore! Any advice on how to help that or how long it may last?!? Thanks Rachel ******
PM Beeping
- by pacie
- 2008-01-24 12:01:06
- Complications
- 1654 views
- 1 comments
this is to cary_58. what did your cardiologist say about your PM beeping? did he say that it was possible? And if he said yes, what made it do the beeping?
Does your child get his pacer checked by telephone?
- by clichtenberg
- 2008-01-24 11:01:26
- General Posting
- 1875 views
- 11 comments
I was wondering if anyone has their childs pacer checked by telephone. I know for sure that they do that with adults, but I was wondering about kids. If so, when did they start doing that? And is it because he/she is in complete heart block and they are doing that for extra checks between appointments? We are currently at every 6mo with the EP. We will see her in April, so I'll ask about it then also. But, I was just wondering... And I was wondering how many parents of children with pacers...
Doctor's visit
- by Jules
- 2008-01-24 09:01:48
- Checkups & Settings
- 1833 views
- 3 comments
Hi All
Just been to visit the doctor. I am at present living in France and that is where my PM was inserted by the cardiologist here. There was no explanation as to what I was to expect or feel. I have written before here saying how stressed I am now that my heart is beating faster.
Anyway, saw the doc and explained my concerns albeit that I broke down and started crying. He said that he was going to check with the cardiologist as to what sort of pacemaker I have...
You know you're wired when...
You fondly named your implanted buddy.
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