It is a very happy Holloween

I had my pacer friend read last week. All is well The only concern was my rate drops are still high. Over 500 per 6 month reading. But the good news is I almost never know when the rate drop kicks in and in the last 6 months never had a passout or even a dizzy spell. So I am good to go for another 6 months. No changes in programing nessecerry. The on the 29th I celebrated my 3rd. birthday with my pacer friend. My wife said she was so glad I got over the terrible 2's. But I think I will be just as onery as a 3 year old. We have to have our fun. I hope all of you are well and making out ok in this tough economy. Hang in there and be sure to Vote if you live in the US. I will be checking back in soon to see who is new and catch up with the old members. Glad to see a post from you Jessie. Send me a privat message about your cruise. I will do the same. Bowlrbob

5 Comments

Rate drop

by bowlrbob - 2008-10-31 11:10:09

This is a condition that some, probably most people who have Vaso Vagal Syncope have. The Vagus nerve gets over-stimulated and this results in your heart rate dropping very fast. In my case my heart wants to stop. So the pacemaker has what is called a rate drop response mode in it. When programed it kicks the heart rate up faster when it senses a dramatic drop in heart rate. In my case when my heart rate drops 25 bpm or more in a pre-prescribed time frame. My pacer kicks my heart rate up to 100bpm for 2 minutes. This gets the blood pressure up quickly and keeps me from having dizzy spells. This was programmed 2 and 1/2 years ago by my EP and has worked perfectly. I have had no bad spells since. Bowlrbob

hey!

by uvagershwin - 2008-10-31 11:10:10

Glad to see all is going well and yes, we do need to have our own kind of fun!! :) If I could, I would DEFINATLY vote!!! Anyway, glad to hear all is well.

The rest of the story

by bowlrbob - 2008-10-31 11:10:26

Forgot to mention after the 2 minutes at 100bpm the pacer goes back slowly to it's permanent setting of 70 bpm. Pacers are a wonderfull device. Bowlrbob

rate drops?

by Philman - 2008-10-31 11:10:59

Glad to hear your good news but am curious as to what a "rate drop" is ? Could you be more specific?

Thanks -Philman .................(3 moth old)

Terrible 2's

by ElectricFrank - 2008-11-01 12:11:45

Tell your wife she can look forward to adolescence!

That 500 rate drops were times that wouldn't have gone so well without your friend!

frank

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