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Wonder if any folks have been able to get rid of pacemakers by alternate means (other than death, lol) such as naturalistic methods?
Of course could see that if so, they might not still be using this club (lol).

3 Comments

pacemaker removal

by huskersnb2 - 2008-04-16 09:04:41

hello i'm getting mine taken out in two week permanility has been shut off since oct 2007 becuase of broken wire thats on recall and the darn thing has'nt went off since i had it except for when the wire broke then it went off 11 times over 600 volts and that aint fun scary as hello my doctor told me i was one in a million so i know they dont come out to often now i just got to deal with medtronic about all the bills incured since mine was recalled duane huskersnb2 had my pm and defibilator since dec 2005

get rid of pacemaker

by VonnieVern - 2008-04-16 11:04:34

I'm just guessing that it probably would depend a lot on the condition for which one got the pacemaker to begin with. As for me, if I found out I no longer needed my pacemaker, I wouldn't want to go through the surgery to have it (particularly the leads) removed unless keeping it would potentially cause more problems than removing it. Actually, when my battery runs down I'm considering seeing how well I'm functioning before I agree to have it replaced. But in my case, although I have slow and irregular rhythms, I've never had a pause between beats long enough to cause problems, and have only fainted twice, once when I was training for a half marathon 5 years ago, and once about 15 years ago when I'd been dieting and had stayed up all night long. I know I didn't actually address what you asked, but I felt like giving my two cents anyway.
Vonnie

MOST UNLIKELY

by peter - 2008-04-17 03:04:58

The most diificult thing is getting one in the first place when you need it. Here in the UK you have only half the chance of getting a pacemaker as opposed to our near european neighbouring countries.And for every 1 ICD device being fitted in the UK the USA is fitting 10 !!!. So if you live in the UK and you have a pacemaker cling on to it for dear life as you most definately need it. I stuggled to get mine for 2 years even though they knew I needed one. Pacemakers are really fantastic devices and you can live longer than your friends who havent got one.

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