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Cold Feet

I have always suffered from cold feet at nights. When I got my pacemaker my problem seemed to get worse. The problem of being cold gradually crept up my legs to my knees. I have also noticed that my left leg is actually 2cm bigger around than my right. I wonder if this is anything to do with my pacmaker if the lower setting is now too low to cope. lowest rate is 50bpm. Just a thought. Or is it the GO disease (getting old.) Cheers Billie

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Does anyone know...

A distant and elderly family friend has suffered from a heart attack. He has had triple bypass surgery and a pacermaker fitted some time ago. He was unconcious when he recieved treatment and then placed on life support. The life support has now been removed ( he is still in an unconcious state - not expected to recover), the family are expecting him to pass away.
My questions are.... Is the pacemaker still keeping him alive? Do the doctors turn it off or slow it down so that nature ta...

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ID Bracelets

Do any of you have ID bracelets for your kids? If so, at what age did you get it for them? My son is almost 17 months. And I was thinking, maybe I should get one so that he gets used to wearing it for when he gets older. And then my next question would be, what information did you put on it. My son is on meds, but they can change or get discontinued, so I was thinking of putting the Walgreens phone number that we always use for all of his meds? And then, his pacer is set for VVI 80, but th...

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Tachycardia

I found out during my last PM interrogation that I was having episodes of tachycardia. These episodes were not present before the PM and are causing very uncomfortable sensations and symptoms. Is this normal? I am unable to take meds for the tachy because of my low blood pressure. Am I in store for an ablation or other invasive procedure?
I am scheduled to see my doc again on Friday to see if the episodes are posing any sort of threat. Any questions that you can suggest I ask her would be...

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Dumb Question

HI Everyone,

I have a pretty stupid question here. I already have a med alert bracelet...just a cheap one from wal mart..I didn't get it engraved. I was wondering...what I should have engraved on it? I have a PM ..not taking any meds but...just not to sure how much info I should put on it.

Any help with this is very much appreciated

Gloria

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AMANDA

CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES, ITS REAL IMPORTANT

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kindred feelings?

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...

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18 Months Post Implant


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,...

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What???

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...

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Boyfriend???

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 !

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Product Advisory

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

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Helpful quote

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...

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Stitch Protruding??

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...

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Kid's protective gear

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...

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A Stitch in Time....

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

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Back to Work

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...

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Does your child get his pacer checked by telephone?

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...

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Keeping things in context

I had to post this message because I saw my name mentioned in a post about the Wii gaming system. I only write this message because we have had a lot of drama on the site recently due to peoples' words being taken out of context etc. I already posted a message about this under the Wii post, but I think it would do us all good to remember in the future that we shouldn't "call people out" in posts when we have questions that need answers or a clarification of something we've read. We should ju...

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Medtronic Rep

I had surgery yesterday(01/23/08)to repair an inguinal hernia. The surgery was scheduled for 7 am and before that the Medtronic Rep was there to check out my pacer before surgery. This is not my first surgery since having my pacer(installed in 1997)and they have always been there. Maybe it's routine for them but just wanted to put in a good word. Thanks Medtronic!!!

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flutters in stomach

One week on and still getting flutters in stomach when I walk out on the road with shoes on. Sounds weird but in the house in slippers no such feeling. Do you think it could be me being heavy footed and the pacemaker not embedded yet?

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