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Hi; I am new at this. I had received this CYLOS DR-T pacemaker. Also some of the record describe the pacemaker as DDDR. No one has ever explained anything to me, including the physician as to the selection of pacemaker and what one should know or do. I do not feel any different than before having this device..
Any one have any information on how they work and why the different titles. My card reads the cyclops but the doctor records say DDDR. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank You....

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Valerie!

My goodness it's Valerie! I have missed seeing you here. How I have prayed that you were going to be okay! You have been missed. I am so happy to see you tonight. So glad to see you.
pacergirl

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Question ?

Hi

When I have a Telephone pacer check can anyone tell me exactly what they read on the other end of the phone?

Battery Life?
Rhythm Check?

Is this sent to and read by a Dr. or is it just the pacer nurse who reads it?

Any help is appreciated.........Thanks.

Riley

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Sarcoidosis and Heart Block

Hi y'all. I am normally a lurker here and have gained so much from reading what you all share with each other and now I am hoping someone can help me out.

I was just officially diagnosed with sarcoidosis. Apparently this is what caused me to have complete heart block and caused me to have to have a pacemaker. So I guess it affected my heart as well as my lungs at this point. Anyway.... My pulmonolgist and cardiologist have been working together and have concluded that I will start...

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WOW$!!$

I had no idea just how expensive PM's were!!! Just received my hospital bill today. All I can say, is that we pacers are worth a bundle now.....not just the mere 98 cents that my childhood science teacher told us our body components were really worth!
However, I guess you really can't put a price on quality of lfe, which our PM's give to many of us.
My posting is really just a knee-jerk reaction to my bill, thank goodness for insurance. Hope this posting finds everyone in the...

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***You may have missed this***

Hi all,
I am sure Blake won't mind.......As it is important..... this was his reply post to a post way down the bottom and I think it needs to be at the top again so More of you can read it.

What's wrong
Comment posted by admin on 2007-11-07 19:22.
The problems are mainly resulting from file names containing a symbol or they are not in jpg format. When such a photo is submitted it becomes pending and must be posted manually or deleted. A pending photo prevents other ph...

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does any one know about regugitation?

Hi all. God bless all the wonderful people here. Its been a while for me....sorry. But i was just wondering if any of u know anything regarding tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary regurgitation. I was looking at my medical records that i recently got from my doc and there was a time that i had an echo about a year ago and it said that i had moderate tricuspid regugitation and pulmonic valve regugitation. I guess i am asking because i was never told by any of my docs that i had this problem un...

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Hi from downunder!!

Hi Everyone ,
I have my friend Billie (blueaustralia ).visiting us in Melbourne this week.
We are having a lot of laughs and I will put some photos up in a couple of days-Kay

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I'm still alive!

Hi all. It has been quite a while since I visited the Club. Part of the absence has been due to my pacemaker working so well that I forgot about it! This summer I rented a Jeep in Colorado and explored only mining roads at altitudes as high as 13,500 ft. Then I hiked up trails to almost 14,000 ft.
The other thing in my life is that my wife Mary died in April. She had been going through a rough time since July 06 and I was busy helping her. Her death precipitated some pacemaker related issu...

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l"ill ole me

hi i would like to know who this person is as i have not heard that name before. if someone else has please enlighten me. this person has posted two pics and i can't find a profile? please help me out someone! jessie

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Pregnancy and Pacemakers

Hi all.....I am 25 years old and expecting my first child.....I have a few concerns with regards to the actually pregnancy as well as the birth? Will i be able to have natural birth? I have had my pacmaker for 6 years now, i was 17 when they put in the first one....needless to say at the time i was not pregnant or even thinking about children......If anyone can help here be do.....I would just like to know if there is anything for me to worry about!

Thanks....
Regards...
Sh...

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PACER FACES!

I can not contain myself anymore....
I love the photo album.
I have named it...

PACER FACES!

Thank you everyone for making this happen and loading your wonderful personal pictures. You are each one beautiful! These are the faces of pacemakers!
love, pacergirl

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Forgot to introduce myself

Hi,

I just jumped right in to posting my question about low battery and forgot to introduce myself. I am 63 and have a St. Jude Pacemaker and it was put in 2002.

I was just so concerned about my condition that I forgot to say hello.

This site is great and finding it will help me a lot.

Take care,
NH

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Bradycardia causes

Hello fellow PMers,
I have had a PM since Aug. 28,2007. Over night my pulse went to below 30. I am very active and there was no indication of a problem before this incidence. In fact I had run 5.5 km two days before with no difficulties. The doctors immediately said I needed a PM. I spent three days in the intensive station while they monitored my heart. My pulse with medication stayed at around 35 the whole time. The doctors could find no reason for this condition. They had thought it migh...

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chat

anyone wanna chat. im there :)

pat

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Chat

Going into chat if anyone wants to join

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Chat

Oops...I must of had a short in my wire :)...what I meant to say was...Does the chat room work for any other fellow PM bunnies?

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Speaking of birthdays...

I'm finally able to log on and post a b-day update! My computer is acting funky. So I better type fast before my computer kicks me off and I wont have enough time to finish my sent...............




jk. lol
Anyway, here is an updated list on actual birthdays and pacer b-days:
1. *Susan (queen_beez): January 6, 1964
2. *Amy (stampinamyk): January 9, 1980
3. *Joyunderhiswings (Barb): January 13, 1955
4. *Thomast: January 14, 1932
5. *Danielle...

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Hyponatremia

Can You Really Drink Too Much Water?

In a word, yes. Drinking too much water can lead to a condition known as water intoxication and to a related problem resulting from the dilution of sodium in the body, hyponatremia. Water intoxication is most commonly seen in infants under six months of age and sometimes in athletes. A baby can get water intoxication as a result of drinking several bottles of water a day or from drinking infant formula that has been diluted too much. Athletes can a...

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Photo Album

Hi Pacers and.... I don't know what you call us people with ICD's.
I was wondering what you all think of the photo album .
I think it is fantastic being able to see all you guys.. and now we can see everone who has been telling us fibs about there age.

If you read our Valeries post on birthdays you can see "Jenny" has come clean he he ...sorry Jenny only kidding I think the 19989 is more like the true date !!!!!!
We seem to be having a few on going problems perhaps Bla...

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