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I Wish I Was So Smart

We must keep records of everything.

’If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night.  And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there’ll be a record’

-Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

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Would appreciate any feedback…

Well the doctors have tried 3 times now to
get a lead to work in my upper chambers. My heart
is going back and forth between a junctional rhythm
and atrial fibrillation.

This last week they cracked my chest and tried to
attach a lead directly to the outside of my heart but
again no luck. My upper chambers just won’t
conduct an electrical signal.

The thoracic surgeon is saying there is no more that
can be done but that is a little hard...

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Disapointing interrogation :(

Alright, so I had my pacer interrogation today. The EGM shed some light on what I've been feeling. Turns out that I've been having short bursts of atrial flutter/fib with a rate of 320bpm. Yikes! The longest run being about 13 seconds.
Thank heavens that pacers now are equipped with diagnostic recording. The scary thing now is I have no idea what they're going to do with me. I see a ventricular lead being placed in my very near future. If that's what they suggest, I would at least want to...

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pacemaker question

I have been told I have to have a pacemaker. My passion is metal detecting - I have a new MineLab 4500. Is there anyone out there who has a metal detector who also metal detects. I have to wear headphones with this unit and it also has a lithium battery. I am very discouraged at the thought of giving up my hobby. Also, am trying to find out if a lead garment (like what is worn in x-ray labs) is an option and tried by anyone. Thanks so much ahead of time for any response!

lucylo...

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MIG/ARC Welding

Hey

I'm a starting mechanic and when working in a garage i'm around welders and such very often. I was wondering if anyone had any knew if this was a problem and if so how far of a distance away from the welder should maintain?

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Rapid Heart Rate

I have a dual lead pacemaker. It was installed on 6/25/08. It was for tachy-brady syndrome. I would have bouts of A-Fib and my heart rate would also drop to 30 bpm's for days. Like everyone else the pacer took me a while to get used to. I've been feeling pretty good for a while now. Recently it seems like my heart has been racing but my heart rate is at it's normal 60 bpm. Why can't I see this rapid heart rate when I check my pulse? Is this due to the double leads? I know when I had an...

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chat dosent work for me dang.

just wondering is there any other chat programs yall go to to chat.
the chat here dosent work.

thanks

Ronnie.

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weird feeling

a weird question but does anyone know why i can feel a crakling sensation over my pacemaker especially when moving my arm?

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Electromagnetic Compatibility Information

I’ve noticed a lot of posts with questions on electromagnetic compatibility - good information here:

http://www.medtronic.com/wcm/groups/mdtcom_sg/
@mdt/@crdm/documents/documents/electromagnetic-compatibility.pdf

(Copy and paste the address to your browser)

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Heart Healthy Eating

Protein Power for a Healthy Heart

No food group offers more versatile protection from the causes of heart attacks than protein. Lean beef, eggs and pork are packed with homocysteine-lowering B vitamins. Fish delivers omega-3 fatty acids that keep heart rhythm steady and discourage blood clotting. Skinless chicken and turkey are low in artery-clogging saturated fat, and their protein keeps food cravings (and the risk of overeating) at bay. Beans—legumes such as chickpeas, black beans a...

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feeling down......

I got my ICD implanted in April of 2008 and have had nothing but pain from it. I just went to another Doctor for a second opinion about my ICD because it has moved down into my armpit area and it hurts me to reach my left arm over my shoulder because it moves all the way up and over my clavicle bone. My Doc didn't suture it down obviously and seems to think if I try to wait until April of next year that it might feel better and then we can talk about relocating it. He thinks my pocket is too...

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Iam glad to have found this site!!

Iam so glad that I found mary cumming's blog . SHe is the member of this club and the one who told me about this club. Thank you for your responses. I know,i may sound naive at this point but I guess iam still in denial. If I had pain then may be it would have sunken in fast(not that I want to be in pain),but it's been so easy to ignore and even forget that I have any problem. In this month me and my husband completly mastered the technique of denial and ignoring the fact. Today's Dr's visit wa...

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A little Support Please!

Hello everyone.

It has been a very long day for me and I don't feel like there has been enough of the positive things. So.... I have decided to encourage Everyone to make their donation to the Heartbeat fund today. If you have already made a donation... Thank you. If you have not, please do so.
We can discuss our PM ICD problems till the day is done, but we have to be aware that it is because of the PM and ICD that we are able to do just that! No matter how much it hurts, or how...

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colonoscopy, again

For my last lithotripsy I had medicine (demerol) for pain, but no benzodiazepine like versed to cause amnesia. Why wouldn't that work for a colonoscopy?

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colonoscopy

I asked for your advice, experiences and opinions, and I thank you for them. Now I'd like to express myself further: I've had gastric juices extracted from my stomach through an ng tube, a liver biopsy, a bone marrow extraction; an epidural with my first child and natural childbirth with the second (if I had to do it again, I'd go natural again); two cystoscopies with a ureteral stent insertion and removal, and four lithtripsies (kidney stone procedure) and none of that bothered me as much as t...

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FYI...Drug interaction Tool

Thought I would share this link to a drug-interaction-tool that I frequently use.

Oft times...meds we are prescribed to take can have interaction potential: there can be a greater potential with prescribed meds interacting with over-the-counter meds & vitamins we might choose to use.

This link should take you to tool to use as a quick guide.

http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/Interaction/ChooseDrugs/1,4109,,00.html .

Just sharing, pacepal

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they say I need a PM

Hi all,
Last month I was diagnosed with Sinus node dysfuncton,Sick sinus syndromw with Junctional rhythm.Well this is all techinical I know about my condition right now. I don't even know what else I should be knowing. I was hoping that I could manage without Pm for a while but my doctor today asked me why I wanted to wait. I really don't know. Except for dizziness once in awhile iam totally normal. I never fainted till now. Nobody in our family has any heart related problems ,so I'll be th...

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name change

does anyone know how to change our user names on this site?

Thanks,
Linda

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Hi Everyone, I'm Back....

Hi to all members of the Pacemaker Club,

I am back from my Huge Ugly Operation......finally able to get on with my life again. :)

It was a humdinger of an op, lots of pain, etc as well as a 16 inch scar from my breastbone, then follows below my ribcage to about an inch of my back. OUCH!

Spent 6 days in the hospital, then staggered home to recover.

We arranged for my daughters to spend 4 nights, Hubby stayed for one ( in a private room) and the fir...

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Hey there ya'll

Nice to see all of my fellow energizers here this morning. I'm trusting that you're tickin' away just as I am.
Today I find myself again tickled by the the "You're Wired When...." comments. LOL.
"You're wired when your pacemaker receives radio frequencies"
Well, honestly, I'm kind of disappointed that mine doesn't. Did I get last year's model? I seriously just think it would be great if pacemakers played music. You could just tap a button through your skin to control the music, a...

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You know you're wired when...

You trust technology more than your heart.

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99% of the time, I totally forget I even have this device.