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To pace or not?

Hi,

I'm 31 and have complete block since birth, yet suffer no apparent symptoms. I have to confess I never really took much interest in my condition when I was younger - when I was a kid it was always explained to me as "your heart beats slower than most peoples, but it beats stronger to make up for it". I felt fine so never thought much about it. I have checkups once a year and Doctors have always told me that 1 day I might need pacemaker.

A few checkups ago one of the do...

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GETTING NEW ACCOUNT !!!

I AM GOING TO CREATE MY NEW ACCOUNT ....
PM_PRETTY IS MY NEW NAME
My old name (pacemakerkid) was getting old and i am older too .

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Newbie

Hi everyone. I just joined after reading many postings for a few months. I received my ICD in June and I'm still trying to adjust. Truth is, I can't stop thinking about it. I'm so tired all of the time and seem to be in a fog. The doc says it'll take a year or so to get used to it; I try not to dwell on it, but it's been such a life changing experience!! No one seems to understand how scary all of this has been. I was found to have a heart working only 50% (EF 27%) only after flunking an...

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Veteran's Day

Hey guys! We had a Veteran's Day assembly in which I had to play my amazing clarinet! I just wanted to thank all you vets out there for all you've done. If you know any vets, be sure to thank them for everything they've done to make this country all that it is. That's all. Have a great day!!!!

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request for admin

hi i know you said you were trying to get the chat room updated could we please have a time on the people entering and leaving the chat room . you see people have entered the chat room but they havent left so you assume they are still there but you have no idea of the time they entered . please please this would make things so much easier for people to know wether their talking to theirselves or not thank you

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~~~@Birthday Girl@~~~

A birthday wish for one of our most active members.
Happy Birthday Dear Dominique (stepford_wife)
Hope you have a wonderful day and get all your heart desires...well not "ALL" but most.
We love you lots Peter.N XX
PS. ha haI am alowed to kiss kiss because she has French roots

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~#~# Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! #~#~

Peter, you are unbelievable. Thank you so much for the post, and especially the kisses. OOOH LA LA!!!! Be still my heart!!!

Thank you Pacergirl, Bambi, Yorker, Jessie, Cabg Patch, Tammy, for the good wishes. You are awesome. How very nice of all of you.
You made me smile, you made me laugh, you touched my heart, you made my day special.
Thanks for being so thoughtful.

Love to all,

~ Dominique ~

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The Birthday list!

You can discover a lot of birthdays by going to the search and typing in birthday list. Hopefully before long we can talk Blake into adding something where it could give us a list on the side of whose birthday is coming up. But the old listed is posted. I would say I have a updated one but when my computer crashed that list also was lost.
Hope this helps some of you!

Blessings,
Tammy

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Hi! I'M NEW HERE

Just wanted to say hi. I'm new here. Recieved my PM on feb. 26,2008. I was electricuted across my heart and my doc did a heart monitor implant. In a 3 week period my heart stopped beating 7 times. The longest was for 30 seconds. I'm also young 33 years old, 32 when accident happened. So welcome to the world of the PM. So far so good though. I've been reading alot, but didn't know what to say so I waited. Sounds like there are alot of knowledgeable people here and I wish my doc was this good. Tha...

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NEED IMEDIATE HELP!!!

My friend is only 33 and was in perfect health until one day he went to the hospital for what he thought was a simple cold. First he was told he had phneumonia then he was told it is congestive heart failure. He is in dier need of a pacemaker but has no health insurance and has been told he only has a few months to live without it! I need all possible information on how to go about getting immediate help! Do us ppl with no jobs, money or health insurance have any other options besides to die? Pl...

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Rollar Coster???

hey everybody i had a quick question
Can you go on a rollar coster with a pacemaker???? i read that you cant go on the new ones becasue of the magnetic breaking but i read that online so i dont know how true it is!? i really love rolarcosters so this whould really help if anybody knew the answer!!!

Kelsie

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Just A Joke!!

I love this Doctor

Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster.
Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A:...

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Politics

I deleted a few political messages this morning that have stemmed from the US election. Based on past feedback from our members, such topics are best addressed more privately as they tend to distract us from our purpose (i.e. help recipients meet, share information and support each other).

If your message has been deleted, I hope you understand.

Thanks,

Blake

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chat room whoas

Am I the only one that has problems in chat, locks up on me, wont send my typed sentence, is it the chat room or my puter.
jesh
dave

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help

i have had my pacemaker for about 6 months and lately i can almost feel it pulsing and when it doesn its a sharp pain. i have done the phone check so nothing seeps to be wrong, but i didnt know if anybody else feels it or if im just weird like that. Please commment back!

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Pookie

Sorry about chat! It froze up, so I closed it out and then it wouldn't let me back in.

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BIVENTRICULAR CARDIAC PACING

Hi Folks,

I'm new one here and am looking for some information.

My mum, now 71, was diagnosed with Stage One heart failure in June 2007. Inside of 12 months, she had progressed to stage 4 heart failure. The consultants were mystified until she was referred to a Prof. Frenneaux in Birmingham, UK. He diagnosed Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and attempted various drug treatments that failed on all counts.

Knowing he was part of a research team that was looking at bive...

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Keep on truckin'

I'm hardly ever this way
But I just can't think of anything funny to say
The day light is fading faster
and I still haven't been able to master
getting everything done in one day.
I miss Cabg Patch
I wish he would come back
but understand his reasons,
but laughter is what we lack.
I just keep on pluggin',
my shoulders keep on shruggin'
with the daily grind
trying to keep a peace of mind, I guess.
And then, there's still this hunk...

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Medical ID Alert!!!!!

I am a Paramedic..
I had a St Jude PM placed on July 25 2008. UMMMMM>>

YES...you do need a Medic Alert Tag! I went out and got one within days of my surgery.

If you are under the age of 70....we will not be looking for a PM.
I am still not looking for one then....but I might be more apt to think heart history.
You would be surprised how many people do NOT mention they have a PM....and more and more folks like me are having them buried!
Pacer Spikes d...

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2 questions!

Hello!!!! Hope you are all well? Not been on for a while!

Ok, 2 questions coming up.... I have been incredibly tired recently..... it was half term lfor my children ast week and I enjoyed several long lie-ins, very rare in our house-hold. Anyway, a few days I really had to force myself to get up! It was like having jet-lag! Then I feel very groggy for a couple of hours. But if I know I have somewhere to go I can get up and get going! Anyone else struggle like this!

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I had a pacemaker since 2002 and ever since then my life has been a total blessing.