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OPEN MRI

Hello,
I was wondering if a person with a pacemaker can go to an open MRI ?

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hi

my picture is a picture of my grandaughter jessica and my husband john. it was supposed to be beauford my cat. o whoa is me with my techinal ability. jessie

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Tomorrow is the day!

Well, tomorrow I go in for gallbladder surgery at 10a. Surgery is at 12.20p. I just want to thank all of you who have chimed in to my previous post and helped to put me at ease. I'll give you an update when I get home and am feeling up to it. I can't wait to eat anything without feeling bad! I'm more nervous for my pm than for the surgery itself. The anaesthesiologist will watch my pm, but it will be "turned off" via the magnent so he has control over my heart during the surgery. I just w...

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Naming Your Device

So I've been reading alot of the posts and it seems that many folks have names for their devices! I wondered how common this is among PM/ICD club members. I would love to hear from you all as to whether you do or don't have a name and if so what is it if you don't mind sharing.

I received my ICD on Monday and I have not named it but the thought had occured to me. The nurses had even asked me about it and that was the first I had heard of this:-)

Thanks for humoring me-...

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low back pain

greetings all
it has now been 6 months since my medtronic addr01 pacemaker implant for sick sinus syndrome and mostly all is well. it has made a positive difference in many areas. for the last two months though, i have been getting a progressive low back stiffness/pain that is very hard to relieve. tried NSAIDS and a few muscle relaxers via the MD but no relief. anyone else with this symptom, i doubt it is PM related but no other reason that i can think of.
thanks:

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People not to offend

The pacemaker club with quickie 1 liners, they will censor you.

DO NOT OFFEND THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:(

The Primary Doctor who writes your prescriptions.
The Pharmacy who fills your prescriptions.
Your spouse who picks up your prescritions.
Your spouse who gives you your prescritions.
The implant representative who checks your implant settings.
The Electrophysiologist who sets the final programming.

JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

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What's Going On?

I posted last week about having my second ablation. Well, all went well, and I am home from the hospital.
I am having some strange new symptoms now that I have never experianced before. They don't seem to be heart related, but I was wondering if any of you might know what is going on.
Since the procedure on Tuesday, I have gained 15 pounds! I am also having difficulty urinating...it seems to take a really long time and strain to get the flow started.
Anyone know what might be go...

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AMAZAZING heart camps!!!

Hey, yeah, I know I spelled amazing wrong, but I like amazazing better. Anyway, I found two AWESOME camps for kids with pms and ICDs. One is by the Children's Hospital in Boston, and I think it's free, but I'm not certain. The other one is totally SWEET! it's called Camp Odayin and it's in Minnesota. This one costs only $25!!! They eat dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner: how cool is that!? I won't spoil it ALL for you, so if you're interested, Google them!!!!!!!!!!

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bowler bob

hi bob we miss you and wonder what happened. one of the nicest guys on this club. hope everything is swell. jessie please if you see this let us know

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Pookie

Are you still here? Come to the chat room.

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is it ok to fly

I have to make an internal flight from edinburgh to bristol next week and i cannot find my pacemaker card would a letter from the doctor be enough for the officials at the airport to side step the scanner

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For Jessie

Jessie. Have this moment seen your query about my e-mail address in the chat room. I can't imagine why it should be that the chat room doesn't register when I've left it! People will think I spend whole days and nights in there! Please get in touch by private message on here and I'll pass on my e-mail address. Wannabe

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2 years!

I was reminded last night by my wife that it has been 2 years now that I have had my PM. Time sure does fly. I want to say thanks to all those that have been here for me and answered my questions or supported me. This is a great resource with many wonderful people (you know who you are!) and I am proud to be a part of it.
My best to all of you, Boatman

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New PM Implantee

Good day all and good health;

On 4/16/2008 I had a Medtronics dual lead pacemaker implanted.

I was suffering from asymptomatic syncope, which occcured shortly after I awoke.

The first, notable episodes occurred this past January: awoke at 4:30 AM, sat up, turned off the alarm, woke up again face down on the carpet within a minute.

I had a complete physical, plus stress test and ultrasound EKG; situation completely normal, save mildly high blood pressur...

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new here!

Hi everyone, I recently found this site, Im a 32 y/o mother of a 2 year old. I've had my pm since 2004. They say I have maybe 2 years till I have the battery changed, but Im planning on having a couple more kids. Did any of you have to plan children around that or can you have it changed if you are pregnant? I'd appreciate any input- thanks

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Jessie - Chat

Jessie if you are around I will wait in chat for you for a bit. Billie

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Anyone know the answers to these questions?

First let me explain I am 44, And I died on 12/04/07 during a routine EP study.They had to use the real defibrilators next to the table to start me up again. [true story]

The nurse asked what was it like being dead. I said, " All I remembered was total blackness,and I was arguing with someone, I couldn't remember if it was God explaning that I was not welcome up there because I would cause too much trouble, or Satan explaining I was not welcome there either because he was afraid I'd t...

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Overdue Introduction

Hi all. I realized in my excitment of posting messages (and spending hours reading other's postings) that I had not introduced myself to the group. My name is John and I'm in Madison, Wisconsin. I'm 40 had my pacemaker installed 3 weeks ago. So far, so good. I'm curious if people know how much they are pacing? The tech says I'm pacing around 88 percent in my ventricle....sounds rather high to me.

Alas, I'm happy to be here although a month ago I would have said: "A pace what?".<...

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too old to start over

All my doc's say to start the ssa disablity process.

I've cheked with SSA, I'll loose everthing and starve to death on their help.

I worked construction 35 years. Too old and tired to learn something new.

How do others survive??

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COUGHING

Hi Everyone

I'm almost 3 weeks since my ICD implant; my question is about coughing. I coughed a lot before the surgery, after surgery no coughing, but yesterday I started coughing again. I'm disappointed that I'm coughing again. Also, my energy level seems to be slowly coming back. How long does it take to get back to feeling reasonably normal. I'm only 53, active and healthy. So what gives!

Thanks for your input,
Linda

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You know you're wired when...

You’re officially battery-operated.

Member Quotes

Yesterday was my first day mountain biking after my implant. I wiped out several times and everything is fine. There are sports after pacemakers!