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Kay my computer shows you are logged on Going to Chat can you wait for me Billie

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Camp

Hey! I was wondering if anyone knew of any good PM camps. Not that I need to go to a special camp, I just think it would be cool to meet other kids like me. I googled Pacemaker camps and got a website called sickKids. Why sick kids? We're not sick and I don't think that that was a very appropriate name. Maybe it was a site for other more serious conditions like cancer. I don't know. Ah well. :)

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health insurance

hi i am a canadian citized as is my husband. we live in ontario one of the provinces here.a few years aback about four the provincial government decided to follow suit with other provinces and start collecting a health tax. it is taken of my old age pension as is it taken off my husbands. it is about 40 a month i think. even people on social assistance pay this. it covers medical care. here. the government of course subsidizes the rest. at 65 our drugs or most are payed for except for a 6.11 fe...

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Keeping Perspective

I just want to say...in lieu of recent postings...that this is a support group. People come here for all sorts of reasons and one of those it to find help to problems or fears they are experiencing. Hence the topics of some posts. Why worry about all the what if's that you cannot control? I am SO blessed to have my pacemaker...yesterday I went hiking in the Superstition Mt. Wilderness Area by my home and hiked up past 3200 ft. The hike was amazing. I would never have been able to enjoy my...

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Go Red Movement

Hello,
Just a bit more information about the Go Red movement. I encourage everyone to check it out for themselves though. :-)

Here it is.... I copied this from the American Heart Association's website...........
"We're working hard to change the perception that heart disease is a "man's disease." And it's working! By teaching more and more women how to talk to their doctors about heart disease, we can save thousands of lives every year. Because the good news is that h...

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pacemaker movement?

greetings all:
i am now just 7 weeks post-op PM implant and have a question. i am a thinner person with the PM implanted in the upper left chest area and it is quite noticable which does not really bother me (visually). my question is, at this point in recovery, does the PM shift its position under the skin to a certain extent? at times, it seems as though the appearance of the site changes-one day more pronounced on the left margin and another day more pronounced on the right side of the P...

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Not received it yet

Hello
I am new to all of this. They tell me I have to get a pacemaker and I still don't believe it. I am 55. Have never had trouble except fainting occasionally. Now I have fainted about 9 times this month. 5 in one day. Not sure whats going on. They tell me my heart rate is just too slow sometimes so I black out. Always have a warning so get on the floor or bed. Can you tell me if this is the right thing to do. Will I damage my heart with these shocks from the pacemaker. I do not hurt myse...

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Afib caused by pacemaker?

As much as I'm aware of it, I never had an atrial fibrillation episode until two months after I got my pacemaker. I'm now taking coumadin because of that episode. Is it reasonable to consider the possibility that this was caused by my pacemaker? How would you pose this question to a doctor?

Vonnie

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pulling feeling around pacemaker site

I had a dual chamber pacemaker implanted in early Nov, 07.
Third degree complete block - 59 years old. No symptoms previous to this; this was an acute episode, and otherwise healthy. Several days later, the ventricular lead became dislodged and needed to be replaced. ( I complained to the EP that the thoracic surgeon in my opinion was rough and gruff during the first surgery, by the way.) I was assured during the second procedure there was nothing I had done to cause this, and I have to...

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Frozen Shoulder???

Help! It has been 7 months since I received my pacemaker. Now in the 6th month I started to have pain in upper right arm. Not angina, I know how that feels, it just keeps getting worse when I reach or move arm certain ways,etc. My cardio checked it out and sent me to a ortho doctor. I can't lift my arm when straight out to the side hardly at all. Very painful to do much. He thinks I have a frozen shoulder or a tear in rotar cuff. No injury or accident just the pain came on slowly and continues t...

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heart fluttering & shoulder problem

Someone asked recently about feeling of heart fluttering. Yes, I have that often while sitting quitely. Maybe othertimes I am too busy to notice. I, also, have feeling of pain (or irritation) in my shoulder often after swimming even tho my pm is low on my chest. Swimsuit still irritates lead right under skin. Putting a shoulder pad between suit & lead helps, but hope that at some point I will not feel it. Otherwise, pm is just great! aldeer

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Re- Guidant Case

Hi
Where can I read comments about Guidant settlement as I am new . Thanks Janner

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flying

Saw one message about flying with the PM, I am afraid to fly not because of the PM, but because of my heart condition. I do not feel good when I get above 3000 ft. We drove to California for thankgiving, took the lowest route, but still had about 8 hours of 4000 to 4200 ft altitude. Made it OK but did not feel good, until got down to below 2000 ft. Most aiircraft are pressured to about 5000 ft, so am just afraid to try it.

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!!!!U.S. National Wear Red Day Today!!!


Greetings fellow Pacers and ICD Friends!

Just a friendly reminder that today is THE DAY!

To help raise awareness about heart disease wear red today! Heart disease is the number one killer of women! I am wearing red today and I hope when I go out I see tons of RED!

Also, don't forget to get a picture of youself showing your support and be sure to add it to our Member Gallery.

Hey you guys this is an invitation for you as well. We know you guys...

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First flight since pacemaker

Hello everybody!
Just back from taking my first flight since my pacemaker implant last October. I was anxious approaching security but I'm happy to report no problems whatsoever. I walked through the scanner and did not set it off therefore no wand checks were required. No problems to report inflight either. I rode a lot of the rides at Disney, but avoided any that required the bars that come over the shoulders and chest. The only thing that stood out was on rides that had a lot of jerky o...

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Letter at airport?

The last time I travelled thru the airport, the security 'lady' asked for a letter confirming I had a pacemaker fitted. I told her that I had travelled lots since fitting and had never been asked before. She told me in no uncertain that I had better have one next time! I told her she could get a feel of my lump! ;)
Have any other UK residents had this? I've got a battered photocopy of a Euro Patient ID card, what do others have?

Cheers,
Adam.

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WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP

My Mothers ex gardiner who is aged 83 has Atrial Fibrillation and is quite breathless. He has collapsed 3 times. His cardiac doctor who is well known, very experienced and greatly respected told him that he needed a pacemaker. However this has been overuled by his superior who told him that he did not need a pacemaker. I have examined him myself and I am convinced he needs a pacemaker. He is quite rightly worried to death. His wife has a heart condition also and she is totally dependant on him....

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GOT MY MP ON THE SCENT

I today saw my MP who is very interested in the poor provision for cardiac pacing in the UK and is going to raise the question
in the House Of Commons soon. I believe he has had atrial fibrillation himself so I hope it becomes his pet subject. Ive got my pacemaker so im happy. I just want to help others not so lucky. Cheers Peter

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Anybody for chatting now?

aldeer
jewels
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Smitty
turboz24
Yorker

Vonnie

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MRI

My dad has back problems and terrible pain, but since he has a pacemaker the doctors say they can't do an MRI to find out what's going on and they can't do surgery without doing an MRI. Has anyone with a pacemaker had this problem with a medical condition requiring an MRI? Any suggestions? I hate to see him in so much pain and it seems like there must be some kind of a solution. Thanks for your help!

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At age 20, I will be getting a pacemaker in few weeks along with an SA node ablation. This opportunity may change a five year prognosis into a normal life span! I look forward to being a little old lady with a wicked cane!