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Too Good To Be True

I knew it!!!!!!!!!!!

Pacer since November of 2004. Miserable ever since, matter of fact, I feel worse day by day.

After 5 years I finally get to see an EP. He figures out that I have Junctional Rhythm.

He makes some changes to my pacer on December 14th. Before I leave the clinic, I ask if I don't feel "right", I am NOT waiting another 6 months for my next appointment. He ASSURES me that will NOT happen and gives me Anna's phone # (she is the one who books h...

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Difference

What is the difference in a pacemaker, Crt, ICD defibrillator and biventriculator. Also why do some have two wires while others have three wires and I have even heard of one with one wire?????

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Ticker two turned one yesterday!

Well hello friends. I hope all of you are doing well. In celebration of making it a year with ticker two I made myself a cake and enjoyed the fact I made it one year without having surgeries. Awesome news!

On another note I have my surgery set and will be going in on the 19th for my procedure which will be a lead removal and getting my pm positioned better. My chest is still very swollen from the pm rotating around in there and sitting directly up in the air at points. I had to post...

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re: implant pain 3 months post surgery

Hi all I had a pacemaker implanted in September and after about 6 weeks I could not even tell it was there and all was great. But in the past week or so I have been experiencing a lot of pain in my site and it radiates into my left shoulder and it seems that the pacemaker has came to the surface of my skin more than it was previous. I asked my doctor about it today and he said that sometimes they shift slightly as you get back into your normal daily life however he did not think that it had s...

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Can I do Chin-Ups?

Has anyone successfully worked into a chin-up routine with a PM implant? Needlees to say, I want to get back some upper body strength. Am I fooling myself?

Thanks for sharing. Ron

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Wierd Sensation

Hi Everyone,

I'm hoping that you guys can help me. My mom has had her pacemaker for about 6 months now. She has been feeling a strange sensation that she says is hard to describe. From what i can gather from what she describes her symptoms are the following: she feels her chest tighten a bit all of a sudden and feels a little short of breath, she also says she feels some discomfort in her stomach. The episodes last a few minutes and then they go away. We have spoken to her doc and he...

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Having a pacemaker / living with one

I have had a pacemaker most of life (39 years), if you have thoughts, feelings, or strange things happen to you that you would like to discuss then just email them to me. repwork@gmail.com

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Blue Australia

Hi Everyone,

Has anyone heard from Billie? I know she & Brian are away, and she was in contact w/me via my regular email, but I haven't heard from her since before Xmas and I'm a bit worried.

Pookie

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Droped pacemaker

My pc is only 7 months but it seems to have suddenly droped does anyone know what this is and what the risk.

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Sick

Hello folks, I have been sick for more than a couple of weeks now. Not too serious, just my tummy rumbling and feeling very cold. Yesterday I began to "toss my cookies" I have dropped 7 pounds in a weeks time and went to the dr. today. I am very sick with "flu like symptoms" I don't have the flu.. the dr ran test. My immune system has gone into overdrive according to the test they performed. I was so dehydrated that I was given IV fluids. I am now back home awaiting the test results. I feel awfu...

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Blood Clots???

Good Afternoon,

Has anyone experienced blood clots after their surgery???

Today is my one month anniversary since my CRT-D implant and those 30 days have been relatively challenging, including a severe flare up of Gout that's slowing abating.

Now I noticed a lump in my left arm...my PCP says it's a blood clot...probably related to the surgery. He seems to think it is in a so called superficial "cephalic"l vein and should resolve itself without further complica...

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How soon may I exercise after a PM implant?

I had my PM installed 14th December. The first week was like hell, but I went to work each day and life is slowly coming back. I'll have my 2nd check at the hospital next week, and will ask for their advice on training and other things. But is there anybody with sports and exercise experience? I'm 63, very active and need a really good reason to take it easy the coming months!

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Boston Scientific

Has anyone brought a lawsuit against Boston Scientific for a faulty pacemaker and won?

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Lightheadded...sort of

Just a quick question for those of you who suffered lightheadedness before you got your pacemaker....do you still experience a feeling like you are GOING to get dizzy / lightheadded and then it doesn't happen? (obviously because your pacemaker kicks in)!

I have found that a few times since I got pm 5 weeks ago, I get a feeling like I'm going to have one of the usual lightheadded spells that I used to get before my pm, but then it doesn't happen. It's weird...feels like a half a second...

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Medtronic carelink Monitor

Hi all ;)
I got my Medtronic carelink Monitor today this afternoon
so now tomorrow we are going to hook it up and I am to send a reading to them... this is all pretty interesting... I have read about it..but wondered what it will send...? dumb question maybe... also when I put it on my PM will it feel like the
interrogation did the first time? does anyone know?
and will it show paplations that once in awhile i get?
anyways, just wanted to know
Thank you
br...

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5 Ways To DeStress !!!

Happy New Year Everyone!

I was just going thru what I think were my helpful posts and stumbled across this one: I re-read it myself and feel a bit better already! I find January so gloomy and blue. One thing I would like to add to this article that helped me was I started getting Massage Therapy late last year and plan to continue it this year!!!!!!!!

Anyways...enjoy and hopefully this might be of some help to someone out there :)

I found this article in The C...

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2nd surgery for wrongly placed lead wire??

Is 2nd Surgery nec to correct lead wire prob?
Comment posted by kubie on 2010-01-05 18:35.
My husband had emergency Surgery on Nov. 8th, 2009 when his PM was first implanted. We were "out of network" for the surgery, as this was determined to be an emergency. He is 66 yrs old & generally in good health. He had suffered from syncope & dizziness for several months & had a gazillion heart tests prior to his PM implant.

Anyway, DH had a Right Branch Bundle Block. His PM has two...

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Correcting sp in previous email

Mistake in earlier message --

The two wires in DHs PM -- one is atrial & one is ventricular. I think that is correct info. Sorry, my very long email says "arterial" lead wire; it should say atrial, I think.

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2nd surgery for wrongly placed lead wire??

Is 2nd Surgery nec to correct lead wire prob?
Comment posted by kubie on 2010-01-05 18:35.
My husband had emergency Surgery on Nov. 8th, 2009 when his PM was first implanted. We were "out of network" for the surgery, as this was determined to be an emergency. He is 66 yrs old & generally in good health. He had suffered from syncope & dizziness for several months & had a gazillion heart tests prior to his PM implant.

Anyway, DH had a Right Branch Bundle Block. His PM has two...

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Looking for online MD eval


Where can I get FREE info & eval of all local MDs, incl cardiologists, surgeons, etc??

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