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Don't Give Up

I started to write the message below as a comment to a question Gracie posted about PVCs, but I got side tracked and just found my unfinished comment. Since Gracie has gotten her question answered and I think of what has happened to me (it is good for a change) with my PVCs, I decided to post it here with the thought it may give hope to some that must be as unimpressed with the results from their pacemaker as I had become. This is long and for that I apologize, but I simply do not know how to...

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Hate to say no!!

Hi everyone! I am new today and am the mother of a darling, active 8 year old boy. He was diagnosed with complete HB at 2 and soon implanted with a biventricular, Medtronic pacemaker which was placed in his stomach. He has not skipped a beat - pardon the pun!! He is very aware of his condition but is still very active. He plays a lot of sports including tennis & golf and have really encouraged sports with as little contact as possible. He did not like baseball but has asked to play soccer...

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Back to Golf!

Well it's 9/weeks and I'm talking about last Sunday 20th. It's a sunny day, around noon...the seasons in full swing for many and winding down for some(football). No way will football wind the season down for me. Occasional radio and score is all I need. Football 2nd...Golf 1st...sorry Rothliesberger and Steelers, etc..

It's 77 degrees here in Southwestern PA. Nice. Nice breeze. I will break in with my pitching wedge and will attach a small donut type weight to add club weight. My warm...

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Great weekend in Tampa

Well, I’m backing my bags and heading back home tomorrow. The weekend social in Tampa was lots of fun. Everyone had a good time and we supported a worthy cause, Heartbeat International, at the same time. Rachel & I are happy to have met so many lovely people (and wired just like me). We will hold the lifelong friendships that we made within our hearts forever.

A special thank you to St. Jude Medical for donating the tickets to the Heartbeat gala event, as well as our speakers at...

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Heading home...

We have had a fantastic time in Tampa! I want to thank Blake and Rachel for the wonderful experience. Blake worked so hard to put this event together for us and it was awesome! We were well taken care of, the speakers were informative, so easy to talk to. My Goodness I am exhausted and ready to return to my home, but I am so happy and thankful that I was able to come. It has meant so much to me to actually meet the Pacer Chicks, the Pacer Studs and of course Blake and Rachel. The hotel was gre...

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Tampa 2009; Kudos to All

Where to begin. What a fabulous time was had by all. Sooooooooooooo glad the opportunity was made available and sooooooo glad I was able to go. Dancing with the Stars Tampa 2009 was so much fun. Dancers (Pro paired with Amateur), Judges, Host/Hostess ... the Marriott did a wonderful job managing approx ~850 "guests" to this event and did a great job. It was so much FUN!

Blake: Thank you and your wife Rachael (spelling?) for all the effort that went in to organizing this Social Ev...

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That's right!

This was written so well I thought that ppt would understand the need for me to copy it here from the shout box

From: ppt
Kudos to Blake ! Tampa exceeded all my expectations!! Wonderfully organized, Fantastic Venue, Awesome to meet other PM Club members, Great Speakers, wonderful-wonderful-wonderful - Fun was had by all. Hope to see mre of you next year!

I think Blake is the HERO of the day.

Sincerely,
Pacergirl

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pacergirl's request

Please please please donate a dollar (or more) and spread the word to friends, relatives and ask them to spread the word to friend relatives and so on. Heartbeat International needs a serious grassroots effort to raise funds to save lives. Pretty simple really. Thanx all!!

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Dear friends

Well, here I am finally home safe and well actually we never really know how "sound" I am ha ha... Anyway flights were great, the time in Florida was wonderful and the friendships I will hold dear to my heart for the rest of my life. I will be so happy to share the information and stories after I have a little nap. Very travel weary.
Tammie and Gary thank you for your wonderful thoughts and comments. I always look forward to hearing from you.
Tracy, Putman, Bev, Linda Loopy Lou and Bl...

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I am learning so much from you all

Hi Again, I want to say I am learning so much from you all and I am so grateful for finding this group. I wrote last night when I was up about my 2 week old Medtronic Adapta (rate responsing). I appreciate the coupld of feedbacks I already received. A sleep mode was set when I went in for my 1st check up. That was when my trouble with being wide awake at bedtime began. I am thinking I might need to have it turned off.........???

Also of all things I own a a 30 minute workout gy...

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I am learning so much from you all

Hi Again, I want to say I am learning so much from you all and I am so grateful for finding this group. I wrote last night when I was up about my 2 week old Medtronic Adapta (rate responsing). I appreciate the coupld of feedbacks I already received. A sleep mode was set when I went in for my 1st check up. That was when my trouble with being wide awake at bedtime began. I am thinking I might need to have it turned off.........???

Also of all things I own a a 30 minute workout gy...

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again refused

morning ell my friends well a while bk i was told on here we can have a copy of the pm print out after a pm cheack up well last time i asked we managed to get one ,hubby went for another cheack last week again we asked and was refused as she said its not there policy to give out report copys yet last time thay did
witch is it she just couldnt be botherd she asked why we wanted one ,
any way now im woundering if sumat is up as we had a call from our gp on friday night for my husband he...

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New Pacemaker

Hi Everyone! I am new to the group. I just had my pm impanted 2 weeks ago. It is a Medtronic Adapta. The reason for the impant was bradycardia and I also have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. I am excited to have the pacer as this past year has been difficult due to a low heart rate and BP and all the things that go with that and trying to work.

I am eager to get my life back. I am having troubles getting to sleep at night. I am wide a wake when normally I would be sleeping. When...

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Eye Surgery

I have been advised to do cataract surgery in one eye.Has any member done this surgery after PM installed?I am with Medtronics Adapta ADRS-01 IN VVIR mode for SSS,AF,Brady-Tachy cardia for 2years.
Eye surgeon says,now it is very simple,with 0.5 mm cut, old lense is removed and a gel like substance is pumped.Some drops are only applied for anesthia and bleeding is negligible
I am on Warfarin,Dipyradmole and Metoprolol-ER.Cardiologist
says need not stop warfarin also. some senior me...

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shortness of breathe

I have had a pacemaker for 3 years now and am experiencing shortness of breathe has any body had this and should i go and get a check up any advice

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Names, please:)

Hi, pacer chicks.... looking forward to pictures, but could not read the name tags on my computer... any chance of having names with the pics or a list of names of all present... it would be fun.. thanks... aldeer

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First ICD Question: Pacing 70% of Time

Hi all: I am a "newbie" who is 62 and had compications from a heart infection and got an ICD on 9/3/09. First checkup yesterday I was told I am "pacing 70% of the time" and next visit "we will optimize so minimize pacing to improve battery life." I was told "pacing" was/is due to tachycardia - fast rhythm - and "your heart is returning pulse to normal on its own." Typically, my pulse is 60 to 64 and "dr" said the "pacer is usually set to about 60 and we will reset it to 40" OR maybe the othe...

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Social weekend

Hello everyone.
Hope everyone had a great time at the social gathering.Looking forward too seeing some great pictures.Stay well everyone

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heyy.....

OMG!! wow an actual pacemaker club! THis is soo kwwl!
i've had a pacemaker since ii was emm... 18months =] im now like 15 soo yea =D
emmm... is it normal to have head aches and dizzyness and stuff like that ?? are phones a harm to my pacemaker caus ei live with my phone and pc soo im kinda worried about that! What would happen if i went through the things in the airports??
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR SETTING UP THIS CLUB!!!

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Hello from Tampa

We are having a wonderful time!!! The only thing that would make it better was if more of you were here. And maybe the weather could be a bit cooler. Blake did a wonderful job planning this and it's been a pleasure getting to know him and his wife as well as the rest of the pacers.

The weekend started with cocktails around the pool last night. The weather was muggy but the company was terrific. The speakers this morning were simply outstanding!

After breakfast the Pacer Ch...

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