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Ugh... MONDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!

No worries. Here *hopefully* is a QOTW that will make your Monday better!!!!

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
- Bernard Meltzer

Yup. PACEMAKERCLUB!!! And in relpy to pacergirl's shout I read at my right, I will dedicate today to thanking God for all those wonderful people who we have lost and those who, fortunately, are still...

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Playin' the Blues

Good day everyone!

I was out this weekend and enjoying an art gallery opening. I am the manager of the Gallery and the artist had asked if he could invite a Blues singer to jam with him during the show. Of course I agreed this was a good idea! (I love the Blues) he he

As I was enjoying the music and art I became intrigued with this wonderful man who was playin' the Blues, so when he took a break I went to talk to him. Turns out that he has a pacemaker too! So we exchanged...

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Just hit my 6 weeks post-op

Hi Everyone...I'm so excited...I just hit my 6 week post-op date...Time to get back to normal now....:)
Laurie

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Our Dad Was A Wonderful Man

Well its been awhile since I have been on here...... I am the daughter of Boog and Becky & I wanted to thank everyone who helped us with him....
Dad has been in and out of the hospital for two years and each time we went in it would go from 4 days to 2 week to 1 month.. Well we just got out from being in hospital for a month and returned to San Augustine on Friday June 19th.. On Monday June 22 we went back into the hospital here in our home town and Dad past away on June 23..... He wen...

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Fund-raiser - Florida Sept 09 WHO IS COMING?!

Jeeze! trying to figure out who is coming along to this wonderful event organised by Blake is like pulling teeth!

I have posted a few messages to try and 'rally the troops' and to generally see who is interested in meeting up!! but no-one is getting back to me! gonna start taking it personally!

So far, I gather it will be Blake, Tracey E, Angelie and me!! Is that it???

Anyone else coming??!! lol!

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Alam system

I was going along really well this morning when my "alarm" went off in my chest. My device has an "alarm" when something is wrong. I called the doctors and they said my battery is low. ( I also have a computer link through the phone line) My "alarm" will go off untill this is replaced every morning.... Maybe next week as outpaitent surgey. First, does anyone else have this "alarm." Second, did it scare the daylights out of them like it did me. I live about 35 minutes from a local hospital...

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One week...what a change!

Hi again everybody,
One week has passed since my implantation (first). I can already tell the difference in my breathing, clarity of thinking, and overall well-being. Can feel my heart beating strongly at times, had to take off the hospital dressing over my sutures (itched like crazy and made me break out) and a bit limited as to what I can do physically for now...but those are all minor issues compared to how GOOD I'm feeling! People tell me that I look better, laugh louder, and have more...

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information please

Hi I'm Danni while I am not new to having my PM but I don't know much about it, I wonder if you could help? I had it fitted in 2003 due to 12 second pauses I also have factor v leiden and don't know if this can cause problems, all your doctors seem to have given you a good grounding of whats what while mine said i needed one and that was it. should i avoid anything? what problems can arise? i sometimes get a nagging ache around the site is this normal? I still get chest pain and should i be taki...

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Op tomorrow

Hi everyone,
I am having my pacemaker replaced tomorrow. This will be the first replacement since my original pacer was implanted back in 2002. I am feeling rather nervous!

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celebrity deaths

this is in reponse the person that posted their negative outweigh there positive on celebrity deaths. my words to you is ONLY GOD HAS THE POWER TO JUDGE. According to the bible, sin is sin, one is not bigger than the other, and some of apostles were drunks and thieves and murderes, i wonder what sin u have in your closet. You should have symathy for the families not judgement.

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Flying for the first time ever

Hello! I am flying for the first time ever to Chicago from Austin, Tx the middle of July. Are there any words of wisdom, precautions, etc... that I need to be aware of?
Thanks,
maryruthramirez

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hi everyone

I had a delightful chat last eve with IanMcC he was working on and he was near singapore. it was just great to think that modern technology can do so much now. he is doing good. jessie

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I am joining this site for my mom

Hi everyone,
I would love for someone to help me out with some information.
My mom received a pacemaker last Monday, June 22nd. She needed the pacemaker because of a very irregular heartbeat. She was so determined not to get one that she almost waited too long to finally give in and have the surgery. In her case, her heart was beating much too fast, and her shortness of breath was almost killing her. She retained so much fluids that she needed to stay in the hospital for an extra...

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flying to europe

hello

i missed you all. my puter went out & it took me awhile to get another one. since i was last here--i have been declared totally disabled. my shortness of breath has gotten better but not the chest pains.
my doc took chest x-rays to see if my pacer is in place. havent got the results yet. but i asked her if i could fly because my other doc said no but she said sure. by the way i have moved back home to be close to my family. i could no longer live alone, or drive to d...

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carnival ride...

so yesterday i went to my town's yearly celebration and went on a ride. there was no harness over the pacer, just a seatbelt and a metal bar at the waist. it's the one where you go fast in circles, but side to side. sometimes it's called the scrambler or something like that. after that ride, all last night my heart was going crazy with irregularities (slow beats to dropped beats, then the pacer would kick in in the way i could tell that it my heart was trying to regulate, but it just wasn't work...

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Pacer or Something Else

It has been a while since I have posted here. I am a proud owner of a Medtronic Pacemaker at this time and have been since 2003. For about a month and a half or maybe a little longer now I have been having problems. When I lay down and still awake, or about to fall asleep and when I am asleep I get hit with an attack that feels like I have stopped breathing and I start gasping for my breath. My heart will either beat very hard or it will race. My Primary doctor had me wear a halter monitor for 2...

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Sailing anyone?????

Hi, I have a question. However before I begin let me say that I have a new laptop and the keys are causing me some problems getting used to them... So if something seems not quite right it's probably because of that.

Now, for my question: I haven't been sailing since my pacemaker implant in February of 2005.
We have a 16ft. Catalina day sailer and I was always the one working the sails. I was always up front, moving about carrying out the commands. After the PM implant I just w...

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Chat room

Tried to converse in the chat room a couple of times now, and find that a lot of the time my messages don't actually make it into the log, but just sit there looking at me for 5 minutes or so. It's just a wee bit frustrating!! And then if I make a comment about it the others in the room think I'm mad at them. OOps. Is it me, my internet connection, or a general complaint? As far as the pm goes, it's been there for 2 years nearly and few problems. The answers that some of the regular amateur exp...

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New Member

Hi,
I am new to this club. I have had a pacemaker since 2005 and it is doing a good job. I was on Amiodorone for a while and that destroyed my thyroid gland. Has any one else had that problem?

Now I am in AFib almost all of the time. Suggestions?
Thanks for any help.

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It Works!

My Medtronic’s pacemaker was installed about 19 months ago at age 70. The operation was in the evening and the next day I left the hospital with my diner as a “take-out”. At the time of the operation my pulse rate was around 50 and at my last check up, the pulse rate without the unit was under the chart. The upper chamber is at 99.9% and the unit is set at 60.

I live in Florida and play golf three times a week and start usually just before noon and play until 3:00P.M. Two days a w...

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