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Happy New Year

Hello to everyone!!

We would just like to take this time to wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Peace and prosperity in 2009.

May all your troubles during the coming year be as short-lived as your New Year's resolutions.

Mr & Mrs Pookie



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CRT-D

Hi, I am relatively new to the blog and I would like to say it has been very helpful to me. I was wondering if anyone else has a 3 lead? I just had my St. Jude ICD/PM 2 lead replaced yesterday with a 3 lead, due to my low EF and V-Fib. The new model will sense when my upper chamber is pacing, sending a signal to the bottom chamber so my heartbeats will be synchronized. I am very hopeful I will see a positive change in energy etc.

Bruce

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Tachycardia

Does anyone have tachycardia so back that everytime they stand or move around their heartrate goes up instantly and the moment you sit down it drops back down. The doctor now wants me to take 100mg atenolol and 100mg toprol xl until i have my ablation jan 5th but before adding the atenolol taking a shower would bring my heartrate to 150 bpm. Has anyone else had a crazy heartrate like mine?

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anyone up for a chat

anyone want to chat for a while. ill wait if anyone interested.

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New PM as of 12/10/08 - Fitness for Duty

Hello,

I am a 47 y/o fed agent, as part of my quarterly qualifications I am required to shoot my pistol (no worried about that), run 1.5 mile (less than 12 min), push-ups (50 in 1 min), situps (50 in one min), and pull-ups 8.

I'm currently woking on light duty. However, my work will require a fitness for duty in January 2009. My question is for those who workout, are these realistics goals for me post PM?

Thanks,
Steve

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Meaning pacing at 48% last check?

How do you all know this will i be told at my next pm check?

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Cheers

I posted a question a while ago regarding emergency medicine in the UK (I was studying in London for a month) and got some very lovely, very reassuring responses, so I thought I would follow up with news about my trip for anyone who cares to hear about it.

Unfortunately, I did have an event about five days after I arrived. Walking through a park on the way to a shoot, I started to experience an uncomfortably familiar dizziness, and I was able to sit down before I was hit with two defi...

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WPW has come back

Hello everyone. I haven't posted in a while. I was wondering if anyone here has had an experience like I am having right now. I had to have AV Node ablation in 2001 that left me with complete heart block and a dual chamber pacemaker. I had my new generator put in in 2006. When I had to go in to see the tech for an interrogation the last few times, she told me that I have been having episodes when my heart rate would reach anywhere up to 180 BPM. Some of them would last up to 1 1/2 minutes to 3 m...

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Pacemaker Surgery 12/10/08

Hello,

I had a dual chamber St Jude device installed on 12/10/08.
The surgery and recovery have been extremley easy, 10x better than I thought it would be! Anyway, I had a follow-up appointment today. My Doc stated that upper chamber was being paced 38%, lower 1%, My question is, 38% seems high, will it kill my battery working so much? I mean, the surgery went great, but I don't want to have it too often...

Thanks,
Steve

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worried

gday everyone ive just had an on demand dual chambered pm implanted and i would like to know if i can ever return to wieghts or highly strenuose activity again . i am 34 years old with a young family i am a contracted construcion worker and need to be physically fit. if anyone could help answer this questions that would be great

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Suspender Pads

My Father-In-Law had a pacemaker implanted in October. He cannot wear his suspenders because it irritates his skin over the implant. I have read on ALL the sites that "You can wear protective pads under straps, suspenders or seat belts."
Has anyone used something that would work. I can't seem to find anything that wouldn't be super bulky and nothing intended specifically for suspenders other than what Fireman wear.
Any ideas are appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your time.

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excersing

hello and i have a pacemaker/dibfillbator i was 22 when i got it and now im getting weight what kind of excersing can i do and not get shocked

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12 year old son

Hi,
I just signed on. I was a little nervous about signing up for this support group. Never done anything like this but have been reading postings for a while. I have a twelve you old boy and it was also a world wind. He went to the hospital for what they thought was an asthma attack. I was then told his EKG looked like that of an 80 year old man. Anyway. He had a pacemaker put in October 30. They are telling me that the wire they left in the socket for growth has dropped and is laying on h...

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Dental Work

I had a PM implanted about a month ago and I'm wondering if there is a waiting period for dental work.
cd

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Freak Out

please help i've had this 13 days, trying to be very CAREFUL not to lift my left arm, everything else, ok, back to walking dogs, treadmill, and am so thankful not to be "dizzy" anymore (bradycardia) BUT I CAN'T STAND HAVING IT UNDER MY COLLARBONE!!! JUST THE THOUGHT MAKES ME SICK!!
the bandaide came off last night, healing well, but it's sooo big!

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first checkup tomorrow

Well, tomorrow is my first checkup with my Dr. since getting my PM. I assume he will do some adjustments on this hunk of Titanium in my chest. I don’t know how they do the adjustment but I’m kind of looking forward to it. Hopefully I won’t be as tired after he makes the changes. I’ve found that I have more energy when I get home from work since the PM. But I also find that I feel like taking a nap more often than I used to, since getting the PM. I don’t know of it is because of the PM or maybe d...

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hurting shoulder

hi, had my icd a few months now all was well until lately i have an aching pain in my shoulder is this normal?

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Frequency of PM checks

I had my pm "installed" in 2005.
During my last office PM check, I was told my insurance will no longer cover my PM checks at the same frequency I have had so far.
So, my question to you all is, what is the typical frequency for a PM check (both office and phone) ?

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Does anyone else not feel the flutter/fib?

I don't have a PM yet (I have to call the doctor to schedule the procedure), but have had attrial fib and/or flutter for at least two years. I am a relatively active person and know that my heart sometimes goes crazy while working out because I see it in my heart rate monitor (prior to being diagnosed I attributed the fluctuations in the monitor to "interference"). I have to admit that I do not feel, at all, when my heart rate goes from 70 to 150 and back. I do not feel when my heart rate dro...

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Will be getting my first PM

Hello, I am new to the group. I am 39 years old and will be getting a PM in the next few weeks. I gave birth to my first child 12 weeks ago and, during my time in the hospital, my heart rate averaged 30 bpm (I did not feel dizzy, light headed or anything out of the ordinary).

I have known that I have a low heart rate for about 2 years, when my irregular heart beat was discovered/diagnosed. At the time I had an ablation and was told that there are several areas of my heart with cr...

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