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Pooki I will wait five mins to see if you will chat with me Billie

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more ????

HI,I have a call in to the doc. but a return could take a day. So i will turn to you agin at noon i took my bp 114/90 &80hr then at 4pm 103/75 &78 hr then with a little work and I do mean little it was 124/75 & 98 hr would you say this is all over the scale or is it in my head I always feel bad and am looking for help.

Thanks lenny

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New PM

Hola, sorry for my english (I'm Spanish and I have some difficulties with the language)

Finally I got my PM 20 days ago! I have a Medtronic Kappa 703 and everything is running fine for the moment. I have a question; How long should I wait before start moving the arm?

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Message

Hey rayan-
I just got your messages.
Sent you an e-mail.
:-)
Candi

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I´m glad to have you here - thanks a lot ;-)

Hi to everybody :-),

I would like to tell you that I read really a lot on this web site and it´s the best site for me now, because I know that I am not alone here with the PM device in my age (22).

I tried to find someone on the internet with PM from the Czech Republic and it is quite difficult, because we haven´t got a site like this but I think and still hope that I will find somebody later. But I am very glad to have you here - it´s nice to know that I can tell you what...

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recovery time

How long does it take to get back the energy to do workouts like you did before the PM surgery? Was doing 4 to 5 hours a day now 45 min seems to wear me out.

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thanks for the input but....

i know when my pacer is firing. i am hypersensitive to it. i am also use to feelin it come on and go off. my top lead is set at 60 and my bottom lead is set to 40. when these episodes occur my fiance monitors my bp and my hr. my bp goes everywhere and my hr stays at 60. i know then that my heart is not doin well therefore my pacer is runnin.when my bottom lead fires it sends pain and a burnin sensation across my chest that is almost unbearable. the phsycological part of all this would be easier...

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why cant i be normal ?

hello to all. forgive my typin, i am not very good at it. i am 30 yrs old and received an adapta pacer/defib in april of 2007. since then i have had multiple seizures, severe headaches, and bad chest pain. i have been to several doctors and they all say i need to see a phsychiatrist!!!!! i am not crazy. somethin is not right with this thing. they told me i would be better after i received it. that was a lie. i met a wonderful woman and plan to have a family but now they have gotten more than w...

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Medtronic PM Settings

I'd like to know what the settings mean. I got a printout from the EP Technician, but she does not want to take the time to explain everything to me.
What she told me was the PM is doing atrial pacing 98%, the ventricular lead is turned OFF. Don't know why, because they told me the reason for the PM was my resting heart rate was too low, and the heart pauses; so the PM was put in to maintain the low heart rate. But, I feel that the PM is working all the time, even when my heart rate is over...

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Help! :( PM Newbie

I recently had a pacemaker inserted (Friday, today is Tuesday) after having a syncope monitor show why I was passing out 3-5 times a day. It all happened so fast I had the monitor inserted and a week later they told me I needed a pacemaker and 3 days after that they removed the syncope monitor and put the pacemaker in.

The Surgery didn't go well because they had trouble sedating me and numbing me so I felt a lot of pain. And was in tears through the last part of the surgery and hours...

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I was awake 75-80% of the time of the ICD implant. read me

Well hello, I am larry age 26 and have just got the new hot model ICD from Metronic installed about 4 weeks ago. I am doing good and have stuck by the Docs note of not doing much with the arm at all. I will be starting back to walking with my MP3 player in the next few days.

The Surgery-

Well I am in the hospital room and the docs come in with a grin and tell me there is no anesthesiologist. Me never having surgery I was like that is cool and they walked out of the room....

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Medtronic PM settings

I'd like to know what the settings mean. I got a printout from the EP Technician, but she does not want to take the time to explain everything to me.
What she told me was the PM is doing atrial pacing 98%, the ventricular lead is turned OFF. Don't know why, because they told me the reason for the PM was my resting heart rate was too low, and the heart pauses; so the PM was put in to maintain the low heart rate. But, I feel that the PM is working all the time, even when my heart rate is over...

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new pm on friday

Hi to all. I was just wondering if any of you that have had your pm replaced in the last 6months could let me know what type you had put in and how long the battery will last. I am going in on Friday for replacement and wanted to get some info. Having a hard time finding anything on new tech for pm. thanks

patty

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Confused.

I have had a PM/ICD for 4 years and been shocked by the ICD twice in that time and when it shocks it's like being kicked in the chest by a horse. I am confused when I read that some members are 'shocked' by their PM's or know when they 'fire'. My question is, do PM's shock as ICD's do? Mine doesn't, it's the ICD that brings my heart back to life when I go into VF, so are there different types of PM? My understanding is that the PM detects a strange rhythm and then paces the heart to settle...

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bad lead

A recent hospital stay revealed a poorly functioning pacemaker, allowing my heart rate to go as low as 46 when set at 50. A year and a half ago,had a st jude's pm implanted, and immediately it was discovered the lower lead was not working properly and was using excessive voltage to do the job This shortened the life of th battery to31/2 yrs.and I accepted this outcome rather than havethe wires revised by operation Because of the hospital report.I visited my EP, who upped the voltage to maximum...

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More risk to PM Dependent patients.....

Did anyone know that there is more risks to surgery if you're PM dependent?

The surgeon says I'm at higher risk of stroke, heart attack and general heart damage!!!

I have a cyst in my Common Bile Duct, seems to be benign but will cause malignancy if left....so no real choices.

Apparently, it's harder to monitor us under anaesthesia, we do NOT respond to "stressors" such as infection or internal bleeding, post-op.....our heart rates do not increase, their first si...

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OOOOOOO HAPPY BIRTHDAY! OOOOOOO

To Chris ( CBulifant ) September 1, ( 1970 )

CHRIS,

May all good things come your way today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS!!!!!

~ Dominique ~

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Re: CBD Surgery

Thankyou to Pete and Gellia, guess I'd better get on with it, eh?

Unfortunately, laprascopic surgery is not an option, as he has to see what he's doing.... I concur.

When they have to remove the CBD and resect a new one, it's a lot of "stuff" to visualize and they don't want to cause injury to nearby organs.

I'm very worried about being off blood thinners, as I have chronic AFib. Sure hope I can have that epidural though, the pain sounds awful!!

Tha...

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Anyone chatting these days?

I'm here sitting in chat, it's been empty recently......

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Hi Everyone

I had my pacemaker check at the Geelong Hospital yesterday. They don't implant Ela's in Geelong so they got a technician to come down from Melbourne to the Cardiology Department. He was a really nice guy and knew my Technician in Hobart. He did make some comment about my pacemaker being set low. It is on 50 min - 132 max rate. It was set at this a couple of years ago when I felt a kick in the ribs each time the pacemaker started. If I was sitting down I would have to get up and walk aroun...

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