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pvc's
- by jimmycheesman
- 2008-05-12 06:05:52
- Coping
- 2254 views
- 3 comments
can anybody give me any advice on how to slow or stop pvc's
Forgotten, birthday wishes,
- by Stepford_Wife
- 2008-05-12 02:05:04
- General Posting
- 1060 views
- 2 comments
Hello all.
This site isn't the same without letting you all know how appreciated you are, for your comments, help and contribution, regarding your experiences, and sharing with others.
So.... I will honor those whose birthdays have been left on the back burner, :( with this simple wish.
Happy belated Birthday Chris, aka heckboy, March 26
Happy belated Birthday Amy29, March 30
Happy belated Birthday Trish, April 8
Happy belated Birthday Paula, aka Pawg...
Still feeling sore..
- by susankay
- 2008-05-12 01:05:59
- Surgery & Recovery
- 1931 views
- 5 comments
Hi Everyone
Well my story is this...I had my pm put in on 4/22/08 and went back in on 5/1/08. Two leads had come undone, I believe it happened an hour after my first surgery. I had a lot of bleeding so I had the doctor the nurse and the tech from the lab pushing on my chest (my pm) in order to stop the bleeding. So later on that evening I started having spasms in my right stomach, I was told by the nurses it was just gas. Some people experience gas after surgery. Well this went on...
KUDOS to all Mums!
- by bunnykin
- 2008-05-11 12:05:06
- 1085 views
- 1 comments
To us Mums, who are the cement that binds our family together. We mums, who are the Bank that our kids deposit their fears, woe and worries. To us mums, whose love never ceases...So here to us, mums of the world...Well done, keep it up, shatter not, Blessed Mother's Day!
Bunnykin
problems with my new settings
- by w8liftinglady
- 2008-05-11 11:05:38
- Checkups & Settings
- 1922 views
- 4 comments
I have had my PM for about a month now-the nurse practitioner decreased the sensitivity from 90-60 beats in 30 secs to 20 secs.Since then,I have felt awful,and had several near syncopal episodes,altered mental status,confusion.Has this happened to anyone else?
÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷Mother's Day :-)÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷
- by pacergirl
- 2008-05-11 10:05:28
- General Posting
- 1158 views
- 0 comments
Good day to all,
I would like to express my best wishes to all the women on this beautiful morning. Happy Mothers' Day to you each and everyone.
To former members, to all present members and to the new members coming on site everyday. To the Mother's whom actually have children and the Mother's of children yet to be born, to the Mothers' whom have found there children in ways which are unique and to the girls who will someday take care of the ones they love....... to the...
Sidewise
- by Zindadil
- 2008-05-11 09:05:49
- General Posting
- 1043 views
- 0 comments
Hello, I am a new entrant to the club having implanted a V V I R pacemaker just 10 days back. I welcome the advice of older & experienced members.
Out of curiosity, I would like to know which side of the chest is best suited for my kind of device. My doctor insisted it on my right side & implanted there. Though it has little significance for me now, I am just curious to know.
irritation
- by haggen
- 2008-05-11 09:05:33
- Surgery & Recovery
- 2250 views
- 3 comments
Now 8 mos post pacemaker and doing well.The only thing that bothers me is the sensitivity over the scar. Looks like a keloid formation secondary to poor wound closure-my first pacemaker.My skin up to 2inches away from the scar has developed small superficial viens.My GP had suggested a steroid injection near the scar. Any suggestions?
Will
everything was go along fine.....
- by karma
- 2008-05-11 06:05:39
- Complications
- 1726 views
- 6 comments
Well its been 4 weeks post implant, and everything was going along fine, I even started to not notice the implant but the other night(1st time it woke me up and the 2nd time got up at 3am to go to the bathroom) my heart beat started to go really fast (same sort of feeling you get after going up several flight of stairs) and then it would go quite slow and then normal etc... This lasted both times for about 3-4 hours. Does anyone have any ideas on what might be happening
Thanks
Bang & Olufsen Sound system
- by FOXXY30
- 2008-05-11 03:05:09
- Interferences
- 2184 views
- 4 comments
Hi
Is there any techno people out there?
We are having an Audi A4 next week with the above sound system which has 14 high performance loudspeakers(505 watt) and 10 channel amplifier and my cousin (who also has a pc) has just told me that I'll be sitting in a magnetic field as each of the speakers has a magnet?????
His concern is because I'm the one who had the bad experience on the Airbus fly- by -wire aircraft.
Please someone knowledgeable tell me that he is wrong!
Th...
Mom Song
- by heckboy
- 2008-05-11 02:05:43
- General Posting
- 1009 views
- 0 comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxT5NwQUtVM&feature=email
EP Study
- by elleinad23
- 2008-05-10 12:05:53
- General Posting
- 991 views
- 0 comments
Hello everyone! I haven't posted in quite sometime. I was wondering if anyone has an Electrophysiology Study since receiving their pacers? I have had 5 EP studies but they were all before my pacer. They said that they can do the study through the pacer. I have been having frequent PVC's and short runs of v-tach per my pacer and been passing out. 2 1/2 weeks ago I passed out while driving. They said they will still sedate me and put an IV in. My question is, is it still as painful as the going th...
Another new update...
- by BriBoy01
- 2008-05-10 12:05:24
- General Posting
- 1020 views
- 1 comments
I finally met with another cardiologist. He said that he feels that if the medicine is not helping my only option to feel better at this point is a PM. I am scheduled for surgery next week and now my nerves are running on high octane. I am excited to feel better finally and have my energy back and I am also optimistic the surgery will go smoothly but still nervous
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Amazing Grace!
- by bunnykin
- 2008-05-10 12:05:14
- 879 views
- 9 comments
I want to jump! I want to shout! I want to hug you people out there! Thank you so much for your well wishes and prayers from all over the world...as far as I know, there are folks from Australia, US, UK...etc. Praise the Lord, I bear good news. My hubby Paul's histology report from a Professor of another hospital came back yesterday finally after almost a week( 2nd opinion). The rectal polyp that was removed is now confirmed that it has not breached the wall of the rectum, thereby making it a ve...
hello again
- by kelsieb
- 2008-05-10 11:05:30
- General Posting
- 992 views
- 1 comments
also if there is any one who is my age message me!!! i wnat to hear your story!
HELLO
- by kelsieb
- 2008-05-10 11:05:23
- General Posting
- 960 views
- 2 comments
hi im new to this! i am 15 and got a pacemaker 3 weeks ago today! this was because i recently went from 1st degree AV block to 3rd degree. is there any advice for a new pacemaker holder?? any thing is helpful! also if anyone had DR. Fish from vanderbilt so did i?
-Kelsie
haha
- by kelsieb
- 2008-05-10 11:05:17
- General Posting
- 1490 views
- 2 comments
after i got my pacemaker all the adults at my church wanted to know if there was a remote or a wayto turn it down at times.... this was funny to me!
wii Fit board
- by heatherjones
- 2008-05-10 11:05:07
- Exercise & Sports
- 2083 views
- 2 comments
Hi,
does any one know if I can use the Wii fit board as it measures your bmi, and when i joined a gym they could not do it as it may have interfered with my pacemaker
police work
- by meg22
- 2008-05-10 10:05:43
- General Posting
- 1564 views
- 6 comments
i am a police officer and just had a PM placed 3 weeks ago. I now have low blood pressure that makes me light headed and dizzy sometimes and my vision sometimes gets a little blurry. My doctor said they can only blunt my symptoms but they will never really go away. I am unsure if I will be able to return to work. I am just windering if any other police officers have a PM and how it affects their job?
My PM and Ectopic Beats
- by susanspurs
- 2008-05-10 08:05:29
- Checkups & Settings
- 3466 views
- 4 comments
Hi Pacemaker Experts
Going to start off with my question: CAN A PACEMAKER IN ITSELF CAUSE ECTOPIC BEATS?
Since I had my Medtronic Dual Chamber PM fitted on 4th Feb for second degree AV block I've had strange beats/thumps in my chest and throat. These have now been diagnosed as ectopic beats and they have been trying different PM settings to stop it happening.
I was only being paced less than 4% of the time in AAI<=>DDD Mode set at 60ppm and gettting thousands...
You know you're wired when...
The meaning of personal computer is taken a step further.
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