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Why??

I 've got LV <30 EF, 100% occluded [R] main coronary artery and 40% occlusion of the [L] main coronary artery. I Died during the EP study, then I had a atrial pacemaker, ventricular pacemaker, difibrilator with built in heart monitor installed.
My question is why are they not trying to clear the arteries??
I am not taking any medication for choletorol or anything.
Have they decided I'd probably die during the procedure or doing the procedure wouldn't really prolong my life??

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POTS Online Chat Tomorrow at Cleveland Clinic

Hi folks--I notice that some of us have POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) which is a form of dysautonomia. Tomorrow, June 17th there is going to be an online chat with a doctor from the Cleveland Clinic. Questions can be submitted today, June 16th. Here is a copy/paste of the information posted on the new Dysautonomia Forum at the Med Help:

Hi all.......

My name is Connie and I'm from the Heart forums. I ran across some information that I thought might be h...

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re: why??

Sorry, for the earlier post.. I got up on wrong side of bed this morning..I just wanted to get that off my chest...tomorrow will be 6 months ago that I died during the EP study and brought back, so you could say I'll be 6 months old tomorrow, and on wednesday I'll be 45 yrs. old.

Zombie

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I'll be gone for a couple of weeks.

I'm off to the Sierra's camping for a couple of weeks away from the internet. Time to give my pacer its summer workout.

frank

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Fred Come and Chat

Are you still there, Fred? Come and chat. W.

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Happy Father's Day!

Hello to all the fathers out there! Happy Father's Day, hope you enjoyed it... I just want to say a special kudos to the dads out there with kids that have pms... I know we are expensive! Anyway, keep up the great work and keep pacing!!!!

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Chat?

Hi Anyone going into the chat room?

Bionic Beat

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Adddios Tablets

OK have got use to having the pacemaker after five months, still have niggles but hey much better. One problem I have and that is with weight gain. I am on no meds but have put on a few pounds. Anyone tried these Addios Tablets, they are a herbal aid to slimming. You have to diet and exercise with them, normal for me anyway. I have taken two and then thought has anyone else tried these!

What is the opinion, are herbal tabs safe.

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@@@@@@HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!!

Good Day to all the Father's, may you enjoy your day!

I hope you all get just what you want, A nap, some airplanes, some hugs and some appreciation for all the things you do.

May the sun shine warmly upon each an every one of you!

I hope you have a great day!

Pacergirl

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Fireman down! :-(

Well, I am brand new to this site and i really didn't even know there were things like this for PM people...This is cool. Anyway I've had the PM since i was 2 years old and i have pretty much done my own thing you know. I have been a Firefighter for 5 years and a paramedic for 1 year. I had just started a new fire job like a month ago and like i said i have been doing this for 5 years and on the first day at this new job i fell out twice on the hose line during training... This was without a dou...

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What not to say to your EP

I could use some help finding a Doctor who specializes in removing a foot from one's mouth..would that be a podiatrist or a dentist???
I researched about my EP study before having it done, the worst it said could happen was death and those odds were 1 in a thousand, So after all the I-V's are in and I'm feeling good my Ep Doctor walks in, and I asked him if I am # 998 or #999, He didn't get it till I explained...I was # 1,000.
Then the foot jumped in my mouth again at my first ICD fol...

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come to chat?

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Just checking in...

Hello pm family!

Just wanted to tell ya that I'm on the mend and doing okay from the gallbladder surgery. I'm a little more sore than I expected and not up and around as much as I hoped by now, but I'm hopeful! :) Some of you gave me some great advice about how to sleep and other things to expect, so I appreciate it immensely. It has all helped! Now I can't wait to eat some real food next week!

Happy pacing...
ela-girl

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Getting a Pacemaker & Life

Hello all,
I am new. I do not even have my Pacemaker yet. It will be in July as lomg as symptoms do not get worse.
I have a few questions.

1. will I have trouble if I try and get new health insurance?

2. Is it true..you can't even have a few beers with freinds? Someone just told me that one. Said you can't have alcohol!

3. Does each doctor just use whatever type of pacemaker they are use..or do diff. pts. get different ones? I know there are different k...

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DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THOSE WITH A PM/ICD

I don't know what the California laws, or any state or federal laws are regarding people having pacemakers and/or defibrillators may be. But any law or rule that places a penalty restriction on people with a heart assist device is unfair and asinine. All that any of us that have these heart assist devices have done is learned that we have a medical problem and that problem has been corrected or helped by a man-made device. Getting that manmade device has not made us a higher risk for any activit...

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Medtronic Rep Madison, WI

Like many posts I've read on here I've been having problems getting my PM programmed correctly. I have been to the PM clinic several times complaining about PVCs (lots of them) and other symptoms like shortness of breath and fatigue. They kind of implied that I really wasn't having PM problems because the PM wasn't recording any episodes.

For the last 10 days (I've only had my PM a month) the problem kept getting worse until I nearly ended up in the ER and then they finally began to...

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For Fred in Seattle

Come and chat, Fred. Wannabe

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Baby Can I Drive My Car? (with an ICD?)

So, next week on June 18th I have my Guidant 1290 pacemaker replaced with a St. Judes CRT/ICD.

What's the situation with driving?

Are there state regulations (Californina here) for people with ICD's? Do EP's generally allow patients to drive? Do ICD's give any pre-defibrillating warning before firing? This already seems to be a high anxiety situation knowing that at any moment one can get zapped, and if on the road, this certainly could present a problem.

As L...

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What Does It Feel Like???

I will not be getting my pm untill July. I am Really nervous.
What does it feel like? Can I feel when it is pacing? Does it feel like palpitations? That seems like it would feel uncomfortable.
I realize it will take some getting use to.

For instance...someone said when they have a few beers..it makes the pacer kick in and they don't feel well. Would it not pace often....or everytime your hr drops? Does it make you feel funny?
Can i ask the doctor to set it low..It was n...

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Thanks!

I just wanted to thank you all for the encouraging comments you guys posted about my graduation... I am at school today waiting to be called down. I love you guys!

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You fondly named your implanted buddy.

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