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Update!

First I wanted to welcome all the people who have just recently joined. I hope you enjoy this club as much as I have.

I know I have been lacking my participation on the club lately and I thought it was high time for me to give y'all a good update. I have gradually been regaining my strength after they turned off the ventricle pacing I have felt much better. I still have some problems but it's all managable.
I am in the process of getting ready to move back to Chicago area....

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it's me again

Just a bit of good news I heard....a search and rescue dog received a pacemaker, and she is doing very good after her surgery!! I hope to locate a picture of her. Hers is for heart block. Aren't these "little friends" just wonderful? My pacemaker is my best friend.

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pacemaker brand

Hi! Everyone!!!
I am new to this group! Is there anyone else out there with a pacemaker by ela? Mine is a Rhapsody DR 2530.

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Anyone work at walmart?

Hi Im 24 years old and work part time as an emt on the ambulance and part time as a cashier at walmart. I was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect at the age of 23 and suffered severe SVT and after an ablation of nearly destroying the whole sinus node of the heart and I had a pacemaker implanted 3 months ago. I wanted to ask if anyone knows about pacemakers and the electical devices at walmart. Standing over the security demagnitzer as well as funtioning a wireless scanner all day I cant h...

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Heart Rate Monitor

I had seen where someone had mentioned the Polar heart rate monitor and want to ask if anyone knows of any problems the "uncoded" monitors would have with pacemakers. I have looked on the Polar site but found no mention of pacers.
Thanks,
Pete

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abbrevations in the PM world

I am new to the PM site, just 12 days since install.
I read a post this morning that had so many abbrevations that I couldn't understand it.

For example:
EP
AF
PVC, which I don't think is poly vinyl chloride
INR
TACHY
BRADY
POTS
SVT'
CIVU
NCS
EF, just to name a few

Would it be possible to get an abbreviation list/definitions maybe in the 'Information" section under FAQs or maybe its seperate tab?

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PM Club Website

Hi, Blake and other members.

I was just thinking...I know later this year that there will be some improvements made to the fuctionality of the site per the spring issue of The Pulse (chat room, photo gallery, private messages, list of abbreviations/terms and what they mean etc.)

Is it also possible to place links to the PM brands' websites? (Like St. Jude, Medtronic, Sorin Group, etc.) I am not sure if this is possible or if there are legal issues involved or not. I kno...

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Bio-feedback

Reading some of the responses this morning; it was mentioned about how anxiety can cause some of the same sensations and symptoms as what some people believe they're PMs are doing.

Frank, you are so right on! Had to say that. Keep putting your two cents in because you make alot of sense.

My husband uses this particular analogy all the time, so I thought it would be germane to share it: You take your car in for a tune up. You have it worked on. Then when you get it back a...

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haveing a hard time still

i have such a hard time with my daughters heart prob she has long q t syndrom and sick sinus syndrome then she got epelpsy at the age of 10 she died onme on christmas morning an 8 times after that it so hard i am scarried evey time she leave on her own , but i hope to share more with other moms who have been there may help me out.. it has caused me probs like im dizzy dail now from all the stress anyone else going throue this to ok hope to chat w someone

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young and a little scared.

hi.

i stumbled on this site this morning, and i'm THRILLED to find a community in which i can post concerns related to my pacemaker and heart, and have others understand, and hopefully be able to help guide someone else through their mess...

i got my pacemaker in late february this year (happy birthday to me! most expensive b-day gift anyone ever gave me. thank you aetna! HAHahaha.) and have been healing up just fine. (i have brady/tachy syndrome, AF, MVP and MVR.) the prob...

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Ventricular Tachycardia

Hi!,
In the past you have been a great help. Thank you. I hope you can help me again. I had my pacemaker implanted in 2004, and I have third degree heart block. I just came home from the hospital with what my doctor says is "pacemaker ventricular tachycardia." I have had this before, my settings have been changed, but I continue to have this problem. My doctor seems unsure of what to do next. My question: Is this condition serious? Could I die from it? What do you think I could do about it...

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Sleep settings help...

So far my recovery has gone well. I am still more sore then I expected but it is getting better. I have my follow-up appointment tomorrow with my EP and had a few questions. I have not been able to lay down and go to sleep since I got my PM. I have searched and read all of the posts about this problem with others so I was wondering what exactly is the feature called that I should talk to my EP about? Also, pre-PM I was running in the mid 20's at night. What range should the doc put me at for sle...

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Inverter Microwaves??

Silly question time:

I know that a regular microwave oven is fine for PMs but if it's an Inverter Microwave is it safe too?

We bought one before all this PM stuff happened and apparently I told Hubby that the Inverter Microwave couldn't be used d/t my PM.

My memory has been affected by the surgeries, maybe stress and I just don't recall what/why I thought it couldn't be used.

Does anyone have an answer to this silly question? Tx.

Bionic Be...

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hi

do you want to chat cathy?

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Bands & Pm

Hi Everyone,

I was just wondering if..going to a live band that plays very loud music can affect your Pm & Heart? My son plays in a band & I do like to go & listen to him I also like to hear others play. Last night I went to hear a band and after awhile...it seemed like I could feel every beat in my Pm...Is this possible? I sure hope not.

Gloria

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can i ride a rollercoaster???

i am 12 and i was just wondering if anyone knows if it is ok to ride a rollercoaster with a pacemaker?

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Depression

I have just posted another message about depression. Does anyone take prozac? have you known it to make the heart thing worse, I would be interested to know? My Dr thinks it is OK to take it but I'm not sure?

Please reply

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Depression and heart problems

A number of people have expressed classic symptoms of depression on this board, either directly or indirectly. Read the FAQ section. There is a blurb about "depression" and "anxiety"; they both go hand in hand with having heart problems. All of us "oldies" on this site should make a point of stressing these facts to the newbies! Us "oldies" know, if we're honest with ourselves; we are stepping stones for all the newbies.

I fought acknowledging that I suffered from these problems becau...

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so helpful

Hi All

I am still quite new to this. I have found some of the topics really interesting, I wish I had found this site sooner.

The only support my family has received is from the patient support group STARS (Syncope Trust And Reflex Anoxic Seizure) they are a charity who support suffers with blackouts, has any body see their site www.stars.org.uk they have been fantastic.

Has anybody had genetic testing, my family are just going through this now as my daughter...

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Rollercoasters...

I rode the roller coasters! ;D I asked the NP & she said she didn't see why I couldn't.

I do have a question though~

I had my pm placed early march of this year & am 36yo. 2 years ago I rode the rollercoasters & after everyone I felt really light-headed & couldn't ride them w/o feeling oozie.... Prior to PM do you think my heart could have been the reason I felt bad way back then? I haven't had dx heart probs then... just the PVC's that were 'harmless'.

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