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PM & golf

Well, my PM was put in at the right time! After the postponement from last week my bp & heart rate were fine. After I got home yesterday from the insertion I was around 75-82 heart rate; when I checked before going to bed, I was like 140/74 and heart rate was 60! The PM was pacing. If I had not been one to believe in prayers (which I am) I sure would be now! (Boy, this one hand pecking is different!)

Anyway, a question for golfers; any ideas as to how long you really have to wait befo...

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question

Can they force you to have the pacemaker replaced when the batteries run out if you dnt sign the consent form for them to do it?

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PM inserted today!

Well I was successful with having my pacemaker inserted today. I arrived at St. Josephs at 8am and finally got out of there around 3pm! To all responders of my 'staying overnight' questions, I am also one of the few who did not have to stay overnight! A real 'out patient' experience.
Anyway, does anyone have the Zephyr SR Model 5626 from St. Jude Medical? That's what I have.
Thanks.....duggie

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How to post a picture.

Hello all you smart people.

I have been having some trouble uploading photos. So far, the advice I have received has made no difference.
I need a volunteer, who would be willing to explain to me step by step how to proceed.
What exactly do you do from A to Z to post your photo?
I posted one on my own, a long time ago, and since then, my computer has rebelled. May be it got spooked?
Thanks,

~ Dominique ~

Gasp!!! ( my spam filter is fffme )...

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Smart Key (Keyless) Entry and Start Feature on Toyotas and Other Cars

Is any one familiar with the smart key (keyless) entry and start feature on Toyota and some other cars? If you have the fob in your hand or purse, the driver's side door unlocks when you approach the car without having to push a button on the fob or use a key. To start the car you push a button instead of using a key.

I was just about to go and finalize a deal to purchase a 2009 Toyota Corolla with the smart key feature, when I found out on the internet that there is a cautionary stat...

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go to chat.

cathy do you have time to go to chat. i sometimes get kicked out of there but it is worth a try. this computer is retarded lol jessie

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First Check - Not sure

Well I went to my first check since the implant of PM.
Explained how I was feeling. My cadiologist agreed that I could have the base rate turned down to 50. He said that the rapid response was turned off or low (couldn't understand that part of the french conversation) and that the voltage was also taken down. I also asked about the medication and that if the ectopic beats were just benign and I did not have any heart problems that would suffer I would prefer to try and stop the Bet...

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Long time no post...

Hello all. Just thought I would check in and see what is going on in "here". I am just pacing along great. I did need to go into the hospital recently to conduct an EP study with a possible ablation because I have been having symptoms of superventricular tachydardia. The doc was not able to duplicate my heart rythms, so he did not ablate. This all happened a month ago. Today I went in and spoke to the doc's nurse and he told me that they saw that I definently had a heart block in my ventr...

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Make sure you check it out!

I would like to encourage each and everyone one of you to check out the links that Valerie has posted below this message. You will not be disappointed. I was completely swept away with positive emotions.
Please, take some time to check it out.
Happy viewing,
Pacergirl

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Our Unique Family

Hi peoples!
Here, something for all of you:

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h39sYoaaY7I
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YqY6nHxw_s

Told ya' you're always in my thoughts :)
Enjoy!
~Valerie
p.s. I can always delete stuff, so let me know (this sounds confusing now, but if you look at the links, you'll know what I mean).

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6 weeks in, got some issues.......

Hi Guys...

Right, deep breath, I'm 7 weeks down the road from my DDD Medtronic PM fitting for 3rd Degree AV Block and 29 years old living in Milton Keynes (UK), haven't been on here for a while so apologies for the intro ;o) The op went ok, and I'm yet to have my first pacer clinic check up, which maybe the answer to my fist concern but the wound is still pretty sore to touch and I'm struggling or maybe afraid to pick up my 2 year old daughter or when I do I cringe as it stings and is...

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Frustrated

Well I haven't posted on here in awhile. I am not doing very good. About a month ago, I passed out at the pulmonologists office. I refused to go to the ER because like always I knew nothing would be done. Last Sunday morning I was at work and started having severe chest pain. I went to the ER, but not before I got so confused I didn't know where I was or anything.

They said my BP was dropping really low. I had a positive tilt table test (and couldn't get a BP reading) and they placed...

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Confused? So am I...

Hey everybody. I am just wondering if anybody else is as overwhelmed by the amount of Medtronic recalls and lawsuits these days. With as many people depening on them everyday! I have never had a problem with Medtronic, but I am feeling a bit concerned...

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A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.

I found this article in Reader's Digest, and I was so fascinated that I had to share it with you.
In the near future, there will be a new protein, like a seed that causes new vessels to sprout, creating a network of capillaries and small arteries.
Could that be the end of open heart bypass surgery, or a cure for CHF?
Please read on.

~ Dominique ~

New Treatment for Heart Transplant Hopefuls
An experimental treatment is giving desperately ill heart patient...

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RISKS OF PROCEEDURE

I am always amused when asked to sign a consent form in hospital. I one had one once that had hand written in big letters accross it "Risk of Death". It took me one second to sign it.
To me all consent forms should also list the risks of not having the treatment as those risks are much greater. I know it is frustrating if something does not turn out as well as it could or should have done. For a very few the outcome can make the patient worse off than before. But when you go into hospital y...

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Meeting in Portsmouth England

Does anyone live in Portsmouth, Hampshire in the United Kingdom. I am at the moment living in France near Bergerec and am going home for a week on the 29th Feb. Be good to hear from any pacers in that area.

Julie

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First appointment tomorrow

Hi

Just thought I would say that I have loads of questions for the Cardiologist tomorrow. Thanks everyone and hopefully I will come away without tablets, and the rate response turned off and the bpm lowered. Does that sound positive or what!

Without all these suggestions I would not know what to do.

Let you all know how I get on tomorrow.

Julie

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A Tattoo For My PM

Hi everyone. I am pretty new to this site. I am 20 years old and had my PM for 10 years due to AV heartblock and bradycardia since birth. (I am very interested in sharing stories with anyone and hopefully with some people close in age).

I was just wondering if anyone had some ideas on what kind of tattoo would represent my PM. Does anyone have one which symbolizes their PM or condition, or possibly have seen some? I was hoping to incorporate a heart and/or butterfly (or even a shamroc...

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I'm Back

Hello Folks,

I’m back. I got home late Tuesday. I had 2 more stents implanted in the RCA (right coronary artery). That makes three in that one vessel so the doctor told me. That gives me a total of six stents. When I look at a X-ray of my chest and see all the metal I have in my body, (6 stents, 7 pieces of wire where they tied me back together after the bypass surgery and a pacemaker with 2 leads) I think I may have a problem making it through a metal detector.

An...

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Meeting Up!

So I have read a lot of posts in the past month about how we would all really enjoy to have a pacemaker club reunion type thing. I have said to some that I am willing to start putting something together but haven't because I have not heard any responses back. So my curiousity is ruling over me. How many are interested in meeting up and having a get together?
I know that we are all so spread out and it could be a little hard. I think meeting in the middle would not be a bad thing. I k...

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You know you're wired when...

You have a $50,000 chest.

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As for my pacemaker (almost 7 years old) I like to think of it in the terms of the old Timex commercial - takes a licking and keeps on ticking.