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Considering Pace Maker yes/No

I have Atrial Fibrillation. Have had ablation and numerous meds. My heart is irregular most of the time and I feel bad. Doc now says Pace Maker is the only answer. Please tell me your experience with pace maker good/bad. What do think? Will it help? Does Pros outweigh Cons? Can you do normal yard work? Live normal life? Travel? Marvin

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my post on PM movement

to all of you who responded to my post on PM movement i just wanted to say much thanks for your time and insights. information is a great "soother" and this site always puts my mind at ease and also raises more wonderful questions for later times!
steve

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in the cold.

To Guess 55. Yes, Milwaukee also.

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Seeing Red :)

Hello all you GO RED supporters. YEA!

Each one of you looks "Smashing" in your Red! What a wonderful group you are!

If any other members have not had time to check out the latest Member Gallery photos, I'd like to encourage you to do so. You will be seeing red! :-)

It is so great to call each of you "My colorful pacer friends" Thank you for your support!

Blessings to each of you!

Pacergirl :)

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Pacemakers in General

Reading through the messages today there is a vast amount of people suffering problems after receiving PM.

Are PM's dangerous? Do they cause heart problems?

Anyone have the knowledge to put my mind at rest.

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Neurocardiogenic Syncope

I have made several posts recently regarding problems that I have been experiancing since I received my pacemaker. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who commented and gave me advice about my situation.

I saw my doctor on Friday, and she repeated another tilt-table test. It revealed that even with all of the medicine that I am on, my blood pressure is still dropping very low and my heart rate drops almost 50 bpm in a single beat. The pacemaker is keeping me fro...

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Up for a chat

Kay my computer shows you are logged on Going to Chat can you wait for me Billie

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Camp

Hey! I was wondering if anyone knew of any good PM camps. Not that I need to go to a special camp, I just think it would be cool to meet other kids like me. I googled Pacemaker camps and got a website called sickKids. Why sick kids? We're not sick and I don't think that that was a very appropriate name. Maybe it was a site for other more serious conditions like cancer. I don't know. Ah well. :)

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health insurance

hi i am a canadian citized as is my husband. we live in ontario one of the provinces here.a few years aback about four the provincial government decided to follow suit with other provinces and start collecting a health tax. it is taken of my old age pension as is it taken off my husbands. it is about 40 a month i think. even people on social assistance pay this. it covers medical care. here. the government of course subsidizes the rest. at 65 our drugs or most are payed for except for a 6.11 fe...

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Keeping Perspective

I just want to say...in lieu of recent postings...that this is a support group. People come here for all sorts of reasons and one of those it to find help to problems or fears they are experiencing. Hence the topics of some posts. Why worry about all the what if's that you cannot control? I am SO blessed to have my pacemaker...yesterday I went hiking in the Superstition Mt. Wilderness Area by my home and hiked up past 3200 ft. The hike was amazing. I would never have been able to enjoy my...

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Go Red Movement

Hello,
Just a bit more information about the Go Red movement. I encourage everyone to check it out for themselves though. :-)

Here it is.... I copied this from the American Heart Association's website...........
"We're working hard to change the perception that heart disease is a "man's disease." And it's working! By teaching more and more women how to talk to their doctors about heart disease, we can save thousands of lives every year. Because the good news is that h...

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pacemaker movement?

greetings all:
i am now just 7 weeks post-op PM implant and have a question. i am a thinner person with the PM implanted in the upper left chest area and it is quite noticable which does not really bother me (visually). my question is, at this point in recovery, does the PM shift its position under the skin to a certain extent? at times, it seems as though the appearance of the site changes-one day more pronounced on the left margin and another day more pronounced on the right side of the P...

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Not received it yet

Hello
I am new to all of this. They tell me I have to get a pacemaker and I still don't believe it. I am 55. Have never had trouble except fainting occasionally. Now I have fainted about 9 times this month. 5 in one day. Not sure whats going on. They tell me my heart rate is just too slow sometimes so I black out. Always have a warning so get on the floor or bed. Can you tell me if this is the right thing to do. Will I damage my heart with these shocks from the pacemaker. I do not hurt myse...

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Afib caused by pacemaker?

As much as I'm aware of it, I never had an atrial fibrillation episode until two months after I got my pacemaker. I'm now taking coumadin because of that episode. Is it reasonable to consider the possibility that this was caused by my pacemaker? How would you pose this question to a doctor?

Vonnie

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pulling feeling around pacemaker site

I had a dual chamber pacemaker implanted in early Nov, 07.
Third degree complete block - 59 years old. No symptoms previous to this; this was an acute episode, and otherwise healthy. Several days later, the ventricular lead became dislodged and needed to be replaced. ( I complained to the EP that the thoracic surgeon in my opinion was rough and gruff during the first surgery, by the way.) I was assured during the second procedure there was nothing I had done to cause this, and I have to...

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Frozen Shoulder???

Help! It has been 7 months since I received my pacemaker. Now in the 6th month I started to have pain in upper right arm. Not angina, I know how that feels, it just keeps getting worse when I reach or move arm certain ways,etc. My cardio checked it out and sent me to a ortho doctor. I can't lift my arm when straight out to the side hardly at all. Very painful to do much. He thinks I have a frozen shoulder or a tear in rotar cuff. No injury or accident just the pain came on slowly and continues t...

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heart fluttering & shoulder problem

Someone asked recently about feeling of heart fluttering. Yes, I have that often while sitting quitely. Maybe othertimes I am too busy to notice. I, also, have feeling of pain (or irritation) in my shoulder often after swimming even tho my pm is low on my chest. Swimsuit still irritates lead right under skin. Putting a shoulder pad between suit & lead helps, but hope that at some point I will not feel it. Otherwise, pm is just great! aldeer

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Re- Guidant Case

Hi
Where can I read comments about Guidant settlement as I am new . Thanks Janner

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flying

Saw one message about flying with the PM, I am afraid to fly not because of the PM, but because of my heart condition. I do not feel good when I get above 3000 ft. We drove to California for thankgiving, took the lowest route, but still had about 8 hours of 4000 to 4200 ft altitude. Made it OK but did not feel good, until got down to below 2000 ft. Most aiircraft are pressured to about 5000 ft, so am just afraid to try it.

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