First check up down..

Hey all...just wanted everyone to know that I had my one-week check up today and things are looking good. I got the staples out (and almost passed out in the process), and my incision looks awesome...no swelling!!! All the tests looked good, and I was able to get my self-test time changed to 3am and my sleep mode adjusted a bit, so I can get a good nights sleep and hopefully sleep through the self test. I am currently using my PM 11% of the time - not bad in the grand scheme, but enough to make me feel a heck of a lot better! I had 254 rate drop episodes in the last week...a little scary for me to see on paper, but I know there are folks out there who are much worse off. So, for now, I am on the mend and getting there. One more week off and then back to work and normal life. I was officially released to drive again after the black out episodes...so Yay! Thanks for all the support!

3 Comments

Rate drop

by Pookie - 2009-04-20 07:04:27

Great to hear that your check up went so well, glad to hear they changed the self test too.

11% of the time...that is excellent.

I only have one question: what is rate drop?

Enjoy the rest of your time off before going back to work!!!!!!!!

Pookie

Rate Drop

by pezzypooh - 2009-04-21 01:04:08

That would be episodes of my heart rate dropping, so my pacemaker kicks on to raise my rate back up. I am not using the pacer all the time because my heart rate is fine 90% of the time.

Numberitus

by ElectricFrank - 2009-04-21 12:04:01

Be careful not to develop that terrible condition called number-itus! You will have problems the rest of your life.

I have a particularly bad case of it.
10 fingers
10 toes
2 eyes
2 ears
1 mouth

I check every morning for any change!!!

G:

frank

You know you're wired when...

You play MP3 files on your pacer.

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Today I explained everything to my doctor, he set my lower rate back to 80 and I felt an immediate improvement.