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Happy birthday to me!!

Happy birthday to my little Pacemaker, has kept me going this past year, also a year without the ciggies, though don’t feel any better for not having them….. I do miss them!!

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Len

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Need help also

Does anyone in the Fort Lauderdale / Davie area of Florida need support? I have had my ICD for 18 months now, and I have no one to talk to. Have gone to head doctors, but without knowing the feeling of a ICD and shocks, lightheadedness, panic attacks and vertigo, they are not much help. There are no support groups here to help, and no one to talk to.

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Heart beat in ears

Does anyone have what I call a constant hearing of your heart beat in both ears. happens all the time and not just at bedtime. I have had my ICD for 18 months and the heartbeat is starting to drive me over the edge.

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Where's Pookie?

Hello Everyone,

Has anybody heard from Pookie lately?

I miss her.

Moner
>^..^<

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feeling way better

Hello everyone,
I believed I've been off line for a while...due to a nasty cold!
First, I would like to thank you guys for your opinion/suggestions with regards to my question about the immune system getting week after the implant.
I went to see my dr and was prescribed with REST ONLY so I took sometime off again from work and just take things as easy as I can. I managed with a couple of paperbacks to read for more than a week or so (so peaceful!!!!!) As my manager put it, knowing...

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keloid scar

Hi guys and girls,
Just wandering whether anyone else has developed a keloid scar over their pm.I have one even though I've never had a keloid scar in my life and I have had some surgery.Just wandering whether the skin on the chest is perhaps more susceptible to keloids than elsewhere on the body??? Your response will be appreciated.Thanks Chris

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PVC's

Does anyone know if it is typical for PVC's to worsen after a pacemaker implant? I've read some of the posts about PVC's but didn't see anything about whether or not a pacemaker can make them worse. I am now six weeks post implant, the erratic heart beats have calmed some but I am still experiencing a lot of them, especially at night.
I have had a hard time getting in to see my doc or even talk to him to discuss this again but am finally being worked in tomorrow and hopefully he can get thi...

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Stuck on 60 part two

I went to the ER this morning because I was weak in my legs and felt very bad and was overcome with anxiety. The doctor ran a few test to see what might be causeing my heart rate to stay around 60bpm, even after some walking and exercise. Well first of all I was dehydrated and electrolytes were low also, they put me on a bag and 45 minutes later, my HR had increased to 77, about what it runs during being up and around. Doctor said that electrolytes and being hydrated was huge in heart functio...

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3 years and going strong:)

Hello everyone :)
I haven't been in here for awhile to post
but I come in often and read
I had my 3 year anniversary with my lil friend
in Oct Oct 20th 2009 to be exact :) and I am so
glad for my lil friend
I have not named her yet - becuz she is just my lil friend that stands by me in case I need her :)
I was told at my last appt that I am pacing less then I was in 2009 - I asked how can this be ? well it seems with excerise and doing the right t...

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pictures

I forgot to ask I don't remember who is in charge of
deleting the pics ? I want to put on some newer pics
and delete the older pics can someone help me with that
my member name is different now -
thanks again
breeze

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CHANGE IN DEFIBRILLATOR THERAPY LEADS TO BENEFITS

Interesting article for those of us with defibrillators:

Small Change in Defibrillator Therapy Leads to Huge Benefits for Heart Patients


ScienceDaily (Nov. 6, 2012) — A new study shows that defibrillators -- devices designed to detect and correct dangerous heart rhythms -- can help people with heart disease live longer, and with a much better quality of life, than they do now.

A small, very simple change in the way physicians set or programmed the device le...

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HOPE FOR THOSE WITh HEART FAILURE

Two Years Out, Patients Receiving Stem Cell Therapy Show Sustained Heart Function Improvement, Study Suggests

ScienceDaily (Nov. 6, 2012) — For a phase I clinical trial, these results are the Holy Grail. Yet researchers from the University of Louisville and Brigham and Women's Hospital reported just such almost-never-attained data.

In a Late-Breaking Clinical Trial session on Nov. 6 at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2012 meeting, Roberto Bolli, M.D., of...

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MUST READ FOR THOSE WITH AV BLOCK

Patients With Heart Block See Strong Benefit from Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

ScienceDaily (Nov. 6, 2012) — Heart failure patients with a condition called "heart block" derive significant benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), according to the results of the Block HF clinical trial, presented November 6 at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2012 meeting in Los Angeles.
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lt takes time !

l have just come back from a brilliant 4wk holiday in S Africa.
l just wanted to let you know that before l had my PM l couldnt even arrange to meet friends for a coffee because l never knew how l would feel from one day to another & although l still have other heart related problems my PM has made my health so much more stable.
l didnt really feel the full benefit of my PM for the first 12mths it seemed to take a while for us to get used to each other,so please if you are not feeling...

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Need Support

Does anyone feel comfortable exchanging emails and chatting ?
I need support , dealing with trama a year ago.
38 Male ... open heart surgery at 2 months old , had a single lead pacemaker implanted last December ...

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Keyless entry, push button start

My husband had the listed Medtronic pacemaker. We bought a keyless entry, push button start Camry and a few weeks after starting to drive this he was found dead after getting out of the car and was lying at the front wheel. It was listed as a heart attack but I wonder if it was related to the Camry keyless entry system. Does anybody have any further information?

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I don't want a new pacer....

I was born with a "1/2 heart". Two of my chambers were underdeveloped. I was born with no tricuspid valve. My left lung became part of my heart. I have had 4 major open hearts, and several little minor ones. In "O3" I went in to for a fix of a leaky valve. I still have my PIG and now have a Bovine valve. While they were in, they placed a Pace Maker in.

It has been almost 10 years. I am PM dependent. No health insurance, My husband just died last week. I am 33. I never wanted the pace...

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All's Well (so far)

Hello Everyone,
Well, I had the procedure yesterday, and am now the proud owner of a Medtronic PACER (that's what they call it at my hospital).
Today, soreness is present, but not overwhelming; more itchy than anything else.
I must say that the hospital staff (Kingston Ontario) were absolutely top notch - cheery and professional. I knew it would be an interesting experience when the Scottish speaking cardiologist asked me what type of music I'd like to listen to during the proce...

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scared silly

Hi can someone please reasure me iv made the call to cardio to go ahead for a pm inplant and now await a date im in the UK. I am so worried to how he is gunna get the pm in my shoulder area as im so thin and i dont feel much muscle is this gunna end up looking an awful big bump? also when i had my ablation i could feel the wires as they moved them into my arteries awful sencasion will i feel the same as the wires are fed to my heart think its a duel chamber they are fitting (2 wires). can say i...

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Stuck on 60

Seems as if my heart rate will not increase much over 60bpm as it is set at rest, even moving around and walking doesnt increase it the last few days.

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