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Dream Man

Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cellular phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands-free speaker function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen.

MAN: "Hello"

WOMAN: "Hi Honey, it's me. Ar...

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Happy birthday

to my bionic buddy who came to live in me three years ago this week. Sometimes I forget he/she's there but that's good news, no? I wish everyone could have as easy a time with their devices as I have with mine (knock wood) LOL

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Help!!!! My cat wont come in my room now!

I hope someone can help me and quickly! Ok....we got a 21/2 year old cat, as sweet as can be, about 3 weeks prior to my RE-implant of a new pacemaker. Its a new , German made "BIOTRONIK" ... It comes with this "monitor" that your supposed to keep next to your bed & at least 6" away and not more than 6 feet away.
...OK my problem is this...my new cat gives me hope and love and she slept next to me for most of those 3 weeks! (I have long term h-o abuse etc and after never being "able" to al...

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New Dual Medtronic Pacemaker

I'm 57 years old and on 2/14/13 had to have a P/M put in. My cardiologist and I have been watching this for two years and all the EKG's I had said I was not ready for a P/M. I did pass out last April and one year before that because my heart rate dropped. On 2/14/13 my heart rate dropped to 38 but my BP stayed normal. I did not pass out this time. As a matter of fact, the emergency room doctor and the four cardiologist in my doctor's practice could not believe that my BP stayed normal with a hea...

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single lead

Why do they just put in a single lead? Is it because of AV node block or A-fib? Just wondering as I have a single lead to the ventricle. aldeer

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Does this work???

A woman goes to the Doctor, worried about her husband's temper.

The Doctor asks: "What's the problem?"

The woman says: "Doctor, I don't know what to do. Every day my husband seems to lose his temper for no reason. It scares me."

The Doctor says: "I have a cure for that. When it seems that your husband is getting angry, just take a glass of water and start swishing it in your mouth. Just swish and swish but don't swallow it until he either leaves the room or ca...

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? for my electrical engineers friends

85 years old, single lead to ventricle, complete AV block, Afib....Lots of SOB last couple of months. Could it be related to change in setting a couple of months ago ? I asked what change was for and told that it would make it more "sensitive". The cardiologist had asked for it. My high rate episodes have not been more than once every 6 months and very short. Thanks for any suggestions..
aldeer

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Choosing a Medical Conditions

If you could have any medical condition, but it had to be something...what would you choose?

Grateful Heart

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Fun :)

Like Tracey said... It's the weekend.... Lets have some fun!

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Merlin Home Transmitter

Does anyone know what happens if the power supply goes off to my Merlin. It appears to reset itself when power comes back on but not sure....
Wayne in Australia

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CT scan

My pacemaker stayed at the rate setting for two years after I received it. At that time I needed an MRI but couldn't have it due to my Pacemaker so they did a CT scan instead.. Since then ffor 8 months I have had Atrial Fiberlation full time with a heart rate from 85 to 127. Could the CT scan be responcible for ths change in heart rate. Thanks for any help I might receive.

Lois

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The Fortune Teller



In a dark and hazy room, peering into a crystal ball, the Mystic delivered grave news: "There's no easy way to tell you this, so I'll just be blunt. Prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent and horrible death this year."


Visibly shaken, the wife stared at the woman's lined face, then at the single flickering candle, then down at her hands.


She took a few deep breaths to compose herself - and to stop her mind racing. She simply...

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article on guidelines for ICD and CRT

from the Heart Rhythm Society
http://www.hrsonline.org/Practice-Guidance/Clinical-Guidelines-Documents/Featured-Guidelines-Folder/Appropriate-Use-Criteria-for-ICDs-and-CRT#axzz2MFWh7lXQ

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PM's & defibrillators

Hi All,
Last weekend had help someone who had passed out. No pulse no breathing etc but we got her going, thank goodness. However, it got me wondering can someone with a pacemaker have one of these portable defibrillators used on them in such a situation??
Seems obvious, but I haven't got a clue.
Lizzie

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Any career suggestions?

My 31 year old son has a PM (5 years ago) and after a lethal arrythmia in 2012 now has a ICD inplant. He is no longer able to work as a carpenter/home renovator and has been in out of hospital 3-4 times each year for further ablations for the past 6 years, surgically repostioning of pacemaker and wires that have come through the skin due to the physical job. He is thinking about taking a course for using heavy equipment and possibly driving a small bobcat or forklift - but I question all the vib...

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Any new career suggestions following Pm and ICD

My 31 year old son has a PM (5 years ago) and after a lethal arrythmia in 2012 now has a ICD inplant. He is no longer able to work as a carpenter/home renovator and has been in out of hospital 3-4 times each year for further ablations for the past 6 years, surgically repostioning of pacemaker and wires that have come through the skin due to the physical job. He is thinking about taking a course for using heavy equipment and possibly driving a small bobcat or forklift - but I question all the vi...

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new member

Hi friends i just join the PM club ,i had my PM since 2009 and never had a problem til now ,i feel a little strange on the shoulder the PMs on, has this ever happen to anyone i do sleep on both sides?

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question

has anyone felt a strange sensation near their pm before?

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Hoped I would feel better

after the pacemaker but I haven't. Don't know what the problem is but I have been feeling rotten during the day, unable to sleep at night because of my palpitations. I feel that it can't be due to PM but I know that in the two and a half months since implant, there have only been four or five days when I felt as good as I used to. Tech recently raised the day rate to 60 when quiet. 80 when doing household chores and 120 on rate reponse. My only exercise is walking a half hour a day and climbing...

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caffine/Coffee/Dleep

Hello every one, Still above the dirt... 2 wire pm still doing a good job. My question short and brief. Does coffee wake you up.
I do not even seem to be effected by coffee. And another question. They still have my pm set st 80 fixed after 2 years. Any one else in this same ride?.
Pete Damron
Texas.

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In fact after the final "tweaks" of my pacemaker programming at the one year check up it is working so well that I forget I have it.