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Hey, this is Christopher again. I'm a new member on here. How do I check the comments for my postings? if you know how please send it to me in a message or a private message.

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ventilator and pacemaker HELP!

Hi,
If anyone can help with this i will be impressed!
I just had a baby who was born prematurely and is in the hospital and attached to a breathing machine that is affecting my pacemaker. Everytime i go near her/the machine, I feel like i have had too much coffee. I become jittery, and very short of breath, like someone is pushing on my chest. The machine she is on is a high frequency oscillatory ventilator. So my question is.. What do i do? Stay away from it altogether or keep a safe...

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Feeling cold

Went for my checkup Thursday and the Doc reduced my pulse by 5 bpm and turned off the rate response. I am 100% pacing. I believe he is concerned about the battery life depletion. Anyway, this reduction in bpm has left me fighting to stay warm. I did not expect this as a consequence, but it is very real. My wife says "put on more clothes". That is one of the reasons I love her like I do - such practical advice. :)

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Incision & Pre-Op Procedures

Just looking for input/advice based on your experience...

Does it matter if the incision is done horizontally or vertically? It seems most Dr's do it horizontally -is there a specific reason for that?
I have one Dr who would do it vertically -simply for cosmetic reasons...but I don't know if that is "risky" at all? Is there any one out there with a vertical incision?

Pre-Op --Does it matter if the pre-op lab work is done a couple days before OR on the same day? It s...

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Right Lead Placement - Apex vs Septum

Hi everyone -
I'm getting close to deciding on a Dr for my PM. One of the biggest differences between 2 of the Dr's is where they put the right lead...

Dr. A would put it at or near the septum - saying this location is closer to the natural conduction of the heart, and may help prevent heart failure on the left side -due to long-term right side only pacing

Dr. B would put it at the apex- this seems to be "the standard" as far as where most Dr's place it

Is...

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QRS now wider after CRT surgery?

I had a visit with my heart failure doc today 6 weeks post op for LBBB and 30% EF. He did an EKG and saw my QRS had widened from my last post surgical QRS of 130. Pre-op it was 164.
They did a quick check of my leads and they were functioning at 100%.
Does anyone know why my QRS would widen if I'm being paced adequately?
I will call my surgeon next week. My heart failure doc was stumped and thought maybe the surgeon could reprogram my leads to tighten up the QRS. He said the surg...

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Pacemaker setting changes

Just got back from my annual check up. (I do carelink on a quarterly basis). Have had my pacemaker since October 2013. I think the Doc was somewhat surprised today that my battery life is showing 3.5 years. So he changed the voltage in one of the leads which seemed to be using a lot of power (this particular lead is in the back of the heart and he mentioned maybe having to re-position the lead at the next battery change). He also turned off the rate-response and he lowered my pacing from 70...

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Happy thst club like this exists

A new member here, and just wanted to say Hello. Im a 34 year old male and just had PM put in on 1/9/15 after valve replacement surgery. Already found some useful tips on this site.

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Hello

Have a question got a new pacemaker on 11/10/14 after having my old one for 9 years ,since the new one at night i feel and hear my heart beat in my head which i do not recall this happening with the old one is there possibly a setting that would do this i have a st jude pm2240( model number) 2 lead Thanks in advance

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Just found out i'm pregnant and i'm freaking out

So it's been 11yrs since my last traumatizing pregnancy, I say traumatizing cause my daughters pregnancy is what unveiled my bradycardia. I became very syptomatic during my pregnancy, fainting, palpitations, numbnessand heaviness in extremities, shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea, the works, and the whole pregnancy i was being told that i was having panic attacks, till i finally had my baby & matters got worse there after. It was only then that it occured to my then OBGYN to send me to a Ne...

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antibacterial envelope

I had a medtroic dual lead implant in august last year and the site stayed red and irratated and it looked as if it was trying to erode in one corner so the ep decided to do a pocket revision and place it deeper and to use a Medtronic anti bacterial envelope, had this done yesterday and a little sore today. just wondering if anyone else used the envelope its supposed to be absorbable Thanks

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New device

Hi! My dad went to the hospital because of atrial tachycardia I believe. The doc said he was lucky because what he has usually results in death rather quickly. After 6 days in the CCU he received a pacemaker and a defibulator and was told he in on stage 3 category D of heart failure. After surgery the pacemaker would work 3 times then on the 4th the defibulator would shock. The nurse said today that it has been quite active today so they raised the parameters to pace 8 times then shock. How effe...

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ROBO Pop (and all)


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just had dual chamber implanted

And I'm wondering if it's normal to feel some discomfort in my chest. I am pretty sure it is where the leads are going through the vein, and I already know that it took the surgeon some time to find nerves in my heart that are good. I'm hoping it's just irritation in the vein… should I be concerned? I had the pacemaker inserted 4 days ago.

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nickname

had mine implanted dec 30, still recuperating, a little sore but much better, hardest thing for me is not to overdue, very active, like to cook and lift heavy lots and pans...looking for a cool nickname for my pacer, any suggestion, want a really funny one...help

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2 to 1 block

Hello everyone I am new to this... jus hoping for some positive feed back... We'll I'm 23 weeks found out a week ago that my daughter has a 2 to 1 heart block due to my autoimmune disease I have... now I am considered high risk... when they first caught it her heart rate was at 80... 2 weeks after that they admitted me in the hospital for 2 days started me on steroids... and also this other IV medication that is suppose to help her... I have to get get fetal echos once a week now and also see th...

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Mrs.

My husband had his pacemaker put in, in 2013. He signed for an experimental lead. Approximately in the summer of 2014, he started experiencing a feeling that is like cold and hot at the same time and a dull toothache-like, agonizing pain in the upper left arm. When it's really bad, it's like someone has knocked him out (he is conscious at all times). He says that it is like you are going 20 mph towards a brick wall; hitting the wall; and then, experiencing that horrible pain after hitting th...

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Working on freight train

I had a pacemaker put in early Dec. of 2014. Doctor released me back to work on Dec.29th. My release was with no restrictions as to employment. My Superintendent at Union Pacific and the Health & Wellness Dept., seem to disagree that I can go back to my job as a conductor. Superintendent (who has no medical training) says I can't return to conductor job. The Health & Wellness people say that Union Pacific has allowed employees back on trains in regions other than mine. My question is this, are t...

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WELDING

Thanks for the input folks.I need to mig and arc weld if I go back to work and I don't have a PM bit I have an ICD. KEN

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Cardiac Catheterization

can I take my daily 325 mg aspirin on the days before this test?

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