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Tattoo Cover Up

I have a tattoo that I want to have covered up. I have a pacemaker and am on blood thinners. Had two heart attacks and a pacemaker put in 8 months ago. It will be where the pacemaker is. Has anyone ever had this done? I know what my doctor says, I still want to know of anyone that has actually had this done and what their experience was. Thanks for the input.

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Email

Why do you have to put your email in every time surely putting your password in should be all you need???

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Travel before pacemaker

My mom is in the philippines right now and her doctor had decided to insert perm pacemaker on her as her heart rate is very irratic. She's acheduled tp get her surgery on june 1st. It's only 5/16. Thst's a long way. We were thinking to just fly her over here in the states. Jowever her doctor has advised against trAvel until after sugery. Yravel is abt 16 hrs. Do we listen and just wait fir the sugery? Is it really dNgerous to travel?

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TOO CLOSE TO STORE SECURITY

Hey Gang,

What happens if you accidentally get too close to one of the grocery store detectors, you know at the entrance or exit, and hear a beeping sound? I'm only paced at 50.

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One year ago

I have not posted in a very long time, but I continue to visit the site frequently. Tomorrow I will be celebrating what has become know as my re-birthday. One year ago (I cannot believe it's been a year) I received my pacemaker for complete heart block. I had a very difficult time coping with this. I just wanted to drop in and say thank you to everyone here!! I would not be where I am today if not for folks like you!! Your encouragement, understanding, and support helped me get through the...

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10k mudrun

Hi all been a long time since I have been online or posted just to let to all now out there anyone who is worried it gets better and wouldnt change anything now! This time last year was sat on the sofa feeling like I was going to pass out and had no energy to do anything! Had my PM fitted in september 2014 been back at work as a engineer since October been at the gym getting fit since January now training for a 10k mudrun obstacle course and will be raising money for the british heart foundation...

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can use floor buffer in a hospital

I was hired on at a hospital for a really great job, but I'll have to use a floor buffer/finisher. Ive heard this could disconnect my leads.
I really need this job. Thoughts? Advice
Thanks!

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Heart Rate - Blood Pressure Correlation

Does anybody know if there is a correlation between Heart Rate and Blood Pressure? If so, which one comes first? My husband has had his pacemaker for 6 years with no complications. Lately, we have noticed that when he feels pressure on his chest, his systolic blood pressure is in the 90's and his heart rate is 80 -not 79, not 81. 80. I have posted a more detailed message about his case which can be read at the following link

http://www.pacemakerclub.com/public/jpage/1/p/story/a/s...

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Working with Woodworking Machinery

Hello Everyone, Hope all is well. I just joined this group, Thank you. I was wondering if anyone has heard of some sort of protection that my husband can wear over his shoulder maybe to cover his PM/DEFIB so he may be able to work with his woodworking machines. I have read that working with certain machines he needs to stand 2ft away! That will make it impossible for him to operate the machines from that distance! If anyone can help me with an answer that would be wonderful!
Thank you

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Family Determined to Prove Dr's Wrong?

Hello, I am wondering if you all can give me some advice. Like I have posted before, I am new to the pacemaker club. April 3rd is when I had my PM implanted after being diagnosed with Mobitz 2. I have never had any health problems before and the Dr's do not know why this happened. My boyfriend and his family (MAJOR health nuts) are determined to prove that the Dr's were wrong and that I should have had a second opinion while I was in the hospital. (Even though my Dr asked everyone he could in th...

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Had Av Node Ablation

Hi, I am 79, I developed Af fib 12 months ago, was put on amiodarone it did not help me had bad reactions to it , came off it, and was put on dioxin after 4 months was still in bad af took me all my time to walk 50 yards without being very short of breath and dizzy, tried a cardio version worked. felt good for 6 days in sinus rhythm, then back in af and lousy again, my ep
suggested av node ablation and explained all about it to me, so I decided to take a punt on it, had a biventricular pm...

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Saying HELLO!

Hi! I'm new to the community, having just gotten my implant last week. I don't know of anyone in my life who also has a pacemaker, so I'm eager to read as much advice here from people who have experienced life with a device.

I'm 39 and already a bit weary of well-meaning friends and family saying, "You're too young for a pacemaker!" or "What sort of bad lifestyle has lead you to need that?!" I'm guessing there are many of us here who have heard those comments and learned to shrug...

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DIABETIC CHANGE SINCE PM

Since I had the PM last September my glucose level has changed drastically. I had control of it in the 120"s in the morning before breakfst now its around 180 . I'll see the endocrinologist next visit in a week. Anyone have a similar reaction?

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Burning feelings

just had my pm put in 7 weeks ago and now getting a sharp pain/burning sensation just to the right of the pacemaker towards the chest. Anyone else have this problem?

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Analog Scale

Does anyone know the name of a good analog scale?
I'm supposed to report any gain of 2 lbs. in one day

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Bradycardia and Feeling Run Down when Inactive

I've had a PM for Bradycardia for about 7 months and I'm not on any medication. I feel fine while I maintain a high level of exercise, but if I stop or reduce the exercise then my body very quickly starts to feel run down. It's difficult to describe the exact symptoms, but it's like an internal flywheel loses momentum and everything inside of me starts to run down if I stop exercising for more than a couple of days. I get drained of energy and dizzy/light headed with a continual (low level) back...

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Zip Line

We are home from the hospital and my daughter is doing great from her surgery. (Leads and battery replacement). In the hospital she received the book Zip Line. Its an awesome book for your kiddos that have a pm and for other children to understand why they have a scar and how it got their. Amazing book!!

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i had mine placed on right side because im left ha

Since i like to hunt i had ot dome there does anyone shoot high powered rifle and was it painfull or scarey ro first start hunting

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Digital Scale

I was told to weigh every day and ordered a digital scale that does a lot of things regular scales don't do. When I started reading the instructions on how to set it the 1st thing was do not use if you have a pacemaker. Do any of you use a digital scale or know anything about them.

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short term memory loss

I went back and searched a few previous posts concerning short term memory loss. Went back as far as 2008, saw quite a few people claiming to have experienced this, but never saw a cause. Like most of the posters, I never passed out or lost consciousness. I do realize now that I had bradycardia for quite some time, at least two years before I received my PM. Before the implant, I had what some people refer to as a photographic memory, especially when it came to numbers and memory using mnemonic...

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To tell you the truth I never even give it a second thought. While growing up it never stopped me from doing anything and to this day my girlfriend or my kids need to remind me that I have one!