Helllo Pacemaker chek up

Hi I have a medtronic enrythum pm since 2005 just went in for a
check yesterday seems all is well it is getting low but they said it
is at 2.89 and does not hit EOL til 2.81 so hopefully it will last a
while longer her said maybe another year it showed me pacing at
33.7 % in one place then another place i saw a 66.7 atrial is only
0.1 % this model does not show approx time left so its a guessing
game .it also shows i was in af on several occasions and vt on one
occasion which i don't understand the difference.just curious if
anyone who has medicare and medical had any issues when
needing a replacement do i have to get approved for it can the
government decide my fate by not allowing a replacement .just
wondering lol
Thanks Valerie HAPPY HOLIDAYS

1 Comments

Medicare Post 1 Jan 2014

by donr - 2013-12-12 09:12:55

Who knows what they have in mind for us. There have NOT been a lot of details.

Thus far, I've had no problems w/ Medicare approval for a replacement, nor has anyone else reported any.

I've seen or read nothing about how we Medicare people will be treated.

I suspect that there will not be any dramatic changes immediately after 1 Jan - BUT w/ all the changes in doctors & insurance plans, we do not know.

Short of lightning striking, you will have time to figure out what you will have to do to get a PM replacement in the event that the device goes into its EOL mode.

The world is NOT going to stop turning on 1 Jan; neither will people have their health care instantly stopped in the event of emergency or critical needs. That just is NOT in the nature of American physicians.

Don

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