St. Jude

Hi everyone, this is nothing serious, but the first time for me, my pacemaker which is my thrid pacmaker, the other two was not in long enough for the battery to run down, but now this St. Jude has been in for 4 years and they tell me I have about 6 mos. worth of time on the battery, I now have to call in to have it checked on monthly basis, now the question is do they just replace the battery or do they put in a new pacemaker?

4 Comments

one piece

by Tracey_E - 2010-03-16 01:03:04

The battery and computer/lead generator are one piece so they always replace the whole thing. You'll keep your leads unless there's a problem.

thanks

by jeanmarie - 2010-03-16 04:03:25

thank you guess they just unscrew the leads and take athe rest out...thank you for your response

exactly!

by Tracey_E - 2010-03-16 04:03:35

That's exactly what they do.

St Jude

by relax221 - 2010-03-20 01:03:56

Jeanmarie

I'm on the same boat as you :) First two regular pacemakers, then a pacemaker/defibulator in Jan 30,2007...my battery has been holding at 2.55 for 8 months now. Now I've heard Medicare replaces them at 2.45. Going for monthly checks. I feel great. They also say that when it hits 2.45 I still have plenty of time to have it replaced. They are going to put in the new one that monitors the pacemaker by staellite. A little notebook type next to you bed with a phone line attached. It saves you the trouble of dr checkups. If I start getting NBC on my pacemaker I'll let you know :)

MIke

You know you're wired when...

You invested in the Energizer battery company.

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