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please help me to know .........?
- by pani
- 2012-09-06 02:09:50
- Surgery & Recovery
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- 7 comments
hi
hope you all are well
i realy need your help all,please let me know does any one here have pace maker for 30 years or more i mean does any one have 3 or 4 time surgery to change a PM?
thanks
7 Comments
Hello
by Laben - 2012-09-06 06:09:00
Hi Pani, I'm coming up on 19 yrs in November with a DF and it is #5. .........Laben
I see patients that have had devices that long,
by PacerRep - 2012-09-06 06:09:26
what is your question?
My Concern is......
by pani - 2012-09-07 06:09:47
thank you all for your reply ,love you all
my concern is the people who have PM can be alive like other people ,i mean if some one got PM since was 18 and you know all he has to change every 10 years can he chenge it every 10 years and to be alive till 70 years ,that s why i asked the question to know the life of these people depends on less surgery or can be every 10 years surgery and to be health and same as first time that he put PM .hope i could tell you all what did i mean .i mean the body can accept the surgery every 10 years without reaction or every changing PM they become worth or not nothing change ?please let me know if you know any one ,you dont know all how much you can help me if i know my answer
thanks my lovely friends
37 years and counting.
by Gellia3 - 2012-09-07 08:09:52
I've had my PM since 1975 for CHB at age 26.
I've also had 7 changes since then. Not to mention all the other surgeries that some so called normal people can have, and there have been a few of those, too.
We also have a member that doesn't come on very often who has paced for over 40 years.
My dual chamber wires are 32 years old and still very much an active part of my circuitry. As long as they function, I function.
I don't feel I have missed a thing in life. When I got my PM I was told I couldn't go near anything electrical at all. Hogwash. I finally decided it was better to try what you want and do what you want. So I did, and life has been very full and very fine since. There has been nothing I haven't be able to do.
PM's do not define who you are as a person. They do, however, give you the opportunity to find out what kind of person you can be. Without mine, I would have been dead at 26 and here I am still plugging away at nearly 64 and enjoyed every minute of it. Well, mostly every minute. LOL
The surgery for changing the battery is just really a small glitch in life. They are no big deal. A few hours and you're good to go.
The body is a miracle. It can usually handle whatever is thrown at it and PM changes really aren't all that taxing.
So have no worries. Go out and do anything and try everything.
In other words, LIVE!
My very best to you,
Gellia
To simplify it all
by PacerRep - 2012-09-07 12:09:53
You will be just fine. Don't worry about it. The surgery's for the changeout are much worse than getting a bunyon removed. they are very very small surgeries to change them. Most people go home 2 hours after its done. You will live a long life
You know you're wired when...
You can take a lickin and keep on tickin.
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by Tracey_E - 2012-09-06 04:09:49
We have 3 or 4 members I can think of who have been paced more than 30 years. There are a lot of us who haven't had one that long but have had 3 or 4 or more changes. I got my first in 1993 and am on #4 now. It gets easier each time, I'm so numb around the scar now the last time didn't even get itchy when it healed.