battery

Thank you for the input. I dont seem to be on top of my pacemaker dilemma, Im clling the cardiologist tomorrow to get details on my end of life in the battery. Im worried about getting it replaced but Im crazy tired the last month and think its time. 2 months after initial implantation in 2003 I ripped my leads out during a skatebord collision with my son while i waswalkind down the street. It has not paced properly since the replantation tachycardias and trips to the er for heart attack symptoms are common for me. But before the pacemaker I was blacking out every few hours It has saved my life and I am rosemarys granddaughter, She died at 43 from sick sinus syndrome which caused other problemjs long before wilson greatbach invented the pacemaker.


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How diod you survive...

by donr - 2012-06-05 12:06:44

...a collision w/ a son that is harder than a Jeep Cherokee?

I stopped a Jeep Cherokee w/ my right shoulder & did not dislodge either lead - & one had been installed a mere 9 weeks previous.

To satisfy my morbid curiosity, would you pls describe the collision a bit more. Sounds like they weren't implanted very well.

Don

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