Showers and baths

Browsing the St Vincent's website on living with a pacemaker...I found we can still-with doctors permission- resume work, do house and yard work, and....take showers and baths. Seriously???Who writes this stuff???
Makes me really grateful for this site. I think of Tracey doing cross fit, hiking, and skiing, Donr defending his home from bears, Moner jogging in freezing New England winter weather, Ian snorkeling his way through a flooded golf course, Tatman running in ice, snow, and at night, Jean sending sweet messages of encouragement, and all you other good people who are out there living a normal life with a pm. Because I have learned from you I can still do whatever I want, from paragliding to 1/2 marathons. I don't think I would have understood that from reading the very lame info on this hospital's website.

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Poster child

by Theknotguy - 2014-02-04 01:02:14

I'm the poster child for my cardio's office. He's either pointing to me and saying, "Do what he does." or he's saying, "Don't do what he does!" I'm probably giving him heart disease. Not gonna let a little thing like heart disease, a six day coma, and a pacemaker keep me down.

Oh, and they messed up my busted shoulder when they gave me CPR. So I'm in seeing the rehab person. A charming young lady, She said heart patients were brutes. Nothing kept them down. So she's always glad to work with them because it's maximum work with minimum complaints.

64 years now. I'm trying for age 100. How about you?

Theknotguy

Moner, that is me sitting in the corner

by IAN MC - 2014-02-04 03:02:05

You can't miss me; I have a bottle of red wine and am quietly reading my PM interrogation report !

Cheers

Ian

If the first round is on Don

by IAN MC - 2014-02-04 03:02:15

I WILL be there !!

Ian

Don...!!!!!!!.......

by Tattoo Man - 2014-02-04 03:02:45


.........................Its just like you, as a Veteran Warrior and Leader of Men to charge me with an important mission to tax my inventiveness and organisational skills to the limit....and then....

You go and do it all yourself !!

For those who may be frowning at this moment,..I'll point out that Bostonstrong has been in touch and is fine with a new Moniker.

So if the assembled crowd would care to pipe down and pay attention for just a few moments ..I shall be brief.....here goes..

" Arise Lady Bossy Strong,...with the power vested in me by Warrior Don..I pronounce you well and truly a Grand Dame of PM Club.."

" God speed to you and all who sail with you "

Now,..lets all get down to the Pub...the first round is on Don..........

Yours humbly...Tattoo Man

Yes Indeed

by Moner - 2014-02-04 03:02:49

I kind of like that name, simply because she doesn't take any BS, from the doctors she has encountered and others as well.

BS now stands for Bossy Strong.

Where is everybody already, I'm waiting at the pub.

Moner
>^..^<

BS = Bossy Strong

IAN.......

by Tattoo Man - 2014-02-04 04:02:49


..........it is easy to understand that you have ' overdone it a bit' after that fantastic ceremony,..for myself,.. I am still reeling from Dons incredible speech..just how he wove the history of the Sherman Tank and the, oft- forgotten B-26 into his ceremonial oration, so important that even The Queen..was on the B-List..leaves me incredulous.....but...

Stick in there Kid..there is stuff to do

Bossy Strong will,.. for the time being take precedent over your current interrogation report...

Sorry IAN....we have a party to get on with..

Get me on SpeedDial if you are feeling Crook,..Dodgy,..Poorly,..Uberneinderfeelingthatgoodatatall..Doctor...

Apologies if you get my answerphone

Speeddial the Pub....they can get you an ambulance

We will all be ok

TM UK

Hi Bossy Strong........

by Tattoo Man - 2014-02-04 05:02:30


...................dead right Girl !

Just imagine...there are probably people out there with devices who are just too busy doing stuff to even have the time to write on this Forum !

Tattoo Man x

Pub crawl

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-04 07:02:07

Yes Ian put down that interrogation report. We have a party to get on with. Who is buying?
And can I still be a card carrying grand dame of the PMC if I confess I have NEVER looked at an interrogation report? And against all PMC advice don't have a copy stashed in my purse or in my files at home? And if I admit to my eyes glazing over while telling a St Jude's pm tech droning on about things like impedance, slope, and voltage "oh Stop.... Now....I'm just NOT that in to it. "
Before I lose card carrying PMC status let me assure you I can easily hack into the EMR and get a copy at any time should I feel the need.
This thread is going the way of the snow posts...speaking of that, it's coming down at 1-2 inches/hr. Almost zero visibility now. 8-12 inches tonight. So if I don't make it to the pub, party on until the snow quits.



Ceremony revision

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-04 07:02:08

Sorry guys no taps on the shoulder with scalpels or Bovies. I don't trust any of you guys with sharp objects.

I certainly hope that...

by donr - 2014-02-04 07:02:13

...Blake is on one of his trips. I don't think it would be good if he found out about this solemn ceremony & Bacchanalian fest then dropped in & found out what we were doing. (TattMan, pardon my botched up spelling of an adjective based on the name of the revered Bacchus.)

I think he expects us to exude decorum, class, & dignity. Someone be ready to shove a pint (or whatever) in his hand if he shows up.

Speaking of decorum, class & dignity, has anyone seen Inga?

Cheers, fellow PM Hosts!

Don

Well

by Grateful Heart - 2014-02-04 08:02:02

The snakes and bears are afraid of him.

This Pub is in a warm sunny place right?? Because I have cabin fever right about now.....and 2 more snow storms this week!

Calgon.....take me away!

Grateful Heart

Donr

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-04 08:02:22

What were you doing hiking at night in Georgia! There are poisonous snakes there! And bears!

I feel your pain

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-04 08:02:37

Big storm tonight, more cold, the another storm, more cold...repeat. Florida, Hawaii, Arizona, Cali, Fiji, Tahiti....they are all calling to me.

Your first three lines say it ALL!

by donr - 2014-02-04 08:02:45

Have I ever sent you my little monograph on realistic limitations?

It would be helpful to you.

Help you through your next snowed in day of jammies & bunny slippers!

Hey - I like that Bossy Strong. Has sorta a nice ring to it - flows off the tongue or the typing fingers like good maple syrup onto butter soaked flapjacks. Good job, Tatt Man. Besides, it fits her personality!

Tatt Man - you have a mission - organize a ceremony to rename her. Complete w/ gowns that open down the back so we can as a group MOON the whole world simultaneously. An appropriate processional, to the accompaniment of some GOOD Sir Edward Elgar stuff. All attendees shall push before them an IV bag stand w/ a pennant flapping from it depicting their PM/ICD Mfgr & model The actual naming should be dignified, befitting the solemnity of the occasion - perhaps with taps on each shoulder of the kneeling honoree w/ a scalpel or Bovie. Followed immediately by a rendition of Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man," as she leads the assembled masses out to the closest pub for a grand celebration, correctly illustrating the collective character of this august group. The appropriate menu should include traditional foods of the various nationalities involved - Bangers & Mash. Hotdogs, Brats, Haggis, Kangaroo steaks on the barbie & spit roasted Kiwi, all to be washed down by copious quantities of Guiness, Molson, Budweiser, St Pauli Girl, Fosters & of course, Coca Cola for the recovering & tee-totalers.

(Ah, & another good thread descends into the depths of inanity!)

Don

Good Idea

by Moner - 2014-02-04 10:02:02

Hi Boston,

When I read this kind of advice on websites like that, it only encourages me more to run more miles uphills, and longer. I'll be damn if my pacemaker will keep me back.


Continue to enjoy those salted chocolate carmels, and keep doing what your doing.

I love this club.

Moner
>^..^<

oooooh

by Tracey_E - 2014-02-04 10:02:22

I'm so glad to hear we can't do housework!!!!!!!

Seriously, stuff like that makes me mad. Why build fear when it's so easy to inspire confidence instead.

Tracey: You know the answer ...

by donr - 2014-02-04 11:02:28

...to your question. The same reasons those kind of people need king sized blankets when they sleep in twin beds - to CTBA's!

I'll never forget my Cardio's reaction when I told him a yr post op that I wanted to go on an 18 mile hike - 67 yrs old, at night, over a rocky trail, w/ a bunch of 18 yr olds. He looked at me, rolled his eyes & said "What good would it do me to tell you no? You'd only do it anyway!" He turned & walked out of the room.

He dared NOT tell me yes for fear of potential litigation, should anything go wrong.

I made it fine till the 15 mile point, when I wandered off the side of the road in pitch black under a forest canopy, tripped over a 2 ft diameter boulder & bruised my thigh so badly that I could not walk up hill at all - & this was at the base of a mile long hill that rose about 300 ft. It was the last uphill on the route. So, I came out of the wilderness on the emerg vehicle. At least till we got to flat, smooth, paved road, when I rejoined the crew.

The PM was willing, the legs were weak.

Don

Dear BS

by jeanlancour - 2014-02-05 01:02:31

Just the thought of your renameing party has warmed the cockles of my heart, and a good thing to, as it's colder then old Billy tonight. I'll go with you to Fiji or Tahiti, are you sailing, flying or swimming? Jean

Fiji/Tahiti

by donr - 2014-02-05 02:02:43

Bossy: Our ER Doc Daughter went there about two yrs ago. Went for the whale watching. She was surprised at how COLD the water was.

Enjoyed herself while there.

Don

Fiji

by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-05 10:02:44

We should fly there then sail and swim. We need to bring Tracey too to keep us fit. Otherwise we might do nothing but lounge in the sun all day and float in the clear turquoise water. Snowed in again here today. My fabulous neighbor just cleared my drive. I'm taking him and his wife with us too!

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