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Answers from EP Questions, I am happy.

Pacemaker Answers from “Andrew’s EP” and “Tim the Tech”. Dec 11th 2024. 

Biotronik DDD-CLS, with Adaptive Rate Response turned on.   

            

1/       What is my diagnoses? I know I have Bradycardia - low pulse and PVC’s. What about Sick Sinus/ Heart Blockage and other symptoms?

Answer: “Sick Sinus-Bradycard...

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Pacing has increased very quickly

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well and happy and getting on okay with your devices.

I have 2nd degree type 2 heart block and had my pacemaker implated 6 years ago. When I first received it I hardly needed it and used it 1% of the time.  Fast forward 6 years and to my check up yesterday I am now on 90%.  This year I have have actually had a vast increase in use starting in January at 50% and ending December on 90%.

My cardiologist is now doing various tests tha...

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Turning off defibrillator inquiry

Edit: Thanks to so many of you that have given such helpful input, I've decided to not mention turning off my defibrillator. Read on if you want to see why.

 

Let me just specify something first. I have never had an issue with my heart beating too fast. According to everything I've learned so far about the defibrillator, it's designed to stop your heart from dangerous episodes of (forgive the lack of technical words here) your heart beating too fast, out of contro...

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Feeling beats from pacemaker

Hello, 3 years ago my wife was fitted with a two-wire pacemaker due to AV Block. My wife also uses concor or tenoretic because she has tachycardia arrhythmia. AV Block condition was more evident under medication. We have been experiencing the removal of AV Block for 6 months. This time, while the heart is beating normally, the pacemaker sometimes comes into play. My wife feels the pacemaker beats very strongly. When my wife takes medication, her pacemaker works more actively. I would be very...

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After shock, is it possible?

Okay... I realize the mind does some pretty sketchy things when it comes to stress and anxiety and I'm no exception to that rule. I've been described as someone who over thinks everything and analyzes things to death but I prefer to call it sufficiently researching and thoroughly thinking things through. But since my shock last Monday, I immediately (within a day or two) felt as though my device had moved and that my scar tissue that had been forming was somehow displaced or jarred lo...

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Sleep In Relation to Overall Heart Health

Hey all, This is more of an advice/consern seeking post, than a question. I am currently in the middle of finals week at university, and I haven't been sleeping the reccomended 7-8 hours. From past experiences, I know that a decline in sleeop, paired with an increase in caffine is a recipie for disaster and tachycardia. However, I want to pass with good grades. Therefore, my predicament is deciding if I should stay up and study, or just go to bed. Additionally, does anyone know if it...

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FITBIT

Does anyone have a fitbit?

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Yay! Site working better now!

Well, I can check the site again on my mobile phone.  Seems to be running smoothly, at least on my end.  
Thanks! 

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Private message notifications

Morning everyone

I really must apologise to all those who have sent private messages recently and wondering why I haven't answered.

Quite simply I never had any notifications.

I was also wondering why I hadn't heard from people.

I used to rely on the email notifications of private messages but I won't any more.

I haven't been fully well the last week with a heavy cold so haven't been looking into the message section as much as usual.

The...

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update to spine surgery

Just wanted to update my previous spine progrosis.  Just saw a second opinion Spine Doctor.  This one said no to surgery until i correct my underlining problem of Osteoporosis  That if he puts the glue in one fracture.  Another fracture can occur and more glue.  Plus he thought i might be allergic to the glue used.

Said i should see an Endrocronologist or a Rheumatologist.  Also said their might be new drug or something that could help me grow bone.

H...

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MyCareLink Heart App

I had my pacer implanted in 2021. I use MyCareLink Heart as my remote tracker anyone else out there tha uses the same App on there iPhone. The app does for the most part work well but I do have one problem. On the dashboard of the app the is a tile for physical activity. It tracks for daily weekly and monthly. My problem is every 2-3 weeks it will go blank and after a day or 2 comes back. I like to see it and trust it. My fear is if it goes blank how am I to know the rest of the apps working....

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thanks to whom ever

Good to log on this morning and see the "Who's online" is back.  Missed that.

thanks.

new to pace

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Same issues

Crazy 🤪 few day about all the warnings from Safari and other sites.

glad you all have simular  views and troubleshootings...

see how we go from now on

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Increase in atrial pacing

Hello, I had a 6 month pacemaker check back on October 5th. My atrial pacing had gone from 12% to 25% in that 6 month. However my bigger concern is the check I had today showed an increase from 25% to 48% in just under 2 months. I have not had any change in settings. I do have increased shortness of breath and tiredness. I plan on talking with my cardiologist soon but wanted to ask if anyone has experienced anything like this and what might have caused it. I feel like something isn't righ...

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Changed Website Hosting Provider

Good day,

We changed our website hosting provider last night. There may have been a small amount of information from last evening, like a couple posts or comments and new member accounts, that did not get updated. We apologize for this inconvenience and ask that you join or post your message again.

If you see any any issues with the website's functionality, please reply below to report the issue so our developers can resolve them.

 

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email notifications

Am wondering what happened to us getting an email notification when someone posts to our queries.  Also have not been getting an email when i get a private message.  Am sure i am not the only one having this problem today November 28,2023.

new to pace

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Ascending aorta aneurysm

thank You 🙏🏻 Gemita...Good Dog....BFCM23...USMC....Pacer... for your valuable input 🥰 

I  follow all MEDICAL  interpretations on YouTube and that's valuable, but can't match lived experiences! Given that this ticking bomb is often discovered "accidentally " its even more important that we share the information 🙏🏻 

I also learned that except-able parameters about Aortic Aneurysm are changing, as Medical Fraternities are al...

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Adding Hyperlink to our editor

Hi Craig, (DoingMyBest) has asked how I add hyperlinks to our editor, these are the steps that work for me. I do all my editing and spell check/grammar (USA) in WORD first.

  1. Copy the link from the https bar.
  2. Paste into a WORD file.
  3. Place curser at the end on the line
  4. Hit return: This makes it a hyperlink and turns blue.

Save the WORD file.

  1. Leave the WORD file open
  2. Go to Pacemakers c...

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Stress Echo

Greetings all.  I have a stress echo this afternoon at 1 pm.  They said not to eat 4 hours before so I don't throw up.  I've only had one before and was not pushed to the point of barfing.  Haha.  I'm tempted to eat some eggs soon as otherwise I might faint, not puke.  
im wondering what y'all's experiences were like and if it might be ok to eat?

thanks!
Lulu

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Mild ascending Aorta?

Hello everybody!

Back in March last year I had Echocardiogram....not my first. All in all pretty normal,except they discover 39 mm dilation on the Ascending  Aorta. My cardiologist and others don't have much concerns this far!? Of course I have since educated myself on the subject  and I do have a lot of concerns ??!!

By nature I am not a  panicky person🙀{thank God}..... but I am very interested if anyone in our Club  has thi...

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