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Alternator

Well I bough a new car on Friday and on Tuesday my alternator went out. I have heard that the Alternator would interfere with my pacemaker so I had the guy at discount auto parts bring the part out to my car and I had it put as far away from me as possible. Now my father in law swears that it does not have any magnets in it and that it does not put of a magnetic field so I was hoping maybe someone here would know if it was true or not.

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Heart defibrillator implants can be hacked-experts

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - Implanted heart
defibrillators, which automatically shock a fluttering heart
back into a normal rhythm, can be hacked from the outside, U.S.
researchers reported on Wednesday.

There is no immediate danger to patients, the team of computer experts, electrical engineers and cardiologists
said.

But they made one Medtronic Inc device give up
patient informat...

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EP Study

Hello Everyone!

I am sure that you are all tired of hearing from me by now, but I wanted to finally post some good news! Well, good because my doctor now has an idea of what is going on with my rapid heart rate, but not so good because I will be going back to the hospital for another EP study.
I have been wearing an event monitor for the last three and a half weeks, and finally, two days before I am scheduled to send the darn thing back, I have a really bad episode. I was walkin...

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antidepressets

This is a great site i love the fact that we can relate to each other having been there ourselves,and can sometimes answer questions sometimes Dr. can only guess at. My question is if anyone has had irregular or elevated heartrate from antidepressents (zoloft in particular) I have icd and am having high rate for me -90-100 with my meds it is usually between 50 and60 Ive been on 100 mg zoloft for a year and see elvated heartrate can be a side effect. Can anyone relate to this ? Than...

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Three weeks after implant

Hello everyone. Nice to be alive!!! I'm 49 and had a PM implanted little over three weeks ago. I'm still coping with quit a bit of pain. II went into work yesterday and worked all day long. There seemed to be no problem. Other than being uncomfortable. I sit in front of a computer screen all day long. This morning I woke up and could hardly deal with the pain. I took a pain pill and laid back down, I woke up 8 hours later still in pain. Have I gone back to work too soon? Has anyone els...

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Pacemakers & Young People

Hi All,

I am new to the site, and somewhat new to the pacemaker world. As some background for you guys, around 3 years ago now, at a general doc check-up, they were concerned after an x-ray that my heart looked enlarged, and that my pulse, laying on the table was nearly 130. I was rushed to the cardiology unit, and had a huge battery of tests done to see if they could figure out the cause for my pulse (my heart was found in an echo to not be enlarged, thankfully!). On beta blockers...

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Birthdays!

I may be behind on some and don't have my list with me on vaccation but I did want to make sure to all the people celebrating a birthday this month I pray that it is an amazing month for you.

To all the people celebrating there pacer b-day enjoy your day and celebrating the very special day that God blessed you with a different look on life.


Enjoy celebrating your birthdays!

Tammy

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defib leads

I have a medtronic ICD inplanted that replaced a st judes model that failed when I coded. One claim is that the lead failed, another that the battery fialed but anyway they put another set of leads in that are now on recall be medtronic. Does anyone know how many sets of leads you can have inside you at one time. I would like to have the medtronic leds replaced but my doctor says it is not necessary??? What to do
Kirby Knight

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Livestock Electric Fence Chargers

Ok, I've read through all kinds of the EMI stuff and can't find an answer, and my EP said " Hmmm, thats one I've never been asked before...I'm not sure. You can call Medtronic."
I have horses, goats, etc. and also have a one strand electric fence running around the bottom of a large fenced in dog area ( to keep mine from digging out, and neighbors Pitbulls from digging in).
I have two of these fence chargers ( just regular ones like you see at Lowes or feed and seed stores.) one w...

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pacing from yawning? and Raynauds

Hi everyone!
Just a question, actually 2 questions before I see my doc:
Is pacing (for those of us who know when we do) common after stretching/yawning? Is it triggered by the motion, or breathing pattern associated with it?
Also, since my Raynauds syndrome has reappeared out of the blue ( 4 new episodes) after a decade or 2 without it, I will be seeing my family doc. I think this is not a problem related to the syncope/PM, but thought I'd check with "the Club." Might just mean...

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THANK YOU !!!

Many members responded to my original posting regarding SOB. Your responses and concern were very touching, and very helpful. I am curently in Gainesville Fl where I have had a winter home for the last 23 years. I contacted my internist here who is affiliated with the UF Shands Medical Center. She examined me, ordered bloodwork and an Echo and set me up with an EP Cardiologist. Upon meeting with the Ep Card. I was informed that my ejection fraction had dropped from 55 to 25. She ordered a Cardia...

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Recovered?

I know some of you have had complications but I seem to have been one of the lucky individuals for whom the surgery and recovery went smoothly. I'm 3 months and 6 days post implant and this morning over coffee I noted that I was completely physically unaware of the PM, surgery site or anything out of the ordinary. The incision is completely healed with very minimal scaring - really just a line about two inches long. No discomfort from the PM pocket. No awareness of pacing. I have full mobi...

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Exercise & drug side effects?

Hi ICD/PM friends,
I need some advice and help; I have an ICD since 2004, (upgraded from PM in 2002) and been in and out of hospital past few years due to lead complications etc.etc.. To cut the story short after another surgery non-cardiac related,last October I've been trying to get back into shape by going back to my gym. I love to use the elliptical machine and basically I'm rather athletic person( I'm 56 female); Have been jogging till five yrs ago when all the heart rhythm problems de...

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IM ONLY 34 WHO CAN RELATE

MY ORIGINAL MESSAGE IS POSTED BELOW. I FORGOT TO INCLUDE THAT I HAVE AN ICD INCLUDING A PACEMAKER. THANK YOU TO EVERONE WHO IS SENDING ME ALL THE WONDERFUL COMMENTS AND SUPPORT!!! PLEASE KEEP IT COMING.

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New Members: Me & Sparky

Hello everyone..My name is Christina. I'm a 31 year old registered nurse, work in intensive care. After having my first fainting spell at around 19 during the ER visit then a 5 second pause and a 7 second pause were caught on the monitor, tilt table test negative ,,, etc. So docs said " you've overloaded your autonomic nervous systerm with Elavil, Nicotine , caffiene, and Claritin, and it overreacted. So home I went. All was good until about 4 years later another "spell" , er visit, nothing.......

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IM ONLY 34 WHO CAN RELATE

  • by Heidi
  • 2008-03-11 03:03:19
  • ICDs
  • 2236 views
  • 11 comments

I NEED TO TALK WITH SOME YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO CAN RELATE. I JUST CANT GET USED TO THIS THING AND ALL THE RESTRICTIONS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THIS PAIN AND LIMITATIONS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO OLD PEOPLE. WHAT NOW??? CAN ANYBODY RELATE???

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Percentage PM Is Being Used....?

Hi Everyone,

I have been away for a while. I was trying to look at old postings, but guess I am too tired and can't find the search area for a specific topic.

Anyway, question:

What percentages is your heart using your PM, and has your Cardiologist ever lowered the settings?

I am set at 60 and my PM is being used 100% of the time. PM implant due to Bradycardia- 2nd degree blockage in Aug. 2007. My Cardio had mentioned one time maybe lowering the settin...

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Finally able to give on here!

Well first I would like to thank everyone who has prayed for my trip and me. I did land myself in the hospital and it was the worse experience ever. I hate pain and usually can handle some chest discomfort but it was way to over powerful for me the other day so I landed myself in the worse ER ever.
I don't believe that I am a person with a attitude but can get one when you sit on a monitor for so long and not having one person walk into the room asking how you are doing. After some time...

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Deadly Heparin

There was a piece on the news this morning about bad heparin manufactured in China causing 19 known deaths. They didn't say what was wrong with the drug, whether is was ineffective or had a problem ingredient.
Just thought I would pass along this happy note for those who are using heparin.

frank

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chat

I have about 15 minutes before I need to go to bed. Anybody for a chat?

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You know you're wired when...

Your device makes you win at the slot machines.

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I am no expert, but I believe that without the defibrillator that I have, I would be dead.