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Bumpy Roads Increase Heart Rate

I have Biotronik pacer and have recently started having trouble with increased rates when riding in my bumpy diesel truck. My doc has me using a magnet over the pacer when I ride in the truck or on my lawnmower. Pulse rate goes from 55 bpm to 130bpm. anyone else had this problem?

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~~~What a little Ripper~~~

Hi all,
Amanda and Kay will know what the title means............
I have just been to the hospital for a load of tests and for the first time for 5 years my old ticker has shown some improvement only a little ...but enough to put me on a high!! and now i just have to wait until tomorrow as I have a 24 hour holter on if the results of that are ok .. I will be able to take a short flight again ... So I want to take my wife Nina to Grand Canaria, for a week at Christmas... so lookout Dom...

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Recently found out.

That I have a-fib when I was brought to the ER. With an Anxiety
attack. Attmitted to the cardiac wing of the hospital for 5 days.
Now I am home, and was at the docs two days ago, and had
my second sonocardiacgram, I think that is what you would
call it. Which showed that I have CHF.
I have to also go for this other test this Friday, where they
inject dye into your body and take pictures. --sigh more stuff
to worry about.
How does one know when you need...

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A little Scare

Hi,
I experienced a scare this past week. I'm 2 weeks out from receiving a pm. I work in cardiac and my coworkers did an echo on me (show and tell sort of thing) well it appeared my atrial lead had migrated through my valve and into my ventricle. Showed my EP doc and had an xray which showed the loop of my atrial lead is now in my ventricle, the tip has moved posteriorly in my atrium but the pm is working fine and the thresholds are good. Had the option for them to go back in and readjust b...

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Backpacks

Hello Gevans,

I was just checking out your photo in the member Gallery and I must say that is an impressive pack you have on your back.

Question: Was that picture taken before the pacemaker or after? Where was your picture taken? I love the outdoors.
It is a great picture!

pacergirl ;-)

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IanMcc go back to the chat room.

I would like to talk to you about Austrailia.

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New ICD recipient

  • by dibs
  • 2007-11-11 10:11:47
  • ICDs
  • 1994 views
  • 4 comments

Hi all,
My name is Donnal. My Boyfriend who is 48 had a massive heart attack at 42- two arteries @ 90% blockage.
could only stent one and waited 4 years to stent the other.
He passed out about three months ago just after a stress test and the last stent. The Cardiologist recommended a ICD to be implanted immediately.
John is also quite bipolar and with the worries himself sick over the ICD. I need advice from your experiences with your device.
He is going this Tuesd...

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Going Home at Last.

Hello Friends and Fellow pacers.

I am about to conquer my fear. After 3 years, of being afraid to make the commitment to go visit my family in Paris, France, I AM GOING!
I have non refundable tickets, so I can't change my mind. Lol.
I must admit that I'm a little nervous at the prospect of such a long flight, ( first time in the air with a pacemaker, ) and I hope it all goes smoothly.
I haven't seen my brothers or sisters or my mother in 11 years.
Peter Nash, if y...

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Still Nervous!

This last August had Pacemaker inserted as I had heart failure..I only knew at the that time,it would help regulate heartbeat..I have been doing well,checkups are great,but at times I get little pain in arms,and neck,and I get panicky thinking I am having heart problems..Since I am a new kid on the block,am wondering if anyone else had this experience..I dont know what to expect,or if this is normal?Aalthough I must say I feel great,walk without tiring,can now shop the malls,etc..My life has bee...

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Being young and feeling old!

Hi y'all! To all the people that I have not met yet welcome to this amazing club. I thought my title was pretty good as its the way I have been feeling lately.
As many of you know I have been fighting with trying to get the numbness out of my left hand which now carries into my left leg. I have an apointment on the 14th to determine what the next step is. My pacer needs some more tuning as I think my heart has a mind of it's own. I recently lost my health insurance due to having a bi...

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Cost and developement of pacemakers

I have been looking at the cost of pacemakers to the third world.
There has been an attempt by the industry to do something but the price of the low cost pacemakers for the third world is $1000 dollars plus the cost of the lead and the surgery. The cost works out at considerably more than the annual salary of someone living in the third world. Is it any wonder that many countries have less than 1 pacemaker inplant per 1 million population. There is a great need to get the price down to $100...

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Idea

I have noticed many on this site taking about the cost of pacemakers and surgeries. Heres an idead: what if we started a fundraiser for those in need of pacemakers and difibilators who dont have medical insurance and cant afford them. We could start a charity foundation and this site (with legal consent, of course) could be our sponsors. You ask for something like a cookie and your told no because you dont need one, but when you ask for a pm or difib they so no because u cant afford one. Also t...

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Activities Profile

To all the wonderful members of this organization,

I've been a member for less than a month and I really enjoy all the postings, but I respond only when I have some relevant input. Usually, I look for the posters profile and then send a private message...unless I think I have some nugget of information from which all could benefit.

I have always been a very active individual and I don't plan on something that will prolong that lifestlyle (i.e. a PM) from doing anything but...

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Questioning the use of a second pacemaker

Hi everyone
After having a PM for some 17 years, it was decided to change the device, (not because it needed it because of the battery) but because the hospital did not like a pm in situ for that long.
The old one had just 1 lead, this new one has two leads.
They did not take the old lead out because they said it was too dangerous, infection might set it, burst arteries etc.
What happens if i need another pm, i already have 3 wires in situ now and i should imagine not much s...

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sorry

i apologize profusely to pooh 257 for my comment. i misunderstood the question. i was in a hurry and should have read it more quickly. this person has every right to ask if there are others who coped as a police officer. so sorry no malice intended. jessie

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Removal of an ICD


Hi, I am new to this pacemaker club and hopefully some one can answer my question. My physician has informed me that effective Jan. 2008 he will remove my ICD.

Now the question can anyody give me information on the affects and problems once the ICD is removed?

Thanks, Barbara

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Moved

Hi all,

just a question about my pacemaker card that i carry with me i recently moved to a new state and was wondering how i notify medtroics so they have a good address for me ,looked on thier site did not see a link...thanks in advance
valerie/mytrose4444

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Uncomfortable Feeling in Neck/Throat

I just received my St. Jude Zephyr PM 2 days ago, home from the hospital yesterday afternoon, all seemed well. However, before I went to bed last night I noticed a tightness/soreness in my neck and throat. I awakened several hours later with a fair amount of discomfort, able to take a deep breath but felt pain and pressure while doing so. No lung or chest pain, just this feeling in my neck area. Never had this sensation prior to PM implant....might be coincidental but I am concerned enough t...

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Heart spasm after peacemaker replacement...?:(

Hello everyone!
I had my pacemaker replaced on Oct-30-07. It was upgraded from a dual to a Biventricular Pacemakers by Guidant. And I am not doing well at all. Right after the replacement I started getting chest pains. It is not only a pain but I feel tightness and pressure in my chest and in my trough at the same time. At first I thought that probably the settings just needs to be adjusted at that new pacer. After calling that electrophysiologyst who did that surgery I was told that my new...

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Chat Room :-)

Just wanted to say something about the Chat Room here....

The chat room is fun.... not one of us is going to critique the other in a chat room. Letters are left out, words are mangled and lots of just plain old miss-spellings go on there..... On the other hand, Peter, you get to have a chance to have a "real" conversation. Who cares about the way any of us type when we are chatting. Allow yourself to try it out.... you just might be surprised! This suggestion goes for everyone ;-)...

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You have a new body part.

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I love this new part of me, and very, very thankful that this technology exists and I know that it's all only going to get better over time.