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multigraincracker

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7. They have adjusted my pacemaker several times.
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 10:21 PM
Feb 2021

Started it at 75 and then I went to the ER when it dropped to 45. It was brand new and I feared that I had pulled a lead wire out. Must be careful at first until it heals. Can't raise your arm above your head or lift over 5 lbs for a month. I was having a flat hearth beat every 6 beats, so they jacked it up to 90 bpm. My next apt. they lowered it to 75 and now at 60. and gave me a different bp med that I start tomorrow. Looks like they have to fine tun it. Now have a bedside machine that reports my pulse to the hospital.

My big worry is Afib. That kind of goes along with it. The read out the other day said I went into Afib a couple of times last month. Only for a couple of minutes. My friend has Afib and has a pacemaker and I've taken him to the ER a few times and he was in a lot of pain.

In the mean time the doc told me to keep running.

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not me but my partner handmade34 Feb 2021 #1
Yes and here's what my Dr. told me to do with the itching and burning. Autumn Feb 2021 #2
I guess I will call cardiology about it, then. Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #5
Mine came with extra adhesive patches so could change when it came loose or when Autumn Feb 2021 #6
interesting Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #10
You might try a Benadryl. multigraincracker Feb 2021 #3
wow, 28 bpm Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #4
They have adjusted my pacemaker several times. multigraincracker Feb 2021 #7
I bought this cool little device off amazon last month Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #8
I took a lie detector test about 15 years ago. multigraincracker Feb 2021 #9
a bleep. Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #11
They did. I forgot the name. multigraincracker Feb 2021 #12
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