Thanks to DU and all of those great hospital workers.

[safeinOhio]

Got home last night with my new hardware. I forgot what having a normal, 60 beats per minute, heart beat was like. Kind of seems like I've been lifted out of a mental and physical fog. 28 beats per minute is not so normal I found out. Now it looks like a steady 60 bpm with my brand new pacemaker.

[GentryDixon]

1. Congratulations! 💞

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. 28 bpm might be ok if you had a heart the size of a football.

[safeinOhio]

4. Funny how crap creeps up on you.

3 days before I went into the ER, I was a 71 year old out jogging a 5K. Felt great, other than being a little tired lately. Had not fell down in months, was not feeling dizzy and keeping up with work and play. I did keep track of my AV-Block and when my resting pulse went down from 45 to 37, I thought it might be my home equipment. When it hit 29 I had my expert take it and she said it was correct. Next day it was no better and a little worse, so in I went in.
Looking forward to my new, better life now.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. It does creep up...

I thought I had gallbladder trouble, found out it was a heart attack going on for over 24 hours. "Oh, it will pass."

I don't know how in the world you could jog with a pulse that low. Sounds like your body adapted as well as it could -- must have some very efficient pipes and parts!

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Congratulations and welcome home!

And thanks for sharing your good news with your DU family!

[safeinOhio]

5. Thanks, just hope I can get other male John Wayne types to

go to the doctor. He is dead, you know.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. I remember that and feeling a resentment that my dog wasn't eligible for the same procedure

Wasn't that 1980? I'm guessing that medicine has made a lot of progress since then! And I'm glad to hear that you were able to benefit!

[mnhtnbb]

10. Dogs are eligible now for pacemakers.

It was offered to me for Snowy 3 years ago when her heart arrhythmia and slow heart beat were discovered during surgery to remove bladder stones. I declined. She lived for almost another 3 years--to 14-- well past the 6 month prediction she was given based on research for dogs with her condition at the time.

They do the procedure at the Vet school at NC State here and use recycled pacemakers.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Thanks for the information!

My dog Jack - sitting right next to me now - is now 14. He hasn't any major issues (except a recurring skin condition) *knock on wood*, but that's good to know. A couple of years ago I went with a friend to take her dog downstate for treatment for a congenital liver shunt to a vet from Cornell. I'm hoping that they offer the same procedure there too.

[safeinOhio]

14. I told my partner

to donate mine to an animal org when I go.

[malaise]

6. Now you take care

and work on an exercise program with your doctors

[safeinOhio]

7. Will do and

getting old, ain't for the weak.

[malaise]

9. Tell me about it

I am no spring chicken.

[Maeve]

12. Good to hear!

Stay safe. In Ohio. (Heaven knows it's dangerous out here!)

[demmiblue]

15. I am glad to hear that you are feeling well! K&R

[crickets]

16. That's wonderful.

I'm so glad you went to the hospital and got things fixed, and now you're feeling better.

[Nevilledog]

17. Yay! 🎉