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MiniMe

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9. I've never heard of a BP where the first number was lower than the 2nd number

Reply to csziggy (Reply #8)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 08:11 PM

Sep 2021

I had a quadruple bypass and they waited about 4 months before they implanted the defibrillator. I had so many darned tests that I don't even remember what they were. But my cardiac output was lower than it should have been so I got the defibrillator. Like I said, thank Gawd it hasn't gone off, I would not be a happy camper if it did. I imagine that it would be painful. Though I would guess I would be much more unhappy if I was dead.

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I just found out they can't schedule my needed surgery [View all] csziggy Sep 2021 OP

I'm holding off on my total right knee but am pretty happy about it really. brewens Sep 2021 #1

Yeah, knee replacement is not for sissies csziggy Sep 2021 #2

How fortunate that you're able to delay it FakeNoose Sep 2021 #3

Yes, I had to promise the scheduler guy if anything changed, I'd call in csziggy Sep 2021 #5

I had a defibrillator "installed" in March of 2020, right about the time everything started to go MiniMe Sep 2021 #4

Wow! That's pretty serious! csziggy Sep 2021 #6

I've been fine thank Dog MiniMe Sep 2021 #7

Excellent! Yeah, you don't want that going off - ever csziggy Sep 2021 #8

I've never heard of a BP where the first number was lower than the 2nd number MiniMe Sep 2021 #9

I'm probably remembering it wrong - that was the first reading they took when they found me csziggy Sep 2021 #10