Comments on: An old mans’ odyssey with a twist. https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/09/27/an-old-mans-odyssey-with-a-twist/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:05:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mcfly https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/09/27/an-old-mans-odyssey-with-a-twist/#comment-31945 mcfly Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:39:11 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=47631#comment-31945 I hate going to the ER. I get an overpowering sense that the only thing differentiating me from a slab of meat isn't a pulse, but rather insurance coverage. I hate going to the ER. I get an overpowering sense that the only thing differentiating me from a slab of meat isn’t a pulse, but rather insurance coverage.

]]> By: DanS https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/09/27/an-old-mans-odyssey-with-a-twist/#comment-31940 DanS Wed, 01 Oct 2014 10:41:13 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=47631#comment-31940 Worse comes to worse, it can be shut off, but I would need to be in a hospice of some sort for this to happen. Dying in some preferred wilderness, it likely could not be shut off. Worse comes to worse, it can be shut off, but I would need to be in a hospice of some sort for this to happen. Dying in some preferred wilderness, it likely could not be shut off.

]]> By: bowser https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/09/27/an-old-mans-odyssey-with-a-twist/#comment-31939 bowser Wed, 01 Oct 2014 05:56:15 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=47631#comment-31939 To be quite honest with you, I can imagine having more fun at a sado-machocist's convention. Sort of like dragging your own Taser around. To be quite honest with you, I can imagine having more fun at a sado-machocist’s convention. Sort of like dragging your own Taser around.

]]> By: DanS https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/09/27/an-old-mans-odyssey-with-a-twist/#comment-31909 DanS Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:34:50 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=47631#comment-31909 A defib shock will, at the very least, wake you up, and at most alert your friends You should speak with your anticoagulation people prior to any procedure, b. They might be able to set you up with some alternate agent that would be able to keep your heart rate in check for a few days, then you get back on your regular meds as quickly as possible. <blockquote>>>FLASHBACK<< (add your own wavy lines here...) I was staying with my son after surgery and sharing the afternoon with my daughter-in-law, watching a bit of TV. I was moving around on the couch, just getting comfortable, when it went off. She about leaped out of her skin. I guess I puffed out a pretty good shout. I thought back on it right away, knowing I had made some sound, apparently due to the pacemaker's trigger setting being so low. Both her and the dog were staring at me and I smiled, assuring them both I was fine. >>COMING BACK<< (more wavy lines...)</blockquote> My pacemaker has since been adjusted (70bpm). No trouble since, and hopefully none to come. I suppose it'll be a painful death, with my pacemaker fighting to keep me alive... A defib shock will, at the very least, wake you up, and at most alert your friends

You should speak with your anticoagulation people prior to any procedure, b. They might be able to set you up with some alternate agent that would be able to keep your heart rate in check for a few days, then you get back on your regular meds as quickly as possible.

>>FLASHBACK< < (add your own wavy lines here...)
I was staying with my son after surgery and sharing the afternoon with my daughter-in-law, watching a bit of TV. I was moving around on the couch, just getting comfortable, when it went off.

She about leaped out of her skin. I guess I puffed out a pretty good shout. I thought back on it right away, knowing I had made some sound, apparently due to the pacemaker's trigger setting being so low. Both her and the dog were staring at me and I smiled, assuring them both I was fine.
>>COMING BACK< < (more wavy lines...)

My pacemaker has since been adjusted (70bpm). No trouble since, and hopefully none to come.

I suppose it’ll be a painful death, with my pacemaker fighting to keep me alive…

]]> By: bowser https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/09/27/an-old-mans-odyssey-with-a-twist/#comment-31908 bowser Mon, 29 Sep 2014 05:03:49 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=47631#comment-31908 This may be imperfect, Frank. When I went into the hospital with periocarditis, a number of problems surfaced. One of them was high pulse rate, another was a-fib, and the third was low pulse rate. The pacemaker installed for me is to control low pulse rate. I think there are some which built to handle a-fib and high pulse rates. I can not tell when it is working. Thanks for asking. Missed you. Arf This may be imperfect, Frank.
When I went into the hospital with periocarditis, a number of problems surfaced. One of them was high pulse rate, another was a-fib, and the third was low pulse rate.

The pacemaker installed for me is to control low pulse rate. I think there are some which built to handle a-fib and high pulse rates.

I can not tell when it is working.

Thanks for asking. Missed you.

Arf

]]> By: FrankC https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/09/27/an-old-mans-odyssey-with-a-twist/#comment-31906 FrankC Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:19:17 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=47631#comment-31906 I would guess that it was going nuts with you in afib. My B/inlaw said when he had afib he could feel it shocking him. Glad you are okay! I would guess that it was going nuts with you in afib. My B/inlaw said when he had afib he could feel it shocking him.

Glad you are okay!

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