Pacemaker

[livingwith]

At 85 years old I found my heartbeat irregular and eventually it sometimes dropped to around forty beats a minute. The Dr proposed a pacemaker and I had it inserted last week. The result has been amazing. Not only do I now have a steadily beating heart, but this has also got rid of many of the aches and pains that were making my life somewhat miserable. I had it inserted under a “local” and had only one night in hospital. If you have irregular heart beats run directly to your doctor...Read the full article

[heartdoc]

Thanks for sharing your experience to forum. Pacemaker is one of few intervention which helps prolong life.

If you have time you can also share care of pacemaker after it is inserted and follow up etc.