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Dan, PM sent.
Anyone have any questions, fire away. Tomorrow's schedule is gonna be a shit show, but I should be able to answer back Sat night.
These devices do spell the end of your welding career, (except oxy-acetylene---no electricity involved) and if your profession involves anything to do with electricity and voltage (IGNITION SYSTEMS!!) You're gonna hafta stay a healthy distance. So get a buddy to adjust your timing, and put the components in the trunk. RF suppression wires.... the gamut. That's IF you get an ICD implanted.
The thing about the high voltage is that it confuses the device into thinking your heart is doing 10,000rpm (good for a small block, deadly for mammals), and it's programmed to shock you if that happens---because if your heart really were going that fast, you'd better have your will in order. Don't get me wrong, these things DO save people's lives.
Oldsman, I hear ya, some say the medications are sometimes just poisons with beneficial side effects.
But you're still here, man!
Dan, did they mention anything about something called your "QRS width"? Its a measurement taken off the squiggly line on the heart monitor tests that look like a seismograph. aka, a "12-lead EKG". It will possibly dictate what the doc's are considering implanting. If its over a certain number, you've hit the lotto for what's called a "Cardiac ReSynchronization Device".... fancy way of saying it'll re-coordinate how your heart beats, which has positive outcomes if effective on your ticker.
If any of you lurkers are curious, Google or Wiki this stuff:
Heart Failure
Cardiac Resyncronization
Ejection Fraction
ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator)
Tachycardia
Ventricular Fibrillation
And these companies:
Medtronic
Boston Scientific
St. Jude (not the hospital---different business)
Biotronik
Dan, PM sent.
Anyone have any questions, fire away. Tomorrow's schedule is gonna be a shit show, but I should be able to answer back Sat night.
These devices do spell the end of your welding career, (except oxy-acetylene---no electricity involved) and if your profession involves anything to do with electricity and voltage (IGNITION SYSTEMS!!) You're gonna hafta stay a healthy distance. So get a buddy to adjust your timing, and put the components in the trunk. RF suppression wires.... the gamut. That's IF you get an ICD implanted.
The thing about the high voltage is that it confuses the device into thinking your heart is doing 10,000rpm (good for a small block, deadly for mammals), and it's programmed to shock you if that happens---because if your heart really were going that fast, you'd better have your will in order. Don't get me wrong, these things DO save people's lives.
Oldsman, I hear ya, some say the medications are sometimes just poisons with beneficial side effects.
But you're still here, man!
Dan, did they mention anything about something called your "QRS width"? Its a measurement taken off the squiggly line on the heart monitor tests that look like a seismograph. aka, a "12-lead EKG". It will possibly dictate what the doc's are considering implanting. If its over a certain number, you've hit the lotto for what's called a "Cardiac ReSynchronization Device".... fancy way of saying it'll re-coordinate how your heart beats, which has positive outcomes if effective on your ticker.
If any of you lurkers are curious, Google or Wiki this stuff:
Heart Failure
Cardiac Resyncronization
Ejection Fraction
ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator)
Tachycardia
Ventricular Fibrillation
And these companies:
Medtronic
Boston Scientific
St. Jude (not the hospital---different business)
Biotronik
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