Tony Bev wrote:

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 I know that some members here have had a pacemaker fitted, and that a lot of us are not getting any younger, and perhaps wondering what happens

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Hope that this info will alleviate any fears, anyone may have, concerning this procedure

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 I will drink to that A few people I know have put things off for a while, they went downhill during that wait and did not recover to their original condition after the device was fitted. I got to the stage where I could not get right around the dance floor in a Viennese Waltz so I thought something has to be done It took a couple of months to go through the process of getting to the specialist and having the stress test done. The box was fitted a couple of days later and I have not looked back since.

The procedure is done whilst you are conscious but they put up a curtain so you can not see the actual procedure but you can see the monitors. You may be drugged a bit and the local anaesthesia is so effective you can not feel anything apart for an occasional tug. If you are done early enough you are released on the same day.

I am onto my third one, the battery lasted 12 years in the first box and 14 years in the second one. The only problem is you have to front up for your periodic checks.

Here it is how it is done

For the squirmish ones - no live bodies or blood in either of the videos

For the not so squirmish - Youtube video of the real thing, a little blood flows.