OT Implant done

Welcome back Don!

--Winston

----------- Wonderful news, thanks for letting us know how it went.

Lets hope everything in the other threads turns out this well.....

Unka' George [George McDuffee]

------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

That is excellent news. I'll bet this may be the best route to getting the gizmo programmed to best suit your needs. An in at the manufacturer :)

"Don Foreman" wrote: (clip) The rep was quite aware of my interests. He kidded me a bit about the

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Congratulations, and best wishes for an uneventful recovery. What did the rep say regarding welding?

Great! Welcome back.

Pete Keillor

That is terrific news, Don. Very best wishes for the rest of your recovery. Hey! I'm going to hold off on our visit until I can come up on the Delta Queen.

Everything went smoothly. The folks at Mercy Heart were terrific (again).

I learned that the electrophysiologist (MD) quite typically defers "programming" and testing of the device to a company rep while the doc handles medical and surgical matters. There's also an anasthesiologist present. They merely sedate the patient for the procedure, then put him to sleep when they test it by inducing fibrillation to see if the device corrects it. (It did.)

The rep was quite aware of my interests. He kidded me a bit about the volume of email at his employer the past few days.

Ah, that's what I get for not reading everything before asking a question: glad it went well, and you're still with us!

Ya dun good, bubba. Now follow instructions. At least until they expire. After that, I know you're going to do what you want to do, anyway. Let us know if that defrib kicks you what it feels like.

Steve

That is the kinda new we like to hear! Good oh!

Mart> Ahhhm back! All's well. Nuthin' hurts to speak of. I'm not permitted

He didn't say anything about welding -- and I didn't think he would. He was definitely aware of my interests. 'Nuff sed.

I will, but I'm strongly motivated to avoid that experience.

Great to hear Don, I enjoy reading your posts, best of luck to you!

Voluntering the answer isn't nearly as dangerous as complaining about the cooking.

(Ref. 'Moose Turd Pie' - "...But it's good, though!")

Well, you know that you got their attention when their internal E-mail queues are exploding with all the back and forth. Now you have to follow through and keep bugging the shit outta them till they give you all the answers you need, and in sufficient detail...

Solely to make you shut up and go away. ;-P

If the local Doc isn't getting with the program, ease him into the idea. First step is to ask if he has any surgical tools like spreaders and retractors that are /almost/ right for the task. Then you volunteer to modify the stock one to work exactly the way he wants

- "Oh, but that will involve TIG welding..."

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Have the Rep come by the homestead and have him fire up all his test instruments while you strike an arc.

They might be able to fine tune the beasty and have the only Welders ICD on t he market...you of course would get a royalty...

Gunner

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:42:41 -0600, the infamous Don Foreman scrawled the following:

Peed on that fence once and didn't like it, eh?

------------------------------------------- Jack Kevorkian for Congressional physician! ===========================================

My sis wore one for a good while before her LVA and transplant. She spoke of two incidents, one while driving, and one while flyfishing. She said both were not good days.

Steve

"SteveB" wrote: My sis wore one for a good while before her LVA and transplant. She spoke

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What happens when you get kicked in the chest by a horse while driving? Isn't this hazardous to the health of everyone near you on the road?

Time to do that is before implant, not after. There is such a thing as a site survey. The reps (and companies) don't do "site surveys", but somebody does. They're typically paid for by the employer. Don't know who does it or what it costs. I conducted my own site survey pre-op, and supplied my data to the company and rep.

But without it, it would have been a much worse day.