My father in law had his first one at age 22. He is 81 now and he is on his 12th one. Two were actually recalled and had to be replaced. The others were battery issues. He just had the last one replaced last year and the doctor told him it should be good ten years. He also said with the amount of scar tissue they are running out of places to attach the wires. Good luck and hope you feel better soon. On a side note he is one of 18 kids, 9 girls and 9 boys. The oldest brother lived to 43 and the oldest sister made it to 70. He is going great and tells me that he has made it this long by never raising his voice or getting stressed out. He is a master at both. Me not so much.

Glad you�re still with us. Hang in there. I don�t have any useful info for you on this topic.

Thanks DH, I�m not done with stuff yet.
We are building a house on our 20 acres right now, I have a lot more to do-
If this dang rain will hold off I�ll get the slab poured next week-

Just make sure you’re around to enjoy the finished new house.

I remember your knee scar/scab from when we met at the 407 G2G. Gnarly.

I heard the round/flat pacemakers are being replaced with some sort of CHIP now days. Any news on that?

My Dad has had a few pacemakers replaced because of dead batteries . He told me the pace maker beeps when the battery is low , he said its kinda weird when the noise comes from inside your body and you can hear it-feel it when the room is quiet .

Its also eerie when I went for checkups at the cardiologist and the nurse sets a laptop up an then manipulates the pacemaker and I feel, well, its hard to explain how it feels, but the fact that someone not touching me is playing with my heartbeat is kinda weird-

I must REALLY trust them.