My Life / My Thoughts
(Revised/Updated on Oct. 1, 2020) Wires in my heart. If you had read the previous posts, you already have some idea what I mean by the title, “Wires in my heart”. Already since 2013, I have a pacemaker.At first, you think about the “machine” that they will place inside your body.But after some time, you Read More…
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(Revised/Updated on Sep. 23, 2020) My yearly heart checkup. The last few days/weeks were a bit busy and we had really hot weather here this summer.Hot weather is not really good for me because, with warm weather, the heart needs to work harder. At the beginning of this month, it was time again for my Read More…
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Not Much It has been quiet here for some time.Not much has happened. Well, that said.Life just continues.And also for me, it has its ups and downs. Some day’s you feel good.Other day’s, hmm.What shall I say? Had my CRT-D checkup and things were ok.They only saw that I was retaining water.So my medication is Read More…
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(Revised/Updated on Sep. 12, 2020) My last Physio session. Today was my last session of Physiotherapy.I had 19 sessions in total.Twice a week, one session. Mixed feelings about this.Or maybe my expectations were too high. After my two heart operations, both times I also got physio.From that, I remember that there was a difference from Read More…
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(Revised/Updated on Sep. 5, 2020) Pacemaker lost track. (part 2) It’s been a while for any new post.Several things had happened again with the pacemaker. As I mention in the last post, I hope that things would be okay.And you can guess it already.It wasn’t. On the regular days, the heartbeat looked okay.With every check Read More…
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(Revised/Updated on Aug. 22, 2020) Pacemaker lost track. Already for almost a month, it looked like there was something not right with my pacemaker. In the first week of December 2018, I had my first check after they had replaced the pacemaker for a CRT-D.On that day I already noticed that suddenly my heartbeat was Read More…
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(Revised/Updated on Aug. 19, 2020) Reality Check! Two days ago I had my intake for physiotherapy.Or as they also call it “Heart Rehabilitation” Today was the first time for me to join the group.This will take place at the hospital where I had been before and where I am a regular “visitor” for all my Read More…
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(Revised/Ipdated on Aug 18, 2020) Needed an upgrade of my pacemaker (Part 2) After waiting for some time, I got the letter from the hospital with the date for the exchange of my pacemaker.November 21, 2018, would be the date. But first, one day before that, I would have a check of my arteries.To see Read More…
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(Revised/Updated on Aug 18, 2020) Needed an upgrade of my pacemaker (Part 1) After some recovery time, finally, some time to make this post. As the title already said, Needed an upgrade of my pacemaker.Why? After the summer of 2018, it was time for a scheduled checkup.My specialist wanted to do an ECHO because the Read More…
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(Revised/Updated on August 14, 2020) Got a pacemaker (Part 2) March 1, 2013, was the day that they would place the pacemaker.On that day I was not allowed to eat or drink anything.They could not tell me exactly, what time this would take place.It could be in the morning or in the afternoon.It also depended Read More…
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