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packman

(16,296 posts)
11. Have a steady failing heart myself
Mon May 16, 2022, 11:47 AM
May 2022

Had by-pass years ago (rotten diet, no exercise, just shitty life-style). Went from that to stents, then to pace maker, defib implant which worked for awhile and probably saved me two or three times until de-fib was needed. Eight hours on the table with over 100 burn out bad electrical firings cauterized. Amiodarone heavily prescribed after the operation along with others. Yes, Amiodarone does all kind of crap to you - tremors, bruising, etc. Thankfully they weaned me away from it to just taking 100mg every other day along with aspirin and other stuff.

IF it needs to be done, it needs to be done -

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