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Pacemaker news - and good news at that!

2/15/2012

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So, it seemed at one point that I might have to have my pacemaker replaced, adding another surgery to the process.  Well, I talked with my cardiologist and his office said that the new kind of pacemaker does exist.  However, it's not a easy as just swapping them out.  Apparently the leads that go into the heart to create the artificial beat/rhythm correction heal to the heart muscle, and that removing those leads comes with a lot of risk - more than would be wise for proceeding with such task.  But, he told me that there are some people at the university hospital in Portland that have developed a method of shielding the pacemaker and its leads in a way that makes an MRI possible.  

My interpretation of this, is that it's one less surgery and the neurosurgery can therefore happen sooner.  Which, of course brings up the $64,000 question:  What did the neurosurgeon have to say today?  That I would get a call tomorrow.  When I talked with the medical assistant, I passed on the info about the pacemaker and asked that that info also be passed on to the doc.  So, here's to tomorrow.  Tomorrow.  I love ya, tomorrow....
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    Kevin

    It's me, Kevin, but with a brain tumor.  Disclaimer:  I have a very dry and twisted sense of humor.  This is a scary situation.  The jokes ("tumor humor") could be a little dark from time to time.  I intend to keep this rather interesting for you, but if I get a "how could you SAY that?!?" response from you, know it's just, well, I hesitate to use "gallows" humor, but I don't have better phrase for it.  Enjoy, and thanks for your support through this time.

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