Pacemaker life expectancy
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I'm sure there is a normal life expectancy, and I don't have it. I am very surprised your doctor didn't give you this information... and the option of replacing the battery before it run-downs too low to operate the PM.
Even though I don't have the number, I think the time is years, not days. So, you should have plenty of time to learn the answer.
If I remember correctly, I think it depends on how ofter the pacer is "active." Are you paced 100% of the time? My dad had a pacemaker put in in 1999 and it was replaced with a Bi-V pacemaker/ICD in 2006. It hadn't worn out, but his EF was low and the unit is considered safer for people with a compromised EF. Hope the procedure goes well and you have renewed energy with your new pacer!
I have smoked for 45 yrs, a pack a day, now down to 5-6cigarettes a day. This happened 3 weeks ago.what are my odds and life expectancy?
So does that mean that I will just have to live with all the other symptoms and does this shorten my life expectancy? It sure sounds that way.
I have been in-and-out of Afib for years. I've had several Electrocardioversions, some have converted me to sinus for up to 18 months. My last Electrocardioversion was August 29, 2008, yes a couple of weeks ago. That didn't last, my hope was the conversion would last longer that 18 months due to a repair of my Mitral valve last November. Well, this last cardioversion failed last Saturday, and after an EKG yesterday my EP says I'm now in Atrial Flutter, not Fibrillation.
Heart failure certainly can't be classified as normal. Has he been under professional heart management over the years? I doubt whether he suffered much damage if any from the attack in 1984, that's nearly 30 years ago and I think heart failure would have begun years ago from that. What you need to establish is the cause of the heart failure. Have there been more blockages in the arteries that haven't been treated? was there as infection involved?
Only her doctor can give you an idea of what her life expectancy is. For me, I think it's about quality of life. I don't know if I'd put her through radiation at her age. This is a very personal thing, but I feel very strongly about this. I've known many much younger people who endured all the chemo and radiation for cancer, only to still die from the cancer. So what life they had left was spent being miserably sick. It's a big decision for you. Take care....
Hard to say on life expectancy, but I'll say be optimistic, look to live to be 80.
Your treatment is still under diagnosis, so what has to be done is yet to be determined. But, I think a treatment will be found and if you add to that losing the extra (unhealthy) weight I forecast a long an much happier (physically) life.
Focus on getting well.
I was wondering what the average life expectancy is for someone who is bipolar? I've done some research online and I was unable to figure out if having bipolar affects your life expectancy or not. There wasn't a lot of information available about it, but I imagine that's because there are a lot of factors that go into determining that.
I doubt very highly he is a transplant option. Any advice or helpful suggestions would be appreciated. Even a life expectancy - whether good or bad would be nice. He's not on oxygen at this time.
Since I cannot speak with doctors and I cannot take time off from work to visit on a regular basis, what would her life expectancy be, since she is refusing to stop the drinking?
I believe each person is different. But, if you have been diagnosed with cancer it is important to start treatment as soon as possible to stop progression of the disease, it can only get worse not better. And survival depends on many factors such as, the stage, the grade of the cancer cells (1, 2, 3.....
Since we have a similar hx and tx, I wanted to respond. Drs dont like to give us life expectancy answers, do they? We know they are right when they say it is all relative, it all depends on so-and-so, etc etc. but we still want a statistically based ball-park figure, right? I want to hear things like "You have a 70% chance of recurrence within 3-5 years," or "56% of those who have a similar recurrence will die within the following 2 years.
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