I saw an electrophysiologist this past week. He wants to do an EP study in two weeks. If he concludes I need it (I have fainted twice and have sudden death, but at middle ages, in the family), he said they would implant a combination pacemaker/defibrillator two days later. Since reading several posts on this site, I see that many people are unhappy with pacemakers. I also saw that someone mentioned that ICD's now have a pacemaker function. Is this true for all of them, thus explaining the doc's combination? Or should I consider requesting just an ICD? This all seems pretty amazing, and a bit overwhelming, since I plan to fly to China 10 days after the implantation if they do it, move to a new apartment the day after we get there (jet lag and all), and start teaching again a week later. Since I have no elevators and lots of stairs and a laptop, projector, boombox, speakers, etc. to get to each class, I cannot imagine having a pacemaker that made me feel worse, as some people have described. Can anyone enlighten me on the options?
Thanks!
Rhoda
Thanks!
Rhoda
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