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DFW

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1. The few people i know/knew said a pacemaker improved their lives significantly

Reply to safeinOhio (Original post)

Tue Dec 29, 2020, 05:24 AM

Dec 2020

Even my grandfather, who got one put in at age 98. He said he didn't want anything that would artificially prolong his life. His doc said, it wouldn't do that, but it would make the rest of it better, so he consented, and lived another four years.

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The few people i know/knew said a pacemaker improved their lives significantly DFW Dec 2020 #1

It was like lifting a curtain and coming out safeinOhio Dec 2020 #2

I heard that, too DFW Dec 2020 #3

About the only negative is my tremor. safeinOhio Dec 2020 #4

Maybe a neurologist could check it out and see if there some cause and effect there? n/t DFW Dec 2020 #5

I have one I see once a year. safeinOhio Dec 2020 #6