About DonMan
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About DonMan
- Cardiac Summary
- I had rheumatic fever when I was 1 yr old and was watched closely because of a heat murmur
throughout my grade school years until it was determined that it was harmless.
I have a family history of Heart problems. My Father - Grandfather and an Uncle all died from heart attacks before they were 60.
Have been treated for High Blood Preasure for past 16 yrs
Have been treated for High Colesteral for past 6 yrs
I received my first Pacemaker (Boston Scientific Altua 60) Jan 16th 2009.
My story: I've continued running but been overly tired in general for the past few years. My Dr ran a lot of blood tests but couldn't find anything wrong except for High Blood Pressure and a Low pulse usually in low 40's at Dr visits. He kept me off any medications that might lower my pulse since it was already low.
I went for a blood pressure/ cholesterol check up with my family doctor on Dec 19th and ended up being sent on to see a cardiologist.. My GP wanted the cardiologist opinion on my slow heart rate and some feelings of almost passing out I've been having lately. When the nurse took my pulse it was 35 and then my Dr got 37 and he did a EKG which showed a 32. The cardiologist said they can easily increase my heart rate by putting in a pacemaker but wasn't sure that was the cause of my almost blacking out. He gave me an "event monitor" to wear for a month so they could get readings from my heart when I have a near blackout incident.
When I called in and did the playback over the phone of my last 5 readings, the tech said it was "very interesting" and he was surprised I hadn't passed out - he said he wasn't a Dr but asked if someone was with me and he expected I would be going into the hospital. A nurse from the Minnesota Heart Clinic called me and moved an appointment up to the next morning.
I went to see another cardiologist (EP) at the Minnesota Heart Clinic on Jan 16th at 7:45 AM and he was sure I needed the pacemaker due to my slowing heart
- Treatment(s)
- Main intervention is the pacemaker that was implanted Jan 16th 2009. It's a dual lead Boston Scientific Altua 60 - model S602 set with a low rate limit of 60 and a Max tracking/sensor rate of 130.
At my 10 day device checkup, it showed my pacing to be 99% atrial and 47% ventricular. It has the Rate Response Accelerometer turned on.
At my 8 week device checkup, it showed my pacing to be 100% atrial and 60% ventricular.
My upper tracking/sensing was changed from 130 to 150.
My medications are:
Zocor 20mg
Diovan Htc 320/25
Norvasc 5mg
Atenolol 50mg (just added this beta blocker 2/6/09)
Zoloft 50mg
- Location / Country
- Rosemount, MN USA
- Heart Rate Watch
- Polar Watch RS200SD
- How did you discover Cardiac Athletes ? ( If internet, what search words ? )
- Gary / Rusty told me about it at Pacemakerclub.com
- Occupation
- Currently Unemployed (Mainframe Programmer)
- Interests
- Running - Completed 5 Marathons in past 2 yrs
Hiking
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Don
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2010 PR's
Jan 23, 2010 - Securian Frozen Half Marathon - St Paul MN 2:07:07
Feb 20, 2010 - Winter Frolic 5K - White Bear Lake MN 25:46
March 20, 2010 - Lake Johanna 4 Mile - Arden Hills MN 34:20
May 8, 2010 - Lake Wobegon Marathon - St Joseph MN 4:37:26
Upcoming Races:
Aug 14, 2010 - Gopher to Badger Half - Stillwater MN- Hudson WI
Oct 3, 2010 - Twin Cities Marathon - Minneapolis/St Paul, MN
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