22nd July 2006
Dear Ranaj and Arimon18:
Thank you for your posts. My mom does not have a pacemaker yet. She has atrial fibrilation and heart failure and takes Tenormin, Coumadin and Lovastatin. The doctor has said that if the Tenormin does not help then she will need a pacemaker.
She does not want one because of negative things that she has heard about when it is time to get your pacemaker replaced.
If and when she does get a pacemaker, Kaiser Permanente will put it in.
There is only my Dad and myself to talk to her and she is very stubborn. She says that if she gets a pacemaker now, then ten years from now when it is time for a replacement she will have problems. I told her that without the pacemaker you may never live those ten years. I am very frank and to the point in hopes that it will sink in.
Her heart problem started a year ago. Before that she was active and now she moves so slow, is always tired, her legs were extremely swollen. Not to mention the pain.
What I don't understand is if the pacemaker eliminates atrial fibrilation then why must you be on the coumadin still?
Ranaj are you on coumadin too?
Thank you for your posts. My mom does not have a pacemaker yet. She has atrial fibrilation and heart failure and takes Tenormin, Coumadin and Lovastatin. The doctor has said that if the Tenormin does not help then she will need a pacemaker.
She does not want one because of negative things that she has heard about when it is time to get your pacemaker replaced.
If and when she does get a pacemaker, Kaiser Permanente will put it in.
There is only my Dad and myself to talk to her and she is very stubborn. She says that if she gets a pacemaker now, then ten years from now when it is time for a replacement she will have problems. I told her that without the pacemaker you may never live those ten years. I am very frank and to the point in hopes that it will sink in.
Her heart problem started a year ago. Before that she was active and now she moves so slow, is always tired, her legs were extremely swollen. Not to mention the pain.
What I don't understand is if the pacemaker eliminates atrial fibrilation then why must you be on the coumadin still?
Ranaj are you on coumadin too?