[Coco] OT: pacemaker

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 10 January 2019 18:02:49 James C. Hrubik wrote:

> Gene, I thoroughly understand the pain.  Mine was put in in 2015, left
> side just below the clavicle, and it still feels odd.

I faintly recall that being mentioned> Did they use 
> twilight anesthesia, and could you feel the doc carving away when he
> was inserting it? 

No, I was clear out.

> I sure did.  Can’t wear a shoulder harness because 
> it cuts into the pacemaker.  AND - if you get 10 years, that’s a good
> battery.  I’m going to be evaluated in a month or so to see whether or
> not mine has to be replaced.  They had it set too high for 2 years and
> it not only affected my aim (jitters) but ran down the battery faster.
>  So go slow but as far as you want.  Wonder if a CoCo-on-a-chip would
> have done a better job <G> - (see, now on-topic)!

Yup. Gotta keep it on topic.  But the coco on a chip would have to have a 
63C09 brain.


Thanks Jim.

> On Jan 10, 2019, at 3:17 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:
> > On another front, I found myself with a slowing pulse, down in the
> > 30's Sunday, so I now have a sore chest where a pacemaker was
> > inserted. I asked the doc before he put it in if he could get
> > another 25,000 miles out of this abused old carcass, he grinning
> > reply was that depended on how far and fast I drove in the next 10
> > years, which is the life of its battery. :)
>
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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