K80Shooter
Senior Member
Flash, Glad that they caught it and got you straightened out.
So the monitor sends data to the cell phone - and the cell phone sends data to the company that does the monitoring (via their cellphones) and that company reports abnormalities to a doctor's office - which is (I hope) working 24 hours a day and weekends & holidays. Is the general gist of the process?The monitor was put on me, they gave me a cell phone to keep within 10 ft. Every night it would send a report to the company, then when they read it they would contact the doctors office if they saw something
I only wore it less than 24 hrs, but it wasn't an issue. if you take your hand and do the OK sign it was a little larger than the 'O'. It was 1/4 to 1/2 inch tall, had something like a thick trash bag, about size of your hand holding it down (sticky). I was to remove it every 5 days and charge the monitor, then use a new sticky to hold it down. Said I could shower but not submerge it in water.For the two of you that have mentioned having monitors, how big are they and how aggravating are they to wear? I go in a couple of weeks to get one installed. For close to 2 years now, my heart fluctuates from the lowest I've seen it at 37 bpm to the highest without real cause at 160+. It does this throughout the day. Blood pressure is perfectly normal every time it gets checked. I'm scheduled in February for both the monitor and some comprehensive CT scan to check the arteries. Just trying to get a feel for how this monitor is going to affect daily routines.
Yep, I think they said it reports like 2 am, the thing I'm not 100% sure on is I think since I had an episode tween 4 and 5 PM and the call came next morning, they only process it once every 24 hrs. BUT to be fair to the company, had my issue been prior to lunch I might have got a call that day. I don't know.So the monitor sends data to the cell phone - and the cell phone sends data to the company that does the monitoring (via their cellphones) and that company reports abnormalities to a doctor's office - which is (I hope) working 24 hours a day and weekends & holidays. Is the general gist of the process?
They said mine was low tooGlad you got some help Flash, all the best to you and yours.
Last summer I got to feeling real bad no energy tired all the time. My doctor checked me out it was my potassium level causing my problem. My heart rate was down to 41 bpm which is too low the dr. told me. I didn't know then that low potassium levels can kill a person but my dr informed me that it can. I take potassium pills now and I feel a lot better than I did last summer.
The comments tell a lotReally glad @Flash caught this in time. Without him and @elfiii i’m not sure how I would stay informed. I know I sound like a broken record, but take the time to at least listen to the following YouTube video. It runs counter to everything I thought I knew for most of my life regarding a healthy diet. The standard American diet that most Americans partake in is the main reason cardiovascular disease has skyrocketed over the past few decades. Think about it. The percentage of people that smoke cigarettes is a fraction of what it was when I was a child, yet the incidence of cardiovascular disease has continued to rise significantly.
It’s never too late to make some lifestyle changes that will have a dramatic benefit on your quality of life. In any case, try to listen to the video. It is a conversation between a family practice physician, and a cardiothoracic surgeon. Very enlightening.
Heart Surgeon's Opinion of KETO Diet | Philip Ovadia, MD
A Cardiac Surgeon's thoughts on a KETO Diet and why you should think seriously about the foods you eat. Conducting over 3,000 heart surgeries taught Dr. Phil...www.youtube.com
Have any of those "few times" involved an about to expire car warrantee?I don't have a pacemaker but do have a monitor inserted in my chest. "bout the size of 1/3rd of a match box length wise. It "phones home" all throughout the day and they monitor it. I've only been called a few times.