Much thanks to Jack and Lincolnrick for passing on my Facebook posting, and apologies for not posting here sooner. Yes - I am back home and feeling quite good! The machine has evidently "paced" me a few times so far. If my pulse drops below 60 it automatically takes over and keeps me at 80 for 2 minutes, and then lets my regular system take over again. This is totally un-noticeable most of the time, but I did have one incident where I felt like I was at the beginning of one of my syncope spells, but within a few seconds the feeling began to pass, and I felt much better after a few minutes. This is a very big change from my old "drop out on the floor" spells, so I am very pleased. No driving for at least another week, and no bike riding for about 5 more weeks? My wife and I will be most pleased when the no driving thing is lifted! My main problem is all this lovely weather and I can't ride my bike! No way I'm going to beat last years 1781 miles. Time I get back on my bike I will be about 750 miles behind! The restrictions are basically to avoid lifting my left arm above the shoulder so I won't pull the wires in my heart out of position! They have nice little grappling hooks on the end, but the Doc wants scar tissue to grow and lock the wires in place. Right now I'm on hold with the maker of my laser that we cut all our toys and artwork on to be sure there will not be any interference with the electronics of my new friend! Otherwise, all that microwave stuff, etc. is no problem. I am going to get a bluetooth phone thingy because I'm not supposed to have the phone within 6 inches of the pacemaker. Note - I just talked to the laser folks and the guy seemed to have no information, so if any of you technical folks have any suggestions, I would love any imput!
