[Magdalen] Prayers - cardiac worries

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Let's hope you have nothing to worry about, and everything works out fine.
It's always a bit nerve-wracking having someone else in hospital in any
case.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:57 PM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> No, Jay - they're definitely implanting something which will apparently be
> there for a year!! I think it's very extreme and am concerned, because he's
> gone to a private specialist rather than the NHS specialists. I've seen the
> Holter several times before in the hospital where I work, but haven't come
> across this other thing.
>
> My sis in law, a trained nurse who's worked for years now as a medical rep,
> will be going with him to the hospital and staying the night thereafter
> (he's in Swansea and she lives in London) -  but she won't be able to ask
> the questions I'm sure she'd like to ask out of concern for upsetting Dad.
>
> Sally
>
> On Thursday, 13 November 2014, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Sounds to me like a Holter monitor (external) would be the first course
> of
> > action to take. It's uncomfortable, kind of like having an octopus stuck
> to
> > your chest, but it's only for a few days. Are you sure that's not what
> > they're doing, and then possibly a pacemaker? "Implantable recorder"
> sounds
> > a bit extreme, not to say improbable for a first step. That said, my dad
> > got his pacemaker at 78 and felt like a new person thereafter. He had
> > what's called "sick sinus syndrome" where his heart would just go off on
> > tangents (fast OR slow) for no apparent reason. He lived to 93 with it
> and
> > no further trouble.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Please dear friends, bear my father in law Noel in your prayers. He is
> > due
> > > to have an "implantable cardiac recorder" sited to help his doctor
> figure
> > > out why he's been having dizzy spells in recent months and years.
> > >
> > > As he's now in the upper Eighties and living alone, he's finding it
> hard
> > to
> > > deal with this and coping with the worry is sapping his energy and
> > > strength, as well as his peace of mind. We are wondering whether it's
> > > counter productive, since presumably the desired outcome is better
> > health,
> > > not sleepless nights and raised blood pressure!! But ours not to reason
> > why
> > > and he's not of a generation that would even make personal demands of
> the
> > > medical profession let alone argue with it.
> > >
> > > I have also wondered why a doctor would want to put an elderly person
> > > through this - or maybe simply not expect him to be anxious about it.
> > >
> > > Sally D
> > >
> >
>