On 8/25/2020 8:31 AM, songbird wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> ...
>> Not a pleasant procedure to get that down, but I was frozen and well
>> sedated. once they determined there was no risk of clots they pulled out
>> the scope, knocked me out with with the crdiologist clled his Michael
>> Jackson drug. The idea was to shock my heart stop it and then another
>> shock to restart it at a normal rhythm. They tried three times....
>> so...another day of intervenous drugs and now I am on pills and plan o
>> be home tomorrow.
>>
>> It looks like I will have to learn to live with congestive heart failure.
>
> i've never heard of such a thing before and i have
> always thought that was what pacemakers were for to
> control the heart rate.
>
> i hope the meds/docs can help! it's pretty amazing
> what they can do these days.
>
>
> songbird
>
Pacemakers are for slow heartbeat. Most CHF has very fast.

Many of us never heard of Congestive Heart Failure and when the doctor
says "you have heart failure" is is a moment of panic. It just means
the heart is not functioning properly. Very treatable and you can live
with it for many years.