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@bill54321

I am a little confused . Demand pacemakers usually are set at a level. Mine is 60 The issue for me is to make sure the battery is normal. I check 2 times a week in the cardiologist office and the vendor tech for St.Jude provides the testing back to the Cardiologist. A shock from the pace maker would indicate a failure that should result in replacement. Leaving a pacemaker that has gone sour in and killing the sensory nerves with abatments is strange to me. Have you considered a second professional opinion. I have had spinal abatements but killing nerves to prevent a pacemaker shock doesn't seem reasonable.I am 90 years old. Please excuse my bluntness. Arrhythmia is not cured. It is controlled by the pace maker to avoid a stroke and with a suitabe blood thinner.

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@bill54321 you have a rather unique pacemaker. I only had mine checked for battery level maybe 1 a year. They are usually only replaced every 5-7 years for battery level. I too was set at 70 but also I was not afib but Vintricular Tacricadia and if pacing did not get me out of an arrithmya them it had to shock me back into rhythm. My pacemaker had a built in defibrillator just like the ones doctors use in an er setting. So i dont think we had the same kind of issue. My shocks were deliberate and saved my life. But they always tried pacing first shocks were only if i basically was on deaths door. Have a Blessed day and may God bless! You.