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Hello, I’m new here and 3 days from my procedure for my pacemaker.
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Jul 16, 2023 | Replies (41)Comment receiving replies
Thank you, Dana. I taught Autocad drafting and computer animation. I retired in 2002 and continued to work part time until 2014. I’m 81.
I have treated afib and tachycardia controlled with a dual-lead CRT pacemaker and metoprolol (2 pills a week now). I’m 97% paced following an ablation. I don’t know what else my heart is doing. (Will find out!) They just say CHF!
Asthma, COPD and rheumatoid arthritis limit my ability to exercise. I was swimming, but now have a reaction to sun that causes skin problems.
I’ve Stage 3 kidney disease. Plus, some other nutrition problems with foods I can’t eat. They put in a Watchman this spring so I got off the warfarin. Doing better now!
(I love the Lord and am continuing to try to find what He wants me to do with the rest of my life! )
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How interesting, My original background in college was computer programming. But due to finances I didn't even finish a year. At that point I joined the military and spent 26 years doing that. Which led me to my last position in Maintenace control in the Air National Guard. To help the operators know the status of the equipment, a Visual Basic programmer I knew helped me take my Access Database and made it visual and interactive on a smart board. I had fun doing that and now the volunteer work I do is Web site design and maintain the church website. So I wish sometimes I did learn more coding as I never got good at that part. But with GUI type software & visual Basic I mange OK. Im more of a GUI type designer as I'm sure in the timeframe you taught you've seen the computer animation really take off. Amazing how far those tools like Auto cad have helped engineers. My Dad went thru that transition as a tool designer of high sped cutting tools. Toward the end of His career (he retired about 2000 at 70) He was just beginning to leave manual drawing board design and His dept was moving to Auto Cad. Well keep praying maybe the Lord will have something enjoyable for you to do. I'm a firm believer that our lives are directed in directions we don't always know ahead of time where they may lead. My latest use of my old training in Communications is the Wi-Fi network I'm helping the Church to make better as we want to start a k-12 school in the near future. I myself have started doing some teaching on YouTube. Thats a story for another time. I have a desire now at 63 to teach.
So have a great day.