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« Reply #31815 on: November 03, 2019, 11:14:59 AM »

I dislocated it 6&1/2 days after having it fitted. Apparently they are vulnerable until you rebuild the muscles and tendons.

The pain was excruciating,


I bow to the stories from the older guys about pancreatitis and dodgy eyes though. At a mere 65 I guess I have those things to look forward to.

Oi!! I'm 50 today, that makes me feel old enough!! 

Pancreatitis was caused by an overindulgent lifestyle and a touch of genetic bad luck.


Lol Rod. It's official, you're an old fogey.

Happy birthday.
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« Reply #31816 on: November 03, 2019, 12:01:44 PM »




I'm totally fascinated by the actual physical and mechanical side of this. Indeed, until I read your poignant and inspirational post about the mental aspects I thought the mechanics would be the most interesting part.

How long does your battery pack last?
Do you have a plug socket on your body or is there a lead hanging out?
If you lost power, would your heart cope for a while on it's own?
Do you have a pulse as we know it?
Do you have a reflection?
Do you get fed up of silly questions?

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Last one first, I'm loving extending my 15 mins of fame :-)

A lead from the implanted device exits through my abdomen - it's a bit off to the right. This lead connects to a controller that can't be adjusted on the age of device I have. I can wear that controller clipped on my belt (e.g when playing golf) or, most commonly in a manbag slung over my shoulder. The lead just kinds of exits between the shirt and trousers and into the manbag. The controller can then be powered 2 ways - when mobile it hooks up to 2 quite big batteries (also housed in the manbag) and they give something like 16 hours of power when new and over a couple of years go down to around 12 hours.

I have 4 sets of the 2 batteries and a charging station. You are supposed to take a spare pair of batteries and a spare controller with you all the time. I'm quite blase now and if I'm going to a local pub or local shops I don't religiously take spares with me - I have a spare set when I go to work and, eg when I went to Paris for a days business a few weeks ago I took all the spare batteries with me just in case of any delays.

At night you can plug the controller into a power module that is plugged in to the mains normally and has it's own battery power too. This also has a monitor that shows the rate of flow, the VAD speed etc. It's a continuous flow device running at 9400 rpm and so I have a barely perceptible pulse from the residual heart function I have. Initially I carried a letter round explaining the lack of pulse so if I had any issues and medics came along, they don't presume your dead just because there's no pulse.

I used to wonder about how long if it breaks down but never really checked - I did some googling and it's not uncommon for people with other serious issues to have the device switched off - apparently people die from between 1 and 26 hours once the machine is off.  If the controller breaks or anything stops working it alarms so notionally you can change the controller - swift detachment from the lead and re-attachment of the spare. I guess if the bit inside breaks down mechanically then things aren't going to go to well for you. When batteries are low an alarm sets off, on a handful of occasions I have got my timings wrong or forgotten to change batteries in the morning. Cue a load of beeping around midday and a swift departure from my desk to the car to change batteries, beeping all the way.

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« Reply #31817 on: November 03, 2019, 12:05:08 PM »


Amazing.


I can wear that controller clipped on my belt (e.g when playing golf) or, most commonly in a manbag slung over my shoulder. The lead just kinds of exits between the shirt and trousers and into the manbag. The controller can then be powered 2 ways - when mobile it hooks up to 2 quite big batteries (also housed in the manbag)


Where do you put the batteries when golfing?
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« Reply #31818 on: November 03, 2019, 12:07:34 PM »


Amazing.


I can wear that controller clipped on my belt (e.g when playing golf) or, most commonly in a manbag slung over my shoulder. The lead just kinds of exits between the shirt and trousers and into the manbag. The controller can then be powered 2 ways - when mobile it hooks up to 2 quite big batteries (also housed in the manbag)


Where do you put the batteries when golfing?

Imagine a gun slinger - I have 2 battery holders that also clip left and right of the belt and the leads from controller to batteries kind of trail around beneath the shirt
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« Reply #31819 on: November 03, 2019, 12:16:02 PM »

Fascinating reading, I love your attitude to it all as well nirvana
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« Reply #31820 on: November 03, 2019, 01:56:40 PM »

Fascinating reading, I love your attitude to it all as well nirvana

Yep incredible attitude!
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« Reply #31821 on: November 03, 2019, 02:21:55 PM »

Fascinating reading, I love your attitude to it all as well nirvana


I just get more agog with everything he writes.
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« Reply #31822 on: November 03, 2019, 02:47:34 PM »


Glen, do you still smoke cigarettes?
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« Reply #31823 on: November 03, 2019, 03:39:03 PM »

Agog. What a word, used to work with a bloke who used to come up to you and say things like expunged, discombobulate, agog, what great words.
I used to have to go and look them up as I never knew what 90% of the word he said to me meant Smiley
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« Reply #31824 on: November 03, 2019, 03:58:00 PM »

Agog. What a word, used to work with a bloke who used to come up to you and say things like expunged, discombobulate, agog, what great words.
I used to have to go and look them up as I never knew what 90% of the word he said to me meant Smiley

I love words.

I can't wait to hear what I'm going to say next.
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« Reply #31825 on: November 03, 2019, 04:52:45 PM »

Agog. What a word, used to work with a bloke who used to come up to you and say things like expunged, discombobulate, agog, what great words.
I used to have to go and look them up as I never knew what 90% of the word he said to me meant Smiley

I often have to look words up but I always end up learning something other than just the basic information.

Ralph and Tal are great wordsmiths and regularly have me thumbing my virtual dictionary.

Tony's diary taught me that a train isn't the same as a locomotive and cement isn't the same as concrete.

Glen used the word 'Risible' in a reply to me a couple of years ago. I looked it up and I've been waiting for an excuse to use it in Tony's diary ever since.

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« Reply #31826 on: November 03, 2019, 05:12:01 PM »

When, if ever, did you last have OXO as a drink?

They used to sell loads of it in the West Midlands Snooker Hall in Worksop and you could get it in most transport cafes. I used to have it regularly, it was great with a dash of pepper.

Sometimes we would have it as a snack with a slice of bread broken into it. 'OXO pobs' my Mam called it.



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« Reply #31827 on: November 03, 2019, 05:22:51 PM »

Speaking of wordsmiths, I'm going to miss old Bercow as speaker. He used to come out with some corkers.

I was looking for a pic of him and stumbled upon one if him and his wife.

Is she particularly tall or is he a bit vertically challenged?



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« Reply #31828 on: November 03, 2019, 05:28:35 PM »

Reminds me of one of the old circuit players. He pronounced his name 'Ronnie de Bollocks' but I've no idea how he spelled it.

He always had a some or other leggy blonde towering over him.

Tony will know his proper name. I think they went to Russia together and got arrested.
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« Reply #31829 on: November 03, 2019, 05:29:11 PM »

Speaking of wordsmiths, I'm going to miss old Bercow as speaker. He used to come out with some corkers.

I was looking for a pic of him and stumbled upon one if him and his wife.

Is she particularly tall or is he a bit vertically challenged?



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The latter Tom, he is famously short. Think Celtic, plus a bit.
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