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My papa was in hospital yet again after we saw him on Christmas day, i was told he fell over in the toilet (though there is barely any room to move in there and they've go the whole handle/seat thing installed). So i was told he had a pacemaker installed. I'm assuming it's permanent. And it was under a local, because he surely could've died under a general. It turns out, he didn't even remember the procedure, that's how bad his memory is!
So i've read all they do is thread the two wires through a vein via the neck ir shoulder till they are in the heart chambers, and the pacemaker is settled into a pocket of skin on the chest above the muscle. What i want to know is, for someone with an extremely bad memory, is there any sort of maintenance that is eon by the patient, or just the doctor? It's got me very worried. He's 88, he can remember stories from the war back 60 or so years ago, but he cannot remember a face or something he did not a minute ago, or where he is or has to be reminded of something he needs to do.
He ends up in hospital a few times a year now, he's kept a list of all the operations he's had in his life (re:ALOT), and even though most days now he isn't running around and bright, he's outlived all of his friends. Sometimes i wonder why a man who believes in god so much, is made to suffer. I don't believe in god, but i know my papa does not want to be like this, i think he wonders why too.
If anyone has any first hand experience or second hand, can you settle my mind?
So i've read all they do is thread the two wires through a vein via the neck ir shoulder till they are in the heart chambers, and the pacemaker is settled into a pocket of skin on the chest above the muscle. What i want to know is, for someone with an extremely bad memory, is there any sort of maintenance that is eon by the patient, or just the doctor? It's got me very worried. He's 88, he can remember stories from the war back 60 or so years ago, but he cannot remember a face or something he did not a minute ago, or where he is or has to be reminded of something he needs to do.
He ends up in hospital a few times a year now, he's kept a list of all the operations he's had in his life (re:ALOT), and even though most days now he isn't running around and bright, he's outlived all of his friends. Sometimes i wonder why a man who believes in god so much, is made to suffer. I don't believe in god, but i know my papa does not want to be like this, i think he wonders why too.
If anyone has any first hand experience or second hand, can you settle my mind?