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About Me: Male, 47, NJ, member since Nov 2007

Six years ago I remember being at work with a holter monitor strapped to my waist and the guys telling me I looked like a science project. We laughed and carried on about it all day long. The next day I return the monitor back to the Doctor's office and resumed life as ... [More] normal. A few days later I was at work and over the radio I heard of an airplane that struck the World Trade Center. Everyone paused for a few minutes as the report continued with a second airplane striking the second Tower. After work, I rushed home and turned on the TV and saw the dist ruction with my own eyes. Thinking the worst I began crying and praying for those who lives had been lost or hurt in this tragic event. I slowly turned away from the TV and headed to my room. I noticed messages were on my answering machine. I forward my messages to the important ones, and the Main Nurse from my Cardiologist Office had call. She said,"James, this is Doctor Rainear's office calling about your holter monitor test. The doctor called your job and called you off for tomorrow. He wants to know if you ever had a tick bite or if you're a hunter(Deer Hunter). He wants you to be tested for Lymes, call the office as soon as possible, thank you. I was so scared of what that halter monitor result was, I called that office so fast my fingers caught on fire. I spoke to the Main Nurse and she said my results come back showing that my heart pauses for 4.9 seconds at a time and it was happening about one o'clock in the afternoons while I was active. She told me that the Doctor wants to see me first thing in the morning. "In the morning", I said! After hearing what she said, I ask her how can I go to sleep tonight after hearing this! She tried to comfort me and still I thought the worst. I kept thinking my heart will stop if I sleep. Every other minute I checked my pulse to see if it was too slow, if I felt it was stopping or slowing down, I would start jogging in place in my room! Yes! This is sad, but, true. On September 13,2001 I've become the science project my coworkers talked about. My final words are this, if you find yourself thinking that life is over because you have a pacemaker, then think of those who's hearts stopped for ever on September 11,2001. Look at your life with a pacemaker as a blessing to live another day!!!!!!!

Christ Makes Me Pace
James [Less]

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