I am one of 30 people in the United States with a Total artificial

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>>735991474
I think its illegal to help other people fullfilling suicide? But I could be wrong here.

you better live you little fucker, appreciate what you have been given

>>735991474
If it stops your heart, you will quickly lose consciousness and die. Don't kys tho, /b/to. You're a cyborg.

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So you're a robot?

not likely.
you will lose contiousness pretty fast as your brain don't get oxygen. just make sure nobody notice and plug you back in, that can fuck you up real good

>>735991474
wtf was wrong with your organic heart? and if you turn off your fake heart it would probably feel like having a heart attack

>>735991474
that invention is old like fuck , not so popular cuz humans are afraid to having things like that

Was it Viagra and cocaine? It was Viagra and cocaine.

>>735991790
Nigger you can replace my legs and arms right now if it means I won't ache all over when the rain comes and my hands will stop hurting when I do anything.

>>735991474
Sell that shit on eBay first. It can't be cheap.

>>735991474
1. What's your favorite furniture ?
2. compared to what ?

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>>735991474
Dude! You could totally be Tony Stark or something! All you have to do is create a franchise, become philanthropist billionaire, and have something artificial keeping you alive. Hardest part is already done, next is renaming yourself: Anthony Snart (so it looks original)

>>735991876
most of humans are afraid of losing "humanity" and freak out just of thinking of becoming a cyborg
some kind of organic sentiment

>>735991474
>I am one of 30 people in the United States with a Total artificial heart. Pic related is my natural heart before they sliced it up for studies.
>1. AMA
>2. All I have to do to die is unplug the batteries in my machine, drop it in water, or disconnect my
>tubes from the machine to the artificial heart. Will it be painless?
Pic

>>735992116
speak for yourself retardo...i would love to be a cyborg as would most educated people

Pic of the machine

>>735991474
>before they sliced it up

Are you sure about that?

And appreciate what you've been given dude. people in the past would have given a lot for what you have now

>>735991566
I have my family and friends and a GF who is like my caretaker/nurse helping me through this. I won't kill myself, just curious.
>>735991613
Ye
>>735991682
I've had to change my machine over to the back up numerous times. The process is unplugging 4 colored tubes and reattaching them to the correlating colors. My heart has stopped numerous times. I feel my blood and body get cold and everything starts to fade to black. Adrenaline saved my life and I plugged everything back in. When the machine malfunctions it sounds like a fucking fire alarm.

>>735991709
Doctors don't know.
>>735991790
Doctors asked me straight up to not do this if I didn't want to. Said I had a choice in my own life if I wanted to attempt the artificial heart. I couldn't say no bc of my family.

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>>735992308

>>735991709
no, it wouldn't.

>>735992321
So Can you get a heart transplant or is the machine a permanent addition
Also what's it like not having a heart compared to what it's like having a heart

>>735992321
>Doctors asked me straight up to not do this if I didn't want to. Said I had a choice in my own life if I wanted to attempt the artificial heart. I couldn't say no bc of my family.

Not sure i understood that sentence, you mean they let you choose between having an artificial heart and living, or not getting one and probably dying i suppose (if you need an artificial heart you must have been in a pretty bad shape)

Also how do you deal with the machine, you have to carry that bag around all the time? Like on your back?

What manufacturer and model is it? I want to look up the specs

B U L L S H I T


>Morons fall for it.

Probably just feel like you're suffocating and then you'll pass out.

>>735992432
can you overclock it?

>>735992321
>>735992432
Are you on social care? How do you earn money for your livelihood?

>>735992612
It's a bridge to heart transplant. The longest anyone has had one is 4 1/2 years. I'm coming up on a year in July.
-I'm on a shit ton of medicine. My heart rate is set to 125 because the machine isn't as powerful as a real heart so it needs to work faster to pump the blood through my body. I'm super fatigued all the time but I'm healthier than when my heart started failing.

>>735992663
They told me I would die within the next week if nothing was done. My organs were failing because my heart was only working 25%. there was a clot in my left ventricle that had blocked a major part of it. I carry the bag around all the time, it's twenty pounds. I also carry a backup machine and 8 batteries. The tubes that come out of my chest are extremely painful and sensitive so my movement is limited. I stopped taking my pain meds because my dad is a heroin addict and he was taking them. I don't want to go down that path.

>>735991972
My nightstand with a drawer that I can set my machine in comfortably while I sleep.
>>735991894
Around a million dollars for the surgery and everything. Thankful for good insurance.

>>735992740
Syncardia Total Artificial Heart.

>>735992869
I moved back in with my mother and doordash/uber when I can. I am still applying for disability but the office has no fucking idea what I have and thinks it's bullshit. They made me see their doctor and tried to do an EKG which is POINTLESS without a real heart. So maybe they understand now.

>>735993103
holy fuck bro. Age?

I thought my genetic condition was a shit hand.

If it makes you feel better we all meet up in the end no matter what you do in life - 6 fooot under.

If I was you I would maybe start weed or something to take out the pain and make me feel better. Game everyday and don't give too many fucks OP.

Think of the positives. No one will judge you for sitting around naked all day surfing the interweb, gaming all day - sounds like heaven to me.

http://katv.com/news/health/21-year-old-receives-arkansass-first-ever-total-artificial-heart-transplant

This is another dude my age. Reached out to him but haven't heard back yet. He's been in the hospital for a while. I'm one of the few patients to go home and do really well.

Post pic of your chest with tubes coming out.

>>735993237
Can you have sex with your gf?

>>735993237
>do an EKG
Isn't this test suppose to show if there is a problem with you heart rate or something like that? I'm not a doctor and this seems retarded even to me
"Wow your heartrate is pretty elevated, but why does it stay perfectly still at 125 bpm?".....

>>735993351
this machine has given me the best excuse for anything. Got out of a speeding ticket doing 100 in a 60. "But muh batteries are dying and I need to get home"

Mind if I ask what your problem is?

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>>735992795
Kek

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>>735993405

Can you overclock yourself?

It would be awesome to jerk off and never get tired, or run like 400 miles.

You need a turbo of sorts.

>>735993595
wtf OP man, that is some hard core shit right there /b/ro

>>735993623
Lmao no I can't :-( the max bpm the machine can be set to is 150 and only the doctors can change it. They are asking for input on the next machine going through trials so I'll be able to ask for the ability to overclock it and put it into turbo mode.

>>735993714
Rippo

>>735993237
I know how shitty heart problems are. I got a ventricular tachycardia. Do you got any problems with your heart before? I wish you good luck, my friend.

>>735992795
kek'd

If you take off the heart, would you die?

>>735993714

You need a way to add oxygen, dopamine, steroids, HGH, Adrenaline and some way to combat lactic acid.

You are like one device away from becoming a fucking cyborg super human.

WAIT WAIT WAIT

Since you actually have no heart that means your heart can't get fucked up by coke.

You literally can't get a fucking heart attack.

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU NOT ONE COKE AND VIAGRA ALL THE FUCKING TIME

Seriously, I'd be just nutting in cheap eastern european whores all fucking day long.

>>735993928
No shit retard

You could control your body temperature so you would never overheat.

This is future shit.

>>735991474
do you play league of legends?if no, why not?lots of heartless people play that game

>>735993947

Holy shit.

He can't die!

Do heroin man! Fuck yeah speedball.

>>735993947
True, but too high blood pressure will overload the machine. Also they drug test me in order to stay on the transplant list. I almost came close to not being on the list because I had a history of marijuana use.

>>735993515
>Mind if I ask what your problem is?
rare genetic mutation. Chronic pancreatitis ---> high chance of pancreatic cancer.

A guy from the states whom I was in touch with online was diagnosed with it and died in under a years time at the age of 28.

Close to my current age. The problem is that I can't go full chill mode in case I survive into my 40's and beyond and have achieved nothing in life.

On the other hand I'm torn between working more and studying less to have an easier life now.

Led to a lot of procrastination in my life in terms of achievements. Either live in the moment or study hard and cash out a better life in a future I may or may not have.

My issue pales in comparison to you. I feel both of us were dealt a shitty hand.

>>735992432
so is it a thing that looks like a heart or does it work based on a turbine-system with a little pump?

in other words: do you have a heartbeat or are you a vampire?

good luck bro

also, if you enjoy playing games, play Eve Online. It's free now and it's a shit game but it has one of the best communities out there. Most MMO's people are microphone-shy and pretend they have no microphone because they don't want you to know they're 12. In eve online everybody is 25+ with kids I'm not even joking. There are some caring and kind people out there hiding between between the campers and 0-morals scammers. You just have to join the right player corporation and get on teamspeak and say hi.

The game is garbage if you don't join a player corp tho. I reccomend joining Brave Newbies Inc. within the first 30 minutes of playing. But as a member back when I used to play, I'm pretty biased.

>>735991876
Nigga you got aids

>>735993595

looks like fucking garden hoses. i know that scar, but only had bypass surgery. i feel for you young man. and i'm sorry you're going through it. but you're tough, so hang in there a while longer until you get a transplant.

then when you get your transplant, you can go out and nig it up like that one kid.

>>735991709
>it would probably feel like having a heart attack

No, it wouldn't. Heart attack hurts because a part of your heart, the muscle, isn't getting the oxygen it needs. He has no heart.

All he would most likely feel are the effects of a major blood loss - except in his case it's not a blood loss it's lack of blood circulation.

That would be dizziness, shortness of breath and rapid breathing, more dizziness and loss of consciousness.

>>735994097

People who don't blaze deserve to die.

There I said it. Fucking inhuman freaks.

>>735991474
What happens if you are near an EM pulse?

Does your heart make a sound? Can you hear it? Can your gf hear it if she rests her head on your chest?

Does the machine have any settings? Like, "sitting in front of PC" setting which keeps your heart rate lower and then when you go have sex you gotta turn on "sex time" mode to up your heart rate so you don't pass out while fucking.

>>735994177

He could install an AIDS filter.

Just spin the blood and separate the AIDS and kill it with UV light.

OP is immortal.

>>735994257

He gets more powerful.

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>>735991613
a man with robotic parts is called cyborg you uneducated fuck
i guess you can t even tell the difference between an android and a synth, pathetic

>>735994104
>>735994104
Idk if it pales in comparison dude, it's still pretty heavy. In my case there's a "cure", I can still get a heart transplant and life for maybe 20 years. There's a clear way out I mean. I wish you the best of luck man. If this has taught me anything it's to live in the moment life's too short.

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How do you feel about humans now that you are a cyborg.

You gonna do us dirty?

>>735991474
so they dissected you heart without finding a cause ? and what about donor list do you get informed about you getting closer too a transplant ?

>>735994343
Not OP but he said it's fixed at 125, and doctors only can change it to a max of 150.
Read the thread FFS

>>735994547
What about your general body/fitness? Are you getting fat because you can't really exercise? Do you lose weight because of being always tired, and maybe not eating much? Do you have to do some exercise like apartment bike to keep your body as healthy as possible?

>>735994343
Haha no settings unfortunately. I can chill in front of the tv then sex and then walk around but all my fatigue will hit at once. It will alarm if I'm overloading the machine.

>>735994513
Why do these cybernetic women have mallets, saws and shovels? shouldn't they have spatulas, soap dispensers and scrub brushes?

>>735994678

Did you ever have to tell your gf to slow the fuck down while you're having sex because you're starting to overload the machine?

How the hell has that sorry excuse for a heart kept you alive up until then ? The right ventircle's floppy as fuck.

>>735994656
I'm regaining energy and strength. I just walk a lot take my dog to the park just try to get out. But I'm on a lot of medication to regulate my blood and it causes fatigue and makes it hard to put on weight because I'm on a chemo med to regulate white blood cell count.

>>735991474

All you need to do is jump from a high bridge and get lost.

Would that be painful?

>>735994808
I let that mf beep better to go out in bliss

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>>735992795

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>>735994781
and why do you have a keyboard? i m pretty sure not to make old jokes because you suck man

>>735994831
That's what the doctors said, I was extremely lucky to still be alive.

>>735994678
can you tell us about your condition and general life before the operation?

were you a fat kid or a skinny kid? did you always have heart problems leading up to this or only a short time before you got the artificial heart?

how do I know I don't have a shit heart?

>>735994862
have you ever dropped the machine, or ripped some of the tubes out on accident ? it should crash your blood pressure and make you faint in like 5 seconds from what i read ?

>>735994642
They think leofflers endocarditis. But still idiopathic really nothing to 100% attribute it to. I had a lot of symptoms of a lot of things.

>>735994177
I don't, cartilage is mostly gone, had wrist surgery, and most of my joints pop a lot when I rotate them

wish you the best anon, meaning to live as long as its possible with your artificial heart

>>735992795

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>>735992795
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>>735993714
>>735993938

Shit would be sooo cash

>>735994678
My dad had a heart condition that couldn't be healed at his time. He was supposed to die in his early teenage years.

He got, when he was almost dead, a new kind of surgery at 12 years old. He was the first person ever to survive to this. He needed a second surgery in his twenties, and had a plenty life and survived until 60+ years old.

He had two children (my sister and me) and three grandchildren. We're all here because of him, and we loved him the most. He was the first father ever.

This year has been the 10th anniversary of his passing. It still hurts, of course, but I feel lucky and I'm very happy.

That could be your story, too. Healthcare evolves pretty fast. You can't know.

tl;dr: there's hope. KEEP FIGHTING. Good luck.

>>735995012
I had no problems whatsoever. I was fit I played a lot of sports in high school and was always skating. But the symptoms started with major fatigue, which I thought was just my depression and weed usage, but then my organs started failing and I couldn't breath and I gained 30 pounds. You can't really tell if something is wrong unless you get an EKG and even then you still need a heart cath to find anything concerning. As long as you aren't bloating up and feeling like you're about to suffocate you are ok.

>>735994547
>If this has taught me anything it's to live in the moment life's too short.

I really wish it was that simple. What am I meant to do give up on my university education just so I can live in the moment. It has the been the ultimate dilemma I've been dealing with.

I'm planning to just go hard for my long term goals. Keep an eye on things. At the first signs of cancer start cashing out whatever I have and go traveling around the world. Fuck spending my last year/s wasting away due to chemotherapy in a hospital.

>>735991474

you would pass out in a matter of seconds, it would be as close to painless as possible

>>735995171
tl;dr means: too long didn't read

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>>735994257
He evolves into an super-powered android killing-machine.

>>735995171
Thank you for this, very inspiring. Sorry to hear about him passing but it sounds like he kicked ass.

>>735995305
People have been using it to mean "in short" since as long as I can remember.

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The machine shears the blood when its thick, so I'm on a lot of blood thinners to prevent that. But this is what happened when I was out on the more powerful machine in the hospital. It destroyed my blood and made me piss black.

>>735991474
I didn't even know you could get complete artificial hearts. Shit's got me interested.

Are there any upsides to having a artificial heart? or only negatives? list some of the best and worst parts of having it.

is it weird seeing your own organ sliced open like that, knowing it's yours and that if it wasnt replaced you would be dead?

are the tubes visible under clothes? say i walked past you on the street wold i notice?

and, is there any foods you're not allowed to eat? like high cholesterol ?

>>735995305
That's why he's using it to say "if you didn't want to fully read it when you saw its lenght, here's the core message in it:"

Can we have a picture of the machine? The way you described it made me think you were bedridden and hooked up to something, but you go for walks somehow. I would very much like to see this to satisfy my increasing curiosity.

>>735995086
wait why is your cartilage fucked up? Is it the meds? The lack of blood flow before getting the machine? A side effect of the machine?
And when you say they pop off, is it painful? Or do you do it sometime for "fun" or to pass the time? I can do some weird things with my wrists without pain and i often do it when i'm bored because i find the "plop" sound it makes when it come back funny.

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>>735991474
Is it difficult to get a full mast stiffy with all that shit in your chest?

>>735995352
He kicked ass, indeed. He was a very loved person in our hometown, he even got a street and a yearly painting contest named after him in our hometown. You sir are already making history, and helping med science learn and be better for the next ones. But you can still get enough time to make great things and leave a great mark in your loved ones.

Now just focus in being as healthy as possible to be prepared for your transplant.

>>735995758
>>735992432

>>735995859
Oh rip my bad.

>>735995840
I'm diamonds thx to my blood pressure meds

hi OP

http://www.ledauphine.com/france-monde/2017/06/16/deces-de-christian-cabrol-pionnier-de-la-greffe-cardiaque?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=ledauphine.com-alerte-info

>>735995926
he mentioned the model name
>Syncardia Total Artificial Heart.

http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2012/05/23/9540205/syncardiaTAH.jpg

here u go

>>735995859
So like, does that go into your chest from your back? How does it work?

>>735995969
>>735995957
>>735995859
Nevermind, thanks

>>735995501
Well I'm alive but at high risk of stroke.

yeah very surreal

They come out from underneath my shirt and curve around to my back. You'd hear it before you saw it it's loud af

Just foods with vitamin k, messes with the effectiveness of my blood thinner

>>735992795
next people are gonna ask if it can run linux

can it?

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You selling your heart?

I'll trade it for mine.

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>>735992795
absolute kek

>>735994049
back to 9gag , sommer friend

>>735996170
*summer.
I may or may not be autistic

How do you pay for this? It costs like 18,000 a year my dude. Unless you are technically a science experiment. No offense by the way

>>735995171
>He was the first father ever.
so you're over a thousand years old eh

>>735996203
Oder Deutsch

>>735996252
Lmao. Autocorrect ftw

>>735994236
People who can't enjoy life without a blaze deserve to die.

There I said it. Fucking inhuman freaks.

>>735995955
Woah wtf? He died today?? I was operated on by Dr. Cooley. But this doctor seemed to be really important. Weird.

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>>735991474
Can you like, never die?

>>735996274
oder Hitler?

>>735996424
Not OP, but the heart has nothing to do with growing older.

>>735996380
yep i was on this thread and then i received this newsletter from my local journal ... funny

>>735996424
No, he can die. there are a lot of ways today that don't involve the heart.

As we speak I'm going to see my GF's father at Boston General. He had an L-Vat (not sure if that's what it's called)

Did you have anything like that put in before your artificial heart? Also, if you could give an entire timeline of medical events leading up to the replacement that'd be nice.

>>735996380
He was one of the pioneer of cardiac surgery

>>735991474
Can you squirt blood on command like one of those lizards? Asking for a friend

>>735996525
Bullshit

they should give the heart to someone whose not a loser instead of you OP

>>735995949
Kek' d the one upside

>>735996656
Watch your edge young dragonborne

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>>735991474
can you use it to charge your lazer?

>>735996642
Nope, I'm un-dead proof, I drank poison last week and died, lucky i live in the Canada so free healthcare made me a zombie.
>true story btw.

OP how does it feel in day to day use? Is any strenuous activity dangerous? What were your thoughts when you realized your heart's fuged and has to be upgraded to a machine variant.

>>735992321
what did you mean by doctors don't know what's wrong with it.
what was the failure inn the heart that led to you replacing it

>>735993103
forgive me for being ignorant, but if there was a clot in the left ventricle, couldn't they remove it and just put the heart back?

>>735996581
Yeah the LVAD! Well I was going to get one but my heart was too fucked. He should be ok with one. They aren't nearly as severe as the total artificial heart. I Wish him best of luck and tell your gf not to worry.

>>735997003
They tried to remove it, but it had calcified to my heart and removing it would cause fatal damage.

>>735996926
Only one ventricle was working, they knew what was wrong just not why.

>>735994576

Topkek :)

>>735991566

> Given

I think he paid a pretty dollar for what he got.

>>735996052
How loud? like could you hear it over a normal conversation, or is it so loud it could disrupt that conversation

>>735997147
He actually got the clear to go home with once a month visits. I've told her not to worry for a while and she's starting to lighten up.

I'm planning on taking them to a RedSox game or something when he's out.

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>>735991474
As someone with a cadaver heart, I'd like to declare zombie superiority over the new cyborg race.

>>735997212
OP has COLOSSAL balls to endure this. if doctors told me I had a week to live if I didn't use the machine, it would opt out and go on a sex and drug spree till I dropped dead

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>>735992795
Wew lad

>>735997427
* unfortunately, because he was on blood thinners, he's had a bit of brain bleeding.

They operated and he's ok now, suffering little to no need for therapy/brain damage. But the dudes tough. I really appreciate your kind words anon

>>735993595
I have lots of scars from dozens of surgeries after rollover, including but not limited too heart(aorta) surgery with a temp bypass.

I had lots of chest tubes and peg tubes and shit. The sites often got very painful and sometimes infected.

Remove the bandage and take a pic. I would like to be reminded of the Hell I endured for 10 months.

>>735994218
When the heart stops beating does the diaphragm keep a bit of circulation?

>>735997426
If I walk into a room everyone stares at me and goes quiet it's pretty loud. One time a lady asked me to turn it off because she was trying to read, before I could tell her uh no everyone was like "I'm pretty sure he needs that to live". People for the most part are just curious and every time I go out people ask about it or just stare but I'm used to it now.

>>735997427
I met a lot of people in the hospital and in my city who would come and ask if I had the lvad because they either had one or knew someone with one before they got transplanted. Very successful device.

>>735993103
Advice from a medfag : pain medicine doesn't tend to become addictive when you use it to alleviate pain. In hospitals, we routinely use "morphine pumps" where patients decide when they need a dose.

Opiates almost only get addictive when they're used recreationally. Other pain medication is not addictive at all.

I understand how your father's addiction can make you reticent, but nothing forces you to stay in pain when there is medication available.

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>>735997879
Pic from gf helping me change dressing.

>>735997912
how do you carry it around? does it look like a suitcase, but with pipes sticking out of it and going into your shirt?
also, do the pipes wiggle around when you move, and be generally uncomfortable (can you feel it inside your chest)?

>>735997882
No, the diaphragm makes you breath, it generates some kind of negative pressure in inspiration which helps the blood entering the heart, but cannot possibly keep your blood circulation

>>735998032
You are fighting the good fight man, giving hope to the people you meet, maybe without even noticing. This thread definitely made my day.

Don't give up, and good luck.

>>735998041
Here is pic of me wearing the backpack. Yeah they tend to sway but I anchor the tubes to my stomach a little to stop it from pulling too much. I can feel it all the time, it's a loud clicking noise from my chest but I'm used to it now.

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>>735998236

>>735998032
Do your tubes affect your sleep?

>>735998290
Do you think your Girlfriend would feel bad if one day she got angry at you and pulled your plug whilst you slept

When blood stops pumping, does the body feel cold? Do nerves fire "something is wrong" pain for a while until they can't anymore? Is that when you go numb, or are you already unconscious before that happens?

>>735992219
>Doesn't know the meaning of most
>Claiming he is educated all the time
Seems like someone has a lack of education and tries to cover it on words

>>735998290
thank you for an really awesome thread anon, have the one year with the machine been worth it ? what about mental problems ? i would go insane.
also why is there no blood in the tubes at that pic? does the blood not go through the machine ?

I can imagine OP going to an airport, having TSA agents yank his backpack away from him thinking it looks suspicious and tasering him for being uncooperative, making him fall on the floor, rip the tubes out and die in terrible agony some 30 seconds later, spraying fountains of blood from his open chest wound.

>>735998032
The tubes are so crusty.

Good luck, man. You're going through so me awful shit. Hope you find a goodnight transplant soon.

>>735998032
God damn dude. Best of luck to you, hopefully you get that transplant soon, just gotta tough it out a little bit longer.

>>735998422
When blood stops pumping, you get dizzy and lose consciousness in maybe ten seconds. Your brain needs a constant stream of oxygen to maintain consciousness. You don't get cold, and there are no nerves on the inside of blood vessels.
If you've ever lain in hot weather and got up quickly and got dizzy, or if you've ever passed out from experiencing something disturbing, that's exactly how it feels. Then you die.

>>735998032
What's that shit building up on the tubes? Is it dirt or like residue from whatever it is that you use to keep the holes sterile?

>>735998723
this

>>735998032
I bet that smells like an ingrown toenail.

>>735998592
>thank you for an really awesome thread anon
Yeah, someone better be archiving it. Phonefagging rn so can't.

>>735992116
Sounds like most humans are pussies

>>735998384
She would HAVE TO be guilty as hell, and in jail, tbh.

Not OP, btw

>>735998685

Thanks for clearing that up. Nice to know it will be somewhat painless if it ever happens.

>>735992432
install gentoo

>>735998859
get back to /g/

>>735998592
Definitely worth it. Mentally I'm numb but it's getting better. There's no blood because the machine pumps air which makes the artificial ventricles pump blood.

>>735998602
I have nightmares about these scenarios, and going somewhere without batteries or losing power. Hard to sleep sometimes.

>>735998614
>>735998723
Thanks and they aren't crusty it's the material they use to promote skin growth at the tube site.

>>735998683
Thank you

>>735998074
I was just thinking, considering OP didn't drop unconscious immediately, something's going on.

>>735991474
ITT: OP is ironman

Do you ever attempt to roll over in your sleep only to be jerked awake by the pain of your tubes moving around?

>>735998384
Well that would be murder, so if she isn't a psychopath probably yeah?

>>735998776
I like to pick pieces off, get a good whiff then munch down on em. Popping postules of blood and puss.

>>735999261
wtf op you are nasty

>>735998236
that's going to be real weird when you get a transplant anon.

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>>735991474
Who is your Doctor/Consultant/Team?

Where are they based?

>>735999095
thanks for replying, ive read a little about syncardia. and it must have been life changing. 60% of the patients could walk over 100 feet after 14 days.
can you feel the machine deteriorate or your status going down slowly over time ? its just that, if you can live a year with this thing why not your whole life ?

>>735991474
I bet that's good eating

>>735999625
hes def an american i bet

I sometimes get these irrational impulses like wanting to jump off my balcony or swerve into oncoming traffic. If I were OP I'd be so fucking tempted to just flick the fucking thing off even if just for a second.

>>735999681
He did say
>I am one of 30 people in the United States with a Total artificial heart

>>735998859
And who said that not already on Gentoo?

>>735999420
It's clearly not op

>>735999631
Would you rather get a heart transplant and just deal with immunosuppresants or live the rest of your life with painful tubes sticking out of your body, constant fear of mechanical/electronic failure/power loss, infection, side effects from blood thinners, etc.?

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>>735998785
Include me in the screencap guys

>>735999764
>my heart isn't working and emergency_services_caller is in the middle of compiling
F

>>735998290
cool doggo, is that a class ring? hillary or trump?

You better fucking dont die, the doctors wasted theyeere time.

>>735997582
if doctors told me I had a week I'd tell them 3 take it or leave

>>735999895
>my heart isn't working and emergency_services_caller is in the middle of compiling
>precompiled before run

> my heart is working around 6 months without any downtime
L

>>735999801
I worked in developing a tah at a German university. I programmed how the heart rate is set (it's variable depending on gyrometer etc.) and some fail safe functions. That one will work with induction, no tubes, you can even detach yourself from all supplies for 30 mom to take a shower. Currently in animal trials, soon clinical.

>>7359990959
op is this a cardiac pump (ventricular assist device?)? i kinda tried to do some quick searching and it said cardiac pumps did not actually move blood but assisted the ventricles. Also one site mentioned that I can assist the lungs, is that the case?

Thanks for a great thread and good luck brother!!! Don't give up man

>>735999449
Yes, a person who had a syncardia visited me in the hospital after my surgery. She said it took a long time to get used to not hearing it constantly.

>>735999625
I don't want to say but I'm in Texas

>>735999631
>>735999801
Basically what this guy said

>>736000116
Trust me I'm don't die. Was just curious. Theyeere time will not be wasted

>>735999677
They wouldn't let me have it I asked if I could keep it and they said it was shipped off somewhere to be studied

>>735999194
Yeah it's painful but I'm used to sleeping on my side now.

>>736000000
get

>>735993494
Medfag here. An EKG works by displaying the electrical signals your neurons put out to make cardiac muscle palpate. OP doesn't have a heart, and therefore no EKG signals.

>>735991474

dick cheney over here

>>736000525
Holy shit this is my dream machine right here. Alone for the shower part. It costs like $20 in supplies to cover my tubes. No more sponge baths. Can you guys hurry up??

>>735999876
No

>>736000688
what when he gets the full upgrade, does the ekg signals just pop back ? i bet the signals are still there and you are not a med fag

>>735993494
It's electrical activity that they measure. He has no heart so there would be presumably nothing and he would be flatlining

>>736000688
This man is a liar

>>735998032
I hope things get easier OP, good luck my dude

>>736000844
The heart is what's making the electrical current dumbass. When you set up an ekg it's electrodes all around the heart with some on the extremities to measure exactly that. Look up how your heart works.

>>736000757
I'm not working there anymore, left 3 years ago (although I loved it, but had to move on). It's not the only one of that kind bring developed. There is another in France and I think in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. But none had FDA approval yet. Matter of a couple of years.

There is no ECG obviously if there is no heart muscle btw. I happen to develop ecgs with AI for autonomous diagnostic now.

op what is the device actually called? what heart problem did you have? man this thread has made me take a long hard look at how I treat my body

>>736000672
what is the status on the transplant ? do you even get informed about its your turn soon ?

>>736000963
Yeah I dunno about neurons but someone should flatline if they just have a gap where their heart used to be.

Hi OP welcome to the cyborg club I have a cochlear (:

How has your girlfriend handled all this? Has she been around since before it happened or is she newer than your heart? How important of an asset, as cold as that sounds, is she in your fight for recovery? Has she ever been close to calling it quits because she's struggling to deal with the stress?

>>735991613

Cyborg you fuck

>>736000978
Thank you

>>736001046
Wow really cool stuff! I hope to get involved Somehow with heart technology one day.

>>736001047
Syncardia Total Artificial Heart/ loefllers endocarditis

>>736001063
I am currently 1A, which is at the very top and I could be called in any minute. But it's only for 30 days. After 30 days I go back to 1B. Every person gets 30 days a year to be activated 1A, however there are changes coming to the list soon where syncardia patients will be listed at the top.

>>735991474
>this thread has made me take a long hard look at how I treat my body
If you'd've taken a long hard look at this thread, you would know what the machine is called

>>735992432

Hit alt f4 for an amazing experience

>>736000844
Here's a site I found explaining it better.
http://www.webmd.com/heart/ekg-components-and-intervals
>>736000963
Check out the sauce, tard. What the fuck do you think neurons do?

>>736001288
wow op, what caused the endocarditis? was it cancer, parasite, disease or can it just develop due to genetics?

best thread I've seen in months op, and I really hope you get that transplant soon. You guys might thinks its stupid but ill definitely pray for op, I'm not a christian but I do believe in some things like that

>>735993351
Favorite quote.

After the match the king and the pawn go into the same box

>>735991474
Who's heart are you gonna get OP?

>>736001288
Yeah I really hope the next gen TAHs will be available to humans soon, I have been involved in prototype testing of the old gen hearts with the tubes in a hospital, super hard watching a 30 year old woman push her pumps in a stroller.

The one I was involved in developing is supposed to cost up to 300,000 USD though, not sure if that even includes the required operations, although cost of that will go down eventually of course, it is not the materials that are that expensive but getting some of the money put into developing it back. So far the German government has put over 70 Mio USD into that project.

>>736001046
who are you working for ?

>>736001119
What up Cybro

>>736001130
I met her after I got the artificial heart. It's been very strenuous, I told her my likelihood of dying and my shortened lifespan, and she was very upset. But she's stood by my side and has saved my life 2 times. This is obviously a rare relationship situation and I would totally understand if she left me bc of my health, I even told her to but she decided to stay. The stress levels for her I can't imagine, she's a real trooper and I love her very much. I hope it works out.

>>735999149
You're an idiot. You don't pass out the very instant your brain is oxygen deprived.

>>736000844
When he gets a new heart, the signals will come back. Because an EKG measures the electrical signals of a fucking heart.
No heart=no signals

>>736001597
Myself now (although im not the sole stakeholder of course). There is no information on the project online though as it is quite a race at the moment, I am sure there is a lot of other people working on something very similar, now that computing power in microcontrollers is plenty and AI algorithms rather well explored.

>>736001625
how did she save your life ? did the machine fuck up ?

>>736001724
>>736001597
So I really shouldnt be here on my working hours I guess

>>735991474
If smoking cigs is bad for your heart, but your heart is a machine now, is it still bad for your heart-machine? How?

>>736001625
>I hope it works out.
I hope so too lad. A friend of mine was in a similar situation to yours and his girl stood by his side regardless, right up to the end. You're a damn lucky man to have someone like her, I'd give at least a few fingers for someone that loyal.

>>735991474
Who's heart are you gonna get?

>>736001906
OP already has fatigue, so I doubt he'd want to fuck his lungs, too.

>>735991474
Dying is always painful

>>736001771
Machine stopped working, I hit it and it started pumping again but with a malfunction alarm She then helped me unplug myself from the old machine and into the new one. Scariest split second of my life to hear silence with the pump off.

>>735991474
Also, what would happen with your heart rate if you smoked weed?

>>736001992
I get it would be bad for your lungs ya dingus. Ami just wanna know if the actual heart-machine would be effected.

>>736001906
Engineer guy here. I would assume that all kind of residue that could stay in your heart as e.g. from smoking might lead to clotting. Also, smoking probably increases your risk of infection at the tubes.

>>736002003
Pffft. I bet you've never even died, faggot.

>>736002055
Tubular infection, bro! Radical!

>>735993595
what is your nipple doing down there?

>>736001588
>>736001987
>billyraycyrus.jpeg

>>736001992
>>736001906
High blood pressure and constricting the blood veins could cause the machine to be overloaded and have trouble pumping blood.

>>736001527
Neuron is a term invented by pseudoscientists

>>736002017
damn, thanks for a cool thread, i hope your cell rings tonight and they have a good strong nigger heart for you.

Not much cybro just interested in this thread. Has anyone tugged on the tubessential by accident or have you caught it on something? How does it feel with the tunes inside you?

>>736002045
Just being a bit lighthearted, anon.
To answer your question, though, smoking has a negative effect on arterial walls. The machine itself won't be damaged, but OP's other blood vessels would, which can lead to changes in blood pressure. The machine could possibly overload if his BP were to skyrocket.

Wow sorry spelling is fucked lol its 3am here and not fixing the auto correct

>>736002039
Nothing. The one time I smoked weed was at Aphex Twin, had a good time after an 8 month long t-break. Luckily they started doing random testing at my checkups so I didn't get caught. I haven't smoked since then bc it's not fair to the other people waiting on the list and plus I don't want to be thrown off the list either.

>>736002158
I made sure to get it in the shot, glad you noticed

>>736002055
was thinking something along the lines of this. carbon monoxide in the blood from cigs would probably damage the tubes. idk though, just speculation

>>736002337
It's always getting caught on door handles and it hurts like a bitch.

>>736002451
As the system I worked on didn't have tubes, I also can only speculate.

>>735993351
I am perfectly healthy and I surf the web all day and sitting naked all day long. wtf is wrong with that¿

>>735991474
>AMA

Would you rather be a rape apologist, or an ape rapologist?

OP, have you given serious consideration to what you might do after you've got a heart?

>single strangest thing i'll ever say

>>735991474
I had my heart fail twice. Both times it hurts. First it hurts down your arm like a stabbing pain. Then your chest is getting crushed. Then you feel sick, nauseous and feel like you're going to die... because you are. Then it hurts some more. Then you die. But if you're close to a defibrillator you get brought back and it feels like a truck hit you in the chest. You feel bruised inside somehow.

>>736001288
Hey op are you in Austin lemme buy you a beer.

>>735991474
Thanks for sharing this OP its an interesting read

>>736003207
OP is from Gainesville

>>736003599
No you are

>>736003599
Ok so does that mean he can't come to big daddy's and have a burger with me or what.

>>736002017
Holy shit, that really must've gotten your heart racin.. oh.

>>736003798
Is your equipment new¿ Or was it used by another guy in your situation that die or got a transplant before you have it¿¿

>>736003682
Gainesville confirmed

>>736003730
I'm in Houston but I lived in Austin for a little while before this all went down.

>>736003798
Ha Ha Ha

>>736002928
I was interested in film before all this happened. Now I would like to make a short documentary on this, not many people know about it. Maybe work for syncardia in some way, it's still a small company that just got bought out. If none of that works become a real estate agent or something stupid. I'm not too worried about that now though.

>>736004069
Yeah it's all new. I think? I hope so...

>>736004205
>Now I would like to make a short documentary on this
Start filming now. Should've started filming on day one - video diaries and shit. Document what it is while you're inside the belly of the beast.

>>736004267
>it was bought for a fiver from cash4gold

>>735991474
probably, you'll just lose consciousness and that's it. think passing out... but forever.

it'd be stupid to do, though.

heart transplant patient here.
How you hanging op, wish you well

>>735991474
>Will it be painless?
No. You'll suffocate. Shitty way to go.

>>735991474
Can you love with out a heart?

>>735993928
it would be extremely painful

>>736004502
>breathe blood

>>736004539
Your wife seems to

>>736004556
You're a big guy

>>735991474
Hi, my brother has muscular dystrophy and is considering the same type of device as well as LVADS. I've got a couple questions: How is your endurance? How long can you operate at a traditionally elevated heartrate (well over 140 bpm) & do you feel it differently than before?

>>736004593
Kek

>>736004350
I was just curious, no worries there. At least it won't be me causing it.

>>736004386
You 4real? It's hangin. Wbu?? How's all the medicine and how's your quality of life? Any insider tips?

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>>735992321
>be genetic scum that needs a fake heart to live
>still has a gf
lol 4chan on suicide watch

you beat death op good job proud of ya

>>735998290
Why is there no blood flowing?

>>736004678

I am 8 years in, but I had to install a pacemaker last year to fix my sick sinus. But other than that, so far so good.

>no raw food (sushi, medium rare steak etc etc)
>basically normal person
>Drink and Blaze(very irresponsible i know)
>Gym 3 days a week
>23yo

>>736004633
My endurance is ok, sub par but considering having a fucking fake heart and a machine keeping me alive it's all good. I can walk around the mall and drive around no problems. After the surgery your bro might be extremely tired and bed ridden for a few weeks. That's ok. Baby steps. First week I walked maybe 10 feet? Two weeks 100 feet and then eventually I was doing laps around the hospital. Well his heart rate will be set to a number between 120-150 based on what the doctors think is ok. It feels a little different, it beats differently and sometimes I can feel it pumping against my chest in certain positions, but it's easy to get used to. Your brother will do well on either of the machines, preferably the LVAD, if he has to get the syncardia it's harder but he will spend less time on the transplant list. Wishing you and the brother best of luck.

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Are you ever worried that you will keep cutting off parts and replacing them?

>>735991474
It will not be painless.

Also, where do you get your money? A shit ton must be used for all your maintenance.

>>736004678
>I was just curious, no worries there.
it's basically how they euthanize animals. high potassium doses literally make your heart just stop. your blood stops running, and your brain suffocates. it's painless, it's just like you're passing out, that's it.

however, as far as i know, once this happens you're pretty damn anxious for the last seconds, even though it's not hurting.

... which is why they now drug said animals before, too.

>>736005112
>very irresponsible i know
It's worse than that, it's disrespectful. You got given a second shot by a person who was robbed of their first and you don't even have the good grace to show some fucking appreciation.

>>735994969
>>735994513
>This salty over anons not knowing what a REAL cyborg is

Kek, weeb

>>736005112
Oh my god hearing that you blaze is a the best news. I was afraid I was going to be a sober boi forever. And knowing that diet isn't too fucked up and you're pretty much normal is really comforting. Congrats on 8 years man that's inspiring!

Im actually living in spain and i was thinking in kyll myself, if i can die painless i would donate my heart (i know you are from usa)