I'd appreciate any information I can get on pacemakers, the plus and minuses.

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5. One kept my father alive for years after he had cardiac arrest.

They were mostly good years, too, until the last few months when he became ill with something unrelated.

One thing to ask family members to do for you: if you should become terminally ill and are in hospice care, make sure it is deactivated so that it won't go off when you are dying, making your last moments painful. Fortunately, we thought of this with my father.