I have had my CRT-D for over a year now. We go to the Carribean Island every year for our anniversary. We always do the Zip Line over the rain forrest. I haven't did the Zip Line since my device was installed. I now have the CRT-D and we are going in February. Has anyone did a Zip Line since surgery? I am doing 36 sessions of Cardio Rehab to help strengthen my heart muscle. The only hard part of the Zip Line was climbing from platform to platform the ride was fun. Have a blessed and wonderful day.

 

Hi All,
My first week back at work went well, I have learned a lot of new things. i am not doing any heavy work at all. I am viewing school pictures before they are burned onto CD's for school portraits. I am not the most computer savvy person so learning all this has been a challenge. I didn't make any mistakes today, My boss said i was picking up the program faster than expected and she was very pleased with my work. that made me feel great. I have been having a lot of palpitations and I turn really white when they happen. I f I happen to be crossing the room when they happen everyone comments. I don't feelbad enough to leave work when this happens and withing 20 minutes of taking my propranolol my ticker has settled down...

 

Hi everyone i wonder if anyone could give me some advice. I'm off to Florida on the 7th of October and i've been doing research as to what rides should be safe, planning to avoid most of the ones that say do not ride if you have a heart condition but as mount kilimajaro safaris is the main one in the animal kingdom and the best way to see the animals i wondered if any of you had ridden it after having your procedure and if it was ok?
By the time i go it will be over a month i since my dual chamber implant any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks x

 

Hello! I am 32 years old and had my first PM implanted a year ago. I applied for a flight attendant position with Virgin America in June and was hired, I am in my 4th week of training. Tomorrow I am going on my first flight since I have had a PM. I'm super nervous and have no idea how I'll feel or if I'll like flying. I wonder if there are any other people on here who are FA's or know anyone who is? Seems like an odd job for someone with a PM to have, I sometimes wonder what I was thinking when I applied for the job! I have had to go through security twice so far, and I always ask for the physical check- what a pain in the butt!

 

So i'm one week in after having my PM fitted and hoping recovery will go well as i'm off to Florida in 3 weeks time :) does anyone have any advice about shows or attractions i should be avoiding? i plan to only ride rides with no health warnings since i'm going with my 6 year old niece and just want to ride all the things she does i assume this will be safe but feel free to tell me any different!
thanks

 

I work as a playworker in a primary school after school club usually looking after around 23 kids between the ages of 5 and 10 with 2 other members of staff. I have been signed off for 6 weeks as i only had a dual chamber pm fitted one week ago today i'm just a little bit concerend about returning to my job after this time, My boss is in the process of doing a risk assesment for me involving things like whether i'll still be able to use the door locking system (its magnetised)
Another worry i have is that contact sports could be an issue and one of the main aspects of my job is to join in and play with the kids things like tig and tag, capture the flag.
I wonder if i could get opinions on how easy it will be for me to adapt whe...

 

Hi,

My name is Mohammed, I am from Jordan, I work as a Flight Operations Engineer at Qatar Airways.

I have a Medtronic Pacemaker implanted on June 2010: SENTIA L, SEDRL 1.

I have been assigned by my company on business travel to Boeing Facility in Seattle - US. This is my first time to travel to US, and I am worried from the airport security checks and the reaction the security personnel would have towards the pacemaker.

I would very much love to have your advice and recommendations on the above.

Thank you very much.

Yours,

Mohammed.

 

I guess I really am new at using this website. Just wanted to let you know I posted a message under THANK YOU. Hopefully you can find it. If you can't I will rewrite it. Just thank each and everyone of you for you caring and advise.

 

I don't know if is really a PM related question but it never hurts to try, this club has helped me more than my Doctors have. The question is I had emergency open heart surgery, spent 2 months in the hospital due to complications and then they finally put in my PM. After that I was in the hospital every month (3 total) until they fixed my PM. I finally earned my medical release to go back to work only to find out I no longer have a job because of the loss of time due to my health problems. I have used all my savings for medical bills and day to day living and have no other income but my own. Has this happened to anyone else and is it legal for them to do this? I have been at my job almost 20 years. Any feedback would be so much appre...

 

I understand that I cannot operate an arc welder and chain saw,BUT how about weed trimmers( both gasoline and electric )???? Advice will be apreciated.Donald
dvdove@bellsouth.net

 

Just went through new scanner at Las Vegas airport with no problems. Have St. Jude Victory 5816.

 

Hello
Kind of nice to be able to ask a question that is not serious . I have noticed that despite the fact that I lather SPF 30 on my entire body that the area around my pacemaker gets red and rashy looking . Does anyone else experience this when being out in the sun? If so , is there a solution other than covering it each time you are out or swimming?
Also I am going to Cancun and surrounding islands in a couple months and am interested in hearing how the Cancun airport security folks dealt with the pacemaker. They do not have a scan as I understand.
Thanks

 

I am a jazz musician who has been offered a job on a cruise ship. I am extremely physically fit. I cycle, I weight train at the gym, I go mountain climbing etc.. My pacemaker does not limit any of my activities. The cruise line requires an extensive physical examination prior to joining. I haven't told them I have a pacemaker and am quite anxious about the possibility of being denied employment simply because I have it. Does anyone have any experience or information to share with me regarding this issue? Your feedback will be much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

Dear all, I will move to China as an expat for professional reasons within the next months. From what I have been informed, there is an exhaustive health check, including HIV, Hepatitis & Tuberculosis. An X ray for the chest zone is also requested. I have not planned to discuss with my new company about my PM, but I am a bit worried that the Chinese authorities (the ones in charge of performing the health test) might not sign the health test due to the PM. Any experience regarding working with PM as expat in China?

 

Well I finally felt safe enough to take a trip. We went to Colorado and flew out of Houston. I showed my PM card and they gave a a soft pat down. (no problem) We went up to the Rockies and went up 11,800 feet up the mountains afte a few days of being in Colorado. I took extra Lasiks because I was retaining fluid. Big Mistake.. I felt my heart skip and then PM fired a few times so I rested for 30 min. Got to airport and showed my PM card and they said that I had to go through security scanner I went through and all Hell broke loose. My heartbeat went crazy. 165 per min. Blood pressure 185/128. I thought I was dying. I was low on Potassium, dehydrated and ended up in Denver hospital for 2days.MY PM fired for a whole hour. We finally made it ...

 

I do not have a pacemaker but a good friend of mine just recieved one today, he is 41 and we do heating and cooling, any body out there work in this field that has a pacemaker, he is very concerned about his job, being that is the only thing he knows since out of high school.

 

I searched on the term "Seat Belts" and came up with a lot of discussion on the topic. Mostly related to irritation from the shoulder belt and how to deal with it (e.g., with a foam pad, putting the shoulder belt under the arm, etc), and some posts related to injury or displacement of the pacemaker caused by a sudden stop or accident. I just took a long automobile trip. I'm not bothered much by irritation, but I got thinking that if I was in an accident it seems to me that (1) at a minimum the pacemaker site is going to be extremely sore, (2) I might be lucky if the site does not require surgery due to disconnected or broken leads or pacemaker displacement. I'm wondering whether anyone might have any idea how expensive or detailed it m...

 

Got my PM implanted two weeks ago and I plan on returning to law enforcement full duty mid to late Sept. Any advise on protecting the pm during physical encounters ?

 

G'day!
It's been a long time since I posted anything..looking back, it was almost a year ago, I was about to climb Queensland's highest mountain to raise money for a water well in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
I had Gerry, my pacemaker inserted 3 years ago for sick sinus syndrome. Life has never been more exciting!
Well (forgive the pun!) I did it...and it was the hardest thing I have ever done...taking 18 hours ( 6 hours of which were in the dark) and over 200 leeches hitching a ride! BUT I raised $3000 AND next week my husband, 2 children and I leave for a trip to Mongolia to visit that well. Not to mention, also visiting and distributing to orphanages and villages the 12,000 blankets we helped collect and sent from Australia...

 

My husband and I are going to Grenada next Friday in 9 days. I haven't gone through customs since 1994 when I went to Mexico City. I was with a whole bunch of people. I think it was a total of 12 of us. I can't find my ID Card saying that I have a PM. So I contacted Medtronic. How do I know that they have the right information? I did find my old ID from my last PM. That won't work, will it? We are flying from Colorado Spring to Dallas to Miami to Grenada. We are starting at 6AM and getting there at 8PM that night. It will be a long day, Has anybody been there? I am getting anxious and nervous all at the same time. It has been 4 years since I last flew in a commercial airplane. Anybody have any suggestions I would really apprec...