I just got pacemaker and defibulator. Can I go to Japaneese restaurant with those big ( I think)electric tables for dinner? Or is it a magnetic hazard like MRI or airport which I should avoid?

 

Hey everyone, Have been reading lately that scientists are predicting a possible crippling solar flare this year(2012).from what I am gathering a solar flare of a large magnitude will send an Electronic magnetic field(EMF)capable of frying all electronics on the planet, including pacemakers. Anyone have any reliable information on this. It seems to be very troubling to me. I know If I ask biotronik they will likely downplay the whole thing. Thanks John G.

 

Hi, I'm a new member! It's great to see a community of pacers where I can ask everything about my pace without calling or waiting for my doctor (for some case, for others you better call your doctor). Anyway, my question is I have just bought a PS3 device and I was reading the safety paper and it was speaking about the bluetooth and LAN wireless connection. Will it really affect my pace? I know it can from a certain distance, but... And as for a wireless controller command (manette in french, yes I'm french). Thanks and take care!

 

This is a weird question but I have a new pm and was wondering if anyone with a single lead pm has ever felt there pm "spinning" or "buzzing" , something ??? I know my pm won't spin around and I don't hear any buzzing but sometimes it feels like its makin a small vibration ? My heart rte is fine , I feel fine but just wondering ......

It may be nothing but my muscle adjusting ...

Hanpm 5 weeks now ....

 

Hello,

Does anyone one knows if we can get into a jacuzzi with no problems?  Also, if I can use the hair dryer and use the devices that are connected to electricity to straighten my hair?

I suppose a massage with magnet stones will not be a good idea.  

Thank you in advance,
Mk

 

Hi to All in Pacemaker World. I have a DDDR twin wire PM fitted for the last 4years with no problems. I am a mechanic and have an easy job. Last week I was told of a promotion but it means having to work on vehicles that are fitted with Keyless entery systems. Has anyone come across interferences from these vehicles. I was told by a friend of mine who works on lexus vehicles that the system used 3 or 4 years did effect PM's. Any body have anything on this subject.
PM has never given me any problems I still race my bicycle and train hard. At the last check everything was OK and it should last another 4 years. 9 in total.

Best Regards
Eamonn

 

Hi guys, hope everyone is well and looking forward to the festivities :)
Just a query my parents are buying me an ipad2 for christmas along with a polyurethane smart cover which as far as i know works magnetically. Just wondering if this is likely to affect my PM? and how far away i should be keeping it from the area.

Thanks Merry christmas!!
xxx

 

Can anyone tell me if a TENS Test will interfere with my PM.
My chiropractor suggested I have this test but I wanted to learn more about it and if it adversely effects my PM

Thanks

 

hey there fellow pacers
hows everyone ? hope you all have a good hoilday (:
but i have a question hope you all can help with .
I just went an bought a ps3 headset an its bluetooth i was wondering if this could interfere with defib i can place it on the oppsoite side of the defib would this be okay ?
looking forward too comments back .
your fellow pacers

 

I have just bought a new vehicle, but did not get built in seat warmers. I am thinking of buying the plug in kind. Anyone know if they interfere with pacemakers? I have a Medtronics dual voltage. THank you.

 

Ive been having interference with my defibrillator/pacemaker at work when using this big industrial FRS two way radio, it has a magnet inside the battery. Is this suppose to happen? If so I guess I need to let my boss know so we can figure something else out. It causes beeping sounds and a funny sensation.

 

I suffer from anxiety too...but everytime I go to Best Buy, or similar places, I start feeling weird for a few minutes or seconds after entering the store...any idea?

After that it goes away.  The sensation is like a little faster heart beat, like being anxious...or could it be from all the electronics items like tv and stuff that they have there.

Thanks

 

is it normal to have a pacemaker AND an lvad?

 

Hey everyone (:
I live in Winnipeg also known as Winterpeg LOL.  I went out for a walk a couple days ago and it was very cold; the area were my device is was quite sore and when I came inside I could still feel a bit of pain.  My question is can the cold weather bother my device? or was it just the regular pain I normally get?

Anyways, thanks for reading & your comments back (:

 

Many thanks to Frank and bdon for your very prompt and appropriate comments on my previous message. I may be a newbie to this forum but not to living with a pacemaker (several years with a St. Jude twin lead model). And certainly not a newbie to welding. I am 84 years old and first welded when I was about 10 years old. My father operated a welding fabricator business on our next street in an industrial town near New York City, and I learned both gas and electric welding and machine shop practices at a very early age.

It served me well too as my father died when I was 15 and with WWII on at full blast I was able to get a job when I attained work age at a war plant that made use of my fabricating skills. A few years later, in...

 

Many thanks to Frank and donb for your prompt and worthwhile comments. I just posted a very detailed summary of my situation but it appears that the forum system deleted the entire thing. Perhaps I don't know how to use it, being a newbie to the forum, but not a newbie to pacemakers or welding or to anything as I am 84. But thanks for your comments and interest.
Charlie

 

Does anyone know what the magnetic threshold tolerance is for pacemakers? I bought a Trifield Meter recently hoping it would offer some guidance in trying to resume operation of a welding power unit but it simply goes off scale when I turn the thing on. In fact, it goes off scale practically everywhere in the house like light switches and the refrigerator, etc.

So, this device is useless for the purpose. Is there a meter anywhere that offers definitive guidance as to whether welding power units and the welding operation itself are OK for a pacemaker wearer? And what is the tolerance threshold for magnetic fields like are present during arc welding operations? And are there practical methods for measuring these? Seems like...

 

Prior to pm used a Phillips GoLite for SADS as I live in Pacific NW. Now that we are in our short days, I got out my light. Called Phillips to see if it was compatable with pm...., they didnt know??? Called Biotronik and they said you can use it as long as you keep it at least a foot away from pm. Figured Id pass that tidbit your way in case someone has SADS. The light helps me this time of year. I really need to move back to a sunny climate.
Hope everyone has a nice turkey day. Think we can be thankful for our pm!

 

I received my pm in July 2011 and prior to getting pm I use to donate blood whenever I could. Yesterday I thought I would get back to donating and was informed you have to wait 6 months post op to donate. Another piece of info was to ask for supervisor when registering as let to that person know you have a pm as they need to turn off the sealer they use as it can interfere with your pm. Wonder why that isnt a better known piece of info. No signs and nothing on the paperwork they have you read. A little scarey, as had I not mentioned having pacer on my own I could have been exposed to the sealer transmission.
Anyone have more info about this?

 

Will the following barber's equipment interfere with the working of my pacemaker?
- Electronic hair-clipper with numbered settings for amount taken off;
- Electronic suction to vacuum the head after hair-clipper use; a
- Blow dryer.

Thanks