over sensitive pacer

Hello every one, I need your comments again, I am very sensitive to cell phone lap tops and wireless routers. my challenge is that I have to trouble to Panama in 2 weeks and know that most planes have hot spots, passengers will be using their devices. I am concerned how this will affect me. I am wondering if the voltage can be lowered.

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by Gotrhythm - 2014-07-14 03:07:51

I believe you are experiencing something.

The problem with cell phones etc as the culprit is that they and wi-fi technology are everywhere. Almost everyone you meet has a cell phone on their person, and the phone is emitting a signal whether they are talking on it or not. It's built in all the newer cars. And any retail store. And a zillion places I can't even think of. I saw a person with some sort of hand held device going around the grocery store, holding it up to cans. It was transmitting to some computer somewhere.

What I'm saying is that if cell phones and wi-fi are the problem then you should be experiencing the whatever it is that you experience pretty much without let up. Really.

Try keeping a log. Stay aware that ordinary substances can cause sensitivities in susceptible people, and the effects can be very puzzling.

In the meantime, I doubt if being aboard the plane will be any worse than sitting in the waiting room in the terminal. Or your doctor's office.

Relax and enjoy your trip.

Planes

by golden_snitch - 2014-07-14 07:07:05

Foxy,

do you know what the plane/pilots are using to navigate, speak with the tower etc.? If you have a problem with cellphones or laptops, you cannot even board a plane, and the other passengers using their electronic devices is nothing compared to the technology used in the cockpit!

I don't think cellphones etc. are interfering with your pacemaker. Others here have told you the same already. Today's pacemakers are well protected from any radiation that electronic devices emit. The pacemaker is made of titanium.

Also, lowering the voltage won't make any difference. The voltage has nothing to do with how well a pacemaker is protected against radiation from electronic devices.

I have done several flights with three different pacemaker models of three different manufacturers, and have never ever had any issues. Nor have I ever had any issues with laptops, cellphones, wireless routers. I use everything on a daily basis, the router at home is never off, but it has never caused any trouble.

Inga

They are everywhere

by Lurch - 2014-07-14 10:07:06

I am not sure you can be any where anymore without being in range of wi-fi, cell phones and other electronic devices. My cell phone will detect and display any wi-fi signals in the area and ask if I want to join the system. I generally find four or five anywhere I go.

My computer that I am using right now is picking up the signal of four other wi-fi systems in my neighborhood, besides the one I am using.

While I am not sure what you are experiencing, I agree with golden snitch that it does not have anything to do with the signals you are concerned about.

Good luck and I hope you find some peace and enjoy your trip.

thanks

by foxy - 2014-07-16 03:07:08

Thank you all for your comments. I have to work, and it calls for travel. I this is my first trip since the pacer so I will try it and see how it goes. Thanks again.

Green Bank, WV

by Myridom - 2014-07-23 11:07:35

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/04/green_bank_w_v_where_the_electrosensitive_can_escape_the_modern_world.html

"You can turn your phone on in Green Bank, W.Va., but you won’t get a trace of a signal. If you hit scan on your car’s radio, it’ll cycle through the dial endlessly, never pausing on a station. This remote mountainous town is inside the U.S. National Radio Quiet Zone, a 13,000–square-mile area where most types of electromagnetic radiation on the radio spectrum (which includes radio and TV broadcasts, Wi-Fi networks, cell signals, Bluetooth, and the signals used by virtually every other wireless device) are banned to minimize disturbance around the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, home to the world’s largest steerable radio telescope."

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