Working around equipment

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since my last post.

I have a Boston Scientific 2 lead pacemaker. I'm on disabilitiy but tried to do the Trial Work Period thing. Was working at Stryker Medical in the surgical decontaimination/reprocessing building for about a month and a half.

Was always feeling drained and started noticing my heart rate changing. I'm paced at 60 but resting heart rate would be in 90-100's while in the building.

Turned in my resignation and management determined the Sonification equipment (which controls temperatures for machines) was probably interfering with my pacer. They wanted to relocate me to another building, but I was feeling so drained I felt like I wouldn't do a good job.

This was last Monday and am still trying to get my strength back.

 

1 Comments

Large Equipment Operator

by monkeyman - 2016-10-06 07:57:38

Work as a Locomotive Engineer. Engines are powered by traction motors which are essentially large generators. Had a representative from the company who manufactured the pacemaker monitor the device while I operated the locomotive to determine if any stray amperage affected the pm. Used the home monitor to record the readings that the pm picked up. Determined that the pm was not affected by telling the rep the time of day that I was actually operating the unit. Maybe you can also monitor the readings to determine which equipment you can work around without being affected. 

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I just want to share about the quality of life after my pacemaker, and hopefully increase awareness that lifestyles do not have to be drastically modified just because we are pacemaker recipients.