wheelchair bound

I had a fall 4 weeks ago and broke a bone in each foot, as you can imagine it has been extremely difficult.  I have become reliant on my friends wheelchair but am now having alot of pain on my pacemaker side and wondered if this was just muscle.  I am worried I may be moving the wires with the continual repeated movement of my arms.  Hopefully the plaster will come off this week and I will be able to stand again and stop using wheelchair. 

Has anyone else had this problem, just need some reassurance I am not doing anything untoward to the wires/pacemaker.

 

Many thanks, Raymer

 

 

2 Comments

Not the PM or leads

by AgentX86 - 2019-10-12 14:47:48

You're undoubtedly having muscle pain from excessive exercise of your upper arm and pectoral muscles. You're not used to that motion and it's a lot of work to move a wheelchair. Think about the difference in size between your leg muscles and arm muscles. There is no way that you damaged your PM and the arm motion used to propel a wheelchair wouldn't affect its leads. It's not a stretching motion. Any damage isn't likely to present itself as pain, either.

Walking after this ordeal isn't going to be a leisurely walk in the park either. After this, you need some good luck! Don't worry about your pacemaker. It's solid.

Wheelchair/chariot

by Raymer - 2019-10-13 08:00:54

Thankyou  so much for the 2 comments answering my query regarding wheelchair. I am so, so grateful. This has put my mind at rest and yes I will take things slowly. 

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