Pacemakers and welding

Jan 06, 2009 30 Replies

You definitely want to know more. ICDs are not a free lunch by any means.

RF and pacemakers.

the subject than

dangerous radiation

from cell phones and

up against one's

frequency and the isolation

30+ years ago SiL got a pacemaker and was concerned about using her new microwave oven. Her cardiologist's advice? "Just stay outside of the oven when it is turned on." Gerry :-)} London, Canada

The old ovens - bad. New ovens - OK.

I've been quite impressed with the medical professionals I've dealt with in the past several months. I was within hours of dead in May, now they keep pushing me toward a more vigorous lifestyle. I'm now walking a brisk hour (3 miles) every day and I expect Dr. B will give me a ration of s*it for not doing it with a backpack on snowshoes.

On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:27:58 -0600, the infamous Don Foreman scrawled the following:

Thinking of renaming him Dr. MdS, Don? My physical therapist (way back when) was named "Mark" and I renamed him "Marquis" in honor of his bedside manner.

-- Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life. --Jesse Lee Bennett

I went snorkeling for five different days on Kauai. 5 way bypass, aortic valve replaced, and current 5 cm. aortic aneurysm. Modern medicine is about as advanced as modern welding.

STeve

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 08:00:19 -0700, the infamous "SteveB" scrawled the following:

Goodonya, mate. Now we turn to advanced Chiwanese sheetmetal and I think that technology has turned on itself, if this video is any indication.

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-- Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life. --Jesse Lee Bennett

No personal experience, but FIL used to call physical therapists "those heartless bastards".

Boy, that store sells everything but AFDBs:

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Jeff

Fellow I used to work with called 'em "physical terrorists".

Its not anything to do with a St Jude device or not. Modern devices have all the sensing done at the tip of the "bipolar" leads. Instead of an antenna 12 inches long it will be 1/2 long. Bipolar leads are made by all implant companies, Medtronics, Guidant, Biotronik etc etc. Sometimes a older style monopolar lead may be used as they are usually thinner ( they only incorporate one wire as opposed to 2 in bipolar). John

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