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Re: PACEMAKER AND SPORT - CLICK HERE for the Cooking Forum Index
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
florald@bigfoot.com wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:02:28 +0100, emmebi@fastwebnet.it wrote:
>
> >hi all,
> >it is short time i have been implanted a pacemaker.
> >i like mountains, trekking and crosscountry skiing.
> >i could not discuss fully with my doctor, as at the moment of surgery
> >i had other problems, as you can imagine.
> >now i have the suspect i can not continue above sports:
> >- back sack sling is pressing on the pacemaker
> >- the movemen of the arm when skiing may be is not the best for the
> >connection of the pacemaker to the electrical wire
> >
> >can i have the opinion, and the experience, of somebody having same
> >situation?
> >
> >thanks in advance for any repy and help.
> >
> >cciao maurizio
> >italy

>
> You can ask your doctor now, can't you? I have a pacemaker too and
> I am allowed to do some sport. The pacemaker will take over if the
> heart rate is too fast or too slow. Diana


There is little that an ordinary pacemaker can do to "take over" if the
heart rate is too fast.

May God bless you on this Lord's day :-)


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Andrew

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