ICD or Pacemaker

You say your healing....
But you say they didn't put in an ICD implant yet.

I'm confused.

Anyway I'm naturally right handed,
They implanted my defib, in my left chest/shoulder , about 3" below the collar bone.

I can shoot , have shot, anything I want to.
I shoot a lot of big bore stuff , like 45-70, and some high power stuff ,like, 300 Winmag. Never had a problem.

Only off the right shoulder, never a problem.

I forgot about it last year , and was shooting 12 ga off bthe left shoulder with no problem,

I shoot very heavy recoil handguns, 460 magnum, S&W 50 cal, 44 mag....and very vicious recoil 50 cal black powder pistols.
Never have had a problem.

The doctor tells me not to use a chainsaw, weedeater, anything that creates EMF. . I do, (with heavy leather gloves to dampen the vibes). Never had a problem in 2 years. I heat with wood .

Mine is a Medtronics , and the Mfg Tech told me, (under the table) not to worry , because mine is programmed to ignore the vibrations.

Without my Defib, I would have a 5% chance to survive a bad arrhythmia , with it I have a 95% chance.


I cant stop completely living.

All this being said you need to have a heart to heart talk with your Doctors, and if possible , a closed door discussion with the Mfg Technician.


Any questions , and Ill try to help.


Jim

The procedure , is really not bad, sore for a couple weeks, Takes a while to get use to it being there.
No reaching, stretching lifting for about 6 weeks .

The new Medtronics Defibs , also do paceing if needed.
Mostly the defibs are for shocking the heart, to get it back into rhythm .

These new devices are VERY high tech.
They are wifi, to a receiver that' sends everything your heart is doing , anytime your within 12 ft of the receiver to a data center.

Batteries are good for up to 12 years , depending on how much it gets activated of course.
Mine has never been activated.


Jim