![]() ![]() I've stuck to trees ever since then."Įxploring the envelope does NOT mean doing stupid things. I loved his comment about using a chainsaw - "I gave up chainsawing when I ran out of chains that needed sawing. His tenure as a PM host was relatively short, but he paved the way for getting out into the world & exploring the envelope of PM hosting. ElectricFrank was a real leader into that unknown land. Mankind has always been an explorer & I firmly believe that PM hosts are the true epitome of that characteristic. The thousand mile trip of becoming a PM Host for life starts w/ a few small steps into a land of the unknown. The manufacturers' lawyers have created an environment of fear that starts off nearly all of us wondering what's reality or afraid to do darned near anything. Too much vibration at a frequency that feels uncomfortable. There are, however, two tools I don't mess around with - Big ol' honking Bosch jack hammers & Reciprocating saws. Does that mean that every machine out there is safe - absolutely NOT, so you have to test them to find out. I have not found a single one of them that affects my PM. Then you get to other things that the lawyers for Medtronic warns you about. I'll not try certain varieties of supermagnet because I KNOW what their capabilities are. Now that doesn't mean going out & grabbing any magnet & slapping it across my PM, That is downright insane. I've even taken my wife's magnetic necklace clasp & tried it close to the PM - ZERO effect. I finally got up the guts to test my magnetic name tag - ZERO effect. I like Auntie Mame (The Lucille Ball version), where she says that "Life is a banquet and some poor SOB's are starving to death." (or words to that effect.) I'm a piker compared to Tracey - only 10-1/2 yrs & not even 10% dependent on my PM.īut - I refuse to crawl into a bed & pull the blankets up over my head & turn into a safe & secure mummy w/ all the excitement that one of them experiences. It's not carelessness or a cavalier attitude, it's experience. After nineteen years of nothing showing up, and being given a magnet to use as a diagnostic tool, I know a little magnet is not going to hurt me. (interesting aside, they had no warnings in the generator room, but there was a big sign in their kitchen next to the microwave) ![]() I wrote down the date and time and had the rep check on my next appointment, nothing showed up. I toured a water treatment plant and felt odd in the generator room. I thought the magnetic cover for the Ipad might be pushing it so I took it along to one of my checks, held it over my pm and asked the rep if anything showed up. much more than the magnetic church name tag that also resides in the drawer. You can barely see it because it's covered with paperclips, keys, even a pair of tweezers. ![]() Maybe this is where my lack of fear of magnets came from? it's still in the drawer in the kitchen. It created a "bookmark" so they could see what happened. When I got my first pm and left the hospital, they handed me a magnet, said if I felt bad that I should swipe it across the pm. I don't believe we need to live in fear and it makes me sad when I see newbies afraid of so many things when there's no need. I am not in any way careless and since I'm dependent on this hunk of titanium, I have a healthy respect for it. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume your comment is meant tongue in cheek and not as insulting as it sounds.
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