does anyone have these problems with transmitter?

hi. i just found this site ---and have a question. i have a st. jude pacemaker for about a month, and have the merlin@home transmitter in our bedroom. this is weird: i read a lot, and do so in the bedroom, and when i am in there i get terrible cramps in my hands, legs.

when i leave the bedroom, no cramps.

i wonder if there is any connection between the cramps and the transmitter? does anyone else who uses the transmitter have a similar side effect? or could it be the pacemaker? or could it have nothing at all to do with either of those?

thanks in advance.

3 Comments

Guy goes to the doctor

by Theknotguy - 2016-01-22 02:01:09

Guy goes to the doctor. Shrugs his shoulders. Says, "Doc, when I do this it hurts!" Doc says, "So, don't do it!"

No connection between cramps and transmitter. Unless you tell me you're one of those people who can feel WIFI when you walk into a room.

I'd be looking at sitting/lying posture, how long you sit in one position, what isn't giving you support, are you pinching the sciatic nerve, are you pinching a nerve in your neck - What?

My Merlin

by Artist - 2016-01-22 10:01:27

I haven't had any similar symptoms and have been using a Merlin Monitor for 14 months. It has really done its job in providing excellent information to my doctor. It is nice to have the added assurance of that monitoring. I agree with the above comments. By all means keep using the monitor it can litterally save your life.

Don't blame Merlin...

by Lurch - 2016-01-23 02:01:00

There is very little, if any, likelihood that your Merlin is creating a problem. It just sits there until a programmed time at which it transmits a burst of information to the mother ship; probably takes a few seconds or less, and goes back to sleep.

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