Apple Shuffle .

• by Corie
• 2016-12-13 14:29:55
• Interferences
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My pacemaker (for slow beating, stopping heart) was installed November 30, 2016 and was complicated with a punctured lung when I moved slightly during the procedure.   Since anxiety is one of my major issues (no history of heart disease, under weight if anything) I have enjoyed listening to guided meditations on my Apple Shuffle, however I have seen some mention of interference from these devices and wondered if anyone has any recent information on these devices.    The negative feedback I have read was dated and the technology may have changed.  I have NOT used the shuffle since my pacemaker was installed ..as I've been going through what I am sure are the usual anxiety issues related to suddenly having a device in your chest monitoring your heart, and in my case stitches in my armpit from the lung tube that tended to be painful.  (I'm black/blue from my armpit to my waist on my left side where the lung collapsed.)   Any shuffle feedback would be appreciated.   Thanks so much.

   ADDED:   I am a recovering alcoholic, who has been sober for 35 years (just turned 70), and I bascially forgot to tell the cardiac staff that fact.  I have the resistance of a horse to pain meds, and anesthesia so they likely did not give me enough and I moved. 

I had surgery on my leg a few years back and the surgeon had to use "enough to knock out a horse" because everytime he started I could feel it.     Just thought I'd add this to the general note because there seemed to be so much curiosity about it.   Not the surgical teams fault...I simply forgot to give them all my history and my partner was still on Salt Spring Island tryiing to find dog sitters for our huge Golden Doodles...while I was in Victoria where I had been brought by chopper. 

I'll also get my PM stats up later today.  I'm a bit better everyday now, just find it disconcerting to feel the PM kicking in in....grateful, just odd.  I've decided to call my PM "Mimzy" after the futuristic creature from "The Great Mimzy" so I can welcome her into my body and start feeling more at home with her.    

The stitches came out this past Monday and that alone has made me feel much better, especially the ones under my arm that were pulling and causing quite a bit of pain on that heavily bruised side. 

Thanks for the feedback to date on the shuffle.   I did read about some negative experiences with same just before contemplating use and that caused more anxiety than I needed at the time.   Each day I seem to get a bit more reserve in that regard however and I'm not just plunged into anxiety without a buffer quite as readily.  (LOL  Going to my happy place more quickly.)