Racing with a Pacemaker, the early years
Last July (2024), I got a dual valve Biotronik pacemaker. I had thought I could avoid further interventions after the ablation, but the electrophysiologist I saw for a second opinion (really a fourth opinion, counting the Lubbock EP, my Community Health EP, and the friend of a friend I spoke with) was the first cardiologist who told me that without pacing, I wouldn’t be able to get my heart rate up into the range I would want it to be to continue running, training, and racing. That sold me!
I asked the device rep who was setting up the algorithm after my surgery if someone could kill me if they hacked the system the way that they kill the Vice President in Season Two of Homeland. He did not think that was really possible. So hey, good news.
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