Exercise with a pacemaker?

@jc76 Thank you. What you did has never been suggested and sounds like an excellent idea. I will bring this up to my cardiac team. Appreciate your reply.

@walkinggirl Thanks, Linda. I have what is considred a top notch cardic group so it's disappointing they don't have protocol after the surgery to do what you're mentioning. Appreciate your reply.

@lcr35 In my experience, I found that many medical personnel are so focused on their specialty that they often have trouble looking/thinking outside of their specialty box. My primary care person seems to see a bigger picture. For example, I had a cardiologist appointment, and things seemed to be going fine, so he asked if anything else was going on. I talked about a small stress fracture in my left foot, a visit to a podiatrist, 3 months later (earliest appointment available), it was improving but gee, I waited 3 months to have the appointment - given a boot, wore it for less than 2 days because right leg started hurting - off balance - follow up visit "These things tend to heal themselves" - I should have cancelled the appointment. Now I am dealing with PT and an upcoming ortho appointment. As I answered questions about the pain, it did not seem like a blood clot and he lost interest. My primary care doctor suggested PT and PT suggested ortho in addition.

Sorry to hear you're going through that. The adage of the patient being their most important advocate still holds true. Best wishs.