IanHarrop 43 #1 Posted Monday at 05:48 PM Yes, I'm going to follow doctor's recommendations. Just got an "implantable cardioverter-defibrillator" a week sgo. Doc says no jumping for the rest of this year and here in Alberta the season ends about Novemeber 1st. He says we'll see the data from the ICD over winter and make a new decision next year, so indeed I may be done. My question.... Is anyone jumping with an ICD? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 280 #2 Monday at 07:54 PM Cool dual function device I guess. I don't know anything about them, or the precise situations & arrhythmias where they might be used. But I am curious: Are you on blood thinners or not with that? Some doctors don't like blood thinners combined with active sports at all, since the chance of major trauma is higher than just driving a car, and blood thinners elevate the risk of bleeding to death in an accident. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 43 #3 Monday at 08:58 PM Nope no blood thinners. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,488 #4 Tuesday at 09:09 AM 15 hours ago, IanHarrop said: Is anyone jumping with an ICD? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28185079/ Which takes you to the article in German: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00399-017-0487-1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 280 #5 Tuesday at 02:22 PM 5 hours ago, BIGUN said: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00399-017-0487-1 I went to Sci-Hub to get the full article and read it in German. The ICD did get his heart shocked back to normal rhythm after a VF episode in freefall .... but I guess it was going to take some time to get back to useful consciousness .... so he still had to rely on his Cypres! Sounds like these new ICD's are more suitable to using in some sports, as I guess they are shocking the heart remotely from beneath the skin, and don't require actual fine wires & electrodes implanted on or into the heart muscle, as earlier ones did. The wires were more at risk of breaking or dislocation if the person was involved in physical contact sports. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,941 #6 Tuesday at 06:14 PM 21 hours ago, IanHarrop said: Yes, I'm going to follow doctor's recommendations. Just got an "implantable cardioverter-defibrillator" a week sgo. Doc says no jumping for the rest of this year and here in Alberta the season ends about Novemeber 1st. He says we'll see the data from the ICD over winter and make a new decision next year, so indeed I may be done. My question.... Is anyone jumping with an ICD? Who knows but you've certainly come to the right place for unbiased advice and the sample is sure to be large enough for safely betting your life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
