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CellarDweller:
No, you can find dial scales if you look hard enough.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 12, 2016, 12:08:14 am ---That is weird. I've worked on editing web pages of information about pacemakers, and what gadgets you should or shouldn't use when you have one, and I haven't seen anything as seemingly innocuous as a digital scale. Most of the things seemed more intensely electric. Now I want to go back and look at the list.
--- End quote ---
Well, "they" used to say you shouldn't use a microwave oven if you have a pacemaker. Shrugs. My dad uses his microwave all the time with no ill effects. They're probably covering their asses in case of a lawsuit.
Probably a greater danger of falling off a digital scale than of any ill effect if you have a pacemaker.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 12, 2016, 11:54:39 am ---Probably a greater danger of falling off a digital scale than of any ill effect if you have a pacemaker.
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lmao. Trying to imagine someone falling off a scale.
Front-Ranger:
When my mom gets her teeth cleaned, they can't use the ultrasonic cleaning tool because she has a pacemaker. I have no idea why.
The simplest things become complicated. I try to walk beside my mom when I take her to church so I can grab her if she starts to fall. But she stops often, usually right in the middle of a doorway, and then I have to hop back or forward to keep from blocking the doorway. Also, if I walk behind her she hesitates and looks back frequently to see if I'm still there. So, I've taken to walking out in front of her, to show her the way and give her some incentive to keep going. I know it looks insensitive to anyone who would be observing us, but I can't care about that.
Front-Ranger:
When people are hospitalized it can be very disorienting and they can have mood and personality swings. This can be scary. My mother got day and night mixed up and would call me in the middle of the night. She also thought the staff was plotting against her and wanted to throw her out. All this has gone away since she has a stable home in assisted living now.
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