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Fitbit and my Medtronic Pacemaker / Defibrillator

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‎06-12-2017 21:47

‎06-12-2017 21:47

I had a Medtronic Pacemaker / Defibrillator installed in my upper left chest and set to 60 bpm.  When I met with a rep at the doctors office, I was talking about the pacemaker making my Fitbit Charge 2 to always show 60 bpm.  My wife suggested at that time to move it to my right wrist.  Well, now I am showing what my heart is actually doing.  When I take my blood pressure on my left wrist, it is always showing 60 bpm.  There are a lot of things that you have to look out for when using a Pacemaker / Defibrillator.  One was, to not use a body fat percentage scale.  Well it turns out that the Aria scale does not affect my Medtronic Pacemaker / Defibrillator.  So far so good.  Thanks.

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‎06-13-2017 08:15 - edited ‎06-13-2017 08:16

‎06-13-2017 08:15 - edited ‎06-13-2017 08:16

Hello there, @CCRANGER! Thanks for sharing your experience with us! Cat Wink I'm sure this tips will help others that are in the same situation as yours to obtain better and more accurate results. I'm glad to hear that you are doing better now using your Fitbit devices. 

 

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‎12-03-2018 17:48

‎12-03-2018 17:48

CCRANGER,

I have just put up a post about Fitbit and pacemakers - then I found yours.  I think my Fitbit Charge 2 is being deceived into thinking I am not asleep because my HR does not go below 63 BPM when I am sleeping.   After several hours - possibly after also looking at my hand movements - it eventually seems to decide I am asleep !!   Have you had this problem ?

PS - I will try changing wrists to see if that changes anything !! 

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‎10-09-2019 05:52

In response to Decade

‎10-09-2019 05:52

my fitbit3 gives very high bpm readings when I am exercising at a fast walking pace.

My defibrillator is set at a max of 120 bpm but my fitbit reads 150bpm.

mike

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‎10-11-2019 15:50

In response to xyz52

‎10-11-2019 15:50

Try it on the other wrist.
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‎01-21-2020 09:37

In response to xyz52

‎01-21-2020 09:37

Unless you are in your 80s I wouldn't think your defib is set to 120. I think mine is set to 200 I'm 43.

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‎01-23-2020 18:59

In response to jhunt12

‎01-23-2020 18:59

I am 71 and I have experienced 8 heart attacks.  My Medtronic is set to 60 bpm.  I have been working on a house and I can get up to 123 bpm.  l can get a heart MRI and they raise my bpm to 80 on my unit and then set it back to 60 bpm after the testing is done. I updated to Versa 2. I like it because I can see  what is going on when I am outside.

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‎10-18-2022 16:33

In response to jhunt12

‎10-18-2022 16:33

Not necessarily true. Why would they set your BPM to 200? Mine is set to 60 and I was 37 when received my first ICD placement. 

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