PMs in the cold.

So, I'm 9 weeks out - and now I'm a lot more comfortable with being out and about - I took the kids and I to a beach for some fossil hunting. 
I'm in ON, Canada - so it wasn't a warm daytrip by any stretch, and I got cold and damp, and then that really cold damp that seems to seep into your bones (we had a lot of fun though and spotted lots of fossils :D ), and although my head and appendages were warm - I didn't have a scarf or such over my chest area - and where my PM is was really kinda aching, and seemed to remain that way until we got into the car and I got the heating on. 
Was it the cold? 
Not worried - just curious because it is metal and will conduct heat or cold. 

3 Comments

Myths

by Penguin - 2023-05-25 17:20:34

I remember being told by a friend that I wouldn't be able to sunbathe because the device's metal outer would overheat and burn me from the inside out. Initially I protected my shoulder and kept it in the shade but gave up on a sunny holiday and guess what?....nothing happened! No idea where she got that one from. I think she must have heard some kind of myth!  

Could it be the cold damp weather which you felt down to your bones that made you ache rather than the device / implant, or a bit of sensitivity in recently operated skin as it's not long since your implant.?

I'm not disagreeing with Angry Sparrow's situation as it sounds as if she has a lot going on around her shoulder area, but with a simple device / implant and skin on top of it which isn't thin or stretched you really should be fine.  I know it's hard, but try to forget that it's there.

Take care 

Cold

by AgentX86 - 2023-05-25 22:45:21

I'm with Sparrow.  It has to be really cold but mine hurts if I don't cover it well enough.  My sternotomy really hurts if my chest gets cold.  Fortunately, it rarely gets all that cold here in Georgia.  If I were still in Vermont, I'd be in trouble all winter.  Of course, I wasn't stupid enough to stay in Vermont a minute longer than I had to.

CRT-D and cold

by Beni - 2023-05-26 07:17:15

I live 2 hours north of Toronto.  Not quite the North Pole and Santa's workshop territory but close enough.

I was out last winter, in minus 25 degree (Celsius) weather, repeatedly.  Either just going for a walk, or filling bird feeders or sometimes, clearing a little snow.  I dressed appropriately  and did not experience any sensation of cold or anything  else, for that matter.

On the other hand, the dog wasn't so keen on it. 😉

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