Daily weight
Fri, 09/07/2012 - 7:30AMMy husband will be coming home from the hospital next week, he received his VAD in May, had a rough time both prep &postop.
I've been told he needs to weigh every day. The digital scale warns against using it if you have "any implanted medical devices such as a pacemaker". He has no pacemaker or defibrillator, but can he use it with the LVAD? No response from the cust. Service dept at manufacturer.
What type scale do most of patients use?
Thanks, all!
I had a digital scale and never had a problem or ever even…
Sat, 09/08/2012 - 6:41AMI had a digital scale and never had a problem or ever even heard of such a warning. Unless yours is really high-tech and emits some sort or radio, magnetic or micro-waves, I can't imagine why that warning would exist.