Fred's modified SS Geezer log

[BrooklynJerry]

I went for follow up exam on Saturday. I was told no heavy lifting or bending for a week. I have another appointment this week. I will probably have the other eye done soon I guess I'll wait till next Saturday and then start some light work.

[Fred J]

I hope your eye is doing better now Jerry!

[Fred J]

11-14-2024 Thursday

weight 202

Bench
040-4
060-4
090-3
110-3
110-3
120-3

The first day back to being able to use the upper body. Everything felt good. I wanted to add more weight but patience is best for now. I may stick to one lift a day for now to limit overall stress until I recover further. I am pretty eager to get the squats worked back up in the direction I had them moving.

[fiftyfit]

Glad to see you finally getting back to the bench Fred... take your time and be safe, maybe I can provide you with a little motivation this time.😉

[Fred J]

Thanks fifty. It's gonna be different now as I am not sure how high I can/should bench with this contraption in my chest. When I questioned the EP surgeon when I was in the hospital for the sotalol loading he asked how much could I lift and I said 220 since I was almost there and he said he wanted me to limit it to 50% of that. When I asked for how long at that percentage he said as long as I had the implant. He said at that strength level that I could break the leads going under my collarbone. I am already past 50% the first day back. We will see.

[Fred J]

11-15-2024 Friday

weight 202

Squat
040-5
110-4
160-3
180-3
190-2

Extra reps available on all sets. All good.

[57bergstrm]

Thanks fifty. It's gonna be different now as I am not sure how high I can/should bench with this contraption in my chest. When I questioned the EP surgeon when I was in the hospital for the sotalol loading he asked how much could I lift and I said 220 since I was almost there and he said he wanted me to limit it to 50% of that. When I asked for how long at that percentage he said as long as I had the implant. He said at that strength level that I could break the leads going under my collarbone. I am already past 50% the first day back. We will see.

Your doing fine I think.
You might need to talk to him a little bit more, I mean it might be fixable, if it breaks, and how do you know if it goes bad?
The SS-forum might know something.
Hope all goes well, so far so good.

[Fred J]

You might need to talk to him a little bit more, I mean it might be fixable, if it breaks, and how do you know if it goes bad?
Hope all goes well, so far so good.

The electrophysiologist explained it to me but I did not understand all of it. If it breaks I would have to be cut into again and the lead replaced from the unit through a vein and back into the heart where it gets anchored with a screw tip of some sort. I have a small cell phone type unit on my dresser in the bedroom that constantly monitors the unit and sends the info instantly over a cellular network. The medical folks would know if it broke before I would.

[Fred J]

11-17-2024 Sunday

weight 202

Bench
040-5
090-4
120-3
120-3...CG

Not much today...Shoulders complaining. Needed more warm up I guess.