Arnold Schwarzenegger had a surgery recently. The 76-year-old actor and former California governor announced on his Arnold’s Pump Club podcast that he’s recovering from having a pacemaker put in, following three open-heart surgeries. “Last Monday, I had surgery to become a little bit more of a machine: I got a pacemaker,” he began. Keep reading to find out more… “First of all, I want you to know I’m doing great!
I had my surgery on Monday, and by Friday, I was already at a big environmental event with my friend and fellow fitness crusader Jane Fonda.
Nobody would ever have thought I started the week with a surgery.” “I want to thank my whole team at the Cleveland Clinic. All of the doctors and nurses took amazing care of me and made the surgery as painless as possible,” he continued. Arnold had two surgeries in 1997 to replace his pulmonic valve and aortic valve, which would last 12 to 15 years.
He went in for surgery to get both replaced again in 2018 and 2020, via People. He explained that scar tissue from his last surgery caused him to have an irregular heartbeat and he was told to monitor it closely. “I stayed in touch with my medical team and visited in person at least once a year to get a full check-up and see how my heart was doing.
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