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Hello. Two thoughts occur to me: First, have you considered the two wheel towed pack-travois gizmo? And, second, have you seen the little pads on Pinterest that are used to keep shoulder belts from bothering cancer patients' portacath? It's a square or rectangle that wraps around the shoulder belt strap and keeps it from pressing too hard on the medical device. http://www.abbieandeveline.com/2014/09/12/my-recipe-for-portacath-pillows/ talks about it. Apparently the issue of medical stuff conflicting with straps of one kind or another is reasonably common.My wife has a pacemaker and, because she is thin, the shoulder straps of her backpack put a lot of pressure on her pacemaker and make it just about impossible to carry. It's particularly bad if she does up the chest strap.
If anyone has had this challenge, we'd love to hear suggestions for carrying the backpack but taking the pressure off the pacemaker!
Thanks, Allan
Interesting device. Do you have any information on it? Manufacturer? Anything?I don't know if it will work for your wife, but I've seen some hikers going at it with their pack on a one-wheel cart attached to a hip belt. Most of the Frances would be doable, some bits you'd need to help out. Maybe worth looking into. I'll attach a picture to show you what I'm on about.
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Interesting device. Do you have any information on it? Manufacturer? Anything?
Hi Allan,My wife has a pacemaker and, because she is thin, the shoulder straps of her backpack put a lot of pressure on her pacemaker and make it just about impossible to carry. It's particularly bad if she does up the chest strap.
If anyone has had this challenge, we'd love to hear suggestions for carrying the backpack but taking the pressure off the pacemaker!
Thanks, Allan
A couple of those contraptions looked very DIY, but the idea apparently caught on. Here I found a blog by someone who did some research on them.
Hi Allan,Thanks for your suggestions. We've been looking at the same things that you mention above. We are also trying a modified chest strap which will sort of criss cross in the front. Osprey Canada has been really helpful with suggestions and parts (eg straps) to see if we can make this work. We are also exploring padding, like your towels, under the shoulder straps to see if we can take pressure off the area. Like your sister, my wife doesn't want to part with her backpack.
One question - what sort of padded dressings did you use to put over the pacemaker site?
Thanks again to everyone for their great suggestions!
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