Arnold Schwarzenegger is back and better than ever!
On Monday, the Terminator star updated her fans through her Arnold’s Bomb Club newsletter about your most recent heart procedure. In the weekly note, the 76-year-old actor said that he had undergone surgery to install a pacemaker, after a lifelong battle with a genetic heart problem.
“Last Monday, I had surgery to make me a little more like a machine: I got a pacemaker,” he wrote on his website.. “I have to tell you that saying this to everyone goes against much of my upbringing in Austria, where no one – ever – talked about medical issues. Everything related to health has been saved for you.”
Schwarzenegger explained that he had the surgery on Monday and faced the public again the following Friday, and no one knew, noting that “no one would have ever thought that I started the week with surgery.”
O Predator star shared that he had a lifelong battle with bicuspid valves, which according to Johns Hopkins Medicine it is “a type of abnormality in the heart’s aortic valve.” Schwarzenegger said his mother and grandmother died due to a heart condition. However, since 1997, he has worked with doctors and medical professionals to correct his condition through a series of surgeries.
“I first had my valves replaced in 1997, which required open-heart surgery,” he wrote. “They told me both valves would last 12 to 15 years. Dr. Starnes did a wonderful job and they did this for 21 years, so when I went for the replacement in 2018, the non-invasive option was available. , you know there was a little problem at the Los Angeles hospital, and my non-invasive surgery became open-heart. I told this story and images shared here in this newsletter.”
He continued, “They only replaced one of the two valves, so I went to the Cleveland Clinic in 2020 and had the other one done. This time, the non-invasive transcatheter valve replacement worked!”
Despite the success of the surgeries, Mercenaries actor said his doctors informed him he would eventually need a pacemaker. According to the former California governor, he had a check-up in early March, before the Arnold Sports Festival, and doctors told him it was time for the procedure. After talking to a friend, he said he wasn’t nervous about having the procedure and was ready to improve his quality of life after living with an irregular heartbeat.
Schwarzenegger was also sold after doctors told him the pacemaker would allow him to film more seasons of his show, harmful.
“On Monday I went down and installed my new piece of machinery,” he shared. “Like I said, on Friday I was doing my normal environmental work and no one knew anything. I can’t do my serious gym workouts for a while, but I’ll be 100% ready for FUBAR next month.
The action star ended his message by reiterating how important it was for him to open up about his surgery, despite wanting to keep his health issues private for the sake of the community.
“I could have kept this a secret. But I know we have over 750,000 subscribers now (775,000 to be exact – the village is now a city!), and many of you are probably dealing with your own health challenges.” He wrote. “I want you to know you’re not alone. And if you’re putting something off out of fear, I hope I inspire you to listen to your doctors and take care of yourself.”
He continued, “This village is a place for us to be open and honest because it’s impossible to be truly positive when you keep it all bottled up. That’s what Arnold’s Pump Club is all about. There are weights that none of us can lift alone.”
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