Arnold Schwarzenegger is recovering post surgery for getting pacemaker

Actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger, 76, was recently fitted for pacemaker after three open heart surgeries and is now recovering.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is recovering after a surgical procedure. The actor-politician recently underwent a surgery to get a pacemaker.

Schwarzenegger, 76, said that while he likes to keep his personal life private and doesn’t like talking about his health publicly, he wanted to be vocal about this so that others can find “courage and hope to deal with their own”.

Reaching out to his fans, Schwarzenegger on his Pump Club podcast said, “I have some personal news to share. Last Monday, I had surgery for a pacemaker and became a little bit more of a machine.”

He said that while he likes to keep his personal life private and doesn’t like talking about his health publicly since it “goes against so much of my upbringing in Austria,” he wanted to be vocal about this so that others can find “courage and hope to deal with their own” and “it only feels right to talk about this.”

He said, “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.”

He was then all praise for Jane Fonda as he called her “healthy” and that she “looks fantastic”.

“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 added.

Arnold Schwarzenegger had scar tissue from previous medical procedures which made his heartbeat irregular. Hence, this surgical procedure was needed. He added, “That’s life with a genetic heart issue. But you won’t hear me complaining.”

“I had my valves replaced for the first time in 1997, which required open heart surgery. They told me both valves would last 12 to 15 years,” he reflected. He then went in for surgery to get both replaced again in 2018 and 2020.