[jen7009]

Let me start by saying I really hope this is just a super-incredibly-strange coincidence and/or I'm just really paranoid....

Last night I decided to recharge my Medtronic SCS for the first time. It's been 12 days since implant, and while I do still have bandages it's just a square of gauze so it's not thick, and the incision is about 90% closed up. I put the little belt on with the recharger over my incision/gauze (lower left back), got all set up in bed with my Kindle and everything was going good. I got really into my book, and my hubby fell fast asleep, until about 30 minutes later when BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP fire BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP fire BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP....I'm pretty sure I screamed a little, since the fire alarm was only about 6 ft from my head, and in our 1-storey 1500sq ft house we have 6 interconnected alarms (thanks builders) which all go off if one gets tripped, plus the one in the living room also tells you in a very firm voice "fire". Hubby jumps straight up too. Now, here's the really hilarious part (I couldn't breathe for laughing when I told my friend this morning)--I've got the belt on with the big recharger thingee dangling from it, and I'm still limited in movement anyway, AND my hubby uses a CPAP machine, so he's wearing headgear with a nose mask connected to an 8' grey tube connected to a machine on the side table, and we're trying to figure out what's going on (at first I thought my charger was making a noise) and where's the fire and how to get away. To our credit, it did only take about 3 seconds for us to gather our wits and cast away our devices. The great thing to report is, there was no fire. Or smoke. The alarms stopped after just a few minutes and we started investigating. Note that our alarms have never gone off except for when we test the batteries and once when I had a small pan fire in the kitchen; they're not at all super-sensitive. Even though they all go off together, the one that originated the alarm always has a red light blinking...and of course, when I checked, it turned out to be the one in the bedroom right next to me.

So here's my question--did I set it off by recharging? My gauze was still pristine white (inside and out, we checked) and nothing on or around me or the bed showed any sign of singing or anything else. The recharger and unit didn't feel hot or smell funny. There was literally nothing anywhere in the room or the house that should have triggered the smoke alarms. They've been fine since then, and I'm almost all the way charged so I'm ok there, but I'm worried--what about next time?

I really hope I'm just paranoid, but I wanted to see if anyone else has heard of this happening?