"“I have a skipping heart and I got to get a surgery. And I found this out after my last tour. I went in, I wasn't feeling good, and I went in and the nurse was trying to get an EKG thing going on me or whatever and it just wasn't happening. I kind of fell asleep and I woke up. I'm like, 'Are you going to get this thing?' And she's like, 'Oh, it's not working.' They thought I was having a heart attack right there. Anyway, my heart skips and apparently I've taught myself to be like a cross country runner.”"
"“So, I'm overweight and my brain is so strong that it tells this stuff what to do. So, my standing heart rate at night is 43 and during the day I get down to 33. [It] hasn't happened since I've been here with you, which is good, because I'll go from 'on,' to just straight up I feel like I'm dying. So, I got to get a surgery. It's a very easy surgery. You're usually out on the same day. It's not like they rip you open. This is something about the electricity.”"
"“But at first, they thought maybe I needed a pacemaker. And I was like, 'Doc, listen, I get a pacemaker. I'm done, right? Touring, Slipknot?' So he goes, 'Oh, no. You're going to feel better.' And I just I lost it. I was like, I can't get out of this to save my life. I'm like, there is nothing, not even my heart. It's going to be better because of Slipknot.”"
"“I got a concierge doctor because I'm in Slipknot and I'm able to go to levels and they're like, 'No, you're going to feel better. You better get in shape because you got to do more no”"
Shawn “Clown” Crahan said he has a skipping heart and discovered the need for surgery after his last tour. He described going to a medical setting while not feeling well, where attempts to run an EKG did not work and staff initially thought he might be having a heart attack. He reported a low resting heart rate at night and even lower during the day, along with episodes where he feels like he is dying. He said doctors considered a pacemaker but told him he would feel better with the planned procedure. He also said he arranged medical care through a concierge doctor and was advised to get in shape to handle touring demands.
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