Arnold Schwarzenegger posts photo after pacemaker surgery

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger shared a photo of himself days after revealing he had a pacemaker fitted and confirmed he will be “ready” to start filming next month.

Thanking fans for their support during his recovery, he said in the Instagram post on Thursday (28) that he had “received so many kind messages from all over the world.” Schwarzenegger, 76, added that the pacemaker will not interfere with production of the second season of the Netflix series “Fubar,” which is expected to begin filming in April. “I will be ready,” he said, adding: “You will only be able to see it [o marca-passo] if you are really looking for it.”

The “Terminator” star and former California governor revealed on Monday's episode of his podcast “Arnold's Pump Club” that he had “pacemaker surgery and became a little more like a machine.” . Schwarzenegger was born with a bicuspid aortic valve – a congenital heart defect – and underwent several heart surgeries.

In 1997, he underwent a pulmonary valve replacement, which helps blood flow from the heart to the lungs.

In 2018, he underwent open-heart surgery to replace the aging pulmonary valve that had been inserted.

Two years later, he had surgery to replace his aortic valve, which helps blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body.

With this latest procedure, Schwarzenegger said on the podcast that doctors advised him to get a pacemaker “because some scar tissue from my previous surgery had made my heartbeat irregular” for several years.

He added that he needs to have regular check-ups and “that’s life with a genetic heart condition. But you won’t hear me complain.” Schwarzenegger said his recovery has been uneventful, although he won't be able to do any “serious gym workouts for a while.”

CNN's Amarachi Orie contributed to this report.