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Somebody PLEASE HELP!!! ={
- By pwrsrg77 · New reply 10:54 am
- 81 replies
- Well, I'm now 2 years into a disease that is sucking the life out of me. If I had a nickel for every time I've balled my eyes out & said my famous quote "I can't take this anymore" I'd be a very rich ...
First time to reflect
- By RobbieT · New reply yesterday at 7:49 pm
- 8 replies
- I have had a crazy last few weeks.....months.....years. My wife collapsed and died suddenly 5th October 2000 while warming up to play basketball at age 38. The coroner put this down to "sudden unexplained ...
wild ride
- By danhartman1959 · Posted yesterday at 7:42 pm
- 0 replies
- it has been a hard summer for this guy , if you have an icd youl get this on the 4th july i had a 12 shock storm and the ride started frist a ablation , for afib then turnn off the defib cause ef was ...
SO excited to share what I have found!
- By pwrsrg77 · New reply yesterday at 6:22 pm
- 15 replies
- I have received TONS of wonderful support from this amazing community of people just like myself. All that struggle with debilitating symptoms, wrong diagnosis, less than quality doctors etc... I wish ...
Mad and thankful at the same time
- By sacarver · New reply November 5, 2009
- 7 replies
- I first have to say I am so thankful I don't have to have a Jtube like a lot of people on here. Was supposed to have one placed 3 years ago, but because of blood clotting reasons, I was not a candidate ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · New reply November 4, 2009
- 29 replies
- Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...
disease
- By baloney · Posted November 4, 2009
- 0 replies
- Sounds like you may have psoriatic arthritis . it ishard to diagnose . I have it . It also sounds like you have rheumatioid arthritis along with it . psoriatic arthritis is an autoimmune disease and is ...
Applying for Disability
- By ConnieB · New reply November 4, 2009
- 23 replies
- I live in Virginia I will 60 years old in Aug., I had a heart attack 5 years ago, I had a stent placed. Last year I had a difibillator implanted. I was layed off of my job in February, so I am not working ...
ICD, LQT, low potassium
- By edmar · Posted November 3, 2009
- 0 replies
- I'm a SCA survivor, and i'm lucky to be alive again. I fainted, April 23, 2009, the reason i was rushed to the hospital. I was admitted for 12 days, and after a series of tests and investigation, my doctor ...
How long does Billy have with an ef of 29??
- By sophianbilly · New reply November 3, 2009
- 10 replies
- his defib/pacemaker was implanted in June 2009 when he was still at UCH after a chronic heart happened on April 2009......He had anoxia to his brain and heart which is why they waited soooo long....He ...
Cost of ICD's
- By Twndd · New reply October 30, 2009
- 35 replies
- Hi all, I am curious as to how much your ICD has cost you. If your insurance picked up some of the cost and if you had a large balance. I just read that it could cost $45,000. WOW!! I know my life is ...
ICD
- By sliderjmt · New reply October 26, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hi, I had a ICD put in in July of this year..Well that still did not resolve my problem of VT..So then I had to have a procedure called Ablation done.Well after the first one I was still having 600 episodes ...
Sinking and Scared
- By WandaJ · New reply October 25, 2009
- 9 replies
- Yesterday I made an incredibly difficult and scary decision: to take a leave of absence so I can heal after the roller-coaster ride of the past year. A difficult decision for several reasons: I am a woman ...
Out of breath
- By careh · New reply October 25, 2009
- 2 replies
- I am SO short of breath today! I couldn't even make it through a line in the hymns at church without feeling out of breath, and everything I do today makes me SOB. I also feel a little dizzy at times ...
Never thought I'd get this news...
- By Brianne · New reply October 25, 2009
- 16 replies
- I got AMAZING news today!!!! I had another echocardiogram this week. It's been over 2 years since my cardiac arrest and diagnosis with: long qt, idiopathic nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy with an ejection ...
www.powercatcharters.com/Billy
- By sophianbilly · New reply October 23, 2009
- 4 replies
- I look for information all the time.....My Billy had a chronic heart attack with anoxia to the brain and to the heart on April 10, 2009....I was alone in the morning with him when he complained of chest ...
Interesting and challinging life on the King's Highway
- By Great-gram · New reply October 15, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi all! Life gets more and more interesting. Sunday I was speaking on being at one with the Lord through music. I played a song for our small group - a song from a tape my husband got at an auction. It ...
28years old 66 shocks in 2 days
- By lester · New reply October 15, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi Everyone I'm just going to start from the begining. On March 7 I was out for dinner ,I stood up and fainted. Taken to our little hospital and they sent me home. I kept having episodes so they finally ...
Fort Worth ISD
- By jjulie230 · New reply October 14, 2009
- 1 reply
- Today I received a google alert that one of the couches at the FTW ISD saved a 16 year old boy with the use of an AED. This is great news to know these devices do work! Below is the link to follow: http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http ...
Home again
- By mery · New reply October 14, 2009
- 11 replies
- Surgery went well,if you discount my almost full blown panic attack during the prep. Someone had asked before what type of surgery, it was replacement. My battery was dying. Had a good life though, 5 ...
