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Made it!
- By mery · New reply September 16, 2009
- 10 replies
- Well I've survived the last week or so with my beeping on the fringe of my consciousness. Surgery tomorrow morning. Am wishy washy about that, I know it's needed, and for goodness sake I need my lil friend ...
Coping strategies whilst experiencing pvcs
- By Abbiee · New reply September 13, 2009
- 12 replies
- I wondered what coping strategies other people use whilst experiencing severe bouts of PVCS, its got so bad for me that i have really bad panic attacks which makes the whole thing worse. The pvcs are ...
Heading out of town to see Mom
- By careh · New reply September 11, 2009
- 4 replies
- I am leaving on the first flight out tomorrow (makes me think of Peter, Paul, and Mary) to spend 17 days back in Michigan with my Mom. I do not have internet access there, but I do want you all to know ...
Well I am 50 now
- By careh · New reply September 6, 2009
- 8 replies
- Well my dear friends...I turned 50 today! I have been enjoying a wonderful birthday thank's to my husband, family, and good friends and my co0workers. I really feel blessed! Carolyn ...
ummm...my chest is beeping....
- By mery · New reply September 5, 2009
- 16 replies
- Ok, so I get up this morning and I'm sitting in the bathroom, just sitting, yawning and what not, ya know the regular morning bathroom stuff....and I'm hearing this beeping. So I look all around like ...
chest , back, neck, shoulder pains and tingling arms
- By wyldeflower333 · New reply August 31, 2009
- 3 replies
- Since I've changed cardiologists, and am now seeing an EP who doesn't blow me off as being too young, my whole outlook on my treatment has changed. My EP says because I'm very symptomatic and still young ...
Long QT Syndrome
- By tones005 · New reply August 29, 2009
- 3 replies
- Recently I have found out that people in my family have been diagnosed with LQTS. Through out the years I have had symptoms of this and will be going for my test on October 6th.... This is the beginning ...
ICD - subdermal or subpectoral?? Help!
- By MissCaro · New reply August 26, 2009
- 17 replies
- I've just been given the news that I need an ICD because of my regular bouts of VT and the unsuccessful ablations. Apparently I have ARVD which is a degenerative disease so the need for an ICD will become ...
Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia with AICD Implanted
- By Noreen · New reply August 24, 2009
- 15 replies
- Hello, I am new to this site. My symptoms began just about 2-3 months prior to 10/09/07 I live on Long Island , New York I went from physician to physician complaining of palpiations, hair loss, wt loss ...
On the King's Highway - problems with hip and back
- By Great-gram · Posted August 16, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi! everyone - sure has been a bumpy road lately. My husband got out the hospital just in time to take care of us. Plumbing under the sink went - he semi took care of it. Will need a plumber this time ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
On the Jericho Road - In Need of Prayers
- By Great-gram · New reply August 13, 2009
- 28 replies
- Hi! Just asking all of you to pray for my husband. He took ill last night; we went to the doctor this morning - he sent us to the ER because his blood pressure is so low, (systolic went down to 60 while ...
Answered Prayer on the Jericho Road
- By Great-gram · New reply August 13, 2009
- 2 replies
- Thanks be to God and thanks to all of you. I just shared all of the responses with my husband. He is now home. No diagnosis - but then, that is not necessary when God is at work. We can never get too ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 12, 2009
- 13 replies
- All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...
Some general questions about AVRD
- By chris29 · New reply August 8, 2009
- 3 replies
- A couple of more questions in case anyone of you has any knowledge or experience: - Is there something like having ARVD "a little bit" or is it "all or nothing"? -Then, should I get "a little bit of treatment/beta ...
O2 Annie - Just checking in!
- By frogcollector · New reply August 8, 2009
- 9 replies
- Thought I would check in after such a long silence. I no longer need the 'Metro' RX...Metoprolal. The O2 has stopped the SVT events entirely. Staying on the O2 for now...it works so why change anything ...
Heart Palps. and Allergy Meds
- By JulesAN · New reply August 3, 2009
- 19 replies
- If anyone has any advice on this I would greatly appreciate it! I have allergies and at times get horrible sinus headaches. I also have a heart condition in which I get palpitations. The problem is… I ...
The Newly Married Heart
- By martzj · New reply July 27, 2009
- 49 replies
- The nice thing about eloping is that one can change the wedding location at a drop of a hat because it is just the two of you. Several days before April 30th, I drove by one of the most beautiful spots ...
Taraveling on the King's Highway - enjoying the family
- By Great-gram · New reply July 24, 2009
- 2 replies
- Greetings! Last Friday was my husband's family reunion and it was really a fun time, even though in some ways it was bittersweet. I had choices - choices to enjoy or to complain - choices to have a pity ...
Made it to the top of the lighthouse!
- By careh · New reply July 22, 2009
- 7 replies
- I was able to take a trip last weekend to the beautiful Oregon coast, which included a tour of historic Haceta Head lighthouse near Florence. My family wasn't sure about the half mile climb to the lighthouse ...
