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About Me
- By jaybee601 · Posted 1:03 am
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- 69 yrs male from India,happily married for 43 yrs,with two sons and a grand son.I am an Engineer turned Executive retired.Had rheumatic fever at 12.At 53 breathing problem,CABG,Aortic+Mitral heart valves ...
wild ride
- By danhartman1959 · Posted November 6, 2009
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- 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 · Posted November 4, 2009
- 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 ...
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 ...
Mad and thankful at the same time
- By sacarver · Posted November 3, 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 ...
ICD, LQT, low potassium
- By edmar · Posted November 3, 2009
- 1 reply
- 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 · Posted October 31, 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 ...
Somebody PLEASE HELP!!! ={
- By pwrsrg77 · Posted October 29, 2009
- 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 ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · Posted October 28, 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 ...
Out of breath
- By careh · Posted 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 · Posted October 24, 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 ...
Cost of ICD's
- By Twndd · Posted October 23, 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 ...
Sinking and Scared
- By WandaJ · Posted October 21, 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 ...
Fort Worth ISD
- By jjulie230 · Posted October 14, 2009
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- 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 ...
28years old 66 shocks in 2 days
- By lester · Posted October 13, 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 ...
Another year gone by
- By junimead · Posted October 12, 2009
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- So I didn't write in on my anniversary this year, not because it wasn't on my mind, but because I have too much going on some days to write. Another year's gone by, a few more stays in the hospital and ...
www.powercatcharters.com/Billy
- By sophianbilly · Posted October 11, 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 ...
Stress can cause AFib episodes
- By wyldeflower333 · Posted October 10, 2009
- 5 replies
- It's been a month since I had Breast reduction surgery, and I'm doing well from that--no complications. My AFib didn't flare up. Last year after my hysterectomy I landed in the hospital from AFib. Yesterday ...
Arrhythmias
- By redhead4u777 · Posted October 8, 2009
- 6 replies
- In my mind I was planning out my day, mindlessly performing my pre-work morning rituals. Make my lunch-check. Iron my shirt-check. Wake up on the kitchen floor. What? Did I just faint again? On the way ...
First time to reflect
- By RobbieT · Posted October 3, 2009
- 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 ...
