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Good Morning America is looking for stories about cardiac screening
- By Brian · New reply 8:35 pm
- Journal · 1 reply
- The ABC Medical Reporting Unit is looking for a high school student to interview for the television show Good Morning America. ABC has asked us to help find a high school student who was mistakenly told ...
Not sure I'm comfortable with my new cardiologist!
- By HawaiiDiva · Posted 8:06 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- I don't think he takes my symptoms serious enough. As a brand new patient who was just in the ER two days before seeing him, and who had been in the ER a month prior, he seemed very nonchalant and unconcerned ...
ARVC\ARVD and having an ICD at 31
- By Mog79 · New reply 7:05 pm
- Discussion in Living with an ICD · 12 replies
- Hello I’m new here so please let me know if I’ve posted this incorrectly but I’m just looking for some friendly advice. My dad died from ARVC \ ARVD at age 45 which was about 16 years ago. I was ...
SCAA/Zoll AED Grant Program
- By erfisch · Posted 9:46 am
- Discussion in Promoting CPR and AEDs · 0 replies
- Buy 1 Get 1 Free from ZOLL! ZOLL Medical Corporation is offering a special AED Grant Program to SCAA chapters and affiliates to support deployment of AEDs to non-profit organizations in their area. Organizations ...
SCA five months later
- By DaylilyFan · Posted 9:31 am
- Journal · 0 replies
- When I was discharged from the hospital in early April, my EF was 25-30%. I started cardio rehab mid-May. In early June I was referred to the Heart Failure Clinic, mostly for coreg titration. I'm now ...
For my dad...
- By alcb · New reply 9:29 am
- Discussion in Dealing with loss · 1 reply
- I never thought there would be a place like this, for those that deal with the personal complications, and for those who love someone with them. I lost my dad 10 yrs ago to sudden cardiac death. He had ...
A New Life Ahead...and crazy things are happening.
- By ellie014 · New reply 12:56 am
- Journal · 11 replies
- I'm officially a freshman in college now! I'm all moved in and living on the top floor of the tallest dorm on campus! 12 flights of stairs suck! Especially when there is only one elevator for 600+ people ...
want my old life back before husbands heart attack
- By pipey · New reply yesterday at 1:54 pm
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 17 replies
- I thought I was going crazy untill my brother suggested going on the internet and looking up people that personalities changed after having a heart attack as he has heard of other stories. It is so great ...
what firemen do when they're bored??
- By eviefor3 · New reply yesterday at 1:45 pm
- Journal · 10 replies
- wish he was at a fire station near me!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UGpMNqHX vI evie ...
Sad news
- By cheriffic · New reply yesterday at 12:43 am
- Journal · 19 replies
- My mom passed away on August 18th, Wednesday at 9:09 a.m. She was surrounded by my dad, 2 brothers, myself, and 1 grandchildren. She had pneumonia and could not fight the infection. I hope she somehow ...
being breathless
- By richie9979 · New reply August 31, 2010
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 2 replies
- since i left hospital 4 months ago i found was getting breathless very quickly after walking and it didn't matter if it was up a hill or along the flat i went to the doctors and they said wait to see ...
poor poor linda burnett
- By eviefor3 · New reply August 31, 2010
- Journal · 15 replies
- Linda Burnett, 23, a resident of San Diego, was visiting her in-laws and while there went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries. Later, her husband noticed her sitting in her car in the driveway ...
Life After ICD Implant
- By KeishaA · Posted August 30, 2010
- Journal · 0 replies
- The four years following the heart attack & implant were really hard for, I was empty! I was numb from the fear, the pain, the weakness and the unknowns. This was a road that I had only heard of never ...
Today I Weep - July 15, 2010
- By KDenni · New reply August 29, 2010
- Journal · 19 replies
- I wrote this for my sister Diane and read it to her prior to her passing away on July 15. She had fought a long-hard battle with ovarian cancer. I hope you will find comfort in the words. Today I weep ...
Fundraiser Ideas For Brain Injury Rehab For Our Loved Ones
- By prayingforjeni · Posted August 29, 2010
- Journal · 0 replies
- You can raise money for your loved ones medical needs. I want to share how we raised money for Jeni. Jeni my 32 year old daughter pictured on this icon with her daughter, has had a few fundraiser's set ...
HAIL HAIL I'VE MET MY NEW CARDIO!!!!!!
- By eviefor3 · New reply August 28, 2010
- Journal · 17 replies
- i apologize in advance for the length of this post. i reread it after i wrote it and thought that i should add that. if there was a color that described happy, that would be my color. if there was a word ...
how cute and how funny!!
- By eviefor3 · New reply August 28, 2010
- Journal · 2 replies
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UGpMNqHX vI how can something like this not make you laugh?? hope everyone's having a wonderful saturday. evie ...
A few more words about privacy
- By Brian · New reply August 27, 2010
- Journal · 76 replies
- All of us at Inspire care a great deal about your privacy and work hard to ensure the information you trust us with is kept safe. We designed Inspire so that you have complete control over how your personal ...
My Cardic Conditions
- By KeishaA · Posted August 26, 2010
- Journal · 0 replies
- Severely Dilated Cardiomyopathy (heart is weak and enlarged) Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction Mitral Regurgitation Tricuspid Regurgitation Congestive Heart Failure Right Atrial Enlargement Right Ventricular ...
Hello from.....Melissa and Emily
- By MelissaShuford · New reply August 25, 2010
- Journal · 4 replies
- I have not posted in my Journal for sometime...and I hope everyone is hanging in there !!!! I know I have been on a tremendous Journey of peaks and valleys and sometimes just the whole bottom falling ...
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