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Amazing!
- By maureengraz · New reply 10:57 am
- 17 replies
- Vince spent three hours raking leaves and mowing the lawn today without any shortness of breath. All that with an EF of 25%!!!!!! Simply amazing ...
Head Injury and SCA our story
- By Buldozers · New reply 12:15 am
- 3 replies
- In 1995 my husband went four wheeling with his buddies out at the desert, they rolled 70 feet end over end, the result was 6 concussions and TBI(traumatic brain injury). At the time we were just friends ...
There is hope, there is help.
- By Aaron-Pennsylvania · New reply November 18, 2009
- 3 replies
- At times I felt alone and no one understood what I was going through. Well, that was true regarding the people around me. Other than Samantha's family and myself, the people in our circle could not understand ...
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- By glenbobbitt · Posted November 18, 2009
- 0 replies
- Thanks to everyone for the support. I am not much of a typist and not too good at working the website but it is comforting to see that i am not alone ...
Arrhythmias
- By redhead4u777 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 11 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 ...
misdiagnosis?
- By glenbobbitt · New reply November 18, 2009
- 3 replies
- The head neurologost at UAMS in little rock told me Vicki would never walk on her own, talk, or see(cortical blindness). Yesterday I had her at home for a 2 hour visit when my talking caller id said,Call ...
Where do I go from here?
- By Promise · New reply November 17, 2009
- 7 replies
- Although I have not been very active in this forum, your posts have provided me with much hope and connection to a group of people who share very similar experiences. I really appreciate how you all conditionally ...
Only feelings of despair.
- By wfreebird23 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 5 replies
- With all that's gone on in my life and our country in the past year or so, I am sad most of the time. Although I am very good at mockery and covering up my feelings. I think I do this so I don't intrude ...
ICD, LQT, low potassium
- By edmar · New reply November 14, 2009
- 6 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 ...
Longevity following a SCA??
- By Buldozers · New reply November 14, 2009
- 13 replies
- My husband is 43 he had a SCA at the Gym in 1/09 Praise the Lord he survived and now has the ICD. Does anyone know how long of life the prognosis is following this? He has a healthy heart the cause was ...
Meet the medic: a real shocker!
- By rturri · New reply November 12, 2009
- 4 replies
- When I woke up this morning, Nov. 11, I remembered two things.Today is my birthday and I still hadn't met the last one of the paramedics who came to my rescue when I had my sca on April 6, 2008. So, I ...
Applying for Disability
- By ConnieB · New reply November 8, 2009
- 24 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 ...
6 months for Steve
- By wdiane · New reply November 5, 2009
- 6 replies
- 6 months ago today was the worse day of my life! On that day I felt that life would never be the same and was wondering if Steve was going to live or die. Well, Life is not the same but it is good. We ...
Has anyone ever tried a rehabilation for severe brain injuries?
- By cheriffic · New reply November 5, 2009
- 7 replies
- If so, can you let me if insurance covers it? And most importantly, did it help ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mikei red reishi mushroom?
- By antonella · New reply October 31, 2009
- 2 replies
- A friend of mine told me about this mushroom. was wondering does anyone know anything about it and is anyone using it? I know it's been used in Japan and China for many years. Any feedback apreciated ...
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 ...
Happy Ending (or is it "Happy Beginning"?
- By CarolG · New reply October 26, 2009
- 3 replies
- I had my "incident" May 2, 2009. I believe that we who are the survivors of the SCA and have no memory of it are the fortunate ones: the family and friends who wait for us to get better are really the ...
Unexplained Cardiac Arrest
- By JOANIE30 · New reply October 26, 2009
- 10 replies
- 6 months ago my husband was on a plane when he cardiac arrested twice. After all the test and examinations we still don't know why it happened. Is there anybody else in this situation. He is frightened ...
