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- By Brianne · New reply 8:55 pm
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- I did not know I had long qt before my cardiac arrest. I actually went to the hospital for severe abdominal pain one morning and the doctors determined I had an appendicitis. They started surgery and ...
- By DianeFromNapa · New reply 10:58 am
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- Howdy everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that I did well on my frist stress test s/p multiple SCA. I went 11 minutes and was able to get my heart rate up to 170 bpm (we had up'd the ICD setting ...
- By Walter · New reply 10:27 am
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- Hi everyone. We added a new feature today that you can use to support your groups and the organizations that sponsor them, and get the word out about the causes that are important to you. If you visit ...
- By Tammy1 · New reply yesterday at 10:02 am
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- First of all I pray all of you had a great Thanksgiving. We are all here, that is a blessing to be thankful for. Yesterday my beautiful 18 y/o daughter, Heather, had her Reveal DX Implanted Cardiac Monitor ...
- By Brian · New reply November 28, 2008
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- When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...
- By Brian · New reply November 23, 2008
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- I am pleased to announce that we have updated Inspire to support video. You can now share a video of yourself, videos that you find inspirational or informative, and more. I've included one of myself ...
- By Axykatt · New reply November 20, 2008
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- After a SCA my 25 y/o husband is now being hospitalized with ABI. The doctors and hospital staff are very reluctant to tell us what is a sign of recovery, and what is simply reflexes or unconscious movement ...
- By shamrock · New reply October 7, 2008
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- My husband has had an ICD for 10 years now, and is still scared to death of it. All he'll do is sit and watch TV, as he's afraid that if he does any physical activity, he will get "thumped". Needless ...
- By crochet · New reply September 22, 2008
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- Now I can be away from my husband without worry for a few hours. He has a watch with which he can quickly and easily check his heart rate. He has an automatic blood pressure gadget that he attaches to ...
- By Lydjahh · New reply September 7, 2008
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- Sorry...just got internet back after Hurricane Gustav. It's been a nightmare! More later...just catching up ...
- By Brian · New reply September 1, 2008
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- At Inspire, we think about privacy all the time. Virtually every web site has a privacy policy; you can read ours here: http://www.inspire.com/about/privacy/. But simply following the letter of a privacy ...
- By Brian · New reply August 31, 2008
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- I am pleased to present Inspire 2.0 -- the result of many months of fun and hard work. We have made numerous improvements to your community, the vast majority of which are ideas that came from you! We ...
- By DrD11 · Posted August 21, 2008
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- Reading and seeing the apprehension of indivduals before competitive sports,it occured to me that there are methods which are now becoming available. Telemedicine,is what I am refering to. Check with ...
- By ckgoduto · New reply August 19, 2008
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- I am coming up to my second year anniversary of being diagnosed with profound cardiomyopathy. When you are first diagnosed you wonder how you will make it through and how much longer you will live. Doctors ...
- By Lydjahh · New reply August 17, 2008
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- Ok..I have survived SCA, bilateral pulmonary embolism, a lightening strike, hitting a deer while driving 75 mph in a convertible...Now I have a breast tumor that doesn't look benign. I am going for the ...
- By Lydjahh · New reply August 12, 2008
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- I am having a lazy Sunday sitting home alone and I realized the morning has passed by and I just thought about my ICD for the first time all day! It's been a year and a half since I had it implanted and ...
- By momy442000 · New reply August 11, 2008
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- Hi I just found this website and after reading a journal entry I feel it was meant for me to find this. I had my sca on March 4, 2006. I was at work and I do a 24 hour shift...(I can sleep) I don't remember ...
- By NWWriter · New reply August 2, 2008
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- According to one of the "Dog Books", the Belgian herding dogs which include the Malinois (short haired sable), Tervuren (long haired sable) and Belgian Sheepdog (long haired black) are "the aristocrats ...
- By Darrel · Posted August 1, 2008
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- Orange County Chapter News Cardiac Arrest Survivors Support Group This meeting is designed to provide support for survivors and family members of loved ones affected by Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in ...
- By chrisn · New reply August 1, 2008
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- My Doctor told me that I am in need of a heart transplant last week. I am scared. I am currently on disability and am covered by medicare. I also have coverage under my Dad's insurance and dont know how ...
