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Active journals
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 ...
2009 SCAA CONFERENCE !
- By mis2002 · New reply October 26, 2009
- 1 reply
- The SCAA Conference this year was another amazing and inspiring event. My husband, Jack ( SCA Survivor ) and I are part of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and are proud to be Members of SCAA since ...
today marks 10 years
- By nanamo · New reply October 26, 2009
- 2 replies
- i had emergent bypass surgery with a 95 % blockage to my left main cornaryy artery at the age of 32 10 years later i am still here ticking and kicking live life love life god bless surviving heart disease ...
Sinking and Scared
- By WandaJ · New reply October 25, 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 ...
Never thought I'd get this news...
- By Brianne · New reply October 25, 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 ...
Knowing when it's time to let go...
- By cheriffic · New reply October 25, 2009
- 6 replies
- My mom is yelling day & night & she is clearly going backwards mentally. She was doing so well in July. I remember one of the kind nurses told me that I would know when it would be time to let go, and ...
today is my re-birth day!
- By Tammy1 · New reply October 24, 2009
- 10 replies
- Two years ago today I had a Sudden Cadiac Arrest and died for several minutes. I am so thankful to be alive and charish every day with my family. The thought of it all is sometimes overwhelming but it ...
www.powercatcharters.com/Billy
- By sophianbilly · New reply October 23, 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 ...
social security disablity is so frustrating
- By nanamo · New reply October 23, 2009
- 4 replies
- i have been on ssd for 9 years now and every three years i have to do a review of my health to see if i am still eligable its starting to get stupid to me if you ask what part of the doc saying NO SHE ...
May your days be long and many
- By edb4pax · Posted October 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- I read with much empathy several journal entries from others who have experienced SCA and more in their lives. I count my blessings that I have only had to deal with my singular SCA event. Yes, it took ...
oct 20 th marks 10 years since heart attack
- By nanamo · New reply October 20, 2009
- 9 replies
- today marks 10 year anniversary of my heart attack......... a massive one that alot do not survive but i did and here 10 years later to tell my story and LIVE i was 32 young and health so i thought the ...
10 years of life
- By nanamo · New reply October 20, 2009
- 5 replies
- today is 10 years of having a massive heart attack at the age of 32 family history and smoking were my factors women need to edcuate themselves in warning signs and symptons of heart attack for women ...
New SCAA Chapter
- By BigSkyChapter · New reply October 18, 2009
- 2 replies
- We just started a new chapter in Montana. We named it the Big Sky Chapter and it is located in Billings, MT. We currently are looking for members to help out and grow the chapter. The chapter is in need ...
My mother is a fighter...
- By cheriffic · New reply October 17, 2009
- 6 replies
- On June 28th, 2009, my sweet mom went into SCA one day prior to her defib/pacemaker surgery right after Church. She has an ABI. She was w/o oxygen for 20+ minutes. She went into a coma, came out of after ...
10 years and why we need to be a health advocate
- By nanamo · New reply October 16, 2009
- 3 replies
- 10 years ago today oct 15.....i had a thallium stress test a test which they could of saved me from having a massive heart attack on oct 20th 1999 and open heart surgery on ict 22nd 1999 but instead they ...
Disinhibition
- By NWWriter · New reply October 15, 2009
- 5 replies
- After my sca I was constantly blurting out the first thought that came to my mind. I didn't realize it was unusual, nor did I see anything wrong with it. I liked being "open" and "frank"!! We should ALL ...
Fort Worth ISD
- By jjulie230 · New reply October 14, 2009
- 1 reply
- 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 ...
11 months ago today...
- By Aaron-Pennsylvania · New reply October 14, 2009
- 10 replies
- was the beginning of our journey to places we never knew existed. No, this is not a fairy tale or happy story, this is a nightmare lived by many, whose lives are changed forever. Some may have happy endings ...
