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ICD is in and working!!!
- By adad5757 · New reply September 16, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hey everyone, I am happy, healthy and here to report on the surgical implant of my ICD. I am so lucky to have the best cardiologist and support team one could imagine and I want to give them kudos for ...
Tired of negative neurologists!
- By cheriffic · New reply September 15, 2009
- 6 replies
- Even though my mom is slowly improving, her neurologist said that she will never get any better & her surgeon turned down her surgery bec. of the neurologist's opinion. It's like my brother said, my mom ...
Good News!!!
- By maureengraz · New reply September 14, 2009
- 4 replies
- Just wanted to share with you all that my husband Vince received a good check up at the heart failure clinic yesterday. His EF improved to 25%, his energy levels are up, and is back riding his road bike ...
more than 3 years since my SCA after heart attack
- By markabbey · New reply September 12, 2009
- 1 reply
- Its been 3 and a half years. (May 06) since my arrest after a heart attack. I felt nothing while playing golf. Just a slight tingling in my feet and then went blank. Woke up after being revived by a defib ...
Thank you all
- By mmuff · New reply September 10, 2009
- 3 replies
- I have been a member of this sight for a few months now and I have been reading many, if not all of the post. The other day I started thinking to myself your SCAD/HA was almost five years ago why are ...
grr
- By pam82 · New reply September 7, 2009
- 7 replies
- feeling like shit am depressed lonely confused and scared all at the same time. thinking of going off my anti depressants just don't feel like their doing anything to help now. I have my cardiologist ...
ummm...my chest is beeping....
- By mery · New reply September 5, 2009
- 16 replies
- Ok, so I get up this morning and I'm sitting in the bathroom, just sitting, yawning and what not, ya know the regular morning bathroom stuff....and I'm hearing this beeping. So I look all around like ...
wow almost 10 years
- By nanamo · New reply September 5, 2009
- 1 reply
- oct 20 will make 10 years of my heart attack and oct 22 10 years bypass surgery sept 24 will mark 10 years that i started complaining to my doc about my symptoms.....wow its hard to belive how dates become ...
Here Comes my ICD
- By adad5757 · New reply September 4, 2009
- 10 replies
- Greetings to one and all again, I am just amazed at the amount of wonderful people here on the site and the profound and loving support that everyone is quick to give and share with each other. So many ...
Still can't approved for pacemaker/defib
- By cheriffic · New reply August 31, 2009
- 3 replies
- My mom has pneumonia/staph infection & is back in ICU. Her cardiologist was supposed to evaluate her on Sept. 2nd to see if she is a candidate for a pacemaker/defibrillator. My mom was turned down again ...
Conference in Chicago
- By wdiane · New reply August 30, 2009
- 5 replies
- I am really excited to get to attend the conference in Chicago. Who is going to the conference? I look forward to meeting many of you there and being able to share our experiences. I am also looking forward ...
Hoosier State Sudden Cardiac Association Chapter
- By wdiane · Posted August 28, 2009
- 0 replies
- I am so excited to be starting the first chapter in Indiana for the Sudden Cardiac Association. I knew that I had to get involved after my husband experienced an arrest while riding his bike on May 2 ...
Daughter having EP study Monday 8/10
- By Tammy1 · New reply August 27, 2009
- 8 replies
- Please keep my daughter Jessica and our family in your prayers as she will be having her EP study performed Monday 8/10 here in Tulsa at St Francis Heart Hospital. She is only 17 and we are praying this ...
Update on my mom (ABI from SCI)
- By cheriffic · New reply August 22, 2009
- 3 replies
- My mom is doing amazing bec. of prayers and my dad's hard work and love for her. Since June 28th, 2009, when she had her SCI, she went from being a coma to now...where she is totally out of her coma ...
New Dallas/Ft. Worth SCAA Chapter
- By 2ndchance · New reply August 18, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi Everyone! I recently started the 2nd Chance Society Dallas/Ft. Worth SCAA Chapter! I am so excited and a little overwhelmed but it's a good thing. I know the efforts of the Chapter will help save someone's ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
A-4-year-old's reaction to her Grandma (ABI)
- By cheriffic · New reply August 15, 2009
- 1 reply
- My 4-year-old saw her for the 1st time since Mom's SCI (June 28, 2009). She did so great. She kept wanting to know what she could do to help Grandma. So she rubbed lotion on her feet and arm, put chapstick ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 12, 2009
- 13 replies
- All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...
WHEN I HAS MY SCA
- By bingo · New reply August 10, 2009
- 3 replies
- wHEN I had my sca I had problem with my ears hurting. My left ear hurt worse than my right one did. Smetimes they still bother me. This morning my left ear felt like it was stuffed with cotten. I've had ...
What now?
- By Substitute · New reply August 10, 2009
- 7 replies
- My father-in-law (who I will refer to as Dad from now on) had his 3rd heart attack in 12 years last Saturday evening while getting ready for bed. My husband had spoken to him on the telephone a few minutes ...
