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- By Brianne · Posted yesterday at 11:07 pm
- Journal · 3 replies
- 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 Darrel · Posted yesterday at 7:41 pm
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 1 reply
- I had SCA about a year and a half ago. I am starting to struggle with depression, I am not sure why. Since my SCA, i have had to find way to deal with it. I am doing Ok, I am getting back into the swing ...
- By Tammy1 · Posted November 29, 2008
- Journal · 2 replies
- 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 DianeFromNapa · Posted November 28, 2008
- Journal · 5 replies
- 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 terriwinget · Posted November 21, 2008
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 3 replies
- I haven't found this topic yet, so I thought I would start one. This is very graphic, but I want to know if any wives out there need to discuss details about their "day" because I do and I am hoping that ...
- By frustratedaughter · Posted November 16, 2008
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 22 replies
- My 81 year old mother suffered SCA a week ago. She was without oxygen for approximately 6 minutes before being given CPR by the medics. They also began the hypothermic treatment in her home, by IV. This ...
- By fabu · Posted November 12, 2008
- Discussion in Living with an ICD · 5 replies
- Pete is back in U penn hosp... big job yesterday he was airlifted here from jersey Shore... he had 4 zaps on the floor at target ... and 2 more in J.S. .. they went in and ablated 35 spots in lower r ...
- By Tammy1 · Posted November 11, 2008
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 3 replies
- OK, I don't know what to do or what to think. I had a 6 week follow up with my Cardiologist due to starting Sotalol. My device went off last week and with all of my other symptoms I wasn't too concerned ...
- By bingo · Posted November 9, 2008
- Discussion in Living with an ICD · 4 replies
- I have an icd but it doesn't stop me from being scared. I also have congestive heart failure. My cardiologist told me that it depended on my outlook on life as to how long I would live. Does anyone else ...
- By Axykatt · Posted November 7, 2008
- Journal · 8 replies
- 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 fabu · Posted October 24, 2008
- Discussion in Medical and scientific research · 3 replies
- has anyone out there experienced phantom shocks from their icd? apparently there is a thing because i went to the er thinking that my icd just fired up to and including after pain in my chest. wasn't ...
- By liferesus · Posted October 19, 2008
- Discussion in Promoting CPR and AEDs · 0 replies
- Read stories of how ordinary people turned heroes at this site www.firstaidcorps.org ...
- By Mary1 · Posted October 13, 2008
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 9 replies
- Hello, After my first SCA in July 2006, I was not allowed to drive for 6 months (I think NYS law). After my 2nd SCA in December 2007, I was told the same thing. The problem, however, is that the cardiologist ...
- By danmontana · Posted October 7, 2008
- Discussion in Promoting CPR and AEDs · 0 replies
- I'm putting together an AED Program. I need Survivors in Montana to help with testimonials ...
- By liferesus · Posted September 25, 2008
- Discussion in Promoting CPR and AEDs · 0 replies
- Our voluntary organisation recently documented a life saved during a mass event. You can view the photo of the actual event here - http://tinyurl.com/FirstAidCorps-KPELife SavedPic You can also view the ...
- By crochet · Posted September 22, 2008
- Journal · 3 replies
- 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 formydad · Posted September 15, 2008
- Discussion in Living with an ICD · 6 replies
- Well my father was to have his ICD tested last Friday, but instead ended up having a hernia operation. While in the hospital he had some sleep, but I think it was because of the pain med for the hernia ...
- By fabu · Posted September 11, 2008
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 11 replies
- had 3 defibs passing out each time 1 my partner driving and i went down after a few secs the icd went off i woke up got to er and it happened 2 more times... these events are the 9th time since the icd ...
- By MarylandTom · Posted September 7, 2008
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 8 replies
- I have been reading through some of the discussions and one in particular had a reply (from Mary1) talking about stress as a trigger for an SCA. She also talked about a genetic test testing for "CPVT ...
