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Surviving SCA
Share your story with other community members. Meet others who also survived sudden cardiac arrest and offer advice and support.
The stages of grief/acceptance
- By Jamesrochelle · New reply yesterday at 7:34 pm
- 4 replies
- Until this week I had been going along in what I refer now to as denial. My SCA happened in July and within a week I had an ICD. It all happened so fast and without warning. I had a dream last night and ...
Support for Survivors
- By Aaron-Pennsylvania · New reply November 5, 2009
- 5 replies
- This site is such a great resource for survivors of SCA/SCD (along with ABI) and their family members. In reality, the family members are survivors too. Sometimes the family needs help and insight from ...
Medtronic Home Monitor
- By Maridee · New reply October 29, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hi everyone, I just have a question that we can't seem to get answered. My husband has the Medtronic Home monitor for his defib/pacemaker. It clicks sporadically during the night. Medtronic said they ...
Names for our ICD's or Diagnoses
- By MartyR · New reply October 22, 2009
- 1 reply
- I happened to notice today two posts on this, our site, referring to names. One named her ICD "Trigger" and another named her elusive arrhythmia "Eleanor". I had my SCA with no earlier heart issues on ...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Anoxic Brain Injury
- By Hope4him · New reply October 14, 2009
- 21 replies
- My husband has been in a coma since his cardiac arrest in Sept. '08. The attending neurologists at the hopsital gave us little hope. We got a second (very different) neurologist's opinion, which was that ...
So glad to meet you all
- By MartyR · New reply October 13, 2009
- 11 replies
- I am a new survivor of SCA. My event was 9/5; I was lucky that I had some atrial fibrillation that took me to the ER. Right after I got there, I had the SCA. I had no heart condition, no prior events ...
SCA Survivor Celebration in Chicago
- By jtalley · New reply October 2, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi everybody, October is National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, and the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association is hosting an SCA Survivor Celebration on Friday, October 9, 2009, from 7:00 – 10:00 ...
Swine Flu
- By Tch4fn · New reply October 1, 2009
- 6 replies
- Yep, I got it! I have been so sick since Friday night. I have not been out of the bed except to the restroom and soak in the tub. Should have known, I was around several students last week that were confirmed ...
Fear of another SCA?
- By Nutbeem · New reply September 24, 2009
- 36 replies
- Hi everyone - since we're members of a pretty exclusive club, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'm about 16 months from my SCA, and I'm sitting here amazed about how little I think about it. I'm raising ...
Support Group
- By redhead4u777 · Posted September 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- There will be a support group for women with heart disease starting in Lower Westchester County, Ny at the end of October. It is sponsored by the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease. Please ...
Flu shots
- By Tch4fn · New reply August 21, 2009
- 2 replies
- Are people with LQT syndrome allowed to get the flu shot. Is it recommended? Thanks, Vicki ...
Anyone have experience with a LifeVest??
- By cheriffic · New reply August 6, 2009
- 3 replies
- http://www.zoll.com/product.aspx?id=902 Here is the website describing the product. My mother has one ordered since she is too weak for her pacemaker/defib surgery. We're trying to get her into a skilled ...
Wives at the Scene of the Incident
- By terriwinget · New reply August 4, 2009
- 32 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 ...
Dual Diagnosis
- By Polly479 · New reply July 27, 2009
- 4 replies
- I forgot to mention in previous post, but I also have COPD, degenerative disc disease, severe scoliosis along with congestive heart failure and a pacemaker implanted after cardiac arrest. Every day is ...
Does anyone feel better after diagnosis/treatment?
- By Tch4fn · New reply July 26, 2009
- 8 replies
- I am just wondering if anyone's physical life improved after sca and diagnosis. especially long qt? I know that it has been awhile since I could truthfully say that I felt great or even good. Of course ...
I'M SO DEPRESSED
- By bingo · New reply July 25, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hello everyone, My husband lost his job in February. So far he has'nt been able to find one. We are having trouble keeping our bills paid. My son paid the phone bill for us so they wouldn't turn our phone ...
I'm HOME after St. Jude Dual ICD implant
- By Tch4fn · New reply July 19, 2009
- 9 replies
- Hey everyone, I am home! I actually came home yesterday, but was having alot of pain with my right side and breathing. It was excruciating. Everything was fine until midnight after surgery and I started ...
Yay! I get my ICD in 5 hours!
- By Tch4fn · New reply July 12, 2009
- 8 replies
- Wish me luck! Hmm. I wonder how long they will keep me, and if they will shock me before I leave. Talk to you soon. Vicki ...
Biventricular pacemakers/ICD
- By maureengraz · New reply June 23, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hello, it was just recommended that my husband have an upgrade from a single lead ICD to a biventricular pacemaker/ICD due to a decreasing Ejection fraction(10-15%). The hope is that it will decrease ...
Where to Find Information
- By Polly479 · New reply June 20, 2009
- 3 replies
- I just found this website today and was overjoyed! I have not had time to read much as I located it through a Google Search about personality changes after sudden cardiac arrest. It just came to me today ...
