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Life with a survivor
- By wdiane · New reply 1:51 pm
- Discussion in Tips for caregivers · 9 replies
- My husband experienced a sudden cardiac arrest on May 2. He was saved by people who administered CPR to him immediately and the paramedics who shocked him. After spending a month in the hospital he is ...
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder..it has a name??
- By eviefor3 · New reply 1:39 pm
- Journal · 11 replies
- finally........a name for what so many of us go through every day. now i have a LEGITIMATE excuse for what i do lol A. A. A. D. D.: Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests ...
The tipping point?
- By CardiacScience · Posted 1:04 pm
- Discussion in Promoting CPR and AEDs · 0 replies
- Not enough people know what sudden cardiac arrest is. What can we do to change that? Many doubt SCA will happen to them. They think 911 + CPR is enough. It can be challenging to get even my friends to ...
Applying for Disability
- By ConnieB · New reply 12:43 pm
- Journal · 12 replies
- I live in Virginia I will 60 years old in Aug., I had a heart attack 5 years ago, I had a stent placed. Last year I had a difibillator implanted. I was layed off of my job in February, so I am not working ...
The difference btw a heart attack + sudden cardiac arrest
- By CardiacScience · Posted 12:25 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- http://budurl.com/HrtAttack for the whole explanation A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle itself — the myocardium — is severely reduced or stopped. Sudden cardiac arrest ...
Idiopathic nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
- By Brianne · New reply 1:46 am
- Journal · 4 replies
- Finally got the results of the genetic testing for my Long QT back... Turns out I do not have any gene abnormalities showing that the Long QT was inherited. (Still don't know why I have it.) I am shocked ...
Interesting Article
- By ShannonEH · New reply yesterday at 11:30 am
- Journal · 2 replies
- Hi – I saw this article yesterday (on my 34th Birthday) and it reminded me how very lucky and fortunate we all have been to survive a cardiac arrest. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think ...
My Computer is Killing Me!
- By LincolnB · Posted July 2, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Call the police and get them here quick. My PC is attacking me. It has already caused me to have heart surgery (an angioplasty) and will soon cost me more as I continue to gain weight and consider having ...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Anoxic Brain Injury
- By Hope4him · New reply June 27, 2009
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 11 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 ...
Michael Jackson
- By LincolnB · New reply June 27, 2009
- Discussion in Dealing with loss · 1 reply
- If MJ died of SCA, then what were is doctors monitoring? My team of one doctor performed heart surgery on me and he had a whole team monitoring him? Something doesn't add up ...
Introduction
- By LincolnB · Posted June 26, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Greetings. I too am a survivor of a cardiac arrest. I was luck, and my doctors, who I can not credit enough, performed swift and effective heart surgery. If not for their skill, I would not be typing ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 23, 2009
- Journal · 28 replies
- Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...
Biventricular pacemakers/ICD
- By maureengraz · New reply June 23, 2009
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 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 ...
It's a girl!
- By ilisten2009 · Posted June 23, 2009
- Discussion in Living with an ICD · 0 replies
- As many of you say, my new birthday is June 17, 2009, the day I got my brand spanking new, St Jude Medical, Current RVVF ICD. The implantation, I was told by my Dr, was picture perfect! I was graced with ...
Support your group and raise awareness with badges
- By Walter · New reply June 22, 2009
- Journal · 39 replies
- 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 ...
The Last Adventure of Life
- By Bus · New reply June 22, 2009
- Discussion in Dealing with loss · 3 replies
- Living in the NOW ...
Driving with ICD
- By Amindya · New reply June 21, 2009
- Discussion in Living with an ICD · 12 replies
- Hi, I am 39 Y mother of 02 kids 4/1 years. I fainted twice and Dr. decided me to have ICD implantation for trachycardia. I got it on 06.12.2008. I got my first shock on 30.03.2009 and today also i felt ...
Happy Father's Day
- By maureengraz · Posted June 21, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Happy Father's Day to all the dad's! Hope you have a blessed day! Enjoy ...
Where to Find Information
- By Polly479 · New reply June 20, 2009
- Discussion in Surviving SCA · 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 ...
ICD and Pregnancy
- By Amindya · Posted June 20, 2009
- Discussion in Living with an ICD · 0 replies
- Hi, I got my ICD implanted in December 2008. I am 40 years old and having 02 kids, 1 & 4. I just feel that I am pregnant again even though I took precautions to not to be... Can anyone tell me about some ...
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The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association Support Community connects patients, families, friends and caregivers for support and inspiration. The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association Support Community is sponsored by the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association in partnership with Inspire.