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Shock Experience?
I had an ICD implant on 7/19. VT which caused 3 syncope incidents. I am wondering whether anyone has been Defibrillated by their ICD while standing and whether that shock can be handled without falling down or not? Also any pre-warning of the pending "therapy"? My ICD is a Boston Scientific Teligen. and This is what the EP implant report says: FastVT: Detection Int (ms) 343 Rate(BPM) 175.
Does that mean that if my heart rate goes to 175 or greater that I will be "zapped"?
I...
Travel Insurance
- by shazlou456
- 2010-07-28 12:07:33
- ICDs
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- 1 comments
Can someone please give me some help & advice. Im travelling to Florida from the UK in November & my travel insurance is sorted for that but after that if i want to travel i think im going to have problems as i have a cardiac fibroma (a benign heart tumour) This is causing me no real problems apart from affecting my heart rhythm now, thats why im having an ICD fitted next Tue. Problem is Travel insurance wont cover both cheapest quote was with Medici £129 to cover tumour and £99 to cover arrythm...
Fitting of ICD
- by shazlou456
- 2010-07-28 02:07:03
- ICDs
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- 6 comments
Just read on a website that when your ICD is fitted they put you into cardiac arrest to see if its working is this true? Has having mine fitted on Tue! Its says if you having ICD they put you under more sadtion because of this.
lots of pacing therapy
i have a weak heart.my first pacemaker was because of sick
sinus syndrome. i had to have a new one in april with a defibrillator.i have been receiving a lot of therapies. i am set up to see another doctor . this is really scary to me because i keep thinking i will get the big shock. they recorded that i had 52 epesoides in two days. my cardiac doctor that is sending me to
this other doctor to see what he thinks and see if there is some
medication that might control this better. is...
Life be normal again....
My husband had an ICD/Defibrillator put in June of 2009 at the age of 31. This has changed our whole world upside down. He doesn't like the idea of having an ICD/Defibrillator and changes the subject everytime I try to talk to him about it. He is not one to go talk to a councler or even his doctor. Meanwhile on the homefront everything is falling apart. It's been a year 1/2 since he has worked. His sesonal job will not hire him back due to liability issues with his ICD. A lot of patients comment...
Mechanics
miki069a says;
Are there any auto mechanics that have ICD's implanted? Just seeking information as how o go about working on your auto and keeping a safe distance away for your implant.
St Jude's ICD
I WAS AT 2.55 FOR 9 MONTHS...NOW 2 MONTHS AT 2.52 BATTERY . I'M WONDERING APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG BEFORE THEY CHANGE IT AT 2.45. THE WAIT IS KILLING ME :)
MIKE
Recovery Time
Hi Everyone:
I had a 3 lead ICD implanted on the 23 of June this year, can anyone tell me on the time frame required for the leads to permanently attach itself in order to have free mobility of your arm?
I have been given different time frames from the nurse, from the Hospital printout at discharge and from the visiting nurse including from Medtronic's technician.
ICD and CDL
- by mad trapper
- 2010-06-25 06:06:46
- ICDs
- 11978 views
- 6 comments
Hi there. I keep hearing that having an ICD keeps you from driving interstate according to Fed motor carrier laws. I cant find that it does. Does anyone have a link to anything official? If I cant drive a truck part time anymore no sense renewing my CDL anymore.
Heart Problem
Hi All,
Im new to this, im a 29 yr old male and I live in the uk. ive had heart problems on and off since i was 15 but with my heart racing fast when i did sport just thought it was normal and id get the odd bout of palpitations. 6 years ago whilst playing football without warning my heart would beat really fast worst then anything else ive ever had, these would last between 1min and 1 hr and were spreadic maybe 6 or 7 times a year. However last year i got out of bed in the morning an...
ICD Alarms
Hi,
It's me again! If anyone can tell me why the pre-set alarm goes off
even after taking 80mg Lasix for almost a month. Previously a few days of Lasix used to take care of the problem.
Usually, the alarm goes off because of fluid accumulation in the lungs. My lungs are clear and am wondering if there could be any other reason. My doc is on vacation and I am reluctant to go consult someone else unless it's absolutely necessary.
Bob
Zapped yesterday
Hi - I'm new to this site. Received my ICD 4 weeks ago. Complications were pericarditis - inflammation in the sac surrounding the heart. Treated with anti-inflamatories - Yesterday, at the hairdresser's the ICD went off - Yikes - I jumped right out of the chair. I felt fine right afterwards, but called the DR. just in case. I was concerned about driving home, however, I did. No zaps since then. I'm new to this so my nerves are a little frazzled. Any advice? Thanks..
Repeated Alarm
Hi,
My Medtronics Defib-CRT has 2 built in alarms that's to go off if I'm in some sort of trouble. A chime type of alarm for minor problems and a different one for serious ones.
I've had the chime alarm going off a few times in the past. After interrogation, my doc had put me on Lasix 80mg to 20 mg in the past and the problem used to go away as it was due to fluid accumulation. However, the alarm has been sounding every day for the last couple of weeks and up to 80g of L...
Anyone with Positive Experiences with ICD
I am having an ICD implanted this month due to a symptomatic cardio myopathy and an ef of 25 to 35%. Many of the post in reference the shock factor are very disturbing. Does any one have any thing positive to say about the ICD. I am a very active 56 year old that is hoping to carry on with her active lifestyle.
Thank You for any assistance.
ICD box under skin
I had my ICD implanted Feb 2010 and now that the swelling at the surgical site has gone down I am left with several "bumps" from the implant projecting from under my skin. Shows up as a small box implanted with small bumps. Anyone else's ICD surgery resulted in this post surgical look? Is this normal? I am on the thin side but this small box/bumps are jutting out from under my skin. Thank you for any comments or advice.
Terri
questions
Hello, I am writing for my mom who is 81 and has dementia. She can't remember what she did today, but still enjoys seeing family and going to church. She lives in an assisted living apartment. She has been very short of breathe so doesn't walk very far and sleeps a lot. She has CHF and braidal branch something. After tests her cardiologist said her heart is weaker and recommended a BV ICD. We just went to the consult appointment last Monday. My mom says she is scared of having any kind of s...
Thanks
- by berrybasket48
- 2010-05-21 12:05:14
- ICDs
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- 0 comments
Thank you so much for your responses to MY SON"S ICD posting. It is helpful to know that there are others that have experienced the shocks delivered by his defribulator. He is under treatment of a thereapist for his PTSD and also, his cardiologist. His employer is questioning the reality of his condition,however. So, I just pray that, for my son, all of this is brought into some form of perspective, so he can function normally. Again, thanks, and keep on with the encouraging words.God bless!
My son's icd
- by berrybasket48
- 2010-05-19 05:05:44
- ICDs
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- 3 comments
My 38 year old son has an defibullator with pacemaker. Approximately 2 months ago, he had the defibulattor to fire 12 times within 3 minutes. He was in tremendous pain, saw flashes and was rushed by ambulance to IN Heart Hospital. They adjusted his device and monitored him for two days. It seems his T-wave was misread as an extra heartbeat and was shocking his heart back into rythem. He has since been diagnosed with PTSD, as anything that flashes, is a sudden loud noise or feeling his device pac...
Icd and Afib
Anyone have a icd and now in afib?
magic wand and ICD's?
so there's a 'wand' out there (thank you japan) that some how 'atomizes' things and you can wave it in a clockwise direction at aches and pains and it has calming properties...i don't know, a friend told me about it and wants to wave this atomizing wand over my defib/pacer implant site since i just got back from the hospital. any one ever try this? or heard of this wand? i don't want to break my brand new little pacer, or shock the living daylights out of my conscious self for the sake of hel...
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