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bra pad
Bra, Hi, It is advertised on this site, under the soft touch. Have not used it yet but I know what you are saying. Also try to wear a bra where the clips are in the back instead of the front. This will relieve the pressure on your site. Good luck jbkeys
new icd patient
Hi.
just had icd impamted yesterday(3/31/08).
still sore and getting used to it. any tips etc...?
thanks.
shock
Hi
I am new at this, but I am wondering if anyone has expericenced any sharp pain, or like a knife stab to the lift side. This happend to me about three months ago. A friend of mine said I looked real pale. When I went to the Dr. and I told him what happened, I was told that it was not a shock from my ICD. I wonder what it could have been?
Had pm/icd changed due to low batteries
Hello , this past thursday my Pm/icd was changed, was going on 6 yrs. came home thurday night, I have had a headache since thursday, the site is very sore.They told me I can go back to work on Monday, Has anyone gone thru this and returned to work in this short period of time. Any advice. jbkeys
Need help - Divers (scuba) please read
Boston Scientific (who purchased Cadance) is in the process of testing their new devices to 5 atmospheres (ATA). Since the testing and study are currently under way - if we can all make calls and encourage the testing to "7 atmospheres" (ATA) we will accomplish several things. See bottom of post for phone number contact. This is our chance to make a positive change as the costs are mostly just additions to the current study. Once they stop testing, it would be quite costly to undertake a ne...
how it feels
- by jerrica9873
- 2008-03-27 08:03:58
- ICDs
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- 3 comments
i am suppose to have a defibiulator surgery on april 11,2008 can anyone tell me what to expect or if i have anything to worry about.
Feeling like a big CHICKEN...Help!
- by me&mybigheart
- 2008-03-27 08:03:51
- ICDs
- 1994 views
- 4 comments
August of 2007, I was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure(EF-25%) this was after about 4 month with the doctors thinking and treating me as if I had asthma. Wow do I wish this could be treated with just an inhaler...lol. In December 2007, I received a Bi-ventricular Pacemaker/Defibrillator. I am 36 years old and was looking for some support and ran across this website. It has not been the best 3 months with the implant; I have had to go back for surgery 2 more times because my leads con...
I can't sleep
Ok here it goes, On January 18th 2008 the Doctor placed a Defibrillator in my chest and I had my first shock a week ago. I was young, active and happy with a itte fatigue. Now I am SAD, ANGRY, AFRAID and SORE. If there is anybody out there that help me make through this next hour. I need help.... My family members are helpless and tonight I keep crying and I can,t sleep....
ICD to PM "Downgrade"?
Howdy,
Wow two posts in one day I need to get a life! ;-) Anyway I keep meaning to ask has anyone ever had an ICD removed an replaced with a PM because over time it was determined that the ICD was never doing anything but pacing the heart? A follow up question is has anyone ever had a PM removed because there heart somehow started pacing normally again?
I'm going to guess no to both as Doctors may never want to put themselves is a position where they might become liable if...
another new icd member
- by fred in Seattle
- 2008-03-21 09:03:57
- ICDs
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- 4 comments
Well this is my first posting. I got icd planted in my chest on Jan 17 and I have not had any problems. Just itches a little bit around the edges. I have been short of breath for several years of smoking stupid I know. I haven't had one sence Jan 15. The only real question I want to know is does anyone make a remote for this thing, if they do please don't tell my wife she wants one so she zap me like dog with a shock collar. LOL
ICD&Advanced Medical Directive
- by ElectricFrank
- 2008-03-15 12:03:54
- ICDs
- 2926 views
- 7 comments
Here is an interesting one:
What are the implications of having an Advance Medical Directive that specifies Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) and having an ICD that does exactly that. I realize that the the defibrillator used my EMT's is more powerful and therefore different than the ICD. I'm thinking more about intent. Could medical facility conclude that since the person consented to the ICD that there is a question about their intent and decide it was better to resuscitate and ask questions late...
IM ONLY 34 WHO CAN RELATE
I NEED TO TALK WITH SOME YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO CAN RELATE. I JUST CANT GET USED TO THIS THING AND ALL THE RESTRICTIONS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THIS PAIN AND LIMITATIONS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO OLD PEOPLE. WHAT NOW??? CAN ANYBODY RELATE???
well its done
- by fuzzbuster
- 2008-03-10 01:03:43
- ICDs
- 1901 views
- 5 comments
hey thanks for all the tips i do apreciate them. yep surgery no big deal but not driving or doing anything for 2 weeks is the tough part. I was a cop but now they say i cant do that and shouldnt be around transmiting equipment..or powers tools etc...etc... so what do you do if you cant do anything else..Im not complaining just wondering what is next?????
lead migration
i had a three-wire pacemaker-defib st. jude unit implanted feb. 18, 2008. at my 2-week checkup, the company reps had hard time finding the pacing feature.
doctor said one of the wires had migrated inside the heart vein and i wasn't getting the pacing feature. i'm scheduled to return to have this lead either pushed further into the vein or removed and have another one put in.
my question: why didn't they fix this problem when i was in hospital? i stayed overnight after the implant. the...
slow vt?
- by darrell2657
- 2008-03-05 08:03:53
- ICDs
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- 1 comments
i am a 51 year old man had an icd for 12 years. Ive had 3 ablations in that time with little or no sucess.The EP says i have scare tissue on my heart from a mild heart attack. i am on sotalol mexiletine and lopressor which seem to be working . ive had my share of shocks over the years,but have been under control pretty well the last couple years. anyway.what im having now is high heart rate under no exertion at all between 100 and 120 bpm. my normal rate is 50-60 bpm .This is not high enough for...
Scuba Diving with ICD - some errors in information
I found some posts here which I followed up on. They were concerning diving (scuba) with an ICD. One poster had found information from another web site (which I verified) stating that the St Jude ICD was rated to 230 feet (70 meters) of hyperbaric pressure. I called St Judes and they claim 3 atmospheres (which is 66 feet !!).
Perhaps it's not the St Jude device, and another co. has that rating - which I sure wish I could find. The Guardant claims 5 ATA (atmospheres) which is the h...
Can anyone feel the pacing with a Biventricular ICD
- by bljulianosu
- 2008-03-01 06:03:41
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- 2661 views
- 7 comments
I am about to have a biventricular ICD implanted and was wondering if anyone has any experience with feeling the ventricular pacing that occurs during Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy? I currently have a two lead ICD, and can feel the right ventricle pace. My doctor said there is a possibility that the pacing could be felt, and also that it could stimulate the diaphram. Would appreciate any information you have.
WONDERING
- by fuzzbuster
- 2008-02-27 12:02:02
- ICDs
- 1778 views
- 4 comments
nyway. I get my defib next week im turn 45 in 2 weeks...anyone have sugestions or recomendations???????/
My Story (Kinda long)
I had a pacemaker/defib inserted back in 2003. This past December, after receiving the famous Medtronic Recall notice, I visited with my doctor concerning the recall. The office read my pacemaker and there is a particular code that it reads (not sure what it was) and they are looking for a reading greater than 1,200 to indicate that there is a fracture in the lead. Mine was sitting at a little over 400 so I was ok.
On New Years day, just walking across the living room, my defibrill...
Painful?
I have A-Fib and continue to have frequent episodes of PVC's and I have read that they can lead to vtac. I know at one point my cardiologist brought up the possibility of a ICD. I already have a single lead pacemaker for sick sinus syndrome that does nothing for the A-Fib and PVC's and struggle with this at 41 years old. D/t my age and sensitivity/reactions to many meds, they have maxed on what can be done with them. I am on Flecainide, Verapamil and Fosinopril. For those of you that do have th...
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So, my advice is to go about your daily routine and forget that you have a pacemaker implanted in your body.