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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
- 12126 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
- 1543 views
- 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
- 2275 views
- 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...
Information
Hi everyone ,
Can anyone advise me how to get protective gear for the icd whilst playing sports. My friends 11yr old boy got permission to return to football yest. As this is wonderful news .we need to get protective gear 1st.
Thank You All
Darina
Under-Skin Defibrillators Seen Closer to Reality
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/business/13device.html?src=busln
The likelihood that patients in the United States may some day receive heart defibrillators that can operate without electrical wires connected to their hearts has moved a step closer, according to a study published Wednesday.
[for the rest of this article follow the link - may be interesting to those of you with ICDs]
SLOTS of FUN.
- by boogettymoose
- 2010-05-05 09:05:15
- ICDs
- 1730 views
- 4 comments
Hello to my new friends,
This is Daniel.
Well 14 days after they stuck my ICD in I decided to take the plunge and go to the Casino. My thanks to Gonnie, Qwerty, Jeanmarie and Caorlyn for their vote of confidence. While I didn't win a jackpot, I did have a good time. There was no change in the way I felt, walking around or playing. I won't know how my ICD is set until I see the Doctor next week. I'm hoping all is well. Thank you so much!!!
GOD Bless,
Da...
new to the club
hey everyone im antwon and im 26 years old and just wanna say hello. got my new device on april the16 still gettin used to this thing if anybody has any tips or advice it would be a great help. Thanks in advance....!!
Beep Beep beep
Ok Guys is my mind playing tricks on me or should I be concerned. Every so often I can hear these faint Beeps, has anyone else heard these before
No longer !
Thanks to all for your hospitality. I was born with CHD. Specifically, Teratology of Fallot and malfunctioning pulmonary valve. After three surgeries, 1961,1989, and 2003. (complete repair) my heart would not pick up speed. It was beating 45 bpm. So it was decided to install an ICD. I am on the second unit now because the first one was recalled.
I have never been comfortable with it. Telling my various doctors to no avail. According to my latest interrogation, it still is pacing my h...
Differ kind of pacemaker's
I will be going to the Cardio Dr. at the end of May to talk about my options. Are there differ kinds of Pacemakers. I have Afib with a rate of 140-160 resting. With any movement it is over 200.
I need to reseach more and have some questions ready.
Any suggestionss?
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I, too, am feeling tons better since my implant.