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While on a recent trip sitting in the airport, my defib began activating. It went off and continued to activate every 3 to 4 minutes for an hour and a half, a total of 25 times. Needless to say, not a lot of fun. After bringing my heart rate down it stopped, but the best answer I could get from my cardiologist is that the settings were wrong and filters were not turned on. After reprogramming peramiters it won't happen again!
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I am terrified this may happen again. I never experienced an activation before and it certainly wasn't what I expected. The first 3 or 4 episodes were shocking, but became torture after that.

I guess my question would have to be, is this common? I am trying to look at my options, I am terrified this can happen again.

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Know the feeling well!

by conchfm - 2012-12-11 11:12:13

Know the feeling, I was driving doing 60 when mine went off, 11 times. Malfunction is what I was told. They reprogrammed the settings and I was told "IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN". It hasn't, that was 18 months ago. Yes every day, and I mean every day I am scared about it happening again. Never do I want this to happen. I carry a letter with me to Release Liability of the hospital and doctors to turn it off if it happens.

Ouch!!!

by Old Grouch - 2012-12-16 11:12:04

handyman, I can only imagine the mental trauma you must have been going through. I am still terrified of it happening again and wake up nights and cant get back to sleep, anticipating the shocks beginning again. I am afraid to travel any distance from home. It almost feels like getting home from Nam all over again. They say give time time. I think I will try your magnet suggestion, thanks

same here i was shocked 52 times

by handyman - 2012-12-16 12:12:02

Yes my pacemaker went off and it was a tramatic exsperance,i had it shut down because of fear it will happen agian.i did,nt know you could get the magnet for
your device,the hospital could,nt find thiers and i had to
wiat 30 minutes to have it shut down in emergency room.my doctors want to put in a third defibulater but just to scared.

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