New member with a new ICD

• by Drake3287
• 2016-04-06 08:04:32
• ICDs
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• 2 comments

2 weeks into a new ICD and so far so good. Long story short, I'm 57 and in good health who has been a daily jogger for 20 years or so. Out of the blue a couple of months ago I went into VT while running and I thought I had came down with what I thought was flu type symptoms for about 20 hours before going to the ER. At no time did I have have any of the typical cardiac signs. Even the feeling of a rapid heart rate.

2 minutes into the ER and I was cardioverted (shocked) and all of sudden felt 100% again. Angiocath was performed and nothin was found. Doctor put me on Sotalol to keep me out of VT and over the course of a couple of months I went through various tests including a cardiac MRI.

Doctor recommend ablation procedure followed by an ICD if that wasn't successful. Unfortunately during the procedure the doctor found several cells causing the VT and wasn't able to perform an ablation. After talking it over I agreed to the ICD procedure the following day. Doctor felt it was a good insurance policy in case I have problems down the road.

Although it was certainly sore for a few days, it's now been 2 weeks and I have little or no pain. Keeping from raising my left arm
above my head is the only thing I'm dealing with now.

As for exercise, I'm walking 2 to 3 miles a day until the doctor gives me the go ahead to do anything more. Hopefully this new ICD wouldn't change my life to much. I'm still planning for various vacations later the year.