Mary,
You are welcome, I know what its like to have questions and concerns about your health. It was a yr after I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy that they decided to implant the ICD. My electrical system doesn't work like it should, the signals…
Mary,
I too am on meds for arrythmias, I saw my cardiologist (the electrophysialogist) that implanted the ICD. He increased my meds back in Jan of this yr. I suffer from A-fib but the med I take is pretty much taking care of it. It really sounds li…
Mary,
What exactly is it that you are scared of? After I had my ICD implanted, my cardiologist had the pacer "tuned" because my heart too went below the 60 bpm especially when I slept. The fine tuning as I call it now keeps my heart beating at a mi…
Hi Carol,
I have cardiomyopathy, being diagnosed with it back in Aug of 2004. Heart disease runs in my family, my dad passed away at age 53 with it, and my oldest brother passed away at age 46, 11 months after having a heart transplant due to cardi…
Hi Kevin, I just joined this site and saw your question. I had an ICD implanted in Aug of 2005 due to my "electrical system" in my heart is not working the way it should. I do have cardiomyopathy (was told they aren't sure of the cause but I probabl…
Just a down to earth lady that enjoys simple things in life. Come from a family with huge history of heart disease. Lost my dad at age 53 and a brother at age 46, 11 months after a heart transplant. Both had cardiomyopathy and I was diagnosed back in 2005 with the same disease. I have an ICD implanted and just try to live my life day to day.
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