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I am new to this but was advised to look for a network of support to try and help me cope with caring for my husband.
My husband has a Defibrillator/pacemaker in place and gets numerous shocks monthly and sometimes daily. The majority of them are during the night and usually he goes from asleep to unconscious to asleep and so I get so stressed and scared and he doesn't really know about it and I prefer to keep it that way as he is so affraid of dying and leaving me. So, I keep it to myself to protect him and I am constantly stressed out and sick to my stomach.
The shocks are all approprite, he has a home monitoring system and apparently there is nothing can be done to stop it.
Any advice, friendship/support would be gratefully appreciated.

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Comment by Burris F. Gautreau on January 30, 2010 at 10:04pm: You haven't mentioned anything about him sleeping with a C-Pap Machine. This has helped me tremendously and possibly would or could do the same for him. This will also help you to feel more secure.

Comment by Ellie on August 2, 2009 at 9:24pm: hi Jean...I'm so sorry about your husband...I understand your fear and stress cause' I myself have a husband(32yrs old) who diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomypathy and had an ICD in place. I have 2 little girls who are 4yrs and 17mnths old...we are all having a hard time coping up with this....I pray that you will be ok...