HELP......... Any Information or personal experiences will be greatfully accepted. I just had my implant and I have more fears and anxiety than I could have...
donna, I will have to reply to this email later tonight as I am stuck in the airport with limited juice left in my laptop... The ICD is a remarkable piece of...
... Once I return home, I will drop you an email and answer your questions a little better. Anymore, I let the idea of having the ICD roll off my back... as...
Hi Donna, Welcome to the group. What you are experiencing is unfortunately very normal. It is very nerve racking to know that a shock is always a possibility....
Laura, Everything was going so great... no anti-arrythmic meds and no VT... then all of a sudden, WHAM... the VT comes back with a vengence! I had spoke with...
I was really glad to read each of your posts. I'm sure I will have more and more questions as time goes on. I go to the Dr. May 13 for the first check since...
Ask lots of questions.. the unknown will make your anxiety more. Bug them.. you deserve to know everything you need to make you feel comfortable. Let us know...
Wow. keep me posted!! From: vtpatients@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vtpatients@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of aklovett@... Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:34 AM ...
Have any questionns i should ask the Dr? my list so far: What kind of device do I have? What is it set at to deliver a shock? How much exercise can I do before...
You should know Your device name and serial number (you might want to consider medic alert) What will it do to me if I have VT (if you need to know what VT and...
Laura, I am so jealous to hear that you were set at 18 beats between attempts? Geez! I am currently set at 8. I think Doc and I needs to talk about this one! ...
Are you allowed to drive? That just shows how the settings are individualized. Good luck! Sent from my iPod On May 10, 2009, at 8:06 PM, "aklovett@..."...
Believe it or not... they still let me drive... if I am having a not=so_good day... hubby or daughter will take me to work or wherever I need to go......
well, I am quite surprised too. I have had 4 big shocks since Feb/2008. altogether, I have had 127 episodes of VT recorded since 2/18/08.We seem to be at...
Is it the lead????? Did they entertain that theory?? From: vtpatients@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vtpatients@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Lovett Sent:...
the leads are fine... it is weird... there has to be an underlying issue. Doc says it is my thyroid and I need to see an endocrinologist. My TSH level was off...
you have yahoo messager? Â ________________________________ From: Laura Baker <laurabakernp@...> To: vtpatients@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 11,...
I have msn messenger and I’m on facebook. From: vtpatients@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vtpatients@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Lovett Sent: Monday, May...
Mine was when I bent over or was on my left side.. are they sure.. From: vtpatients@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vtpatients@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly...
Hmm. I would believe them I guess but there has to be something that they are missing. From: vtpatients@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vtpatients@yahoogroups.com] On...
I would say so... this is really starting to get on my nerves. Okay, I went to facebook and there is more than one Laura baker oin rochester, NY... ... From:...
It’s a picture of me and my 2 year old J From: vtpatients@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vtpatients@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Lovett Sent: Monday, May...
I was diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia/ nodal tachycardia with cuplets, triplets and salvos and had an ablation in 2006. In recent weeks I have been...
Hi and welcome! I do not want to scare you but yes you should take those symptoms very seriously. You need to see the EP and probably have a EP study to ...
Hi Laura  I am in Essex. The EP who did the ablation was in Cambridge but I don't want to be referred to him again and am looking for one closer to home or...
Do you know this one? http://www.privatehealth.co.uk/privatespecialists/find-a-doctor/cardiologist s/pat-phen/ I would try to stay calm but this is definitely...
