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I got my ICD Feb. 27, 2008 and for the past nine months we've lived in perfect harmony. I don't bother it and it doesn't bother me. Until Monday when it decided to shock me. I had just woken up from a nap when I could feel my heart racing and then slowing down, racing, slowing down, racing, and...

Hello! I haven't posted for a while. I got a defibrillator on 2/27/08 which sucked because it replaced my brand new pacemaker that I got a year ago. I was released from the hospital after three days. I felt great and I wasn't even in that much pain. I thought I would be able to enjoy my spring...

Hello again. I haven't posted since October, I think, when I got atrial fibrillation. I had an EP study done two weeks ago that determined that I have the potential for sustained ventricular tachycardia, so I'm getting a defibrillator on Jan. 14. This really sucks. I'm 21 and my heart is...

I just got treated for atrial fibrillation last week. It wasn't a big deal, I guess, because they did cardioversion and my heart went back to normal. But I'm upset because I haven't had rhythm problems since I've had a pacemaker which is almost 10 years and all the cardiologists (all 5 of...

Hello. I haven't posted in a while. I joined earlier this year because I got back in the game when my pacemaker failed suddenly at the end of February. I just wanted to check and see what people were posting when I realized that this is the sixth-month anniversary of my second pacemaker surgery...

Hello. I'm new. I just discovered this site a couple days ago and I'm so happy to finally find a place for people like me!:) Today is the 6 week anniversary of my new pacemaker. I got my first one when I was 11 and we had a wonderful, uneventful 9 years together. Then two days before I was...