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Unexplained Cardiac Arrest

JOANIE30
  • By JOANIE30 · New reply 2:50 pm
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • 6 months ago my husband was on a plane when he cardiac arrested twice. After all the test and examinations we still don't know why it happened. Is there anybody else in this situation. He is frightened ...

Hi, I am new

jb25
  • By jb25 · New reply yesterday at 11:04 am
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • Hi all, I am 29yrs old & I am from UK and have had an ICD for about 6yrs. Does anyone else suffer from anxiety because of their ICD? If so would love to hear from you. JB25. xxx ...

New group in Inspire: The National Body Challenge

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply yesterday at 10:50 am
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • I am pleased to announce that today we added a new group to Inspire: The National Body Challenge. nationalbodychallenge We created this group in partnership with Discovery Health. The group focuses on ...

Spouses Coping with Personality Changes

terriwinget
  • By terriwinget · New reply yesterday at 1:27 am
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 11 replies
  • Thank you Suuz for suggesting a new "sub-topic" for "Wives at the Scene..." What a great idea! Believe me, if I would have see this topic before - I would have pounced on it months ago. It seems many ...

oh my tooth hurts so bad

julesk66
  • By julesk66 · New reply January 4, 2009
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • i have 2 badly infected teeth. and need them so pulled. course cant find oral sugeon to pull them. seem to get the run around trying. hopefully 2009 ill get them out. im just sick of being sick from infection ...

Echocardiogram Results

scopeland75
  • By scopeland75 · New reply January 3, 2009
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 3 replies
  • Hello all! I went in for my routine echocardiogram last week and discussed results with my cardiologist this week. My doctor noted that my ejection fraction was 40-45%. Yikes! It is suppose to be between ...

Our 13 year old girl passed away from a cardiac event

tdhssp
  • By tdhssp · New reply January 2, 2009
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Our little girl passed away in December 2006 from a cardiac event at the age of 13 years. Samantha had a rare chromosome disorder and a bicuspid aortic valve, however, no other similarly diagnosed persons ...

Anoxic brain injury; what's normal?

Axykatt
  • By Axykatt · New reply January 1, 2009
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • After a SCA my 25 y/o husband is now being hospitalized with ABI. The doctors and hospital staff are very reluctant to tell us what is a sign of recovery, and what is simply reflexes or unconscious movement ...

Our 13 year old girl passed away from cardiac event

tdhssp
  • By tdhssp · Posted January 1, 2009
  • Discussion in Dealing with loss · 0 replies
  • Our little girl passed away in December 2006 from a cardiac event at the age of 13 years. Samantha had a rare chromosome disorder and a bicuspid aortic valve, however, no other similarly diagnosed persons ...

Ventricular Fibrillation

Tammy1
  • By Tammy1 · New reply December 31, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 9 replies
  • OK, I don't know what to do or what to think. I had a 6 week follow up with my Cardiologist due to starting Sotalol. My device went off last week and with all of my other symptoms I wasn't too concerned ...

SCA and Depression

Darrel
  • By Darrel · New reply December 29, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 7 replies
  • I had SCA about a year and a half ago. I am starting to struggle with depression, I am not sure why. Since my SCA, i have had to find way to deal with it. I am doing Ok, I am getting back into the swing ...

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Anoxic Brain Injury

Hope4him
  • By Hope4him · New reply December 28, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 1 reply
  • My husband has been in a coma since his cardiac arrest in Sept. '08. The attending neurologists at the hopsital gave us little hope. We got a second (very different) neurologist's opinion, which was that ...

Friend Requests

Mary1
  • By Mary1 · New reply December 24, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 14 replies
  • Hi, I was wondering if anyone else is having trouble with the "friend request" application. I've had two new friend requests in the past few weeks and when I try to accept them, I can't. I am worried ...

Wives at the Scene of the Incident

terriwinget
  • By terriwinget · New reply December 23, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 22 replies
  • I haven't found this topic yet, so I thought I would start one. This is very graphic, but I want to know if any wives out there need to discuss details about their "day" because I do and I am hoping that ...

heart disease and the flu

beths
  • By beths · New reply December 22, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 1 reply
  • I had SCA during a heart attack and luckily, like many of you am here to tell the story. I have been fine since July, 2006. (small amout of damage to lower heart since I was revived quickly) The last ...

One Year!

MarylandTom
  • By MarylandTom · New reply December 18, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Today is the anniversary of my SCA. It was one year ago today and thanks to everyone involved, I survived and have no issues with my heart or brain. I credit quick CPR, a well trained and equipped Emergency ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply December 16, 2008
  • Journal · 136 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Survivor's Guilt

Cheryl03
  • By Cheryl03 · New reply December 16, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • I have been dealing with survivor's guilt for almost 5 years now. The cardiac arrest I suffered over 5 years ago, wasn't related to the guilt i've had been feeling. It was related to the heart transplant ...

Obituary...

Axykatt
  • By Axykatt · New reply December 15, 2008
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Words cannot create for you a proper effigy Describe your manner, the way you loved, or your personality. Your intellect was vast but your manner never vain Though times were sometimes tough never once ...

"Hope"

Paul_Pakusch
  • By Paul_Pakusch · New reply December 10, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 2 replies
  • I want to brag about something my wife, Mary1, did. Here in Rochester, an event was held in September, 2007 called Emergency Responders Appreciation Day. Mary was the featured speaker at this event. She ...

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