Who'd have thought that I would ever get implants!!
Ok, AN implant...just one. I got an ICD implanted on April 28th. I was diagnosed with HOCM in Jan. and had a myectomy on March 1st. Just a few days after my 6 week check up I had an episode of heart palps and dizziness. Luckily, I was wearing a heart scan monitor and recorded the rhythm. Long story short, my doc called me and told me that I went into V-tach and I HAD to go to the hospital right away!!! Needless to say, I was NOT happy about the thought of being back in the hospital and going through ANOTHER procedure
I did what I was told and went into the hospital on MOn and didn't have the implant done until Thursday! I tried to be as patient as I could be
My EP ended up putting me on Sotolol so I had to stay in the hospital over the weekend so I could be monitered. I got out on Mon night and I'm now back home trying to get all of this wrapped around my brain! My pacer is set at 190....not sure how long after that the defib will kick in. People are telling me I should name my new little buddy....I, however, am still in the "I want to rip this sucker out of me" stage. Any info you fellow implantees can offer up would be greatly appreciated! I was telling my buddies on the myectomy forum...hey, now I can write on BOTH! I'm reaching, I know. All of this has happended so fast for me and I'm still kinda pissed off about the whole thing...Can anyone relate to that? I KNOW it's for my safety and all but I just need time to adjust. What's gonna happen if/when it fires? What happens if it malfunctions? I only have 1 lead in, so I'm happy about that. I just needed to vent alittle I guess...Thanks again for listening and for any help you can give
Steph




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