ICD Support Group

Hi Stacey, I think we all cope in various ways. For me, anymore, I have to keep meticulous “ToDo” lists at the office to make sure I don’t forget something. My calendars are full of appointments but also many sorts of bs miscellaneous reminders. I didn’t use to be this way at all. I am also much fre...

I always thought drugs were overly expensive, but I had no idea until I was diagnosed with cancer. OMG! Thankfully after an insurance deductible, they get paid for. I now have 2 pre-existing conditions and hope to make it to Medicare in 3 years where that won’t matter anymore. But health care costs ...

This is Moe, our 20 lb tomcat. He’s a lover but also won’t take any guff from neighborhood varmints. He was in a little altercation last weekend, possibly with a raccoon. He took a little damage but is better today. Not particularly fluffy but a good boy.

I’ve been wearing an Apple Series 1 watch ever since my daughter upgraded to a Series 3. I like it more than I thought I would. However I’m not jumping out to get the Series 4 just because of the price. FitBit, Garmin and others have some pretty nice watches with similar capabilities for a lot less ...

Glad the procedure went well. Yeah, purple would be a bit obnoxious but hopefully only temporarily annoying. I recently was able to get a new “cellular” monitor and now save the cost of a landline which we hardly used. Hope the healing is quick
Jim

Chrissy, what a wonderful post. To me, essentially you are telling people to not give up and to resist the fear we all get. I have a couple of thoughts. First, I have always felt it was easy to assume the worst, or at least assume that prospects were worse than they actually turn out to be. I am now...

Very very glad you are doing well. Sometimes the anticipation is worse than the actual procedure.

Take care !

Sparky (& Jim)

My opinion only, there's a lot of smart people on here, but... I've had my ICD for over 7 years now and it has done nothing except some pacing to 60 bpm at night. And I think most recipients are that way, no shocks or adverse events. Sure there are many who have experienced some real troubles with I...

Hi all and congrats to many of you for new grandkids and other significant life events. Just finishing up on a hectic work season for me and looking forward to a few days off. My heart is doing well, 7 yrs now on my ICD, possible replacement in 3 yrs. Have now done about 3 months of chemo for prosta...

Love It! Well Said!

Just realized my 7 year re-birthday is tomorrow. Yeah, I'm still around!

Been thinking about “fair” quite a bit lately. Wondering how fair it is to get cancer on top of my other maladies. How fair is it to incur many $ in out of pocket expenses not covered by insurance? Why are some of the treatments so barbaric? The questions can go on and on. Then I seem t remind mysel...

I’m going to offer a different opinion. I think that a significant portion of us who have had cardiac arrests actually go into a non-induced coma for awhile and then wake up at some point in time later. In my case when I had a cardiac arrest, I almost immediately went into a coma. I remember nothing...

Mrag, I had a previous biopsy done 5 years ago. My PSA number was about 14 then. Supposed normal range is 0-4 for the PSA test. After nothing was found we quit testing, maybe not the wisest decision, but also knew that the PSA test was not always a reliable indicator of cancer. Went ahead and did an...

Hey Chrissy! Seems like good and bad have a way of finding each other. I do know you’re one of the strongest people I know. Not much to say other than “Hang in There!”
Take Care Babe!