P.S. Guy: unfelt shocks and ATP (was Re: Re: Amiodarone dose)

January 10, 2009

i forgot to ask. In the bit of time before you passed out and then the ICD

provided its gentle " therapy, " I asked if you felt panicked in the normal

sense, and as if you were fainting from panic. Is this how it feel is you

die because you don't have an ICD? So the death is pretty painless, I guess?

I'm not saying anything positive for death, I'm just saying it sound like

you just feel panicked for a second then you pass out and fall down and then

you're gone. Thanks.

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Guy: unfelt shocks and ATP (was Re: Re: Amiodarone dose)

Guy,

The shocks you describe where you seem to be saying that you fainted before

the shock occurred, what did that feel like? Were you scared or panicked for

a time before you passed out? Did you feel your heart racing the way we

would if we were just normal and we were having a panic attack? Thanks you.

second, I forget what is ATP. I went to te gloassry in ZAP FAQ, and it's not

listed there. what is it. Somethng xxx pacing?

Thanks,

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----- Original Message -----

From: " Guy Scardina " <guys101@...>

,

Believe it or not, I have never felt a shock. During the first year

after I got my ICD I had two or three shocks but my heart rate was so

high that I passed out before the shock. I remember one shock

happened when I was taking out the trash. I had enough warning to sit

down on the kitchen floor and the next thing I remember was laying on

the floor half in a daze, wondering if I was dead or alive. Another

happened while I was walking and also had enough warning to sit

before I passed out. While sitting on the curb after I regained

consciousness a guy in a Corvette stopped and asked if I needed help.

It was nice of him to give me a ride even though it was only a couple

blocks to my home.

The shock that I received last summer was during the night and I was

asleep. I woke up after it happened and realized that something had

just occured but was not certain what it was until my next

interrogation.

I think somebody already explained what ATP means. I usually feel

them and hope they do not escalate into a shock.

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